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May 14, 2008

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05/09/08

Humanities | Sustainability / Environment:  Humanities field helps scholars address sustainability issues

A group at the Polytechnic campus is showing the interconnectedness of how humanities and the arts can play a role when talking about sustainability.

05/08/08

Humanities | Students | Research:  Sun Angel Scholarship funds research in the humanities

Three undergraduate students receive the Sun Angel Excellence in the Humanities Research Scholarship, which affords students the chance to pursue a research project in their field of study.

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

Grants / Awards | Social Science:  ASU takes ‘Kids Voting’ to the world's newest state: Kosova

ASU's Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies is developing a curriculum and training teachers as part of a new "Kids Voting" program being implemented in Kosova.

05/07/08

Education | Humanities | Grants / Awards:  Teaching grant enlivens history classes

A three-year grant is improving public school teachers' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of American history.

05/06/08

Engineering:  ASU takes on major role in cutting-edge project

ASU's Center for Ecogenomics is a key partner in an effort to discover more about Earth's largely unexplored ocean depths.

05/02/08

Social Science:  Lecture studies cities’ environments, health impacts

This year's William J. Stone lecture will address the benefits and perils of an urban lifestyle on day-to-day life.

05/02/08

Engineering | Grants / Awards:  NSF award boosts Buneo’s bioengineering research

Engineering professor Christopher Buneo is aiming to understand how the brain combines sensory information to help plan our physical movements.

04/30/08

Sustainability / Environment:  Helping Phoenix achieve sustainability in uncertain times

ASU's Patricia Gober says obtaining sustainability in Phoenix takes a common-sense approach that requires balancing the budget and hedging our bets.

04/30/08

Research:  Team of researchers explain how birds navigate

ASU scientists have teamed up with the University of Oxford to further understand how birds use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation.