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.
In recognition and appreciation of the many ways that ASU employees serve the university and the greater community, an annual celebration is held on each campus.
Internationally renowned scholars Rebecca Dobash and Russell Dobash, have joined the School of Justice and Social Inquiry as permanent Visiting Distinguished Professors.
ASU’s freshman and sophomore dominated men’s golf team has captured the 2008 Pac-10 golf championship. It is ASU’s eighth Pac-10 title in 16 years under coach Randy Lein.
James Harden of the men's basketball team and Sarah Reaves of the volleyball team have been named Student-Athletes of the Month, the Office of Student-Athlete Development announced Thursday.
The top-ranked Sun Devil Softball squad (52-3, 14-1 Pac-10) squad continues their Pac-10 slate this weekend, hitting the road to Seattle to face the 21st-ranked Washington Huskies before travelng to Hollywood to take on the fourth-ranked UCLA Bruins.
A pair of student-athletes on the Arizona State University water polo team have earned placement on All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) teams, the league announced Tuesday.
Nobel Laureate Edward Prescott and Luc Anselin, founding director of the School of Geographical Sciences, are ASU's newest faculty members to be elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
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.
The Arizona State men's golf squad, playing with three freshmen, two sophomores and a senior, fired the best round of the day Tuesday with a 1-over 356 and is just two shots back of defending Pac-10 Champion USC after the third round of the Pac-10 Men's Golf Championships held at The Meadow Club (par-71, 6,686 yards) in Fairfax, Calif.
Arizona State senior catcher Kristen Miller has been named the Pac-10 Softball Player of the Week for April 22-28, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
The No. 23 Arizona State men's tennis team has been selected for its 19th all-time post-season appearance. The Sun Devils will be a No. 2 seed in the NCAA regional at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
ASU’s Intergroup Relations Center is honoring the contributions of students, faculty and staff members for their commitment to increasing diversity, education and tolerance within the university.
As director of facility services, Micael McLeod will oversee facility improvements, maintenance, space management, security, and shipping and receiving.
Less than one year after securing the lead gift from Craig and Connie Weatherup, the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Weatherup Center, Arizona State University's new basketball practice facility is Tuesday, April 29, at 2 p.m. at the Farrington Softball Stadium Patio.
The men's golf squad is eight shots back of Stanford after two rounds of the Pac-10 Men's Golf Champioships held Monday at The Meadow Club in Fairfax, Calif.
The fourth-ranked Arizona State University women's golf team earned a bid to the 2008 NCAA West Regional hosted by Sacramento State University. ASU, the second seed in the west region, will compete May 8-10 at the Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Lincoln, Calif.
The No. 4 Arizona State University water polo team finished play at the MPSF Championships Sunday by placing eighth in the 13-team event after falling, 12-8, to No. 9 San Jose State in the seventh-place game at the Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego, Calif.
The 2008 Pac-10 Men's Tennis Championships concluded with the Arizona State men's tennis No. 1 doubles team placing second overall and singles player Wes Miller finishing runner-up in the Invitational Singles Flight.
Powered by a 10 run second inning, #4 Arizona State swept the #6 Cal Golden Bears 18-2 in front of 2,569 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium. ASU pounded out 11 hits and was aided by five Cal errors to improve to 35-7, 10-5 in Pac-10 play.
ASU's academic team competed fearlessly this weekend in the College Bowl National Championship Tournament winning nine out of 15 rounds and finishing seventh in overall standings.
Visual Communication Design junior Joseph Clay wins first prize in public service announcement student competition to help encourage cash donations for international disaster relief organization.
ASU’s Museum of Anthropology is featuring two new concurrent exhibits – “Mosaic: Cultural Identity in America” and “Fuse: Portraits of Refugee Households in Metropolitan Phoenix.”
ASU researchers are designing what they hope will be the next generation of asphalt and concrete pavements used to build roads, bridges and other paved surfaces.
ASU is taking the lead in a statewide effort to assess teacher-preparation programs and ensure that all three Arizona universities are producing effective teachers.
The Arizona State Women's Tennis Team put forth a phenomenal effort in Day One of the Pac-10 Championships Thursday in Ojai, where they advanced five Sun Devils to the quarterfinal brackets by the end of the day with Nadia Abdala leading the way in the women's Championship Bracket.
Despite jumping out to an early lead, the No. 4 Arizona State University water polo needed a stellar fourth quarter of play to come from behind and capture its opening round game, 10-8, Thursday afternoon in San Diego at the 2008 MPSF Championships.
Arizona State freshman third-baseman Krista Donnenwirth has been named the Pac-10 Softball Player of the Week for April 15-21, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
Teams of future teachers swept the top awards during ASU's 2008 iCademy competition for their videos focusing on Arizona's history through the eyes of longtime residents.
Five ASU students were honored at the 28th annual American Humanics recognition dinner with scholarship awards for their accomplishments and involvement in the program.
A night after a walk-off loss to #15 Cal State Fullerton, #4 Arizona State turned the tables on the Titans, rallying with two outs in the top of the tenth to score a 10-8 victory at Goodwin Field.
The No. 4 Arizona State University water polo team heads to the Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego, Calif., this week as the Sun Devils (20-10, 7-5 MPSF) are set to face No. 15 CS Northridge (12-17, 2-10 MPSF) in the opening round of the 2008 MPSF Championships, hosted by San Diego State.
The top-ranked Sun Devil Softball squad (48-3, 10-1 Pac-10) squad continues their home Pac-10 slate this weekend, hosting the Oregon State Beavers (26-21, 4-6 Pac-10) and Oregon (28-20, 1-9 Pac-10), where they'll look to continue their winning streak in their home of Farrington Stadium.
Three scholars at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law have received a national grant to support their study of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Kathleen Fairfax has been named associate vice president for global engagement and director of the Center for Global Education Services in ASU’s Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement.
After finishing off the dual match season with a win over rival Arizona, the No. 21 Arizona State men's tennis team will head to the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai, Calif.
The fourth-ranked Arizona State University women's golf team continues to hold the third-place spot after the second round of the 2008 Pac-10 Championship in Palos Verdes, Calif. ASU shot a 22-over 590 (296-294), 13 strokes behind tournament host and first place team USC.
Arizona State's furious comeback in the seventh and eighth innings went for naught, as #15 Cal State Fullerton walked off with a 10-9 win in the opening game of a two-game midweek series at Goodwin Field. The loss drops ASU to 31-7 on the season.
Second-year PFF (Preparing Future Faculty) students will showcase their teaching, research and service projects at the PFF Capstone Fair, a poster presentation session conducted by the Graduate College.
K Royal, director of pro bono programs and student life at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, has been selected as one of the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2008 Class of Forty-Under-40.
After more than 30 years of serving the university in various administrative and academic leadership positions, ASU professor Albert McHenry is retiring.
The Office of Human Resources pays homage to ASU employees who are celebrating 25-, 30-, 35- and 40-year anniversaries, and those retiring with 25 or more years of continuous service to ASU.
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The Arizona State University track and field program, winners of the 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor Championships, have placed 16 of its student-athletes on the Academic All-MPSF list, the Federation announced Monday.
Addison McGrath, a junior on the Arizona State University water polo team, has been selected as the MPSF Mikasa Co-Player of the Week following a three-goal performance Saturday that led the No. 6 Sun Devils to a 10-7 upset of No. 4 San Diego State and their highest finish in MPSF play.
The Arizona State University wrestling program will hold its annual awards banquet on Tuesday, April 29, at the Groves Wedding Garden & Reception Center in Mesa, Ariz.
Arizona State head women's basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne today announced that junior college All-American Jazlyn Davis has signed a letter of intent to study and play basketball at ASU.
For the eighth consecutive year, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication dominated the Society of Professional Journalists’ regional student competition.
It was another wild and wacky Sunday in the Pac-10, as Arizona State withstood a late Oregon State rally to take the series finale 15-12 in front of 3,279 fans at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. With the win, the Sun Devils improve to 31-6 on the year, 7-5 in Pac-10 play.
ASU freshman Jesper Kennegard notched his fourth top-five finish and his fifth top-10 finish, at the U.S. Intercollegiate held at Stanford Golf Course.
History was made in dramatic fashion Saturday afternoon as the No. 1 ASU Softball Team rallied back Saturday afternoon to complete the sweep of back-to-back national champions, the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats, with a 9-8 walk-off win sealing their first sweep of the `Cats in 20 years. The win gives ASU a 48-3 overall record and a 10-1 conference record while Arizona drops to 29-14 and 6-6 in the Pac.History was made in dramatic fashion, as the No. 1 ASU Softball Team rallied back Saturday afternoon to complete the sweep of back-to-back national champions, the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats, with a 9-8 walk-off win sealing their first sweep of the `Cats in 20 years. The win gives ASU a 48-3 overall record and a 10-1 conference record while Arizona drops to 29-14 and 6-6 in the Pac.
The No. 14 ASU Women's Tennis Team came out to dominate in their final duel of the season as they tackled their in-state rival, Arizona 6-1 in Tucson Saturday afternoon. The win puts ASU's final regular-season duel record at 14-7 overall and 5-4 in the Pac-10.
A coalition of business, civic, nonprofit and educational groups is advancing a plan that will kick-start the state’s construction industry and economy.
The Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center is holding a downtown Phoenix conference in an effort to reduce health diaprities among racial and ethnic minorities.
A host of scientific, religious, technological and philosophical questions will be discussed in a series of free events this month on the theme of “Transhumanism and the Meanings of Progress.”
ASU undergraduates Christa Lee and Garth Baughman have been awarded Morris K. Udall Scholarships – both students share a devotion to goals that were close to the Congressman’s heart.
A scholarship fund at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, has been established in honor of Patricia White, who is stepping down to return to teaching after nearly a decade as dean of the college.
The diverse learning environments of two of ASU’s campuses are the common demoninator in a pair of new advanced degree offerings in recreation and tourism at the West and Downtown locations.
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.
An ASU professor is conducting research that could help discover important acoustic cues used to improve the hearing of some profoundly hearing-impaired people.
In recognition of the partnership between ASU and the city, the Downtown Phoenix campus has won a 2008 Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award.
The final game of the regular season is upon the No. 6 Arizona State University water polo team this weekend as the Sun Devils are set to play host to No. 5 San Diego State at noon on Saturday in what is shaping up to be a very important game.
The No. 21 Arizona State men's tennis team will cap the regular season with a classic Duel in the Desert match against rival No. 62 Arizona this Saturday at noon at the ASU Whiteman Tennis Center.
Coming off of a first-place finish at the 36th annual Arizona State University Thunderbird Invitational, the ASU men's golf team returns to action at the U.S. Intercollegiate hosted by Stanford University April 19-20. They will play 36 holes April 19 and 18 holes April 20 on the par-71 Stanford University Golf Course.
Those who would commit fraud will find ASU's West campus a tough pill to swallow when students in the School of Global Management and Leadership team with the IRS on April 25 to conduct a series of mock fraud investigations.
English education professor James Blasingame took home the ASU Parents Association’s 2008 Professor of the Year award this year, marking the culmination of months of community collaboration to choose a top educator for this honor.
Craig Thatcher has been selected as the new dean for ASU’s School of Applied Arts & Sciences. Thatcher, a prominent researcher, is known for his efforts in integrating scientific disciplines in a polytechnic setting.
Financial columnist James Surowiecki was the guest speaker at the College of Design annual Design Excellence Dinner held at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa.
As a student of how people learn and understand, Peter Killeen will speak about a theory of mind, comparing the thinking of Plato and Aristotle in his lecture “Greek Mind, Geek Mind: Chaos, Complementarity, Consciousness.”
The fourth annual Pat's Run will take place on April 19, and organizers are expecting many participants to register in-person beginning on April 16 at Sun Devil Stadium.
Robert Denhardt, director of the School of Public Affairs, was honored with the Donald C. Stone Lecturer Award from the American Society for Public Administration at the group’s national conference.
With 26 hits and 20 runs scored on the day, the offensive power of the No. 1 ASU Softball team was the force that drove them to a 6-5 and a 14-7 win in Monday's doubleheader against the visiting UNLV Rebels.
Facing a five run deficit entering the ninth, the second ranked Sun Devils rallied to homer three times in the inning, scoring eight runs and shocking the Washington State Cougars 16-13 in Pullman. The win moves ASU to 30-4, 6-3 in Pac-10 play. It is the 46th straight season with at least 30 victories for Arizona State.
Playing three freshmen and two sophomores, the Arizona State men's golf team won the 36th annual 15-school ASU Thunderbird Invitational held at ASU's Karsten Golf Course (par-71/7,057 yards) with a 9-under 843 (279-279-285), nine shots ahead of the ASU Maroon Team, which finished at even-par 852 (279-286-287).
The No. 7 Arizona State University water polo team saw its eight-game winning streak come to an end on the road Sunday afternoon as the Sun Devils dropped a 14-4 decision to No. 1 UCLA in Los Angeles.
The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation is announcing its role in a new fundraising capacity building training program for nonprofits, funded by The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.
ASU seniors who started at ASU as freshmen are participating in an innovative national research study that will determine how the university has contributed to their learning.
Speakers representing a range of perspectives about the critical issue of domestic violence will be featured at a conference entitled “Violence is Everybody’s Problem,” April 22 at ASU's West campus.
Nonprofit studies professor Robert F. Ashcraft was honored for his significant contributions to the leadership, growth and development of American Humanics, Inc.
Two ASU departments are combining their science and engineering expertise to build bioreactors that will produce algal oil feedstock as biofuels for conversion to military jet fuel.
The Alumni Leadership Council of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences supports two scholarship endowments with an International Wine and Beer Festival, now in its ninth year. This year's event is April 26.
The community is invited to join in and support Pat's Run, a 4.2-mile run and walk honoring the accomplishments of former ASU football player, Pat Tillman.
ASU experts are weighing in on the coming resale home season, citing March sales that fell significantly below last year’s sales and are the lowest March numbers since 1996.
The Arizona State men's diving team took two conference awards, announced Pacific-10 commission Tom Hansen. Head diving coach Mark Bradshaw was awarded his sixth consecutive Pac-10 Men's Diving Coach of the Year while Micky Benedetti was named Pac-10 Male Diver of the Year for the second straight year.
The No. 1 Arizona State Softball team finally return home this weekend to open their Pac-10 conference slate. On the slate for this weekend is No. 4 UCLA and No. 23 Washington, with Saturday night's game versus Washington being televised live on Fox Sports Net.
The 14th-ranked Arizona State Women's Tennis Team (13-5) willhit the road again this weekend, heading to Hollywood to take on the seventh-ranked UCLA Bruins and the eleventh-ranked USC Women of Troy.
A new leaf has already begun to change under new ASU Volleyball Coach, Jason Watson as he has announced that the Sun Devil Volleyball squad will be holding open practices to the public starting this spring.
ASU’s College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation is celebrating 50 years of excellence with the successful groundbreaking on its second building at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
The Arizona Supreme Court spent about 90 minutes listening to attorneys argue the facts of two cases and quizzing them about parts of the law during a visit to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
David Schwalm, dean of the School of Applied Arts and Sciences at the Polytechnic campus is ending his nearly 40-year career in higher education in June.
The Pacific-10 Conference announced its first weekly honors Wednesday (April 9) with two members of the Arizona State University track and field team earning distinction, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced. Junior Charonda Williams was selected as the Pac-10 Women's Track Athlete of the Week while senior Jacquelyn Johnson was selected as the Pac-10 Women's Field Athlete of the Week.
The 29th Sun Angel Track Classic presented by Coca-Cola will be held this weekend on Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe as the Arizona State University track and field program welcomes some of the top teams in the nation to Valley of the Sun for what is shaping up to be a solid competition.
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.
The top-ranked Sun Devil Softball squad (41-2, 5-0 Pac-10) squad will hit the road for only one game this Wednesday before opening Pac-10 play at home this weekend. Wednesday's foe? In-state rival, Arizona. The Sun Devils will travel down to Tucson to Hillenbrand Stadium on Wednesday with first pitch at 7 p.m. PT
The No. 18 Arizona State men's tennis team has a big weekend ahead of them as they host No. 5 UCLA and No. 6 USC. Friday's match against the Trojans begins at 1:30 p.m. while Saturday's action against the Bruins will begin at 1 p.m.
The Arizona Justice Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted, is moving to ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
ASU's newly named Advanced Technology Innovation Center is continuing to engage developers looking for ways to test ideas or create functional prototypes, as it connects faculty with research and development needs outside of ASU.
As the 2008 softball 'Duel in the Desert' home series draws closer, so do ticket sales towards a sell-out! Due to the high demand for tickets and seating, the Sun Devils will be bringing in portable bleachers for 420 additional seats.
The Arizona State third-ranked women's golf team placed second at the PING/ASU Spring Invitational. The Sun Devils shot 1-over 865 (288-292-285), 12 strokes behind first place USC (281-288-285) the par-72, 6,230-yard ASU Karsten Golf Course.
The No. 22 Arizona State men's tennis team continued to defend their home court as they defeated No. 23 Washington 5-2 at Whiteman Tennis Center. The Sun Devils moved to 14-2 overall and 2-2 in the Pac-10 while the Huskies fell to 13-7, 1-3. ASU is 7-0 at home this season.
Even with 22 hits on the day, the No. 1 Sun Devil Softball team was only able to squeak one extra inning win on the day as they took game one against Oregon State 3-2 in twelve innings and were winning game two 6-4 after six full innings in before being forced to halt due to Pac-10 travel rules.
Arizona State University track and field team in Tucson Saturday at the Jim Click Shootout hosted by Arizona. Overall, the Sun Devils collected 22 NCAA regional qualifiers while taking victory in seven events, six of which came on the women's side.
In a confirmation that ASU is among the best public schools in the nation, U.S. News & World Report has ranked three ASU graduate programs in its top tier.
Qualified students across all four ASU campuses could be in line for semester-long internship opportunities with the prestigious Washington Center, thanks to a new university-Center partnership.
Arizona State rising junior defender Liz Harkin was one of 34 players invited to the Under-20 Women's National Team's Training Camp being held Apr. 5-12 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2008 Arizona State University Women's Basketball Banquet to be held Wednesday, April 16 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel.
A group of judges and attorneys from Kyrgyzstan witnessed democracy in action while observing Arizona’s top court in session at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
An ASU vaccine project for a common poultry infection could provide a boost to protecting people against salmonella, another poultry disease that is the leading cause of food-borne illness.
ASU's Jacquelyn Johnson, a six-time NCAA champion in the multi-events, is the overall leader in the women's heptathlon, after the first day of action at the Jim Click Combined Events being held at Roy P. Drachman Stadium in Tucson, Ariz.
The top-ranked Sun Devil Softball (39-2, 3-0 Pac-10) squad will hit the road for only the fourth time this weekend as they head to Oregon to continue their 2008 Pac-10 schedule against the University of Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers.
Following a four-game sweep at its own tournament, the No. 7 Arizona State University water polo team will return to the road this weekend for a single game as the Sun Devils (17-9, 4-4 MPSF) will travel to face No. 17 UC Santa Barbara (4-14, 0-8 MPSF) in a noon MPSF game in Santa Barbara on Saturday.
The 12th-ranked Arizona State Women's Tennis Team (12-4) will hit the road this weekend, heading to Washington to take on the Cougars and Huskies of Washington State and Washington.
A report detailing 105 innovations and breakthroughs tested by state social service practitioners and designed to improve DES services is the latest body of work performed by ASU's Partnership for Community Development.
ASU sophomore Ke Wu, has won an around-the-world study trip from the Circumnavigators Club Foundation. – a grant given to just four students in the country each year.
The future is getting brighter for ASU’s Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory, as it recently was awarded an $800,000 grant through the Solar America Initiative to test new solar energy modules.
Allen Clark, assistant chief of police at ASU, is one of only 60 individuals in the nation to become a certified instructor for a selective Critical Incident Management Training Course.
With two home meets completed and nearly 30 regional qualifiers attained, the Arizona State University track and field team will head out on the road this week to two destinations as the outdoor season continues.
Tiana Jean and Ashlee Hinkle of the Arizona State women's gymnastics team were named to the Pac-10 All-Conference team. Jean was named a First-Team all-around competitor, while fellow junior Hinkle earned First-Team balance beam honors.
Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent and are often smarter than the smartest people in them. Financial columnist James Surowiecki has researched this phenomena for his book, “The Wisdom of Crowds.” Surowiecki will speak at the College of Design annual Design Excellence Dinner on April 10, 2008.
Top ranked Arizona State defeated Wofford 12-4 Wednesday night at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark to sweep the two-game series with the Terriers and improve to 27-1 on the season. The game was stopped after seven innings due to the travel curfew rule.
Top ranked Arizona State defeated Wofford 12-4 Wednesday night at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark to sweep the two-game series with the Terriers and improve to 27-1 on the season. The game was stopped after seven innings due to the travel curfew rule.
The third-ranked Arizona State University women's golf team hosts the 2008 PING/ASU Invitational at the par-72, 6,230-yard ASU Karsten Golf Course April 4-6.
People in Tempe and around the globe will "tie" the world together on Sunday, April 6 in an art project conceived by an Arizona State University alumnus.
Top ranked Arizona State defeated Wofford 9-3 Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 2,386 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Sun Devils improve to 26-1 on the season with the victory.
Kate Engelbrecht of the women's basketball team and Ryan Whiting of the men's track and field team have been named Student-Athletes of the Month, the Office of Student-Athlete Development announced Tuesday.
Caylinn Wallace, a senior member of the Arizona State University water polo team, has been named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Mikasa Co-Player of the Week, the league announced this week.
The Arizona Sports & Tourism Authority (AZSTA) and Global Spectrum in collaboration with Northwest Sports & Entertainment Inc. announced the first ever basketball games to be held at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The event will be a double header and will feature four teams who won at least 20 contests and played in a postseason tournament during the 2007-2008 season. The first matchup features the University of Louisville Cardinals facing the Golden Gophers from the University of Minnesota. Game two pits the Brigham Young University Cougars against the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
