American University
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| Campus | Urban (Suburban-like Residential Neighborhood) 84 acres (34 ha) |
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| Mascot | Clawed Z. Eagle |
| Undergraduate tuition and fees | 44,853 USD (2016–17) |
| Colors | American |
| Presidents | Sylvia Mathews Burwell |
| Endowment | $708 million (2018) |
| Established | February 24, 1893 |
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| ID | 1485833 |
About American University
The American University is a private research university in Washington, D. C. Its main campus spans 90 acres at the former site of Fort Gaines on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley neighborhood in the northwest of the District.
Is the US trying to kill crypto?
... Hilary Allen, a law professor at American University, thinks crypto is inherently susceptible to boom-and-boost cycles and manipulation by insiders, and thinks it should be banned...
Why US presidents skip British coronations
... It s not a snub " I certainly don t view it as a snub on President Biden s part, " said Laura Beers, a professor of history at American University, who specialises in modern Britain...
Nigeria election 2023: Fact-checking claims by the candidates
... David Malet, from the American University in Washington DC, who has been researching foreign fighters since 2005, says it is difficult to say how many there are in Nigeria, but suggests it is still a problem...
Pig vomit toxin key to Martian meteorite mystery
... The Lafayette meteorite was found in the drawer of an American University s biology department in 1929 but nobody at the Purdue University in Indiana could remember where it came from...
China congress: Xi cements power by packing top team with loyalists
... " This promotion alone is significant for us to reconsider the power structure of China under Xi s third term, " said Professor Yang Zhang of the American University, pointing out that Li Qiang is the first official to be promoted without any working experience in central government...
Baby formula shortage: Experts urge parents not to make homebrews
... It can take a crisis for those in power to recognise the existing inequalities impacting the most vulnerable, said Jessica Owens-Young, an assistant American University professor who researches health inequity...
Why the West is reckoning with caste bias now
... Mr Pariyar s experience had been undermined by upper-caste faculty at an academic senate of the university who said caste discrimination was " an Indian issue" so why discuss it in an American University? This aversion to acknowledging caste is not uncommon among the dominant caste, said Ms Thomas, whose work delves into caste and gender in Christianity...
Nigeria's Chibok girls: Why was this former captive treated differently?
... Thereafter, they were sent to begin a specially designed programme at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, on full government scholarships...