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$5M Gift Advances Cyber and Economic Security


The Shahal M. Khan Cyber and Economic Security Institute is launching with a $5 million gift from Shahal M. Khan, SIS/BA ’95, and a partnership with Cyber Range Solutions (CRS), a global leader in cyber security training solutions.

“This institute is designed to give future changemakers of government, diplomacy, and statecraft the necessary tools and understanding. And AU’s position in Washington, D.C., allows us to be on the cutting-edge of this work.” -Shahal M. Khan

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Transporting Dance to the Volumetric Stage

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Accountability Research Center Launches Sandra N. Smithey Fellowship

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Andrew Flores

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Are LGBT Americans More Likely to Suffer Violent Crimes Than Their Cisgender Counterparts?

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Ernst Posner

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How AU Aided Refugee Scholars from Nazi Germany

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Participants from the AU hosted farm bill summit provide a briefing in the Russell Senate Office Building on May 2.

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Centering Racial Justice in Farming

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