Press Releases

A statement from the Association of American Universities about the release of the aggregate report from the 2019 AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct:

AAU President Mary Sue Coleman on the House Education and Labor Committee issued a statement about recent introduction of the College Affordability Act.

AAU announces the launch of its PhD Education Initiative, a grant-funded program aimed at changing the culture surrounding doctoral education.

President Mary Sue Coleman's statement regarding the passage of the bipartisan deal to raise the Budget Control Act spending caps for FY20 and FY21 and raise the debt limit until July 31, 2021.

A statement from the Association of American Universities announced that Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will serve as acting chair of the AAU Board of Directors.

AAU President Mary Sue Coleman applauds President Trump’s nomination of Michael Kratsios as an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and to be designated as the United States Chief Technology Officer.

The following is a statement from the Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of University Presses welcoming Cornell University to the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem Initiative, which includes more than 60 university presses and 15 university members.

AAU, together with several associations, praised the introduction of the bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act in both chambers of Congress.

AAMC, AAU, and APLU express deep concerns with the restrictions announced by HHS restricting the use of fetal tissue.

AAU issued a statement to thank House Appropriators for their efforts to increase funding for higher education and scientific research in the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Bill.