American University's College of Arts and Sciences
@aucollege.bsky.social
The official account for the College of Arts and Sciences at American University in Washington, DC.
ICYMI: AU Health Studies Prof. Dara Ford was featured in WalletHub's recent article about the Best and Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle: wallethub.com/edu/best-and...
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: AU Health Studies Prof. Dara Ford was featured in WalletHub's recent article about the Best and Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle: wallethub.com/edu/best-and...
Meet Rokiyah Hobbs, an AU grad student and host of Health Snaps—a podcast delivering 2-minute takes on big public health questions. New episodes just dropped on design thinking and career-ready skills. 🎧 Read & listen: www.american.edu/cas/news/mee...
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Meet Rokiyah Hobbs, an AU grad student and host of Health Snaps—a podcast delivering 2-minute takes on big public health questions. New episodes just dropped on design thinking and career-ready skills. 🎧 Read & listen: www.american.edu/cas/news/mee...
Info sessions, Ask-Me-Anythings, Grad School Planning webinars... we have them all!
Interested in grad school but have questions about next steps? Join our grad admissions team at one of many upcoming events: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
Interested in grad school but have questions about next steps? Join our grad admissions team at one of many upcoming events: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Info sessions, Ask-Me-Anythings, Grad School Planning webinars... we have them all!
Interested in grad school but have questions about next steps? Join our grad admissions team at one of many upcoming events: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
Interested in grad school but have questions about next steps? Join our grad admissions team at one of many upcoming events: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
ICYMI: 🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Frederick Bruhweiler for receiving supplemental funding of $80,000 (new total: $497,924.82) from NASA for the project "Continued Development of IR & Visible Spectrometer and Imaging Arrays for Ground-based & Space-borne Planetary Observations."
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: 🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Frederick Bruhweiler for receiving supplemental funding of $80,000 (new total: $497,924.82) from NASA for the project "Continued Development of IR & Visible Spectrometer and Imaging Arrays for Ground-based & Space-borne Planetary Observations."
Interested in a grad degree in Arts Management?
Join Graduate Program Director Andrew Taylor and Laurel Semple from our Office of Graduate Enrollment for an info session:
MA Arts Management Info Session
📅 Jan 20, 10-11 a.m.
📅 Jan 23, 3-4 p.m.
More info + RSVP: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
Join Graduate Program Director Andrew Taylor and Laurel Semple from our Office of Graduate Enrollment for an info session:
MA Arts Management Info Session
📅 Jan 20, 10-11 a.m.
📅 Jan 23, 3-4 p.m.
More info + RSVP: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Interested in a grad degree in Arts Management?
Join Graduate Program Director Andrew Taylor and Laurel Semple from our Office of Graduate Enrollment for an info session:
MA Arts Management Info Session
📅 Jan 20, 10-11 a.m.
📅 Jan 23, 3-4 p.m.
More info + RSVP: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
Join Graduate Program Director Andrew Taylor and Laurel Semple from our Office of Graduate Enrollment for an info session:
MA Arts Management Info Session
📅 Jan 20, 10-11 a.m.
📅 Jan 23, 3-4 p.m.
More info + RSVP: www.american.edu/cas/admissio...
🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Philip Johnson for receiving a $538,923 grant from NASA for the project "Remote Sensing of Planetary Atmospheres in the Solar System and Beyond."
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Philip Johnson for receiving a $538,923 grant from NASA for the project "Remote Sensing of Planetary Atmospheres in the Solar System and Beyond."
Out now 👉 our spring performing arts season! We're rolling out an exciting spring 2026 lineup showcasing the breadth and vitality of AU music, theater, and dance. Learn more and get your tickets now: bit.ly/45VUSoh
📷: Left and upper right: Ethan Kauffman; Bottom right: David Dowling
📷: Left and upper right: Ethan Kauffman; Bottom right: David Dowling
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Out now 👉 our spring performing arts season! We're rolling out an exciting spring 2026 lineup showcasing the breadth and vitality of AU music, theater, and dance. Learn more and get your tickets now: bit.ly/45VUSoh
📷: Left and upper right: Ethan Kauffman; Bottom right: David Dowling
📷: Left and upper right: Ethan Kauffman; Bottom right: David Dowling
AU Health Studies Prof. Dara Ford was featured in WalletHub's recent article about the Best and Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle: wallethub.com/edu/best-and...
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
AU Health Studies Prof. Dara Ford was featured in WalletHub's recent article about the Best and Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle: wallethub.com/edu/best-and...
ICYMI: 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
Here’s what it revealed about Earth’s atmosphere → bit.ly/49KXW96
📸: 2022 Hunga eruption, photo courtesy of @noaa.gov
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: 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
Here’s what it revealed about Earth’s atmosphere → bit.ly/49KXW96
📸: 2022 Hunga eruption, photo courtesy of @noaa.gov
ICYMI: 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?
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?
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: 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?
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?
🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Frederick Bruhweiler for receiving supplemental funding of $80,000 (new total: $497,924.82) from NASA for the project "Continued Development of IR & Visible Spectrometer and Imaging Arrays for Ground-based & Space-borne Planetary Observations."
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🎉 👏 Congrats to AU Physics Prof. Frederick Bruhweiler for receiving supplemental funding of $80,000 (new total: $497,924.82) from NASA for the project "Continued Development of IR & Visible Spectrometer and Imaging Arrays for Ground-based & Space-borne Planetary Observations."
Happy first day of Spring 2026 classes, AU Eagles! 🎒 What are you most looking forward to this semester? Let us know in the comments!
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Happy first day of Spring 2026 classes, AU Eagles! 🎒 What are you most looking forward to this semester? Let us know in the comments!
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.
📸: U.S. Department of Agriculture/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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.
📸: 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
Here’s what it revealed about Earth’s atmosphere → bit.ly/49KXW96
📸: 2022 Hunga eruption, photo courtesy of @noaa.gov
January 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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
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?
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?
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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?
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. ❄️
December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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-...
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-...
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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-...
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."
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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."
Reposted by American University's College of Arts and Sciences
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.
Opinion | The Epstein Saga Awakens a Familiar Feminist Rage
Once again, we see how far this country will go to maintain the power of men at the expense of women’s bodies.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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/
📅 Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026
📍 Conference: March 28, DMTI
Open to all CAS disciplines—oral presentations, posters, performances.
More info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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/
📅 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...
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...
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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...
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."
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...
Head over to Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/show/0o2cmui...
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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...
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
📚 Graduate Admissions Fundamentals and Q&A (online webinar)
⏰ Wednesday, December 17, 12 p.m.
🔗 More info + RSVP: bit.ly/3TPOb2
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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
📚 Graduate Admissions Fundamentals and Q&A (online webinar)
⏰ Wednesday, December 17, 12 p.m.
🔗 More info + RSVP: bit.ly/3TPOb2