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To the Pointt: Wildfires

Environment ·

To the Point: What Is the Effect of Wildfires on Air Quality, and How Concerned Should We Be?

Professor of Environmental Science Valentina Aquila answers our question of the week
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Students standing by compost buckets at TDR

Environment ·

AU Ranks Second in Key Category in Annual Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition

AU ranked second among large universities for composting, keeping 21,009 pounds of food waste out of landfill.
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To the Point: Fentanyl

Science ·

To the Point: The Fentanyl Crisis, Why Now, Why So Deadly?

Professor of Psychology David Kearns answers our question of the week
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Spidey, AU’s very first AI robot

Science ·

AI Spider Robot Makes Debut at American University

Aref Zahed launches AI robot that can move, speak, recognize faces, and answer questions using ChatGPT technology
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Solar panels on the roof of an AU building.

Environment ·

Leading Environmental Change: AU Continues to Be a Power Player, Five Years after Achieving Carbon Neutrality

How do you quantify carbon neutrality? The energy saved since AU reached the historic milestone in 2018 is equivalent to planting around 4.5 million trees—more than double the total number in the District.
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title slide for CSINT article - The Evolution of Cyber Attribution

Technology ·

The Evolution of Cyber Attribution

This article dives into the complex nature of cyber attribution – the task of determining responsibility for cyberspace operations.
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