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American U’s "Communicating the 2012 Election" class to cover New Hampshire primary in three weeks reporting from a Millennial's perspective.

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American University EU faculty experts Matthias Matthijs and Stephen Silvia are available to discuss the current state of the euro-zone economy, risks associated with plans being discussed to prop up the EU economy, and the implications the euro crisis has on the U.S. economic recovery.

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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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Eating in moderation and staying active can help prevent holiday weight gain, says American University nutrition expert.

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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 School of Public Affairs presented its annual Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership to Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; and Dr. John A. Montgomery, Director of Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Department of the Navy.

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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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AMC's Breaking Bad makes chemistry entertaining but the show is not improving chemistry’s tarnished public image says Matthew Hartings, assistant professor of chemistry at American University.

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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’s Matthew Nisbet featured in American Journal of Public Health.

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New book edited by American University professor Martha Starr examines ethical, social, political, cultural, and educational factors behind 2008 financial crisis and recession.

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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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A new illusion that took second place in the 2011 Best Illusion of the Year Contest—a competition held annually by the Neural Correlate Society—illustrates that our brains can organize what we see based on changes in contrast.

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Gordon Adams’s article appearing in Foreign Policy, "Unfinished Business: Ten huge challenges Bob Gates leaves behind," outlines challenges Panetta must solve as secretary of defense. Adams cautions “Panetta is going to have to get tougher, a lot tougher. . . .” to tame a bloated defense budget .

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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 has named James Goldgeier, an internationally renowned scholar whose academic research focuses on contemporary international relations and American foreign policy, to be the new dean of its School of International Service.

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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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A study published in Global Change Biology finds that while fertilizer has been the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in Caribbean coastal ecosystems for the past 50 years, such pollution is on the decline. Now, sewage-derived nitrogen is increasingly becoming the top source of such pollution in those areas.

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Swamp was once a refuge for Indigenous Americans, runaway slaves, and others.

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Using New Media Technologies to Create an Immersive Storytelling Experience

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In an op-ed in today's Washington Post, Gordon Adams, a professor at American University’s School of International Service, calls for more Pentagon budget cuts. Adams is a former associate director for national security and international affairs at the Office of Management and Budget.

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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.

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Student reaction from American University.

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Shadi Mokhtari, assistant professor at American University’s School of International Studies, can discuss the implications of disappearances suspected in Syria and other alleged serious violations employed in Libya and Yemen to quell, disperse, and frighten the government opposition.

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An American University study Is first to compare funding, media coverage and strategy of green groups and industry-linked organizations in Cap & Trade fight.

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Obama in Office from American University professor James Thurber analyzes President Obama’s successes, failures in his first two years.

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American University provost Scott Bass announced today the appointment of Michael Ginzberg as the new dean of the Kogod School of Business. Ginzberg will join American University’s Kogod School of Business beginning in June following the retirement of Dean Richard Durand.

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New book edited by American University professor explores thinking queerly about Shakespeare.

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Honorees to include Gene Sperling, Richard Lugar, Bob Schieffer, Aaron Williams, Vera Rubin, Stephen Zack.

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On April 19, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut. American University professor Daniel Jacobs’s experience leading high-profile environmental cases qualifies him to provide analysis. Bill Snape, an AU law professor and a member of the President’s Trade and Environment Committee, is also available.

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Showering, studying will take on new meaning for AU students when D.C.’s largest solar systems produce hot water and electricity across campussolar hot water system on the east coast.

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Caren Goldberg, a management professor at American University’s Kogod School of Business and an expert on sex discrimination in the workplace, is available to discuss the Dukes v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., from a management perspective.

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2011 Campus Plan reflects American University’s desire to further strengthen its growing academic prestige

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Monday, April 18, is the deadline for Americans to file their federal and state income tax returns and American University faculty experts are available to comment on a variety of tax-related issues, including federal income taxes, corporate and partnership taxes, and tax accounting and procedures.

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March is National Women’s History Month and American University faculty experts are available to comment on issues including the influence of America’s First Ladies, women in politics, women voters, women’s careers, working mothers, feminism, and women in journalism.

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Throughout United States history, first ladies have influenced politics, domestic policy and global diplomacy. On March 1, historians and White House staff–including former chiefs of staff to Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton–will examine the role of our nation’s first ladies at a conference convened by American University.

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New three-year program could be model for future of doctoral education.

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American University professor organizes world’s only conference exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer issues facing society.

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A new study by an American University professor in the January/February issue of the journal Child Development has found that children’s BMI rose the more years their mothers worked over their children’s lifetimes.

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Several American University film and media experts are available to discuss a variety of issues related to creating media that matters. Each will lead presentations at the Media That Matters 2011 conference, held Thursday, February 10, and Friday, February 11, at AU's Katzen Arts Center.

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Obama may be first black president at1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but the black history of the White House traces a black presence back to America’s very first president.

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American University researchers unveil new theory behind the 30 year explosion in obesity.

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Several American University professors are available for comment regarding President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 25.