Impact Your World week, which takes place this week, has been a spiritual tradition at AU for many years. It is a compelling week where a guest speaker comes to share testimonies and to encourage students to go out into the world to disciple. This year’s 2018 Impact Your World week has featured guest speaker and AU alumni Matt Ingalls. Ingalls spoke in chapel on Tuesday morning and in the evening. He will speak tonight at 6 p.m. in Reardon Lobby. These services will integrate worship and … [Read more...]

Due to a high number of incoming freshman, AU Housing has made the decision to designate Morrison and Martin Halls as freshman dorms. All second-year female students will be housed in Myers Hall beginning this fall. Assistant Dean of Students Jason Stephens says the decision to use Myers Hall for second-year females was made after receiving the anticipated number of new students from the Office of Admissions. “We are on track for next fall to have 550 new students,” says Stephens. … [Read more...]

Over the weekend, two School of Theology and Christian Ministries students presented research at the Student Religious Studies Conference of the Midwest Society of Biblical Literature. Nikki Edrington, a senior Bible and religion major, shared her paper titled “Tearing the Veil: Women’s Roles in an Honor-Shame World.” Ryan Schwartz, a junior Bible and religion major, presented his paper titled “Religious Images in the 4th Century.” … [Read more...]

With signs in hand and sensible shoes underfoot, millions of women, men, children and pets from around the world took to the streets on Jan. 21 for the second annual Women’s March. According to organizers, last year’s march was about sending a bold message to the new administration, and to the world, that women’s rights are human rights. This year’s goals focused on increasing voter participation with the slogan “Power to the Polls” and encouraging more women to run for political … [Read more...]

While most AU students were trudging through below-freezing weather at the start of the semester, two mathematics majors were presenting their research project at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in sunny San Diego, California. Both Christina Coats and Ashley King were ecstatic when they discovered that they had been invited to present their research, titled “On the Creation of Rank Two Centrosymmetric Matrices,” at the largest mathematics conference in the world. “When I found out we were … [Read more...]

Tomorrow, Jan. 25, biology professor Dr. Kimberly Lyle-Ippolito will be delivering the first lecture in this year’s Science and Engineering Lecture Series. She will be speaking about CRISPR, a new and controversial technique in molecular biology that allows cells to be genetically modified. “It is being used to edit human embryos,” said Lyle-Ippolito. “They add this to a human embryo in a dish, and it will change the genetic makeup of the embryo. “They can actually correct genetic … [Read more...]

For the first time since 2013, the government of the United States has shut down. The shutdown, which occurred on Friday, Jan. 19 at midnight, was the result of the expiration of a spending bill. Republicans and Democrats have reached an impasse regarding the bill, which did not include protections for the children of illegal immigrants, dubbed “Dreamers,” which Democrats are advocating for. After the Senate failed to reach an agreement regarding the bill, the government shut down, leaving … [Read more...]

Each year, the influenza virus kills thousands of people. In Indiana alone this season, 107 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives to the flu. To date this year, only two people under the age of 24 have died from the flu. Although AU’s Health Services could not confirm the number of cases that have been treated so far this semester, they did confirm via email that they have “seen an increase in the number of patients with flu-like symptoms.” According to Dr. Kimberly … [Read more...]