Teachers come and go, but parents can be a constant resource in their children’s educational career. Three ASU programs are encouraging parents to become active participants in the academic success of their kids.
In the new book “The Cisco Kid: American Hero, Hispanic Roots,” co-authors Gary D. Keller and Francis M. Nevins explore how the Cisco Kid, through American film and television, emerges with a new persona.
Art Hinshaw, clinical professor of law recently presented a paper titled "Attorney Negotiation Ethics: An Empirical Study," at the University of Missouri School of Law.
Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and internationally known Native American rights activist set to talk Oct. 2 about “Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People.”
Michael White, law professor, will speak on a panel at a conference, "Catholic Social Thought and Citizenship," at Villanova University School of Law on Oct. 11.
ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus is covering the vice presidential debate on Thursday events at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Tom's Restaurant & Tavern.
The Arizona State University cross country program will play host to a home meet as several Arizona schools will venture to Tempe Kiwanis Park on Friday, October 3 for the Joe Uff/ASU Invitational.
Arizona State University sophomore Kelcy McKenna will be playing in the 2008 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, with play in the Main Draw beginning Thursday and continuing through Sunday at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Over the years ASU has had a dramatic impact on the state, helping to serve the needs of Arizona and its residents in terms of education, health care, sustainability, urban policy and the economy.
For more than 20 years, the Morrison Institute has researched public policies that impact greater Phoenix, the state and the nation, providing a bridge between the university and its communities.
As ASU students ponder career choices, the West campus "Career Fest" on October 9 is chance to meet and speak with recruiters from companies and organizations across the country.
A Kyrene School District 8th grader, who participated in the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair hosted by ASU's American Indian Programs Office, is a finalist in the 2008 SSP Middle School Program.
Wayne E. Wright, a doctoral graduate of ASU's College of Education, has received the Fulbright Intercountry Lecturing Award in educational leadership and administration.
The chance to discuss and learn more about religious differences and how they shape our world is offered Nov. 13 at ASU's West campus in an expert-panel format titled, "Religious Diversity and Public Discourse."
The Arizona State Sun Devil Women's Volleyball Team will head south to facein-state rival Arizona as part of the 'Duel in the Desert' this Wednesday, October 1 at UA's McKale Center, 7 p.m.
Sophomore Karin Volpe's team leading sixth goal of the season turned out to be the game winner as the Arizona State women's soccer team defeated Long Beach State 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.
The Arizona State women's golf team placed fifth at the Mason Rudolph Championship, held at the par-72, 6,217-yard Legends South Course in Franklin, Tenn.
The ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation attracted a full house to its inaugural Invitational Geriatric Conference titled "Healthy Outcomes in Aging" held at the ASU West campus last week.
Five Arizona businesses were recently named Spirit of Enterprise Award winners by the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU for boosting our economy and giving back to our community.
Gary Hill, director of bands, is studying the connection between mood and music and how it affects our ability to learn with a seed grant from the Institute for Humanities Research.
ASU Regents' Professor Gene V Glass offers an analysis of how education policies in the United States are degrading public education and quasi-privatizing education for the White middle class in his new book.
ASU’s American Indian Policy Institute is working with American Indian tribal governments, the state of Arizona and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to research and assess air quality in central Arizona.
ASU Athletics is holding an open audition seeking possible performers for halftime at athletic events including men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and gymnastics.
Fonda will be at ASU Oct. 17 to give this year’s Feldt/Barbanell Women of the World Lecture, offering her insights on “Sex, Gender and the Journey to Wholeness.”
Developing a robot that can hold its own in the major leagues is the goal for two ASU professors who have created a ground-ball-fielding robot known as Catchbot.
Two ASU exhibits document the story of how Arizona State College became Arizona State University after voters approved Prop. 200 on the November 1958 ballot.
With Congress now considering a $700 billion plan to bail out key companies on Wall Street, ASU business experts explain how this will impact people on Main Street.
The ASU Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict is sponsoring a free panel discussion on the topic of “Run for the White House: Religion, Race, Gender, and the Media.”
The Arizona State Sun Devil Women’s volleyball team kick open the 2008 conference as they take the Washingon Huskies on Friday, September 26 at 7 p.m. and the Washington State Cougars on Saturday, September 27 at 3 p.m. Both games will be played in Tempe at ASU’s Wells Fargo Arena.
ASU official enrollment numbers for fall 2008 are even higher than predicted at the start of the semester, topping the 67,000 mark.
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ASU's School of Letters & Sciences is presenting its first community lecture series at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
Law professor Tamara Herrera says today's legal writers should take a cue from retired NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, who introduced the day's reports with interesting summaries.
Law professor Orde F. Kittrie was interviewed on the national Fox News network to discuss the legal and policy implications of reported Russian anti-aircraft missile sales to Iran.
Owen Anderson, an assistant professor in ASU's New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, has written book he says is for "anyone interested in questions about religious belief in the modern world."
Arizona State University has landed the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation according to Collegiate Baseball newspaper's annual evaluation of NCAA Division I baseball recruiting classes.
Margie Giordano (Volleyball) and Noah Shannon (Cross Country) have been chosen as Arizona State University's Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 27
The Arizona State University cross country teams are set to compete in the 23rd Roy Griak Invitational on the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minn, September 27.
Edward Shortliffe, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, will become president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Arizona State University's Police Department has returned to a version of the days of old by assigning officers to specific neighborhoods throughout the university’s residence halls.
A new program is helping ASU students dive into the world of cloud computing, a technique where thousands of computers are linked to create massive computing power.
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court heard arguments on Sept. 18, in a special hearing at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Tickets for the historic 2008 Stadium Shootout featuring Louisville against Minnesota and Brigham Young taking on Arizona State will go on sale nationwide at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 27.
Nearly every Sun Devil recorded a win at the Georgia Tech Invitational on Sunday, September 21. ASU women's tennis now gears-up for the Cal Nike Invitational in Berkeley, CA.
Dora Schriro, an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law recently accepted an award from Harvard University's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
Professor Gary Marchant will be the guest speaker at the 2008 Scholarly Symposia Series: Current Issues in Intellectual Property Law on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the University of Dayton School of Law in Ohio.
Carrie Sperling, executive director of the Arizona Justice Project, will speak about shaken baby syndrome cases at a seminar hosted by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association at Texas Wesleyan School of Law in Dallas.
Students in the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Technology Ventures Services Group are working with a Phoenix company that promotes the development of infrastructures for sustainable biofuels.
A new ASU report is offering community leaders and human services practitioners the latest data and new perspectives for understanding the Valley’s human services infrastructure and a “big picture” of future needs.
Irish artists' reflections on century-old photographs of American Indian life in Arizona form the basis of the "Response" exhibition, Oct. 1-23 at ASU's West campus.
ASU's Law & Science Student Association is presenting Jeff Jackson, Intellectual Property Manager at the Translational Research Institute to speak on biotechnology law.
On Wednesday, September 17th, 2008, the Psychology Department began its search for a new Quantitative Assistant Professor. Interested Applicants should visit ASU's HR's website.
A new open-access online journal founded that focuses on the Surrealism movement is being considered for inclusion and indexing on the ASU Library’s Web site.
A nanotech advance that will improve such things as chemical and biosensing devices and energy-collection systems earns ASU researchers a notable award from a leading publisher of engineering and technology news.
ASU has joined eight other major Valley employers in taking Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer’s corporate challenge to encourage employees to volunteer as poll workers for the Nov. 4 U.S. general election.
Jeffrie Murphy, Regents' Professor of Law, Philosophy & Religious Studies at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will present a public lecture Sept. 25, at Northern Arizona University.
ASU's College of Teacher Education and Leadership has earned a $3.7-million grant to provide school leadership training to nine high-poverty school districts around the state.
Arizona State University has launched a new initiative to increase access to higher education over the next decade by dramatically expanding its online degree programs.
The U.S. Passport Acceptance Office on the Tempe campus recommends that travelers act now to make sure they have valid passports for overseas trips during the holidays.
Health-care reform was the topic of a conference at ASU's Old Main building and attended by business, medical, political and academic leaders from across the state.
Arizona State junior goalkeeper Briana Silvestri has been named Pac-10 Player of the Week for Sept. 9-15, according to an announcement by Commissioner Tom Hansen on Tuesday, September 16.
The Arizona State University cross country teams return to action on Friday, September 19 as the Sun Devils head south to Tucson for the Dave Murray Invitational hosted by Arizona at the Dell Urich Golf Course.
ASU is participating in a new National Science Foundation research center designing blueprints for power systems that can expand the nation's use of renewable-energy sources.
Law professor Carissa Hessick was invited to be a visitor on http://www.prawfsblawg.blogs.com/, a blog about a variety of topics related to law and life.
A recent discovery by the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix has led the National Institutes of Health to block easy access to large amounts of aggregate human DNA data, law professor David Kaye says.
Arizona State University is among the top 20 leading universities without a medical school in research expenditures, according to the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Law professor Marjorie Kornhauser spoke recently at Cambridge University's Centre for Tax Law at a conference on the role of tax history in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.
Law professor Michael Saks will be among the inaugural speakers this fall at the new Centre for Forensic Science and Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
An ASU Summer Undergraduate Research Program brings students to the Tempe campus to help motivate minority students – including women – to consider graduate study in mathematics and theoretical biology.
Over four days, students and alumni can meet and discuss job and internship opportunities with representatives from more than 250 employers at ASU's Career Fiesta.
Natalie Eggum and her colleague, Julie Vaughan, graduate students in the doctoral program for developmental psychology, conducted a research study to examine the resiliency of Ugandan children.
The Sun Devils have collected two tournament wins over the past three weeks and five oponent sweeps, including a 25-16, 25-22 and 25-20 win over the Cal State Northridge Matadors on Saturday, September 13.
A portrait that captures the warmth, energy and grace of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was presented to the law school that bears her name during a ceremony Sept. 12.
Rebecca Tsosie, executive director of the Indian Legal Program, will give a presentation on tribal interests in forest management at the 32nd Annual Public Land Law Conference at University of Montana.
Law professor Joe Feller has proposed a program for management of Glen Canyon Dam that he believes would better conform to the law and be more amenable to adaptation and experimentation.
ASU professor emeritus Ann Hardt, along with her late husband, is creating a named faculty chair in peace studies at ASU’s Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.
Fueled by a $6.2 million dollar grant, ASU’s Center for Nanotechnology in Society is pursuing a research, education and outreach agenda on nurtuing innovation within socially acceptable frameworks.
Foreclosure activity represented 44 percent (3,295 transactions) of the 7,505 recorded resale home transactions for August 2008 for the Greater Phoenix area.
ASU gathered some of the nation’s best and brightest leaders to address the world's most serious sustainability problems at the Sept. 17 Sustainability Solutions Summit in Washington, D.C..
A technology transfer group that helped Arizona Technology Enterprises bring ASU's scientific discoveries to market has turned its attention to assisting Arizona's innovators and entrepreneurs.
Economic forecasters report more job losses and weak growth for the western United States, according to the newest editions of the Western Blue Chip and Arizona Blue Chip Economic Forecasts.
A delegation from Singapore Polytechnic is visiting ASU's Polytechnic campus to tour facilities and analyze programs in nutrition, exercise and wellness and spa management.
Engineering faculty are developing computer software to enhance the quality of online education and collaborations between researchers working together via the Internet.
While the presidential candidates are announcing their plans to deal with health care reform, one ASU expert is endorsing some politically viable recommendations, stopping short of universal health care.
A nanotechnology advance that will improve such things as chemical and biosensing devices and energy-collection systems earns ASU researchers a notable award from a leading publisher of engineering and technology news.
A new gallery venue, located in Tempe Marketplace, is giving graduate students, faculty and alumni of the Herberger College School of Art a place to show their artworks large and small.
Education professors Alfredo J. Artiles and Elizabeth B. Kozleski have been selected by Teachers College Press as co-editors of a new groundbreaking book series titled Disability, Culture & Equity.
Three new academic complexes have transformed the landscape of the Polytechnic campus and offer new equipment and labs with the latest technology available.
Professor Michael Saks, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will give a faculty seminar on Oct. 10 at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
The 2008 season got underway for the Arizona State University cross country team Saturday afternoon at the George Kyte Invitational in Flagstaff, Ariz., with the Sun Devil men placing second overall and the women third at the meet hosted by Northern Arizona at Buffalo Park.
Arizona State University junior linebacker Gerald Munns has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the Pac-10 office announced on Monday, September 8.
Fueled by a new National Institutes of Health initiative, called the EUREKA program, two ASU teams have received million-dollar grants to pursue the next frontiers in biomedical research.
The second issue of Morrison Institute's "Forum 411" quarterly briefing series questions how Phoenix stacks up to L.A. and compares how the two cities handle smog, congestion, and sprawl.
Joseph Little, graduate of ASU's Veterans Upward Bound program, is being honored for his educational and career accomplishments at the national convention of the Council for Opportunity in Education.
Fall 2008 educational offerings from ASU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will span the Valley from Sun City Grand in the northwest to ASU’s Polytechnic campus in the southeast.
Takehiko Saito, an assistant judge in Nagoya District Court in Japan, is spending the year in Arizona taking courses at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
Arizona attorneys who are employed in non-profit organizations that serve the legal needs of low-income individuals and families may receive help reducing their law-school debt.
Law professor David Kaye helped organize and chaired sessions at the Seventh International Conference on Forensic Inference and Statistics at the Institute of Forensic Science.
Professor Judy Stinson, director of the Legal Research and Writing Program at the College of Law, became president of the Association of Legal Writing Directors on Aug. 1.
A health awareness fair and a range of events spotlighting the diversity of Latin cultures are planned as ASU's West campus celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
ASU is hosting a unique exhibition that features art by several dozen refugee children who were encouraged to create paintings of their families, homelands and their new homes in Arizona.
Two graduates of ASU's College of Teacher Education and Leadership have been recognized by the Arizona Department of Education for their accomplishments as principals at a pair of local grade schools.
The research of Conor Cox, an undergraduate, could allow for a big change in medical diagnostics, drug design or medical treatment regimens with help from his mentor and graduate student, Matt Greving.
Gerry Keim says high gas and oil prices are just part of a historic cycle needed for an upcoming shift of the world's main energy source to an alternative fuel.
The American Psychological Association has bestowed two of its most prestigious awards upon education professor Terrence Tracey for his contributions to the field of counseling psychology.
Chang-rae Lee, whose first novel, ”Native Speaker” won the PEN/Hemingway Award, will open the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series with a reading at the Burton Barr Library.
Law professor Michael Saks, will deliver the plenary speech at an Oct. 8 meeting of The Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society in Melbourne, Australia.
Law Professor Linda Demaine will address the 2008 Educational Leadership Conference of the American Psychological Association, to be held Sept. 6-9 in Washington, D.C.
Art Hinshaw has joined several leading scholars in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) field to participate in Indisputably, the ADR Law Professors Blog.
Law professor Rebecca Tsosie will speak at the Convening on Transformative Justice in Communities of Color at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law on Sept. 11-13.
Quarterback Rudy Carpenter (football) and outside hitter Sarah Reaves (volleyball) have been selected as the Arizona State University Athletes of the Week for the week ending August 31.
A new lecture series hosted by Campus Health Service and the Mayo School of Continuing Medial Education of Arizona will feature a talk on community acquired MRSA.
ASU has entered into a groundbreaking collaboration with Heliae Development, LLC and Science Foundation Arizona to develop, produce and sell aviation fuel derived from algae.
Best-selling author, journalist and humorist, Calvin Trillin, will deliver the Jonathan and Maxine Marshall Distinguished Lecture on Sept. 30 at ASU’s Gammage Auditorium.
Five years after an exhibit of decorated dresses drew attention to the murders of women in Juarez, Mexico, the widely traveled display returns to ASU's West campus during September.
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has been cited by a national business publication as one of the top schools in the country for Hispanic students.
Graduate student Samantha Miller used the research she conducted prior to teaching ASU 101 to incoming freshmen as the foundation for a presentation at the Peace and Justice Studies Association conference in Portland, Oregon.
ASU President Michael Crow and Phoenix Vice Mayor Peggy Neely are among the speakers scheduled during grand opening ceremonies for Taylor Place on Sept. 8.
The 2008 volleyball season will feature a number of special promotions and nights for fans, including a Pink Out to raise Breast Cancer Awareness on October 10 vs. USC, plus a number of more light-hearted nights including: Daddy Daughter Night, several youth nights, and post-game autograph sessions every game.
The ASU Women's Tennis Program is proud to announce that former ASU Men's Tennis player, Clint Letcher will be joining the coaching staff as an Assistant Coach to Sheila McInerney. Letcher competed for ASU from 2001-2005 under Lou Belken.
The Indian Health Service has announced a 5-year grant to the ASU College of Nursing & Health Innovation to continue the American Indian Students United for Nursing Project.
