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May 09, 2008

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05/08/08

Faculty / Staff | Community | Grants / Awards:  Faculty develop Spanish screener for language disorders

A four-year grant has been awarded to develop the first Spanish language screening measure to identify children at risk for language impairment.

05/07/08

Students | Community:  Graduate students also aspiring philanthropists

An ASU class project is giving students the opportunity to award $20,000 one local nonprofit.

05/02/08

University | Community:  Conference matches students with professionals

ASU is hosting the Inspiring Voices Conference, an event that provide more than 200 middle-school Native American students with an opportunity to interact with local Native American professionals from different industry fields.

04/30/08

Students | Community:  ASU offers cool college classes this summer

Summer classes – online and on campus – are open to current ASU students and incoming freshmen, as well as transfer students, community college students, eligible high school students and others seeking to earn college credit.

04/29/08

Science | Community:  ASU contest gives kids chance to interview scientists

Three inquisitive elementary-school students were invited to co-host ASU’s “Ask a Biologist” podcast as winners of the program's first podcast contest.

04/24/08

Humanities | Students | Community:  English Club shares its love of reading with Valley children

English majors take their love of the language into the community, by volunteering at Scottsdale-based All-Star Kids Tutoring.

04/16/08

University | Students | Community:  Black Hawk helicopters land at ASU

A pair of unarmed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters made brief landings on the ASU Tempe campus April 17 in support of an Army ROTC joint field training exercise.

04/08/08

Humanities | Community:  Deputy director receives race relations award

Doris Marshall, who proactivily addresses racial tensions among the elderly, is the recipient of Arizona State University's A. Wade Smith Community Award for Advancement of Race Relations.

04/04/08

University | Community:  Students experience life-changing spring break

ASU American humanics students spent their spring break week volunteering in New Orleans on cleaning and restoration service projects.

April 05, 2008

Science | Community:  Hike highlights nature of Papago Buttes

ASU School of Life Sciences’ faculty and students are putting aside their microscopes and lecture notes to lead guided hikes for the community in the Papago Buttes park.