Elinor Ostrom, the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences speaks at a press conference at Indiana University. At right is IU President Michael McRobbie. Ostrom is the founding director of ASU’s Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity and is one of three faculty members at ASU to be a Nobel Prize recipient. Read more: ASU's Ostrom wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Mark von Hagen, director of ASU’s School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies addresses the attendees of the school’s launch event. Read more: New school brings promise of ‘intellectual spice’

Left to right: Maria Teresa Kumar, Gloria Feldt, Brittany L. Collins, and Courtney E. Martin, participate in a panel discussion during the Feldt/Barbanell Women of the World Lecture: "Changing the World: Feminism in Action Generation to Generation" at the Memorial Union. Presented by ASU’s School of Social Transformation, the lecture brings prominent individuals to the university to address issues of a global nature and their effects on women.

Vince Rollins (left) and Paul Gambil ponder a question as the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Maroon team competes in the second night of the 2009 Academic Bowl at ASU. Read more: Liberal Arts and Sciences captures Academic Bowl title

Sun Devil Sounds, with Max Knouse on guitar, Andrew Schiller on bass and Jeremy Lappitt on saxophone, play during the launch of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Read more: ASU announces launch of Herberger Institute

With the J. Russell and Bonita Nelson Fine Arts Center as a backdrop, ASU President Michael Crow addresses the attendees at the Herberger launch event.

Gary Herberger, president of the Herberger Foundation and the son of Robert and Katherine Herberger; longtime Phoenix patrons of the arts, for which the Institute at ASU is named, speaks to the group at the launch event. 

Mark Jacobs, dean of the Honors College (center) show Barbara Barrett, and her husband, Craig Barrett (right) the dining area of the newly opened Barrett, The Honors College facility on ASU’s Tempe campus, prior to the grand opening event for the college. Read more: ASU launches Barrett campus

International journalist and scholar Rami Khouri delivers a lecture titled: “Real Conflicts and Imagined Threats: Religion, Politics and the Future of the Middle East” to a full house at ASU’s Evelyn Smith Music Theatre. The event was presented by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict and supported by a grant from John and Dee Whiteman.

Professor Raul Yzaguirre (right) answers a question from the audience as the Reverend Al Sharpton and State Representative Kyrsten Sinema listen, during the Civil Rights Forum VII: “An Intimate Dialogue on Contemporary Civil Rights” sponsored by ASU’s Center for Community Development and Civil Rights.

Family Weekend at ASU turned Alumni Lawn into a festive tailgate event.

Family Weekend offers the perfect opportunity for family members visit students and check out ASU. Chanel Perez, a journalism major from Phoenix (center right) sits with her parents Kenny and Dina Perez (left) and Giovani Rodriguez, a political science major from Phoenix (center), along with cousins Gina, Matthew and Selena Bracamonte.

The ASU Concert Band performs for the crowd at Family Weekend.

The ASU men’s basketball team signs autographs at the Devil’s Lair tailgate event at Wells Fargo Arena.

Ending the evening on high note, Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Chris McGaha (13) with five seconds to play at the Oct. 17 game against the Washington Huskies, giving Arizona State a stunning 24-17 victory.