In the mid-1980s, when Jane Little was a Secretary II for the Women and Gender Studies Program, she heard about a new organization on campus formed to help women staff members enhance their careers.
ASU sophomore Matt O’Brien has been selected to participate in STARS College, sponsored by the Association of College and University Housing Officers International.
ASU students soon will have the opportunity to earn a degree certificate in an emerging technological discipline that’s becoming essential to career endeavors in many fields.
The Chicano Latino Faculty Staff Association at ASU recently celebrated the contributions and efforts of faculty members, staff and students who are taking steps to diversify and improve the learning environment at the university.
High school students interested in careers in video game design and production have an opportunity to work with industry professionals during a six-week program June 18-July 27 at ASU’s Tempe campus.
Arizona State claimed its seventh Pac-10 Conference championship May 23 in front of a season high crowd of 4,088 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark thanks to an 8-5 win over in-state rival Arizona.
Ten of Arizona’s premier high school seniors have chosen to pursue a college education at ASU next fall on a Flinn Foundation Scholarship, the highest number in memory.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano signed Senate Bill 1556 into law, a legislative move that will except postdoctoral scholars who are employed by an Arizona public university from participation in the Arizona State Retirement System
ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication will receive a major grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish a new center at the university devoted to the development of new media entrepreneurship and the creation of innovative digital media products.
Finland, with its population of more than 5.2 million and its 10 universities, is positioned well to be an exchange partner in education and technology with ASU and the state of Arizona.
School of Life Sciences' doctoral students Angela Picco and Nathan Morehouse have been awarded dissertation fellowships by the Division of Graduate Studies.
A comprehensive effort to teach Chinese language and culture in Arizona’s elementary and secondary schools is a major focus of a new Arizona State University-Sichuan University Joint Confucius Institute.
Kevin McCluney knows what a difference one person can make. Even the quote by Helen Keller that accompanies his e-mail highlights how important this philosophy is in his life: “I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do.”
ASU President Michael Crow had a vision for a new type of visualization center, one focused on connecting the science of the university with the needs of the Arizona community. Two years after opening its doors, the Decision Theater has made the vision a reality.
Donald Godfrey, a professor at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named a recipient of the 2007 Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
Ron McCoy, ASU's university architect, has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He was one of just 76 architects named to the college this year.
Two professors from the cadre of chairs and directors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been tapped to lead the college's largest divisions: the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Division of Social Sciences.
Professor Sid Bacon is an auditory psychophysicist – a hearing scientist – and the new dean of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Arizona State University President Michael Crow has appointed a committee of senior ASU administrators to evaluate proposals and options to upgrade its athletic facilities as part of its long-range comprehensive facilities planning effort.
At a dinner party last year, someone gave author Cynthia Kadohata an article about a newly discovered film from the Poston Internment Camp in Arizona. Needless to say, she was intrigued. Her father, Toshiro Kadohata, and her aunt, Motoya, had been sent to the camp as teenagers, and her new book, “Weedflower,” which was chosen as the 2007 OneBookAZ book for children, is about a 12-year-old girl whose family was sent to Poston.
Just as the new buildings at ASU's Polytechnic campus begin to emerge from the ground, the proposed placeholder names for the new edifices have been approved.
In a strong confirmation of the university's increasing global presence, a record 17 ASU students have won Fulbright Scholarships to study abroad next year, and 15 will study overseas on National Security Education Program (NSEP) awards.
Arizona State University President Michael Crow has appointed a committee of senior ASU administrators to evaluate proposals and options to upgrade its athletic facilities as part of its long-range comprehensive facilities planning effort.
Researchers at ASU's Polytechnic campus and the Military Amputee Research Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are teaming up to create the next generation of powered prosthetic devices based on lightweight, energy-storing springs.
During the remarkable cascade of events of photosynthesis, plants approach the pinnacle of stinginess by scavenging nearly every photon of available light energy to produce food. Yet after many years of careful research into its exact mechanisms, some key questions remain about this fundamental biological process that supports all life on Earth.
ASU Parking and Transit Services will offer summer parking upgrades beginning May 15. Those who wish to park in a desired parking structure or lot for the summer months can exchange their current permit for a summer placard, based on availability. Because of scheduled summer maintenance, upgrades will not be offered for Parking Structures 1, 2 or 3.
The ASU Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held its eighth annual Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Awards April 25, recognizing the men and women who helped improve the status of women at ASU and beyond.
For the past 15 years, students taking the Design Rhetoric (GRA 345) course in the College of Design have been designing new entrance monuments for the town of Paradise Valley at the end of each semester. Until this year, it's been a hypothetical exercise in proposal development, combining strategic writing skills and graphic design, complete with timetables, budgets and a mock-up of a design for the markers.
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter marked a milestone May 4. An image from THEMIS showing Martian lava flows and wind streaks mingling with impact craters, became the 1,200th “Image of the Day” posted online at themis.asu.edu/latest.html.
Understanding human beings and human behavior is a central theme of contemporary times, says Linda Costigan Lederman, who, on May 15, becomes the dean of the Division of Social Sciences in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The election is over, and the results are in: Philip Vandermeer, an associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named president-elect of the ASU Academic Senate for 2007-2008.
If Victoria Tandy's father could have been at her law school graduation this week, there would have been pride in his eyes – and a bouquet of orchids and daisies (her favorites) in his hands.
ASU has awarded a seven-year contract to ARAMARK Higher Education to provide dining and retail food services at the ASU Tempe campus. The agreement, with potential first-year sales of up to $35 million, can be extended to 10 years.
About 6,500 students graduated from ASU May 10, which was celebrated with a university-wide commencement ceremony. The university also honored graduates with a variety convocations for schools, colleges, campuses and other groups.
Two assistant professors in ASU's School of Life Sciences have been chosen to receive National Science Foundation Career Awards. Manfred Laubichler and Jiunn-Liang (Julian) Chen, who has a joint appointment in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, are among the university's latest recipients to earn the much sought-after awards, which were created to recognize scientists and engineers who have the potential to become leaders in advancing knowledge in their fields.
ASU Parking and Transit Services is now distributing the 2007-2008 ASU U-Passes. The U-Pass, which grants unlimited access on all Valley Metro bus routes, is available for free to all ASU students, faculty and staff.
More than 100 friends, family, ASU faculty and staff, and community members gathered April 25 at Lath House Pavilion in Phoenix's Heritage Square to honor ASU American Humanics (AH) students at the 27th annual American Humanics recognition dinner.
Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, David MacKinnon and N. Joseph Cayer have been named ASU outstanding graduate mentors for 2006-2007. The award recognizes their commitment and excellence in encouraging the intellectual and professional growth of their students.
Researchers in the Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) Program at ASU are addressing students' diverse learning styles and engaging their creativity and curiosity in an interactive, life-sized multimedia learning environment called SMALLab (Situated Multimedia Art Learning Lab).
Twenty ASU graduating students will receive Outstanding Graduate awards from the ASU Alumni Association at commencement May 10, having been chosen by their individual colleges. These students combine high academic achievement with leadership – and often with service to the community.
For the Van Der Bloemen, er, van der Bloemen, uh, Vanderbloemen family, mother Nellie and son Rob have just one spelling on their mind: g-r-a-d-u-a-t-i-o-n.
ASU students will be able to showcase their science and engineering research at the fifth annual Research in Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RISE) Symposium Oct. 5 in the Memorial Union at ASU's Tempe campus. To participate, students must submit proposals by May 25.
ASU officials have announced the appointments of Gail Hackett as interim dean and Billie J. Enz as interim associate dean of the School of Educational Innovation and Teacher Preparation at the Polytechnic campus.
J. Craig Venter, an internationally known scientist who is responsible for developing high-volume genome sequencing, will receive an honorary doctorate from ASU at a 9:30 a.m. commencement ceremony in Wells Fargo Arena May 10. He also will speak at the event.
Fscreen, an important and fast-growing corporation in the solar panel production industry in China, will be the first Chinese company partnering with ASU at SkySong, the ASU-Scottsdale Center for Innovation and Technology. It will be Fscreen's first office in the United States.
The ASU Libraries Reserve Service is designed to provide controlled, ready access to items that are required course reading. At the request of individual faculty members, these high-demand materials are placed on reserve for limited loan periods.
About 6,500 students will graduate from ASU May 10, most of them entering the strongest job market in years. ASU’s spring commencement will be in Wells Fargo Arena on the Tempe campus at 9:30 a.m., a half-hour earlier than in previous years.
ASU took a large step in becoming the most entrepreneurial university in the nation when it granted six proposals in the Student Pathways Awards money to implement new programs to increase university-wide student engagement in entrepreneurship opportunities.
Jenny Martin, a 15-year-old from London, loves books by Phoenix author Stephenie Meyer so much that she's willing to fly more than 5,000 miles to meet her.
In recognition and appreciation of the many ways that ASU employees serve the university and the greater community, all classified and administrative staff, academic and service professionals, and faculty from ASU at the Tempe campus are invited to attend the annual employee recognition breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., May 8, in the Memorial Union's Arizona and Ventana rooms.
If it is better to give than to receive, students in the new ASU course “Theory and Practice of Philanthropy” are experiencing that satisfaction firsthand through a unique, hands-on project that allows them to award $10,000 to a Phoenix area nonprofit.
Graduate students from life sciences, anthropology and mechanical engineering at ASU are among the select applicants chosen nationwide to receive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research fellowships. Dani Moore, Zachary Stahlschmidt, Phillip Wheat and Ashley Evans will receive $30,000 for three years, plus an additional $11,000 in educational and travel allowances, to pursue their research dreams.
For the first time, scientists have found that ice lies at variable depths over small-scale patches on the Red Planet. The discovery draws a much more detailed picture of underground ice on Mars than was previously available. The new results appear in the May 3 issue of the scientific journal Nature.
ASU's Center for Urban Innovation in the School of Public Affairs played host to nearly 100 regional mayors, city managers and city council members at its first workshop April 18 at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
The ASU Alumni Association plans to fuel interest in ASU's portion of the state college license plate program by sponsoring a contest to find the most creative personalized “Sparky plate.” The winner of the “What's on Your Plate?” contest will receive $200 in free gasoline.
Being at the center of change is not a place where many people would feel comfortable for extended periods, but Jon Fink has spent much of the past decade there. As vice president of research and economic affairs, Fink has helped transform ASU into something few envisioned when he accepted the position for a one-year “interim” term in 1997.
The 20th annual University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UC LMRI) conference will convene in Arizona for the first time in the conference's history, as the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education prepares to co-sponsor and host the event May 3-5 at ASU's Tempe campus.
Jonathan Fink has been named Julie A. Wrigley director of the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), and chief sustainability officer, a newly created position within the Office of the President.
