Federal dietary guidelines claim to reflect the latest science—but do they? AU health experts Dara Ford & Anastasia Snelling critically examine the recommendations and what they mean for Americans: bit.ly/3NlZkGu 📸: U.S. Department of Agriculture/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

AU climate scientist Valentina Aquila coauthored a new international assessment of the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption — the most explosive volcanic event ever recorded. 🌋 Here’s what it revealed about Earth’s atmosphere → bit.ly/49KXW96 📸: 2022 Hunga eruption, photo courtesy of @noaa.gov

Two new Health Snaps episodes just dropped 👉 open.spotify.com/show/0o2cmui... Tune in to get the full scoop: 1️⃣ What does sexual violence prevention really look like? 2️⃣ What is American University's Public Health Scholars' edge?

From all of us at CAS, we wish you a happy, restful holiday season and a successful year ahead. ❄️

ICYMI: 2025 was a big year at CAS ✨ From award-winning books and breakthrough research to AI robots, student startups, new podcasts, and powerful performances—we’re looking back at 25 Favorite CAS Moments in 2025. Here’s to creativity, discovery, and community: www.american.edu/cas/news/25-...

ICYMI: 👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Will Barnes for receiving a $7,407.99 grant from the Southwest Research Institute for the project "Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation mission."

The Epstein emails “are just a piece of the larger story: the lengths this country and the systems we’ve created — from the smallest jurisdiction to the national stage — will go to maintain the power of men at the expense of women’s bodies,” Rachel Louise Snyder writes.

What a weekend! Congratulations to all CAS and AU graduates! 🦅 🎓 #2025AUGrad

ICYMI: CAS students: Submit your abstract for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! 📅 Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026 📍 Conference: March 28, DMTI Open to all CAS disciplines—oral presentations, posters, performances. More info: www.american.edu/cas/src/

AU Thought Leader: Ernesto Castañeda Sociology professor @drernestocast.bsky.social is making the invisible visible in today’s immigration debates—combining lived experience, research, and human stories to inform policy and reduce polarization. Learn more: www.american.edu/research/new...

ICYMI: 👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Philip Johnson for receiving supplemental funding of $126,266.83 (new total: $371,161) from NASA for the project "Revealing Primitive Material Preserved in Solar System Small Bodies."

Health Snaps, a podcast created by the AU Department of Health Studies and the College, launched last week with the first two episodes! In just two minutes, faculty break down public health questions. Have you listened yet? Head over to Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/show/0o2cmui...

Thinking about the next step in your career? A graduate degree from AU might help you take that next step. Join our grad enrollment team this Wednesday for: 📚 Graduate Admissions Fundamentals and Q&A (online webinar) ⏰ Wednesday, December 17, 12 p.m. 🔗 More info + RSVP: bit.ly/3TPOb2

ICYMI: Got 2 minutes? ⏱️ ️ That’s all you need for Health Snaps, AU’s new student-hosted podcast breaking down real public health questions you actually care about. Learn more and listen on Spotify → www.american.edu/cas/news/hea...

👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Will Barnes for receiving a $7,407.99 grant from the Southwest Research Institute for the project "Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation mission."

2025 was a big year at CAS ✨ From award-winning books and breakthrough research to AI robots, student startups, new podcasts, and powerful performances—we’re looking back at 25 Favorite CAS Moments in 2025. Here’s to creativity, discovery, and community: www.american.edu/cas/news/25-...

CAS students: Submit your abstract for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! 📅 Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026 📍 Conference: March 28, DMTI Open to all CAS disciplines—oral presentations, posters, performances. More info: www.american.edu/cas/src/

👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Philip Johnson for receiving supplemental funding of $126,266.83 (new total: $371,161) from NASA for the project "Revealing Primitive Material Preserved in Solar System Small Bodies."

ICYMI: Find out what AU Music Program faculty are listening to this holiday season! ❄️ 🎶 It’s a mixed holiday medley: choral traditions, jazz favorites, nostalgic film tunes, and lesser-known gems from around the world. See their picks: www.american.edu/cas/news/au-... 📷: Noah Puzzo

Got 2 minutes? ⏱️ ️ That’s all you need for Health Snaps, AU’s new student-hosted podcast breaking down real public health questions you actually care about. Learn more and listen on Spotify → www.american.edu/cas/news/hea...

Interested in grad school at AU? Join our grad enrollment team for one of our upcoming online events: 📝 Grad School Planning Essentials | Wed, 12/10, 12 p.m. 🏫 Drop-In Admissions Advising | Fri, 12/12, 12 p.m. 🎒 Graduate Admissions Fundamentals + Q&A | Wed, 12/17, 12 p.m. Register: bit.ly/3TPOb21

ICYMI: From AU Literature classes to award-winning novelist ✨ Sarai Johnson’s "Grown Women" is drawing national praise from the LA Times, Publishers Weekly, Elle, the NAACP, and more. Read how her novel began at AU: www.american.edu/cas/news/sar...

The final Visiting Writers Series event of the semester is here! 📚✨ 📅 Dec 5, 6:30 p.m. 📍 SIS Founders Room 🎟️ Free + open to the public Means—Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Prize winner—has written Assorted Fire Events, The Spot, Two Nurses, Smoking, and more. www.american.edu/cas/literatu...

Find out what AU Music Program faculty are listening to this holiday season! ❄️ 🎶 It’s a mixed holiday medley: choral traditions, jazz favorites, nostalgic film tunes, and lesser-known gems from around the world. See their picks: www.american.edu/cas/news/au-... 📷: Noah Puzzo

From AU Literature classes to award-winning novelist ✨ Sarai Johnson’s "Grown Women" is drawing national praise from the LA Times, Publishers Weekly, Elle, the NAACP, and more. Read how her novel began at AU: www.american.edu/cas/news/sar...

From all of us at CAS, we wish you a restful holiday break and a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🦃 💛

ICYMI: Happy Thanksgiving, American University! Headed home for break? Our professors share fun, low-stress tips for enjoying the holiday—waste less, save money, eat what you love, and find a little gratitude. Check out the story and travel safe! 🦃✨ www.american.edu/cas/news/cut...

As we head into the holidays, AU Psychology Prof. Anthony Ahrens shares insights on how gratitude shapes our health, relationships, and well-being—and why it matters even more this time of year. Read his reflections: www.american.edu/cas/news/ton...

ICYMI: Introducing the 2024–25 @aucollege.bsky.social Peer Advisors: Ellie, Frank, Adela & Michelle. They offer students guidance on majors, registration, and navigating AU. A fantastic resource for our community. Learn more: www.american.edu/cas/news/pee...

IYCMI: Featured on WUSA9: American University Chorus spreads peace and unity through song www.wusa9.com/video/life/h...

ICYMI: 👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Sociology Prof. Nicole Angotti for receiving a $7,770 grant from George Washington University for the project "District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR)."

Happy Thanksgiving, American University! Headed home for break? Our professors share fun, low-stress tips for enjoying the holiday—waste less, save money, eat what you love, and find a little gratitude. Check out the story and travel safe! 🦃✨ www.american.edu/cas/news/cut...

📣 CAS Students—submissions are now open for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! Showcase your research, scholarship, or creative work. More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/

ICYMI: 🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Thomas Fauchez for receiving a $29,252 grant from the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (BMSIS) for the project "Constraining The Habitability Of M-Dwarf Planets Using Computationally Efficient Climate Models."

IYCMI: Prof. Andrew Taylor, Director of the AU Arts Management Program, spoke with @en.afp.com about the changes that the second Trump administration has introduced at the Kennedy Center and their impact on attendance. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Introducing the 2024–25 @AUCollege Peer Advisors: Ellie, Frank, Adela & Michelle. They offer students guidance on majors, registration, and navigating AU. A fantastic resource for our community. Learn more: www.american.edu/cas/news/pee...

ICYMI: Patrick MacMahon (SPA ’12), a TESOL master’s student at AU and a Navy veteran who served for six years, including four in Japan. He’s now preparing to return to Japan to teach English. Read his story: www.american.edu/cas/news/alu...

Featured on WUSA9: American University Chorus spreads peace and unity through song www.wusa9.com/video/life/h...

ICYMI: AU alum Nicholas Boggs (MFA ’09) has published Baldwin: A Love Story—a @nytimes.com bestseller hailed as “a stunning achievement.” ✨ The first major Baldwin biography in 30 years, it traces how love shaped his art, politics, and legacy. 💙 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...

ICYMI: 👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Gregory Harry for receiving a $20,839 grant from Stanford University for the project "Mirror Coatings for Next-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors: A Path to Discovery."

Economics Professor Gabriel Mathy has been busy this week chiming in on the end of the penny: Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... NBC4 Washington: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t... USA Today: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Thomas Fauchez for receiving a $29,252 grant from the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (BMSIS) for the project "Constraining The Habitability Of M-Dwarf Planets Using Computationally Efficient Climate Models."

Welcome fresh choreographic voices and new student performers to the Greenberg Theatre stage at Fall Dance Concert 2025! 11/14 at 7:30PM & 11/15 at 2PM at Greenberg Theatre. 🎟️ $10-$15, free for AU students: auartstix.universitytickets.com/ 📷: Jeff Watts; Artwork: "Sudama" by Elyn Zimmerman

ICYMI: How does a storm turn into a record-breaking hurricane in a day? 🌪️ In our latest CAS Conversation, Prof. Stephen MacAvoy explains how a warming ocean may be fueling rapid, record-breaking storms that are becoming the new normal. 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/mon...

ICYMI: 📘 Congrats to Prof. Pamela Nadell — her book Antisemitism in the American Tradition just made the WSJ’s “10 Books to Read” list for October! As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW

👏 🎉 Congrats to AU Sociology Prof. Nicole Angotti for receiving a $7,770 grant from George Washington University for the project "District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR)."

AU alum Nicholas Boggs (MFA ’09) has published Baldwin: A Love Story—a @nytimes.com bestseller hailed as “a stunning achievement.” ✨ The first major Baldwin biography in 30 years, it traces how love shaped his art, politics, and legacy. 💙 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...

ICYMI: 🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Sociology Prof. Kim Blankenship for receiving a $12,111 grant from George Washington University for the project "District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR)."

📣 CAS Students—submissions are now open for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! Showcase your research, scholarship, or creative work. More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/

Prof. Andrew Taylor, Director of the AU Arts Management Program, spoke with @en.afp.com about the changes that the second Trump administration has introduced at the Kennedy Center and their impact on attendance. www.yahoo.com/news/article...