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Even the most fit gym rat needs to take steps to avoid heat injury, especially heat stroke says Stacey Snelling, associate dean of American University's School of Education, Teaching and Health.

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The summer sequester effect on federal employee morale could potentially leave a gaping hole in the federal workforce for years to come due to the brain-drain from federal ranks which may ironically end up costing the government more in the long run says American University's Robert Tobias.

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American University history professor Alan Kraut says "a lot of interests are being hurt by the current system."

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With Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit hitting the silver screen, American University literature professor explains fantasy genre’s growing popularity.

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American University experts are available for comment

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American University professor says vote against same-sex marriage soes not indicate Romney will win NC.

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American University professor says unusually dedicated comic book fan base helps drive film genre’s popularity.

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What is the future of NATO? Can the Europeans or the Americans continue to fund NATO capabilities? Will the Alliance commitment to Afghanistan operations decline as European nations withdraw? Experts from American University are available to discuss the isues.

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While the U.S. is drawing down significantly and turning over operations to the Afghans, it’s a mistake to say the war is ending. The war will continue beyond 2014 for the Afghans as well as for those U.S. service men and women who comprise the residual force that remains in country.

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American University’s Latin America, and U.S. foreign policy experts are available to discuss the Summit of the Americas taking place in Cartagena, Colombia, and what will be taking place officially and on the sidelines April 14-15.

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American University tax experts available for tax commentary.

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American University U.S.-Brazil, foreign policy, and Latin America experts are available to provide analysis of Brazil's Rousseff’s White House visit on Monday, April 9.

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Whether the old or new Putin emerges the victor seems to be the real question in the five way race to win the Russian presidency. American University experts are available to provide analysis.

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American University’s Kogod Tax Center experts David Kautter and Don Williamson are available to analyze and discuss the Obama administration’s corporate tax reform and small business tax reform proposals.

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The FY 2013 defense budget request will raise many questions about the ability of the U.S. to protect its national security interests abroad. American University Prof. Gordon Adams, former associate director for national security and international affairs at OMB in the Clinton administration is available for analysis and reaction.

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Unlike Greece, Italy’s economy has been called “too big to fail” and as the EU’s third largest economy has the potential to have a much greater impact on both the EU’s and U.S.’s economies through whatever deal is ultimately worked out to restructure Italy’s debt.

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Sunday, December 25, marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s last official day of existence, when then-president Mikhail Gorbechev’s resignation formally ended the government Vladimir Lenin instituted.

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American University's Jordan Tama is an expert on congressional and independent commissions based on his extensive study of 30 years of data. Tama is available to discuss the potential pitfalls faced by the Congressional deficit-reduction committee a.k.a. the Super Committee.

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This year’s UN General Assembly Heads of State meeting has no shortage of controversy from issues ranging from a Palestinian bid for membership to new leaders who emerged from Arab Spring countries not to mention Iran’s firebrand Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the financial crises in the U.S. and Europe.

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David Kautter most recently served as Ernst and Young’s director of national tax, and is keenly aware of how President Obama’s American Jobs Act’s proposed tax cuts/credits aimed at employers and extending payroll tax cuts further for employees will be met by the business community and on Capitol Hill.

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American University experts available to comment on 9/11 and terrorism.

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Dr. Gordon Adams, professor of U.S. Foreign Policy at American University’s School of International Service, says the trillion dollars in defense savings claimed in the latest deficit reduction proposal from Sen. Harry Reid is completely fictional.

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Thursday, August 19, through Sunday, August 21, marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet coup attempt during which members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempted to take control from Mikhail Gorbachev. American University faculty experts are available to provide commentary on the coup attempt’s significance.

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Gordon Adams, professor of U.S. Foreign Policy at American University’s School of International Service, testified before the House Budget Committee’s hearing on “Budgeting for America’s National Security.” Adams oversaw all U.S. foreign affairs and national security budgeting at OMB (1993-1997).

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U.S.-Pakistan relations are at a boiling point and must be restored to pre-tension levels says American University Expert, Akbar Ahmed. Ahmed was Pakistan’s former High Commissioner to Britain. He has advised incoming CIA Director General Petraeus and high-ranking officials in the Obama administration on Islam and foreign policy.

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Peru's runoff election between Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala is widely viewed as a crossroads. The outcome of the election affects not only the country’s own future but for how it relates to its neighbors and the hemisphere as a whole. American University experts available for analysis.

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American University Professor Boaz Atzili argues President Obama's resurrected 1967 border proposal presents an historic opportunity for Israel to cement international recognition in his Huffington Post article. Atzili further asserts backing of Abbas's UN gambit by Obama and Israel.

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American University experts Akbar Ahmed, Clovis Maksoud, and Ghiyath Nakshbendi possess over 100 years of combined experience in the Middle East and North Africa. Whether serving as ambassadors, financial experts, or journalists, they can offer expert analysis of Obama’s Mideast speech today.

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Anthony Wanis-St. John is a member of the faculty of American University’s Peace and Conflict Resolution program. His new book, Back Channel Negotiation: Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process (Syracuse 2011) explains Back Channel Negotiations from the standpoint of the Israel-Palestinian decades’ long conflict and how the model is used elsewhere.

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American University, ranked by Princeton Review as the most politically active campus in the nation, has professors available to provide expertise and commentary on President Barack Obama’s announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death.