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November 22, 2009

Students

11/18/09

University | Diversity | Students:  ASU students seek meaningful change in Africa

Three ASU students are back from a weeklong participation in the 2009 Ronald H. Brown African Affairs Series with a keen focus on how they can bring about positive change in Africa.

11/18/09

Science | Faculty and Staff | Students:  Documentary film on mud volcano launches in Arizona

The School of Earth and Space Exploration hosted a symposium “Living with the Planet” that featured the premiere screening of the documentary film “Mud Max" and included a panel discussion with earth scientists from leading institutions.

11/17/09

Diversity | International engagement | Students:  ASU among top universities chosen by international students

ASU is once again among the top choices for international students, placing 18th in the nation among all colleges and universities, according to a report released from the Institute of International Education.

11/16/09

Engineering | Diversity | Students:  ASU undergrads display research work at symposium

Work done as part of one of the largest undergraduate research programs at any university in the country is displayed at the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative Symposium.

11/16/09

University | Education | Students | Alumni:  Arizona's Teacher of the Year is ASU grad, current student

Arizona State University graduate Joy Weiss was honored Nov. 5 as Arizona's 2010 Teacher of the Year by the Arizona Educational Foundation.

11/13/09

University | Diversity | Students:  ASU leads country in AIEF scholarship students

The opportunity to learn in a diverse environment and pursue career dreams is attracting more Native American students to ASU than any other college or university in the country.

11/12/09

Students:  16 graduate students earn dissertation fellowships

The Graduate College has awarded 16 dissertation fellowships to outstanding graduate students who are in the final stages of post-candidacy doctoral work.

11/09/09

Arts / Culture | Students:  ASU grad wins prestigious writing prize

Adam Johnson, an ASU graduate and author of the novel “Parasites Like Us,” has been selected as one of 10 young writers in the United States to receive a 2009 Whiting Writers’ Awards – and a $50,000 cash prize.

11/06/09

Engineering | Science | International engagement | Students | Alumni:  Cluster Devils prepare for battle in cyberspace

ASU engineering students have undertaken months of intense training to compete in a supercomputing challenge at the international Supercomputing Conference 2009.

11/06/09

Arts / Culture | Humanities | Students | News coverage | Social Science:  ASU doctoral candidate Thompson pays tribute to Levi-Strauss