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August 26, 2021

News Brief: Colleges reopen for second fall under the pandemic shadow

August 5, 2021

Other: DC-area colleges detail vaccination, return-to-campus plans for fall

July 19, 2021

Other: Prepare for 'More Mitigation Including Masks'

July 14, 2021

Other: Ron DeSantis Sells 'Don't Fauci My Florida' Merchandise

June 11, 2021

Other: Fact-checking claims about Fauci's emails, COVID vaccines making people magnetic and more

June 11, 2021

Other: A look at what didn't happen this week

June 11, 2021

Other: A look at what didn't happen this week

June 5, 2021

Other: Fauci's 2,000 emails a day show how little U.S. officials knew in the early days of the Covid pandemic

June 4, 2021

Other: 'Feels pretty unlikely that the zebra is going to change his stripes': Quotes of the week

June 3, 2021

Other: Fauci emails show his flip-flopping on wearing masks to fight COVID

June 2, 2021

Other: White House Actively Looking to Dump Anthony Fauci Amid Revealed Emails and Flip-Flopping

May 19, 2021

Other: DC region universities plan mix of virtual, in-person graduation ceremonies

April 15, 2021

Feature: Georgetown University and American University to Require Matriculating Students Be COVID-19 Vaccinated

April 15, 2021

Feature: Local colleges detail vaccination, return-to-campus plans for fall

March 19, 2021

Other: Feuds, fibs and finger-pointing: Trump officials says coronavirus response was worse than known (second link)

February 22, 2021

Feature: American University says no tuition increase for fall semester. But that is challenging the school's budget process

February 14, 2021

Expertise: Biden's economic point man draws praise - and pushback

Janaury 23, 2021

Expertise: Universities face pressure to vet ex-Trump officials before hiring them

Janaury 7, 2021

Expertise: Higher ed leaders condemn riot at U.S. Capitol

December 5, 2020

Interview: Meet Biden crisis manager Ron Klain, who will dive into the COVID-19 fight with Dr. Anthony Fauci

December 1, 2020

Highlight: Sylvia Mathew Burwell Jeopardy Question

October 28, 2020

Other: What a Biden administration should look like

October 26, 2020

Article: Whoever Wins in November Is Going to Have to Solve the COVID-19 Crisis

October 26, 2020

Feature: American University to offer more in-person classes, but remain mostly online in spring

October 13, 2020

Other: Colleges and Universities Encourage Voter Turnout

October 8, 2020

Feature: Fauci warns of 300,000 to 400,000 coronavirus deaths

October 8, 2020

Feature: Fauci said his daughers refuse to visit for Thanksgiving, telling him: 'You're a young, vigorous guy, but you're 79 years old'

October 7, 2020

Feature: Dr. Fauci Explains How to Fight the Virus United

October 5, 2020

Feature: American University to cancel Election Day classes

September 2, 2020

Other: Joe Biden says challenge of reopening schools is a 'national emergency'

September 2, 2020

Other: Coronavirus: Biden says reopening schools is a 'national emergency'

September 2, 2020

Other: Biden to Contrast Plan for Schools With Trump's Push to Reopen

September 2, 2020

Other: Biden turns attention back to coronavirus and reopening of schools

September 2, 2020

Other: Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's New Virus Adviser Has Questioned Mask Use

August 20, 2020

Interview: Former HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell urges national testing strategy to reopen schools

August 17, 2020

Interview: President Burwell on Safely Reopening

July 31, 2020

Other: Trump's Coronavirus Testing Chief Concedes a Lag in Test Results

July 30, 2020

Feature: American University reverse course, will start fall term online only

July 23, 2020

Other: Fact check: Viral photo shows Obama, Fauci visiting NIH lab in 2014, not a 'Wuhan lab' in 2015

July 16, 2020

Interview: Gary Cohn and Sylvia Burwell on U.S. Economy Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

June 26, 2020

Other: As universities plan for students' return amid coronavirus, some schools worry about risky 'culture'

June 16, 2020

News Brief: American University Announces Operating Plans for the Fall Semester

June 16, 2020

Other: Colleges rearrange student housing to contain coronavirus

June 11, 2020

Other: Michelle Nunn and Hillary Clinton Joined the CARE Virtual Summit, Speak About COVID-19's Impact on the World's Most Vulnerable Populations

May 28, 2020

Feature: American University makes cuts on falling tuition concerns

May 7, 2020

Feature: George Washington And American Universities Are Facing Lawsuits Over Tuition, Fee Reimbursements

May 6, 2020

Interview: President Burwell on COVID-19

April 29, 2020

Other: The Health 202: Joe Biden is Likely to draw on Obama health experts if he wins the White House

April 25, 2020

Other: D.C. university dining workers push companies, schools for financial help, with little success

April 22, 2020

Feature: American U Divests from Fossil Fuels

April 16, 2020

Interview: College Students Are Rebelling Against Full Tuition After Classes Move Online

March 18, 2020

Other: Senate's coronavirus package moving at warp speed

March 11, 2020

Other: D.C.-Area Universities Move Classes Online Amid Coronavirus Concerns

March 11, 2020

Other: University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins and Nearby Regional Colleges to Switch to Online Teaching Because of Coronavirus

March 10, 2020

Feature: American University moving classes online after spring break amid coronavirus concerns

March 19, 2020

Interview: Resources on Coronavirus (COVID-19) From the Council on Foreign Relations

March 16, 2020

Interview: Sylvia Burwell on Coronavirus - MSNBC Andrea Mitch Reports Pt. 1, Pt. 2

March 16, 2020

Interview: America Begins to Shut Down as Coronavirus Cases and Death Toll Climb

March 13, 2020

Interview: Sylvia Burwell CNN Wolf Blitzer Coronavirus

March 1, 2020

Interview: AU Experts Discuss the Coronavirus Outbreak

March 20, 2019

Interview: CNBC with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Kayla Tausche

November/December 2018

Essay: Foreign Affairs article, Generation Stress: The Mental Health Crisis on Campus

September 24, 2018

Interview: MSNBC's Morning Joe re. Launch of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics

August 2018

Photo Gallery: Welcome Week events: Opening Convocation Ceremony and Celebrate AU

July 25, 2018

Interview: POLITICO's Pulse Check with Dan Diamond

April 19, 2018

Interview: Discussion with Go Wonk Yourself Hosts Lucas Anderton and Eddie Mikkelson

April 13, 2018

Article: A Day to Remember: Sylvia Burwell Inaugurated as AU's 15th President

March 16, 2018

Interview: WTTG Fox5 re. Women's Basketball Team Success, with alum Tony Perkins

January 30, 2018

Video: Our Plan for Inclusive Excellence

January 18, 2018

Article: Former Cabinet member. First female president of American University. And now, basketball coach.

December 15, 2017

Video: 2017 Holiday Video

October 2, 2017

Article: The Most Powerful Women in Washington

August 28, 2017

Photos: 2017 Celebrate AU

August 25, 2017

Photos: 2017 Convocation

August 1, 2017

Article: She's With Us: Sylvia Mathews Burwell makes American history as AU's first female president

July 7, 2017

Article: University President Sylvia Burwell kicks off tenure with listening tour

June 12, 2017

Article: The Big Picture: AU President Burwell Plans to Listen and Lead

January 27, 2017

Article: Chronicle of Higher Education article, From Obama's Cabinet to the Presidency of American U.

January 26, 2017

Article: Former HHS Secretary Burwell Is American University's Next President

January 26, 2017

Article: Washington Post article, American University names new president

January 26, 2017

Article: Washington Business Journal article, Former Obama official tapped to lead American University

January 26, 2017

Memo: American University's Next President