Led by a terrific performance by senior quarterback Rudy Carpenter, Arizona State jumped on Northern Arizona early and cruised to a 30-13 win on Saturday, August 30 in front of a crowd of 62,707 at Sun Devil Stadium.
Saundra Ealy's Social Work Field Education program is turning ASU students into super heroes who are contributing tens of thousands of service hours annually.
Law professor Marjorie Kornhauser participated in a Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation and the Marc Rich Academic Workshop on Comparative Perspectives on Tax Law and Culture.
Douglas Sylvester, associate dean for Faculty Research and Development at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, recently lectured at a Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy.
Jazz artist Althea Rene will kick off ASU's Green Jazz Series Sept. 4 that is designed to raise awareness about the environment while benefitting low-income families in the Valley.
The Gates Millennium Scholars program promotes academic excellence and encourages outstanding underrepresented students to reach their highest potential.
Professor Orde F. Kittrie of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law spoke about Arizona's strict new employer sanctions law, the Legal Arizona Workers Act at the American Bar Associations Annual Meeting in New York City.
Several Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law faculty will be participating in the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at Cornell University on Sept. 12-13.
Foundation Professor of Law Laura Dickinson and Dean and Foundation Professor of Law Paul Schiff Berman from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law will participate in a two-day conference on Sociolegal Methods in International Law.
Breann Yoshiko Swann, an LL.M. student in the Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will give a presentation on Aug. 28 in Tokyo.
The Arizona State women's golf team will again enter their season as a preseason top five team. The Sun Devils are ranked fourth in the Golf World/NGCA Division I Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Two faculty members and a student in ASU's School of Materials will play leading roles for the premier materials science and engineering professional organization.
A groundbreaking new degree program at the W. P. Carey School of Business will make it easier for business students to help their future companies utilize sustainability practices.
Professor Tamara Herrera, who teaches first-year Legal Writing and Method at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU, recently authored a book, "Arizona Legal Research."
An article by law professor James Weinstein, “Institutional Review Boards and the Constitution,” will be reprinted in The First Amendment Law Handbook, published by Thomson Reuters/West.
Pat Lauderdale, whose teaching and research interests include racialization, diversity, law and the social science, and international terrorism was recently appointed a visiting scholar at Stanford.
University Student Initiatives has appointed Kitty McGrath as executive director for Career Services; her appointment will help lead efforts to provide support to ASU’s 23 schools and colleges.
The opportunity for more K-12 students to use interactive media in the classroom has improved exponentially thanks to a MacArthur grant awarded to ASU's Situation Multimedia Art Learning Lab.
ASU Police and Tempe Police departments are making a concerted effort to inform the ASU community of traffic laws by providing information, giving warnings and issuing tickets when necessary.
Thousands of new and returning students are settling into new residence halls, navigating campus and starting classes as the new academic year begins at Arizona State University.
ASU's College of Teacher Education and Leadership has been invited to join a pair of national projects that will re-examine and work to strengthen the education doctorate.
Arizona State University sophomore kicker Thomas Weber has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Lou Groza Award, presented annually to the nation's best kicker.
Arizona State University junior defensive end Dexter Davis has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Rotary Lombardi Award, which is presented annually to the nation's best college football lineman or linebacker.
National Achievement Scholar Brian Brown hopes to help people with neuromotor injuries through his kinesiology research in the Collge of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Arizona State University golfer Stephan Gross won the European Amateur Championship Saturday, shooting 1-under 70 in the final round to capture one of the top tournaments in amateur golf and earn an exemption into the 2009 British Open.
A program in the School of Social Work is training professionals how to treat animal abusers and prevent them from engaging in other forms of violence.
U.S. News & World Report has listed ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business in the Top 25 "Best Business Programs" in its highly regarded annual rankings of American universities.
The new home of the Cronkite School is designed to teach and inspire digital media innovation while capitalizing on a premier location in the heart of the nation’s fifth largest city.
Nearly 200 historical photos are featured in a coffee table book authored by ASU professor Eduardo Pagan, who notes, "Phoenix as a site of human civilization stretches all the way back in time to before the fall of Rome."
Raising, lowering and maintaining the flags is one of the “unseen” jobs carried out at all of the ASU campuses; but those who take care of the flags do so with pride.
The Arizona State women's soccer team opens the 2008 season on today when it travels north to Flagstaff, Ariz., to face Northern Arizona (7 p.m., Lumberjack Stadium).
For his service in cataloging standards development and records, ASU's archivist Rob Spindler has been named a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.
Is nature or nurture more important in determining an ant’s status in the colony? That is the question researchers posed in a new study of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, a resilient creature found in many parts of the southeastern United States. The answer? Both nature (i.e. the ant’s genetic makeup) and nurture (what it eats, for example) play a role in determining its fate.
Associate professor of English, Joe Lockard's contributions to the Antislavery Literature Project has helped the Web site earn national acclaim as “one of the best online resources for education in the humanities.”
Science Foundation Arizona is investing in $2 million to fund efforts by ASU and Raytheon Missile Systems engineers to greatly increase computer processing capabilities.
Wednesday evening in Beijing brought about the end of competition for the members of the Arizona State University contingent as the final two athletes were eliminated from their respective competitions at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Parking and Transit Services has expanded the presence of the car-sharing program, Zipcar, by shifting one of the cars in the university’s fleet to ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.
Digital media innovator CJ Cornell has been named Entrepreneur in Residence and a professor in the new Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at ASU.
Law professor Jeffrie Murphy is among leading scholars who have been invited to debate the fundamental questions of modern criminal law for a project at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
In a new study, ASU marketing professor Naomi Mandel say that people who are exposed to death-related images and ponder their own mortality tend to overeat.
Professor Myles Lynk of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has been appointed a Barrett Honors Visiting Fellow by Barrett, the Honors College at ASU.
Six ASU undergraduates participated in an intensive course on Chinese language and culture in Beijing this summer, as recipients of the Freeman Award for Study in Asia.
The majority of ASU undergraduate advising and enrollment services offices will be having extended hours the week of August 18 to assist students returning for the fall semester.
The university has announced a plan that will reduce $6 million a year in academic administrative costs as part of its ongoing effort to respond to state funding reductions.
The past two days of competitions at the Beijing Olympics again saw mixed results for the Arizona State University contingent as the track and field athletes were eliminated from competition while two Sun Devils extended their stays at the 29th Olympiad.
The 2008 Arizona State University women's soccer home schedule will feature numerous promotions this season, including several admission discounts. All groups of 15 or more will receive $3 discounted admission.
Arizona State University senior quarterback Rudy Carpenter has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.
The Cronkite School is hosting special programs every day for studentss and the general public during the school's inaugural semesters in its new downtown Phoenix home.
Gifts from foundations, corporations and individuals are recognized throughout the Cronkite School's new building with rooms named in perpetuity in honor of the donors.
Fourteen ASU faculty members recently were awarded seed grants designed to foster international collaborative research and advance institutional global engagement.
The ASU Lodestar Center graduated its second Public Allies Arizona class, sending more than 60 percent of the graduating class into the nonprofit workforce.
Arizona State University's athletic ticket office today announced that single-game tickets for the ASU/Georgia football game on Saturday, September 20, 2008 are sold out.
Watching a band concert with play-by-play commentary soon might not be too far-fetched, as ASU’s wind program makes some drastic changes to how music is both played and listened to.
ASU played host to a group of students from Palestinian territories as part of a program intented to broaden participants’ contextual knowledge and understanding of the United States.
Law professor Orde Kittrie was invited to testify on nuclear nonproliferation at a hearing for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Three former members of the Arizona State University athletic department fell in their respective competitions at the Beijing Games in Beijing, China, Tuesday, August 12, 2008.
Thom Ortiz, the head coach of the Arizona State University wrestling program, announced Thursday his coaching staff for the 2008-09 campaign with Al Fuentes, Brian Stith and Zach Roberson set to work with the Sun Devils as they prepare for their 47th varsity season.
Water conservation, recycling plastic bags, and banning text messaging while driving were the ideas put forth by the winning essayists of this year's Public Policy Scholarship competition.
Faculty associate Dan Fellner has been selected to teach a course in public relations at the Fulbright International Summer Institute in Tryavna, Bulgaria.
Two ASU researchers flew to London to share their findings and research on the application of algae-based oils for creating biofuels at the Farnborough International Air Show.
Seven Arizona State University football players have been named to the Rivals.com Preseason All-Pac-10 team, including four First Team members . Quarterback Rudy Carpenter, running back Keegan Herring, offensive lineman Paul Fanaika and kicker Thomas Weber were all named to the First Team. Wide receiver Mike Jones, defensive end Dexter Davis and safety Troy Nolan earned Second Team accolades.
Arizona State senior and 2008 NCAA Champion Azahara Munoz qualified for the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur held at the he 6,516 yard par 72 Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday, August 10.
A pair of former Arizona State University student-athletes have begun competition at the Beijing Olympics with their respective nations, including Alison Williamson in archery and Shawn Redhage in basketball.
Over 50 Valley high school students and teachers worked alongside Biodesign Institute scientists this summer as part of Arizona’s largest high school bioscience internship program.
ASU Libraries is calling for donations of new and used English-language materials to help rebuild school libraries in China that were affected by an earthquake last May.
Leonard Downie Jr., who led his newspaper to 25 Pulitzer Prizes, will be the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecturer this fall at Arizona State University.
School of Life Science’s Charles Kazilek, known by many as Dr. Biology, makes science fun and engaging for learners of all ages in his popularly downloaded podcast, "Ask a Biologist."
Police departments across the country have a new resource in the battle against gang-related crime, thanks to a guidebook authored by an ASU professor.
On July 28, ASU Global played host to a group of nine students from Palestinian territories who were traveling in the United States as part of “A Project for the Palestinian Territories.”
The Sun Devil Women's Volleyball Team added another key to success as they welcome the hire of Sammi Stuart as an Assistant Coach under Jason Watson for the upcoming 2008 season.
College of Human Services graduate Carla Fisher is returning to teach as a communication studies professor with a focus on advocacy and applied research.
The Beijing Olympic Games will feature 16 people with ties to ASU’s athletic department set to compete – or work with competitors that will compete – on the biggest stage in sport.
The Sun Devils open the 2008 season on Saturday, August 30, when they play host to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Frank Kush Field/Sun Devil Stadium. ASU features 39 returners from last season's 10-win team, including seven starters on both offense and defense.
Senior Azahara Munoz and incoming freshman Carlota Ciganda both qualify for match play of the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur. Munoz and Ciganda are representing their home country of Spain.
Engineering professor Dean Kashiwagi has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the University of Botswana in Africa during the 2008-09 academic year.
Morgan Olsen, executive vice president and treasurer at Purdue University, has been named Arizona State University's new executive vice president and treasurer.
Arizona State women's gymnastics head coach John Spini announces the hiring of two assistant coaches. Jamie Dantzscher and Jean-Luc Cairon will replace Maggie Ethier and Bob Peterson as assistant coaches.
Six Arizona State University undergraduates recently received Freeman Awards for Study in Asia to study in China this summer.