Winter 2023

Winter 2023 cover of American magazine

Discover for whom the transition to a cashless society is making change, and who is being swiped away. Find out how many gallons of water you’re flushing down the drain at home, learn about the history of the fight to level the playing field in women’s athletics, and meet the six women programmers behind the first modern computer—thanks to Washington College of Law professor Kathy Kleiman. Also in this issue: journalist John Shiffman helps recount the horrors of police officer Michael Fanone’s January 6, Professor Heng Xu provides modern password hygiene tips, and record executive Steve Greenberg lets the dogs out.

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For the Record

Alumna digitizes materials from DC's first Latino/a gay and lesbian organization, founded at the height of the AIDS crisis

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Empty Nest

Proud parents reunite with their Eagles during AU's Family Weekend 2022

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A Farm-Fresh U

AU's top chefs show off their skill(et)s in a friendly culinary competition 

Insights and Impact

Under Fire

Robert Baird believes investment in people and preparation is the only way to ensure a fairer fight against increasingly unpredictable wildfires

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Power Forward

After 18 years as a Division I assistant, Tiffany Coll has embarked on her first season as AU’s head women’s basketball coach

Inside the Beltway

Making History

Laura Brower Hagood and the DC History Center take a wide-angle look at the District’s past

Rubbing Elbows

Video Wizard

Monumental Sports and Entertainment electronic news gathering shooter Alex Diamond focuses on DC’s basketball team, but it’s not just layups and press conferences that light up his lens

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Sidelines to Bylines

Aspiring investigative reporter will work alongside ESPN's all-star journalists as inaugural SOC fellow

Insights and Impact

3 Minutes on PEPFAR 

SIS dean Shannon Hader breaks down the groundbreaking HIV/AIDS initiative, which has saved more than 21 million lives since 2003