ASU professor Dale Baker has been named a fellow of the American Association of Educational Research and has received new grant funding to continue her work in improving teacher quality.
Defending champions, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, took home the President's Cup – and $22,000 in prizes and scholarships – in ASU's third annual Academic Bowl.
The annual "Come Home to English" celebration showcases the artistic talent and spirit of the ASU Department of English, Nov. 10 and Nov. 12 -15 on the ASU Tempe campus.
ASU and the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, are expanding global exchanges through an historic agreement that will advance culturally responsive healthcare in two countries.
The Arizona State women's soccer team closes out the home portion of its 2008 schedule this weekend when it hosts the Oregon Ducks (Friday, 7 p.m.) and the Oregon State Beavers (Sunday, 1 p.m.).
This year, two new degrees in Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences join an array of crosscutting programs administered by the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.
An ASU program that enables aspiring teachers to train in Valley classrooms while providing a pathway to become professionals focused on special education has been recognized as one of the "best."
ASU's Health Center at the Downtown Phoenix campus is saying goodbye to influenza and introducing to the community a resource they may not know exists.
The new home of the Cronkite School will serve as an election night hub, with top analysts providing commentary, students and community members watching the returns and advanced students producing three hours of live TV election coverage.
Law professor Evelyn Cruz, along with Nancy-Jo Merritt from Fennemore Craig, will moderate a discussion on immigration policy and practice between College of Law students and students from Princeton University.
The College of Education has received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Eduction to develop a regional equity assistance center to ensure equal access to a quality education.
Professor James Nickel of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law spoke recently about teaching human rights to the ethics faculty at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
English professor Robert Bjork, who has spent the better part of his life as a Beowulf scholar, is breathing new life into the medieval poem by collaborating on the latest edition of this famous text.
The important new role of blogs in analyzing and predicting election results is clear, according to two ASU professors whose Web site has been monitored by many presidential candidates’ campaigns this year.
Sun Devil junior Tristan Bierenbroodspot entered the final hole tied for the lead and sunk a 20 foot putt to win the Bill Cullum Invitational in Simi Valley, California.
The Arizona State Sun Devil Women’s Volleyball Team returns to finish off the 2008 ‘Duel in the Desert’ as they host in-state rival Arizona this Sunday, November 2, 1:30 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe.
Olympic gold medalist Jason Lezak headlines the first annual Arizona State Swimming Dinner Gala on Saturday, November 22 at the Scottsdale Plaza Hotel.
ASU History Peer Mentors have found an explosive way to show school spirit during Homecoming by building a mangonel – a medieval siege weapon – to hurl pumpkins at a model of Sparky’s rival mascot.
The School of Educational Innovation and Teacher Preparation received National Science Foundation funding for a project to grow the number of STEM graduates.
Geoff Huston, internship coordinator in ASU's Professional Golf Management program, received the Southwest Section PGA Horton Smith award, which recognizes outstanding PGA Professionals in each of the 41 sections across America.
The Sun Devil Softball Team is gearing up to host an Alumni Game for the ages this upcoming November 1, from 3-7:30 p.m. in Tempe at Farrington Stadium.
Fox Sports Arizona announced today that will televise the Arizona State at Washington college football game live on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. to its regional viewers in Arizona and New Mexico.
After a 54-20 setback against the Oregon Ducks last week, the Sun Devils once again hit the road as they travel to Corvallis, Oregon for a match-up with the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday, November 1 from Reser Stadium.
AT&T Inc. and Arizona State University Athletics announces the launch of an integrated wireless and texting program to keep Sun Devil fans further connected to their favorite ASU sports teams whether they're at the game or on the go.
The Arizona State family passes along its thoughts and sympathy to the family of former football star Gene Mitcham, 76, who passed away on Monday, October 27.
The championship portion of the 2008 season gets underway this weekend in Oregon for the Arizona State University cross country team as the Sun Devils travel to Springfield Country Club for the 2008 Pac-10 Championships on Friday afternoon in Springfield, Ore.
For the 50th anniversary of ASU’s Homecoming, Undergraduate Student Government’s “Green Team” will play a major role in the waste management and recycling of this year’s Block Party.
A new reference book edited by ASU Professor Josué González compiles the best the known research on bilingual education and looks at how highly politiciized national policies will affect student achievement among English language learners.
The ASU Study Abroad Office will be hosting two informational meetings for faculty members interested in developing a summer 2009 study abroad program.
This conference will explore legal and ethical topics related to addiction, including genetic predisposition to alcoholism and how brain scanning technology can help manage symptoms.
"Hiroshima Calling," a poster exhibibit chronicling the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is on display at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus library.
ASU has been selected to participate in a case study by a national Learning Network, which will examine the university’s ambitious initiatives to improve teacher education state-wide.
ASU researchers are shedding some light on the functionality of our own immune system by infecting fruit flies with a Salmonella strain known for causing humans intestinal grief.
True to its name, the exhibition reflects the dominance in the contemporary art world of artists from diverse backgrounds working with new issues of identity – a new “mainstream.”
With an active video art presentation calendar since 1993, the ASU Art Museum is one of the leading museums nationally to embrace new technology and video art.
Arizona State University’s Department of Psychology (pending budgetary decision) is hiring a Faculty Research Associate/Project Director for a study of processes of postpartum depression in Mexican American women and their infants. The study will interview and conduct interaction tasks with participating women and their babies. Participating women will be interviewed both at home and over the telephone in English or Spanish as needed at several time points over the course of 15 months.
The ASU women's soccer team was defeated by fifth-ranked Stanford 5-0 on Sunday, October 26. The Sun Devils' record dropped to 7-5-4 (1-3-1 Pac-10) while Stanford improved to 16-0-1 (6-0-0 Pac-10).
The Arizona State women's golf team capped the fall season on high with their second tournament win as the Sun Devils handily won The Derby Invitational.
Despite close sets, ASU Sun Devils won over No. 24 Oregon State on Saturday, October 25, puttin the team at 11-11 overall on the season and 2-7 in Pac-10 play.
The symposium, “Early Modern Theater and Knowledge Production,” will examine the ways that theater functions as a site for the production of social, scientific, and political knowledge.
Tim Nolen's proclivity for applied and theoretical research in Web programming technologies has earned the ASU senior a prestigious SMART Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense.
ASU women's basketball is inviting studnets from 4, 5 and 6 grades for a day full of fun and exciting hoop moves as the SUn Devils face the UCLA Bruins on Thursday, January 15, 2009.
After playing its last seven games at home, the Arizona State women's soccer team plays its first road game in more than a month on Friday (3:30 p.m. PT) when it faces the No. 23 Cal Golden Bears.
The Native American Law Student Association invites you to participate in its Third Annual Golf Tournament at 7:30 a.m., Nov. 1, at the Foothills Golf Course in Ahwatukee.
A statewide effort promoting collaborative problem-solving to improve public dialogue about important Arizona issues has received a boost from Gov. Janet Napolitano.
The latest volume from Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory investigates the role of public landscapes within contemporary cities across the United States and Mexico.
Adam Chodorow, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will be the commentator at a Loyola Tax Policy Colloquium on Oct. 27, at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
A professor in ASU's School of Social Work is helping to apply and evaluate an intervention and assessment program that aims to help female victims of domestic violence.
Three water polo players with ties to the Arizona State University program have been selected to participate in the 2008 Speedo Top 4 Festival this weekend (October 24-16) at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, Calif.
The Sun Devils will compete in The Derby Invitational hosted by Auburn at the par 72 6,301-yard Auburn University Golf Club. The three-round tournament will take place Oct. 24-26.
Journalism professor John Craft is the winner of the first Jack Clifford Broadcast Educator of the Year Award, given by the Arizona Broadcasters Association.
The Sun Devils put up a strong showing Thursday in San Diego as three memebers of the women's tennis team advanced to the round of 32 at the opening day fo the ITA West Regionals.
The Arizona State University wrestling team held its first round of wrestle-offs Thursday afternoon at the Riches Wrestling Complex with six bouts contested to determine who would advance to the Maroon vs. Gold Wrestle-Offs on Saturday morning starting at 10 a.m.
The ASU-Repeat Sales Index shows Phoenix-area home prices fell in July for the 17th consecutive month, tying a record for prolonged declines set more than a decade ago.
ASU professor Eduardo Pagan will appear as a guest co-host on an upcoming PBS episode of "History Detectives," tracing the background of a watch fob that commemorates the Mexican revolutionary's raid on Columbus, N.M.
The No. 20 Arizona State women's swimming and diving team heads to Dallas, Texas this week. They will compete in a dual against SMU on Thursday, October 23 and remain in Dallas for the SMU Classic.
The men's basketball team will be hosting an autograph session and Select-A-Seat event on Saturday, October 25 inside Wells Fargo Arena, prior to the ASU vs. Oregon game.
In a time of economic instability nationwide, ASU is reaching out to students to assure them that financial aid will continue to be available as a resource to assist in funding their education.
Former Arizona State University baseball star Brett Wallace has been named to the Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars Showcase Game, which will take place on Friday, October 24 at Surprise Stadium.
The Arizona State women’s volleyball team heads to the Pacific Northwest again to take on the Oregon Ducks on Friday, October 24 and the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday, October 25.
Clinical trials of a new device at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus could help stroke survivors gain some independence and a bit of their self esteem along the way.
A discussion at ASU's West campus led by ASU professor Eric Wertheimer will explore responsibility through the lens of his work in the cultural history of American insurance.
'The Word in Paint' art exhibit and book highlights the results of a creative project involving Arizona artist Beth Ames Swartz, four ASU poets and a delegation from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.
ASU’s Homecoming Block Party will offer attendees the opportunity to reconnect with the university’s past and give children a chance to see that a college campus can be one of the best places to learn and have fun.
Law professor Myles Lynk addressed the members of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section at their fall meeting Oct. 17, in Tucson.
Honors student Megan McGinnity is taking a look at human trafficking through the lens of economics, in an effort to understand the incentive structure behind this daunting issue.
Due to the ASU Football game and parking congestion, the fall softball games for this Saturday, October 25 will be started an hour earlier than planned.
Dispute-resolution scholars from around the country will have the opportunity to present their projects and receive input at a conference hosted by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
An ASU engineering professor's work as the leader of a research center on pollution-prevention tools and methods is selected by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for one of its centennial honors.
Pegge Vissicaro, associate chair of ASU Herberger College Dance, has received two awards that will help build the international dimensions of ASU dance research.
After taking a week off following a 28-0 loss at #8 USC, the Sun Devils return home to face the Oregon Ducks on Saturday, October 25 at 7 p.m. from Sun Devil Stadium. The match is also part of ASU's Homecoming and 50th Anniversary celebration.
A rollercoaster match resulted in a tough 25-17, 27-25 and 25-17 loss Saturday night for the ASU Volleyball team as they fell to the tenth-ranked UCLA Bruins in Tempe at ASU’s Wells Fargo Arena.
The Arizona State swimming and diving team hosted their annual Maroon versus Gold Intersquad on Saturday, October 18 at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
If an emergency happens at Arizona State University, students, faculty and staff who subscribe to the university’s emergency text-message alert system can find out about the incident.
The Arizona Justice Project and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office have been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department through its National Institute of Justice.
Michael Saks, professor of law and a Faculty Fellow in the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, will speak to the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 23.
Kelly McDonald, an assistant communication professor in ASU’s School of Letters and Sciences recently had his first book, “The Third Agenda in U.S. Presidential Debates” published this month.
As part of the "Origins of Human Uniqueness" lecture series, ASU is bringing Robert Boyd to the Tempe campus for a public lecture on “How Culture Transformed Human Evolution.”
Dramatic changes in the ways transportation systems in the United States are planned, designed and analyzed are expected to emerge from research at Arizona State University.
The British ambassador to the United States spoke to a full house at the first event in ASU Global's 2008-09 Distinguished International Lecture Series on Sept. 29.
In the not too distant future, scientists envision an age when going to the doctor for a routine checkup also includes getting the vital signs of one’s genetic health. Following the computer industry’s mantra of ‘faster, cheaper, smaller,’ ASU scientists are now in the midst of a research and development race for inexpensive, rapid DNA sequencing technologies to make an era of personalized medicine a reality.
From art to Greek history to the chemical composition of butter, the rapid and challenging questions of the last opening round in the Academic Bowl tested each team’s intellectual strength and endurance.
The Arizona State women's soccer team closes out its current seven-game homestand this weekend when two of the nation's top teams visit Tempe. The Sun Devils will open the weekend on Friday night when they host third-ranked UCLA at 7 p.m.
Paul Ward, vice president for university administration and general counsel at ASU, has been named vice president for legal affairs, general counsel and secretary to the Board of Trustees at Southern Methodist University, effective Jan. 1, 2009.
Friday night's match-up versus USC will be ASU Volleyball's Annual Pink-Out night to raise Breast Cancer Awareness. Anyone wearing pink to the match will receive a discounted admission.
Anna Nordqvist (women's golf) and linebacker Mike Nixon (football) have been chosen as the Arizona State University Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 18.
Jack Lengyel, the coach who rebuilt Marshall University's football program after a tragic 1970 plane crash, will attend an Oct. 30 screening of the film "We Are Marshall" at ASU's West campus.
Press coverage of one of the most riveting presidential campaigns in modern history will be a provocative starting point for journalist Leonard Downie Jr. in a free public lecture at ASU.
James Blasingame, associate professor of English education in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was recently elected president of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents.
Gary Marchant, executive director of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, will address an audience at Case Western Reserve University.
The Arizona Project, a one-woman play about women, justice and the law, will be presented at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 8, at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix.
Corie Rosen, director of the Academic Support Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will participate in the Law School Academic Support Blog, with a series of articles titled, "My Faculty, My Students, Myself."
Law professor Adam Chodorow will give a talk about the taxation of virtual reality at a meeting of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at ASU, Oct. 22.
Students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to watch the final presidential debate at the Cronkite School and Tom's Restaurant & Tavern.
Corie Rosen, director of the Academic Support Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will have her short story, "The Funeral," published in a Da Capo anthology.
James Nickel, law professor and affiliated professor of philosophy, recently participated in a conference, "Human Rights in Theory and Practice," at Rutgers University School of Law-Camden.
Law professor Orde Kittrie recently testified before a Washington, D.C., city council committee about a bill to require the divestment of municipal employee pension funds from certain companies which do business with Iran.
Law professor Andy Hessick recently spoke to the Arizona Bar Association about the key cases on the docket as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its 2008-2009 term.
TUV Rheinland Group has joined forces with ASU to create the most comprehensive, sophisticated, state-of-the-art facility for testing and certification of solar energy equipment in the world.
A partnership between ASU and the Liberty Elementary School District is improving math instruction for nearly 4,000 students in the Southwest Valley district.
ASU kicks off the 2008 Academic Bowl with two nights of opening round matches where student teams will compete for college pride and scholarship money in a fast-pace, question-and-answer format.
The ASU Health Center at the Downtown Phoenix campus is offering flu shots to the public for the first time; students, faculty and staff also can receive influenza vaccainations at the center.
ASU has signed a major deal to bring a technology business accelerator (TechBA) for Mexico's most innovative start-ups to SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center.
ASU volleyball lost in a 25-18, 25-13 and 25-16 sweep to the Cardinal on Sunday, October 12. The Sun Devils return home to face USC and UCLA next weekend in Tempe.
No. 8 USC beat Arizona State 28-0 on Saturday, for its ninth straight victory over the Sun Devils. The Trojans have won those nine games by an average of 20.1 points.
Junior Anna Nordqvist of Sweden and senior Azahara Munoz of Spain both placed in the top three while incoming freshman Carlota Ciganda, also playing for Spain, placed just out of the top 10 of the 2008 World Amateur Team CHampionship in Adelaide, Australia.
Nov. 17-21 will mark 25 years of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and the dedication of the school’s new building in downtown Phoenix.
Maria Hesse, president and chief executive officer of Chandler-Gilbert Community College, has been appointed ASU’s vice provost for community college partnerships.
The School of Life Sciences is hosting an evening that highlights the beauty, elegance and strangeness of insect societies at the book launch of “The Superorganism,” Nov. 5.
Two ASU publications, a School of Life Sciences’ podcast, and six writers and designers were recognized at the Southern Regional Silver Quill Award’s Ceremony.
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Edward O. Wilson will speak about “Darwin and the Future of Science” in an event that kicks off ASU’s Darwinfest, Nov. 4.
With a national election looming, the Arizona Communication Association will explore political rhetoric during a pair of evening events at ASU's West campus, Oct. 15 and 16.
The Arizona State women's basketball staff and team will be hosting a free youth clinic for children grades eight and under on Sunday, October 26 at 3 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena.
Ciganda, Munoz and Nordqvist all finished the second round in the top-five of 2008 World Amateur Team Championships in Adelaide, Australia.
10/08/08
International engagement | Community | Community partnerships: Center at ASU
ASU and partnering university Tecnológico de Monterrey help empower the Arizona community through the Community Learning Center, offering community members online courses that help them learn life skills and further their education.
Photography by Phoenix resident Rhet Lee Andrews and mixed-media works by 23 artists from PSA Art Awakenings will be featured at ASU Gammage Oct. 22-Dec. 15.
The Del E. Webb School of Construction has established Advancing Women in Construction, a scholarship and mentorship program to help recruit more women for the constructon management industry.
The Arizona State men's hoops team is ranked 15th by Sporting News in its preseason magazine, and it also tabs 6-5 sophomore guard James Harden with first-team All-America honors on its five-man team.
The Sun Devils will look to tame the Bears and chop down the Cardinals this weekend. The Sun Devils face Cal on Friday night at 7 p.m. in Haas Pavilion in Berkeley then look to wrap-up the weekend on Sunday afternoon as they kick-off a 2 p.m. affair against Stanford in the Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif.
Using digital filmmaking to examine the connection between the humanities and sustainability is the challenge presented by a student documentary film contest.
An AT&T Industrial Ecology grant is funding research at ASU to study the economic, environmental and cultural ripple effects created by rapid advances in consumer electronics.
The ASU Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, having helped thousands of young women finish high school and attend college.
The Cronkite School will show the second presidential debate at 6 p.m., Oct. 7, while an ASU expert leads a post-debate discussion at a local eatery after the debate.
Former Arizona State soccer players Elizabeth Bogus (2002-05), Manya Makoski (2002-05) and Amy LePeilbet (2000-03) and former Sun Devil assistant coach Nancy Augustyniak Goffi were among the 28 players selected in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) General Draft on Monday., October 6.
New research shows some hospitals may be much riskier places to become the victim of a medical error because they have been slower to adopt life-saving information technology tools.
One in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction according to an assessment of the world's mammals, created by a team that includes ASU researchers.
The Sun Devil Softball team kicked-off their fall season Saturday in preparation to gear up for their 2009 campaign to defend their National Championship. The Sun Devils topped Mount San Antonio College 14-1 and Yavapai College 15-1.
Experience versatile artworks this fall by Herberger College artists in the Vehicle as Art and Art as Vehicle exhibit at the Night Gallery in the Tempe Marketplace.
Artwork on the new Cronkite School building at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus is really a five-story light sculpture that replaces what would be ordinary windows in the main stairwell.
The Sun Devil cross country team played host to the 23rd Joe Uff/Arizona State University Invitational at Kiwanis Park in Tempe Friday afternoon with a handful of Sun Devils, both competing for the team and running unattached, took part in the annual event.
The ASU Lodestar Center is the recipient of a Public Relations Society of America award for incorporating sound research, planning, execution and evaluation in producing its 15th annual nonprofit conference.
NASA has selected ASU as one of 10 new NASA Astrobiology Institute teams, with the intent of boosting extraterrestrial exploration by refining the criteria that guide the search for life.
A flexible new program at the Sandra O'Connor College of Law is helping students learn more about what makes criminals, jurors, judges, witnesses and lawyers tick.
Kevin Kumashiro, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies, will speak on “Reframing Education: Power, Policies and Social Justice” Oct. 6.
The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation has released the 2008 Arizona Giving and Volunteering Report, detailing the results of the charitable behavior of Arizona residents.
Laura A. Dickinson, foundation professor of law, will speak about her forthcoming book, Outsourcing War and Peace , at a faculty workshop at Duke University School of Law.
Law dean Paul Schiff Berman and professor Laura A. Dickinson will participate in a roundtable on international law at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Arizona State University doctoral student Scott Ortman, a rising star in the field of Southwest archaeology, is helping to close the gap between theory and data.
ASU's Learning through Engineering Design and Practice project gives Mesa middle school students opportunities to explore careers in the STEM fields of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The Arizona Supreme Court Subcommittee on Recruitment panel will host a banquet and discussion for current law students, faculty and members of the local legal community.
Mark Edwards, professor of food marketing and sustainability at ASU’s Morrison School of Marketing and Agribusiness will present, “Green Independence.”
A 20-year retrospective of the successes, failures and impact of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act will be examined at the "Indian Country’s Winning Hand: 20 Years of IGRA" symposium.
Undergraduate Sharon Cini has dedicated herself to giving back to the community she grew up in, armed with her knowledge and experience in American Indian legal policy and community development.
A six-member Youth Mentoring Board has been established at the College of Law to coordinate and unify its various youth outreach programs and strengthen the college's ties to Valley youth and the community.
Adam Chodorow, law professor, gave a lecture about the taxation of virtual reality at a faculty workshop at Thomas Jefferson College of Law in San Diego.
Orde F. Kittrie, law professor, served as the luncheon speaker at a Georgetown University conference on innovative legal mechanisms for promoting nonproliferation.
Stirring imagery, metaphorical musings and the history of Iraq will be the subject of the second Community Lecture Series at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
Kari Hardt (Cross Country) and Jesper Kennegard (Men's Golf) have been chosen as Arizona State University's Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 4.
The American College of Physicians Arizona Chapter will discuss “The Great Debates: Controversies in Health Care” during its meeting Oct. 3-5 at Arizona State University’s Memorial Union.
What started as a gesture of assistance and caring has turned into a real-world experience and a life lesson for ASU School of Global Management and Leadership students.
Thom Ortiz, the head coach of the Arizona State University wrestling team, and wrestler Josh Calteux joined up with Sparky's Tour it made a stop at Lomas Elementary School in Phoenix on Tuesday, September 30.
