ASU's Global Student Ambassadors, an initiative newly established by Anthony “Bud” Rock's Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement, recently played host to a visiting delegation from Turkey.
Laura Tohe, an associate professor of English at ASU, grew up listening to stories, so it's no wonder that she enjoys traveling the state telling tales as a speaker for the Arizona Humanities Council (AHC).
Jeffrey Kassing has built a research profile niche around workplace issues. For almost a decade, he has studied employee dissent and its varied facets.
ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business has introduced an MBA evening accelerated program, making it possible for students to receive their MBA degree in 18 months.
ASU's fall 2006 freshman class has broken previously established records, with significant gains in diversity, national scholar programs and overall enrollment.
Elizabeth D. Capaldi, vice chancellor and chief of staff for the State University of New York (SUNY) system, was named university provost and executive vice president at ASU.
La Verne Abe Harris, an assistant professor of graphic information technology in the College of Science and Technology at ASU, has been awarded the 2006-2007 ASU Foundation Women and Philanthropy Excellence and Access Award.
ASU continuing its implementation of the New American University model, with an academic reorganization in which all 21 deans at the four campuses will report directly to the executive vice president and university provost.
Biomedical science and engineering are taking humans toward their most personal connections with technology, and this close relationship can be seen emerging in research by Bruce Towe, a professor in the bioengineering department of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.
The Christian Science Monitor is taking a closer look at ASU’s focus on sustainability, including the launch of the nation’s first School of Sustainability.
In an effort to strengthen the United States ' capacity to compete as an innovator in the global economy, the National Governors Association (NGA) has launched a 17-member task force, appointing ASU President Michael Crow to the bipartisan group of governors, academic leaders and business members to help guide the “Innovation America” initiative.
One of the five international Fulbright scholars ASU is hosting this academic year is foreign language teaching assistant Aygul Fatykhova from Kazan, Tatarstan, a sovereign area of Russia.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected ASU for its new “Community Engagement” classification, recognizing the deep involvement of ASU faculty and students in activities that benefit the broader community.
Julia Schoenfeld, a student researcher in the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement, has accepted a position with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London after her graduation Dec. 14.
ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business is working with the United Arab Emirates ' (U.A.E.) Zayed University to deliver an executive master's degree program in health care administration to physicians, nurses and administrators.
Six music faculty in the ASU Herberger College of Fine Arts School of Music combined their artistry to make first recordings of six new pieces on the recently released CD, “Discovery,” on Summit Records.
Rex Weeks, a doctoral-level student in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, won the competition for Best Student Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, held in Urbana, Ill.
Lloyd Bandura, executive chef for ASU Campus Dining, is in charge of menus and food preparation at the Maricopa Café, which offers a salad bar, homemade soups, a sandwich bar and hot buffet every day.
As anyone with a pool knows, algae can be quite pesky plants. ASU researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld are shedding a whole new light on the plant in the Laboratory for Algae Research & Biotechnology (LARB) at the Polytechnic campus.
ASU's Beta Phi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society and the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education's Office of Professional Field Experience delivered more than 80 books and bears to four first-grade classrooms at Capitol Elementary School in Phoenix Dec. 1.
ASU's chief of police, John Pickens, juggles a heavier workload these days since being elected vice general chair of the University and College Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
Developed by the Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I) at ASU, the proposed Integrated Data to Enhance Arizona's Learning (IDEAL) program provides parents, students and teachers with a single resource to meet their educational goals and needs.
Doug Clark, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction with the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, has been awarded the prestigious National Academy of Education's Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Dennis Erickson, a two-time national champion (1989 and 1991), a two-time winner of the Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award (1988 and 2000) and the Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 2000, has been named the 22nd football coach at Arizona State University.
ASU Foundation Professor Bert Hoelldobler and his research are the focus for this portrayal of ants and ant nations in the cable program, "Ants: Nature's Secret Power."
More than 4,000 ASU students will have a special reason to celebrate over the holidays, as they will receive their degrees at ASU's commencement Dec. 14.
Building an affordable yet sustainable home is no small feat, however the ASU Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family proves it can be done with the completion of a demonstration home in Guadalupe, Ariz.
Arizona, and other western states are boasting unemployment rates well below the national average, according to the current issue of ASU's Western Blue Chip Economic Forecast.
Noted authors Marilyn Bowering and Walter Mosley are just some of the writers that will comprise the faculty at “Desert Nights, Rising Stars 2007,” ASU's annual writing conference.
The Decision Theater, the University Technology Office, the Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling (PRISM) and the Fulton High Performance Computing Initiative have announced the new Scientific and Engineering Research Visualization (SERV) service.
ASU and Mesa Public School District have partnered to offer Mesa high school students interested in engineering a chance to experience it firsthand at the college level.
Biodesign Institute virologist Bert Jacobs was named the recipient of the Innovator of the Year Award for Academia at the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards.
ASU received approval to launch two new Master’s degree programs designed to develop leaders in management and accountancy by bringing experiential learning and virtual problem-solving into the classroom.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has named Eugene Garcia, ASU vice president for University-School Partnerships as one of her appointees to the English Language Learner (ELL) Task Force.
