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Portrait of SIS professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer

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New Endowed Chair at American University to Advance Strategies  for International Peace and Conflict Resolution

SIS Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer will serve as the inaugural Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution to advance the development and adoption of faith-informed peace interventions.
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Exterior of School of International Service Building

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AU’s Newest Endowed Chair Honors the Legacy and Future of Peacebuilding

A conversation among strangers. A story shared around a table. This is often the raw work of peacebuilding. In the eyes of American University professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer, the mechanisms of peace largely comprise these moments of human connection.
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Exterior of School of International Service Building

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AU’s Newest Endowed Chair Honors the Legacy and Future of Peacebuilding

A conversation among strangers. A story shared around a table. This is often the raw work of peacebuilding. In the eyes of American University professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer, the mechanisms of peace largely comprise these moments of human connection.
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Exterior of School of International Service Building

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Endowed Chair Honors the Legacy and Future of Peacebuilding

AU has recently designated Professor Abu-Nimer the inaugural Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at SIS. The chair is named in honor of Professor Abdul Aziz Said, SIS/BS ’54, SIS/MA ’55, SIS/PhD ’57.
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Bronté Burleigh-Jones (AU CFO), Edwin Santos (President AUSG), and Marcus Neil (President RHA) with Clawed at the Tunnel ribbon-cutting

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AU Delivers Summer 2023 Transformations in Leonard Hall, the Tunnel, and Mary Graydon Center

Student Thriving Project kicks into high gear with Tunnel, Mary Graydon Center, and Leonard Hall improvements designed to enable students’ success.
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visiting authors collage

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Writers Series Brings Leading Authors and Thinkers to Campus this Fall

AU community invited to book readings by award winning Masha Gessen, Leila Aboulela, and Valzhyna Mort
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Group of people attending the workshop

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American University Hosts Statistical Monitoring International Conference

Prestigious XIV International Workshop on Intelligent Statistical Quality Control held at AU
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Young People

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New Poll Reveals Young Americans’ Outlook on Future, Barriers to Success, and the American Dream

New poll from the Sine Institute of Politics and Policy reveals insights into how young Americans feel about the future and the reimagined American Dream.
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From left: Joe Hewitt, Satchel Hewitt and Jonnel Clothier.

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All in the (Eagle) Family

Jonnel Clothier's son Satchel Hewitt is among a handful of first-year students with longstanding ties to AU.
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Cover of the textbook on American First Ladies

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Making History and Leaving Legacies: First Textbook on U.S. First Ladies Now Available to Educators

The nation’s first textbook focusing on the transformational legacies of the wives of America’s Presidents is now available to college level students and educators across the United States.
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