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With security tightening in DC in advance of the presidential inauguration, anthropology PhD students Shannon Clark and Aaron Howe, co-organizers of Remora House, distribute Metro cards, handwarmers, masks and other essentials to the homeless. At least 27 Eagles joined the Biden administration or its transition team. The School of Education led by Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy becomes a key partner in DC鈥檚 new Education Research Practice Partnership that will contribute actionable research for student achievement and financial equity.

AU professor and NASA scientist Guiliano Liuzzi is part of the team publishing research in the journal Science Advances that sheds light on Mars' water loss and climate evolution and detects hydrogen chloride in its atmosphere, signaling a new kind of chemistry on the planet. The Investigative Reporting Workshop鈥檚 Accountability Project, which aids newsrooms and researchers鈥� search of data, reaches 1 billion records. The National Science Foundation聽and Amazon award $1 million to Kogod professors Heng Xu and Nang Zhang to research structural bias in artificial intelligence in hiring systems.

In its commitment to expand access to higher education and support our community, AU announces no increase in tuition and housing costs for the 2021鈥�2022 academic year. It also allocates $1.2 million for summer financial aid to assist current students and families and as a pilot to inform future efforts to expand summer educational opportunities as part of AU鈥檚 lifelong learning strategic imperative. Kogod鈥檚 full-time MBA gets a STEM designation from the Graduate Management Admission Council.聽

AU announces its newest five-year sustainability plan that dovetails with the Sustainability DC plan. SIS Distinguished Professor Audrey Kurth Cronin, director of the Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology, testifies before the House Armed Service Committee on extremism in the armed forces. Washington College of Law hosts a conversation with professor emeritus Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-MD, and his onetime student, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, WCL/JD 鈥�94, D-VI, about their insights as managers of former President Donald J. Trump鈥檚 second impeachment trial. AU launches the university鈥檚 new brand narrative, Challenge Accepted.

AU celebrates commencement with its first in-person ceremonial activities since December 2019. After a virtual ceremony for 2,900 Class of 2021 graduates, about 1,450 2020 and 2021 graduates鈥攄ressed in regalia and masks鈥攕afely proceeded across the Bender Arena stage. For her esteemed academic and service career, Dyana Sarova, SIS/BA 鈥�20, of Krasnodar, Russia, is the 2021 President鈥檚 Award winner. At age 19, Danya Hamad, SIS/MA 鈥�21, is the university鈥檚 youngest master of international relations graduate. AU launches Change Can鈥檛 Wait: The Campaign for 猫咪社区app University with more than $270 million raised towards its $500 million goal.

Donnay Brown, Donshanay Brown, Riley Campbell, Jocelyn Lopez-Arias, Diane Nguyen, Tsenat Shifraw, Christian Smith, and Francine Worsoff聽are AU鈥檚 newest District Scholars. SPA launches the nation鈥檚 first association dedicated to the study of evolving roles and history of America鈥檚 first ladies. The AU Museum welcomes visitors back to the Katzen Arts Center.

In a unanimous decision, the DC Zoning Commission approves AU鈥檚 2021 猫咪社区app Plan for the next 10 years. Chrisraine Gilpin, Lena Otto, Grace Chen, Nicole Jean-Pierre, and John Paul Mejia are members of the 2025 Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholars cohort. AU鈥檚 women鈥檚 track team registers the top cumulative GPA in Division 1 women鈥檚 track and field. SPA-hosted journal, Political Analysis, is the no. 1 two-year impact factor journal according to Clarivate, which ranks all academic journals.

After 17 months of mostly operating remotely, AU begins 鈥�a new way of working鈥� that features both full time in-person presence and a range of hybrid work modalities that support university functions, student needs and services, and the workforce.聽Professor Tazreena Sajjad and the Center for Community Engagement mobilize student volunteers to conduct research that assists the Afghanistan evacuation effort. AU Washington College of Law faculty is No. 46 in the 2021 Sisk Citation Rankings, which measure scholarly impact.

Professor Jessica Gephart leads a landmark study that shows significant unfulfilled potential for aquaculture to become more sustainable lands on the cover of Nature鈥檚 September 16 issue. AU honors Doreen Bogdan-Martin, SIS/MA 鈥�91, director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union and candidate for secretary-general, with the inaugural Outstanding Policy Changemaker Award. AU's Game Center and the DC Public Library partner to train 25 communities聽in game design, non-technical authoring tools, and templates for successful games through a $250,00 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Race, media, and communication professor Sherri Williams is the National Association of Black Journalists鈥� Educator of the Year. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and AU student Nadia Murad shares her experiences as a prisoner of war in Iraq and her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. The NSF awards the Institute for Immersive Designs, Experiences, Applications, and Stories $1 million to establish the region鈥檚 only volumetric capture studio. The National Academy of Public Administration includes SPA Dean Vicky Wilkins in its 2021 Class of Academy Fellows.

笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Becca Piexotto, CAS/MA 鈥�13, CAS/PhD 鈥�17 is part of an international team that recovers child remains of human ancestor Homo naledi in South Africa鈥檚 Rising Star cave. The Sine Institute of Policy and Politics announces the 2022 Sine fellows. Among them are Mustafa Santiago Ali, vice president of environmental justice, climate, and community revitalization, National Wildlife Federation; Julian Castro, former 猫咪社区app secretary of housing and urban development; Michele Norris, Washington Post columnist, former NPR host, and founding director of the Race Card Project; and Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action.

CNN journalist and Inside Politics Sunday, anchor Abby Phillip delivers the keynote address to 1,500 summer and fall graduates at AU鈥檚 142^nd commencement, the first fully traditional in-person ceremony since the onset of the global pandemic. The Marguerite Casey and Group Health foundations 苍补尘别听辫谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤 Orisanmi Burton on of six Freedom Scholars with $250,000 to continue his research on聽the wave of prison rebellions across the United States in the 1970s and how they inform the abolitionist movements of today.