by Mae Bowen | Aug 6, 2015 | Monitor
Yesterday, President Obama spoke on the Iran deal at American University's School of International Service. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy also delivered a historic foreign policy speech at American University. Just eight months after the Cuban Missile Crisis,...
by Tanya Somanader | Jun 9, 2015 | Monitor
Love charts? We’ve pulled together a select batch of them and removed the titles and labels. See if you can guess the story each of them tells – then challenge your chart-loving friends to take it, too. We guarantee you’ll learn something that...
by Lindsay Holst | May 29, 2015 | Monitor
Today in 1917, John F. Kennedy — the 35th President of the United States, and the first to be born in the 20th century — was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Of Irish descent, President Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected President, and was also...
by Susan K. Donius | Aug 18, 2014 | Monitor
Click here to see the photo gallery. The President of the United States must be ready to travel anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. Fortunately, modern Presidents have access to a variety of transportation options, including flying aboard Air...
by Susan K. Donius | Jun 7, 2013 | Monitor
Click here to see the photo gallery. Graduation season is here once again and many of us have enjoyed watching our sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, and friends accept their hard-earned diplomas. Occasionally a university is able to celebrate the accomplishments of...