Multimedia - AWOL

Spotlight on student musicians

Singer-Songwriter's Hub supports student creativity

Natalie Monga, Multimedia Producer • May 6, 2024

Flashback to the eclipse

Students fill Main Quad to see solar phenomenon

Claire Gover, Multimedia Producer • May 6, 2024

American University students sat on the Main Quad April 8 to view a solar eclipse that crossed the United States. AU’s College of Arts and Science hosted The Great American Eclipse Viewing Party...

Guided through Indigenous DC

AU professor's app highlights DC locations important to Indigenous history

Michelle Miramontes, Multimedia Contributor • April 15, 2024

Prior to becoming the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was home to the Nacotchtank (Anacostan) and Piscataway people, according to a map created by Native Land Digital, a Canadian-based nonprofit...

Beeghly sits empty

Beeghly Chemistry Building could be set for repurposing

Grace Manson, Garren McCauley, and Katherine Seri Chang • April 15, 2024

For over 50 years, American University staff and students knew the Beeghly Chemistry Building for its science labs. But current professors know the building more for its arsenic, black mold, humidity...

Building back the bees

AU Beekeeping Society winter loses replaced by new colony

Beverly Freidenrich, Multimedia Contributor • April 11, 2024

The American University Beekeeping Society welcomed a new colony of bees on March 20. After a cold winter caused them to lose their hive, the club members joined together to facilitate the transfer...

Multimedia: Pledges and promises

Greek Life’s community experience and student concerns

Maegan Seaman, Benjamin Austin, Michelle Miramontes, Ben Ackman, Katherine Seri Chang, Beverly Freidenrich, Kathryn Gilroy, Claire Gover, Charles Hutchinson, Emerson Katz, Bennett Lane, Garren McCauley, Natalie Monga, Benjamin Noenickx, and Nico Roldan • April 10, 2024

This semester, AWOL’s multimedia team investigated how students feel about Greek Life on American University’s campus. This investigation comes two years after AU’s Abolish Greek Life movement....

Holi festival colors Dupont to celebrate spring

Festival of colors included colored powder, performances and music

Natalie Monga, Multimedia Producer • April 1, 2024

The Ven at Embassy Row hosted multiple Holi festivities for D.C. residents March 24 in Dupont Circle. Holi is a Hindu holiday that celebrates the arrival of spring. Attendees of the event watched...

Mardi Gras comes to The Wharf

Revelers celebrate last day of Carnival near the Potomac River

Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer • February 21, 2024

Mardi Gras revelers went to The Wharf Feb. 11 for an early celebration, ahead of the actual holiday on the following Tuesday. Mardi Gras is the last day of Carnival, a Christian festival of indulgence...

Lunar New Year celebrated in Chinatown

Attendees buy from local vendors and watch performances for Lunar New Year of the Dragon

Natalie Monga, Multimedia Producer • February 21, 2024

D.C. residents celebrated the Lunar New Year Feb. 11 with parades that included groups from across the district. Chinatown was decorated with red and yellow banners as several dances, songs and other...

The Hum: Experiences at a PWI

Students of color at AU speak about their time at a predominantly white institution

Helena Milburn, Ela Hernandez, Zoe Kallenekos, Marisa Álvarez, Alexandrea Valerio, Sia Patel, Sofia Borin, Stella Camerlengo, and Blake Guterman • January 7, 2024

This semester, The Hum team interviewed students of color and students for whom English is a second language, or ESL students, about their experience at American University, a predominantly white institution,...

Circus at the Yards

Emma Pierce, Staff Editor • December 5, 2023

The Yards Park, located along the Anacostia River, hosted the circus event “Side Yards at Yards Park” on Nov. 3. The free event included appearances from fortune tellers, aerialists, a sword swallower,...

On our doorstep

A photo essay

Maegan Seaman, Multimedia Director • November 29, 2023

While walking the neighborhoods in the district, it’s interesting to stop and take notice of the little things. In the fast paced environment of American University, it can be so easy to become caught...