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  • Meet AAU’s New Student Literary and Art Magazine: Margins

    This semester marked the launch of a new club at AAU, Margins Magazine, dedicated to showcasing AAU’s creativity, from sketches, to poetry, to ceramics, to short stories, and beyond, and publishing each semester. The executive team—Genevieve, Ander, Hadley, Herta and Laura—saw an outlet for artists missing and decided to forge one themselves.  “So many people […]

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    AAU Visual Art Studies Students Present Interactive Final Exhibition

    Students from AAU’s Visual Art Studies (VAS) program transformed the Art Studio into an interactive exhibition space, inviting visitors not only to observe artwork, but actively participate in it. The Final Interactive Art Show, organized by the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (SAHSS), showcased student projects exploring themes of nostalgia, healing, identity, and […]

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    New SAHSS Dean and Author Zuzana Říhová Reads from her Book Playing Wolf

    Zuzana Říhová—AAU’s new Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean and Associate Professor of Czech and Comparative Literature—read from her novel Playing Wolf (Catapult) as part of many literary nights held at AAU’s library to highlight special guests and AAU faculty, moderated by Seth Rogoff. This horror fiction centers around a couple in a failing marriage […]

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  • Where Legends Rise: AAU Awards Winners

    The 2025/26 AAU award recipients were announced at the AAU ball, recognizing the legends of our university community who made outstanding contributions and impacts. Students, faculty, and staff celebrated the night in masks with entertainment, refreshments, and a dance floor. This year’s winners: Outstanding Scholar: Jade Didier and Lyla GentRunners-up: Amelie Koníčková, Ananya Sateesha Shetty, […]

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