Membership

Membership in the American Research Universities Human Resources Institute is conferred automatically and exclusively to the chief human resources officer of each university designated as a member of the Association of American Universities.*

Your membership includes:

• Invitation to attend the annual conference to be held in the fall
• Ongoing professional development initiatives including the Leadership Partners and virtual programming sessions
• Access to all ARU-HRI members for the sharing of information, benchmarking, and connection, as well as the member newsletter
• Participation in other key leadership and research development activities focused on R-1, AAU institutions
• Ongoing administrative resources and support for the organization (communication facilitation, web access, conference planning and implementation, etc.)

If you have any questions about membership, please contact President Laurita Thomas via the contact form.

Member Contacts

• Access the ARU-HRI member list (CUPA-HR login required; If you don’t have these credentials, follow the instructions presented at the login prompt to retrieve your username and/or password)
• View the list of member institutions

*The “American Research Universities Human Resource Institute (ARU-HRI)” is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the views expressed on this website are solely those of the “ARU-HRI” and not AAU.