Health Policy & Management ·
Fetal Personhood and Advance Healthcare Directives
SPA professor and graduate student expose unseen legal and health consequences of recent attacks on reproductive rights.
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Announcement ·
Celebrating Lydecker Way and Tunnel
The new naming recognizes the generous gift of Charlie Lydecker, SPA/BA ’85, and Christine Lydecker, Kogod/BSBA ’86, Kogod/MS ’88, to support student thriving at AU.
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American University’s School of Public Affairs Ranked No. 13 Overall, Highest in D.C., by U.S. News and World Report
According to the 2025 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s rankings of Public Affairs Graduate Schools, the AU SPA continues to earn high marks.
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Department Spotlight ·
2024 Women in Homeland Security Panel Discussion Proves to be a Success
On Friday, March 22, 2024, the School of Public Affairs hosted the seventh annual Women in Homeland Security Panel.
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Department Spotlight ·
5 Questions with Jordan Matsudaira
Professor Joins SPA Faculty from the U.S. Department of Education
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Alumni ·
“Try Everything”: How One SPA Masters Student Kicked Off Not Just Any Career, But the Right One
Fatima Torres (SPA, MA`24) leveraged a prestigious internship at The Lab @ DC into a full-time job in civic design.
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In the Community ·
Honoring Those Who Came before Us
Female faculty members from each of AU’s schools and colleges talk the women who have helped them along the way
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Environmental Policy ·
What Happened to the Radical Environmental Movement?
In collaboration with undergraduate Grace Gold, SPA Associate Professor Thomas Zeitzoff published an article on attitudes towards cyber tactics in eco-activism.
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Achievements ·
AU Alumna Named a Gates Cambridge Scholar
Ifeanyi Umunna, SPA/BA ’23, was awarded a fully-funded scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in criminology this fall at the University of Cambridge.
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Announcement ·
Cybersecurity Leaders Launch New Online Platform to Close Gaps in Understanding Cyber Policy
AU and its partners launch an online platform to help cybersecurity and privacy professionals, government officials, and students understand the fundamentals of key cybersecurity policy topics.
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