Spring 2006
Reforming K Street
James Thurber and other AU experts weigh in on how to accomplish lobbying reform.
The ‘No Problem’ Opportunity
For Karen O’Connor, director of the Women and Politics Institute, the foremost question is, “Does past progress ensure the future of women in politics?”
Words and Warriors
At the Pentagon, top spokespersons like Frank Thorp ’92 often come from AU and “no comment” isn’t their style.
Web, Paper, iPod
Washington Post insiders Patrick Butler ’96 and Jim Brady ’89 consider the future of the rapidly changing news business.
The White House: This Reporter’s Beat
Go to work for a day with David Gregory ’92, NBC’s man in the White House.
AnewAU
They are explorers, innovators, and solvers of mysteries. AU’s faculty share a passion for asking questions. And wherever their curiosity takes them—from the laboratory to the library, from the Caribbean to China—they make discoveries that establish them as scholars to watch. But it may be in the classroom that the most important discovery is made. Every day, they show their students that learning is an adventure.
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