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WASHINGTON, DC (June 28, 2004) – Eleven American University professors were honored at an award ceremony held April 25, 2004, at the Washington College of Law. Each year, American University honors its distinguished professors for their contributions to the university.



University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching

§ Denise Orenstein, College of Arts and Science, Literature



University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in the General Education Program

§ Albert Cheh, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry


Contact: Maralee Csellar, AU Media Relations, 202-885-5952




WASHINGTON, DC (March 22, 2004) – American University’s Center for Social Media will present four feature films and several shorts that explore man's relationship to the environment in partnership with the 2004 DC Environmental Film Festival from March 18 – 28. Events at American University include:




United Nations Association Film Festival Traveling Festival

5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 24; Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center

American University Receives Grant from Rockefeller Foundation to Research the Relationship Between Arts Practices and Intellectual Property Policies in a Digital Age






Contact: Maralee Csellar, AU Media Relations, 202-885-5952

Agnes Varnum, Center for Social Media, 202-885-3107



Contact: Maralee Csellar, AU Media Relations, 202-885-5952




WASHINGTON, DC (April 7, 2003) - The war of words and ideas has moved to new levels of technology and discourse during the War with Iraq, according to American University's Center for Social Media. The Center's new War Beyond the Box Website scans informal and ad-hoc communications reaching far beyond the "box" of mainstream media in time of war.



For Immediate Release: March 20, 2002

Contact: Maralee Csellar, 202-885-5952



WHAT: A Showcase of Social Action Media Social issue films designed to make a difference and the strategies that make them work.



WHEN: 2:10 p.m., Friday, March 22 Film Showing of "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey"


5 p.m., Friday, March 22 Reception -Meet the filmmakers


5:45 p.m., Film Showing of "Legacy"


3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 23, Filmmakers Forum: Films as Tools for Social Change


For Immediate Release: Sept. 24, 2001


Contact: Maralee Csellar, (202) 885-5952; cell (703) 975-1614




WASHINGTON, D.C. - American University's School of Communication will host An American Forum panel discussion titled, "Within and Beyond the Barricades: The Media in National Crisis," from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 in the Kay Spiritual Life Center at American University.



For Immediate Release: Sept. 26, 2000

Contact: Maralee Csellar, (202) 885-5952



WASHINGTON, D.C. C American University=s School of Communication will host An American Forum panel discussion titled, "You’ve Got… AOL-Time Warner!," from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 in the Kay Spiritual Life Center at American University.


For Immediate Release: June 30, 2000

Contact: Maralee Csellar, 202-885-5952, or csellar@american.edu



WASHINGTON, DC - From the influence of 1980s teenage flicks to the cable industry's constant struggle to grow and succeed in an era where technology changes daily, American University Professor Patricia Aufderheide identifies and demonstrates how television and film affects the culture that we live in, in her new book, The Daily Planet: A Critic on the Capitalist Culture Beat.


For Immediate Release: March 22, 1999

Contact: Maralee Csellar, (202) 885-5952




WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American University's School of Communication (SOC) will host An American Forum panel discussion titled, "The End of Free TV? The Future of Broadcast Television," from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 in the Kay Spiritual Life Center.




Panelists will discuss the challenges that television networks face in a multiplexed, digital world and whether our society still need its free TV. Panelists will include:



For Immediate Release: March 22, 1999


Contact: Maralee Csellar, (202) 885-5952




WASHINGTON D.C.-- As the March 31 sunset of cable upper-tier price regulation draws near, American University Professor of Communication Patricia Aufderheide can provide a valuable perspective on the impact of the forthcoming deadline. A former telecommunication policy analyst, Aufderheide has untangled cable regulations and The Telecommunications Act of 1996 in her new book Communications Policy and the Public Interest: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Guilford Press).