ASU President Michael Crow is responding to the revised 2009 budget passed by the Arizona Legislature and the impact it will have on Arizona's three universities.
“Darwin’s Strange Inversion of Reasoning” is the topic of this year’s signature lecture to be presented Feb. 18 by ASU's BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science.
Events including theater, visual art, a motivational summit for high school students, and a celebration of an African American pioneer in Arizona are planned during February at ASU's West campus to commemorate Black History Month.
Professor Paul Bender of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law was quoted recently in an article in The Arizona Republic, titled "JP challenges speed cameras."
Law professor Linda Demaine has written an article, "In Search of an Anti-Elephant: Confronting the Human Inability to Forget Inadmissible Evidence," in the fall issue of the George Mason Law Review.
The difficulties of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy were described by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Randolph J. Haines, an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, in an article in the Jan. 29 East Valley Tribune.
Law student Brian L. Lewi has published an article in the January edition of Arizona Attorney about respected bankruptcy attorney and nonagenarian Anthony O. "Tony" Jones.
Feb. 16 is the deadline for nominations for the Transdisciplinary Humanities Book Award, which is presented annually by ASU’s Institute for Humanities Research.
The American Indian Graduate magazine published in its Spring 2009 issue Judy Nichols’ article about the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Indian Legal Program’s recent workshop, “Genomics, Governance, and Indigenous Peoples.”
The innovative use of technology to help produce more effective teachers has earned a prestigious national award for Arizona State University’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership.
Professor Paul Bender, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was quoted recently in a National Law Journal article, titled "Options dwindle for foes of state immunity."
Law professor Ira Ellman will be speaking on a panel, "Court of Public Opinion," as part of the 28th Annual Conference of the Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Corine Schleif, art history professor, is the editor of the inaugural edition of a new online journal, “Different Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on Medieval Art.”
ASU will host a two-day colloquium on the subject of Theravada Buddhism and its encounter with modernity in South and Southeast Asia since the early 19th century.
ASU President Michael Crow is announcing a mandatory furlough program for all employees to help the university cope with the severe reduction in state funding.
Judge Bruce R. Cohen of the Maricopa County Superior Court leads an exciting lineup of speakers in the upcoming seminar, "Seizing the Opportunity: Finding and Pursuing Opportunities for Success."
The Museums, Galleries & Collections Committee will sponsor its seventh annual "We ♥ Love ASU Collections" Feb. 16, with guided tours of 10 museums, galleries and collections on the Tempe campus.
Downtown diners have a smorgasbord of new eateries to choose from this semester, which are serving up tasty offerings from pizza to sliders to sub-sandwiches to gourmet coffee.
Professor Mark Denbeaux, advisor to the Obama administration on the handling of national security detainees, will lecture at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law on Jan. 30.
Paul H. Robinson, one of the world's leading scholars on criminal law, will give the first Edward J. Shoen Leading Scholars Lecture at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
ASU's Kaitlin Cochran and Krista Donnenwirth have been named to the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) Top 50 watch list for Player of the Year.
Known for his insight, wit and first-hand anecdotes, TV analyst and editor Jonathan Alter offers a compelling view of national and world affairs, and how media and politics interact.
Engineering professor Brad Allenby is helping lead a major international effort to broaden public awareness of sustainability and the technological and social evolution it is sparking.
The College of Teacher Education and Leadership will take the lead role in providing an innovative, evidence-based teacher preparation curriculum across all four campuses at ASU, under a recent university academic reorganization.
ASU researchers played a major role in creating a new reportthat analyzes previous recessions and highlights the actions local governments have taken to alleviate such crises in the past.
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will honor former ASU football coach Bruce Snyder with the Pete Alitieri Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, February 21.
A book authored by Victor Peskin, an assistant professor in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title for 2008.
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has a new digital repository for faculty writing that allows instant access to full-text, searchable versions of papers, articles and other scholarly writing.
Attorneys in Arizona will soon be able to earn required Continuing Legal Education credits through a program that is the result of a new, ongoing relationship of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the Maricopa County Superior Court system.
ASU's Women Law Students’ Association presents Judge Bruce R. Cohen in the upcoming seminar, "Seizing the Opportunity: Finding and Pursuing Opportunities for Success."
As the discussion over potentially devastating budget cuts to the university rages, a new fact sheet is available to clarify the debate and dispel some of the many budgetary myths.
Local entrepreneur Morton Fleischer and his wife, Donna, an ASU graduate, are donating a $1.3 million bronze statue to the W. P. Carey School of Business to inspire students about enterprise, philosophy and art.
Assistant professor Jameson Wetmore looks at how society and technology influence one another and affect the world in a dynamic new anthology co-edited by Wetmore and University of Virginia professor Deborah Johnson.
Business leaders, students, alumni and community members all gathered at the Jan. 22 Arizona Board of Regents meeting to protest the legislature’s proposed budget cuts to the university system.
The ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation is hosting a dance-a-thon at the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus to raise funds for child-teen mental health.
A new book by ASU professor David Van Fleet and wife Ella Van Fleet is designed to help employers and employees deal with bad bosses, bad workers and bad jobs.
The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation has added a new resource to its portfolio of programs to help nonprofit organizations.
Carrie Sperling, executive director of the Arizona Justice Project and visiting associate clinical professor of law, will speak this week about the Justice Project at a symposium sponsored by the National Institute of Justice.
ASU announces its second major academic reorganization in the last six months, driven primarily by opportunities for intellectual synergy, which will save $2.7 million.
Professor David Kaye, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, co-authored a piece for the "Reflections" section of Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, & Technology.
New State Department regulations will require all U.S. citizens traveling outside the United States to have a passport or passport card to re-enter the country, beginning June 1, 2009.
Some 150 Arizona students, all recipients of financial support through the Arizona College Scholarship Foundation, gathered in January at ASU's West campus to learn practical strategies for success in their college careers and beyond.
Professor Jay Koehler, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was quoted recently in a Los Angeles Times article titled, "The danger of DNA: It isn't perfect."
Four essays by two Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law professors are featured in the new five-volume Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Law professor Milt Schroeder will speak on Banking Regulation and Regulatory Reform at a three-hour CLE program, "Advising Business Clients in a Distressed Economy."
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the featured speaker at the Economic Club luncheon hosted by the W.P. Carey School of Business, Jan. 16.
Law professor Adam Chodorow recently moderated a panel on Using the Tax Code for Disaster Relief at the American Bar Association's Tax Sections's mid-year meeting in New Orleans.
ASU and the Maricopa Community College District are teaming up in an expanded partnership that will help community college students transfer credits to ASU and graduate more quickly.
"Triple Espresso," a play directed by ASU theater professor Bill Partian, is delivering non-stop laughs at the Herberger Theater Center through Feb. 8.
A new book co-authored by an Arizona State University professor tackles head-on the fact that, in general, boys in the United States read less often and less well than girls.
For the first time ever, Phoenix-area home prices dropped 30 percent in just one year, according to the latest data from the Arizona State University-Repeat Sales Index.
Mike Rooney returns to ASU after serving as head baseball coach at Phoenix College. Rooney is the new director of special projects and external affairs for ASU's Sun Devils baseball team.
ASU School of Life Sciences has unveiled Darwinfest, a Web site dedicated to promoting campus-wide events connected to ASU Darwinfest, a cross-campus celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday. Darwinfest Web site connects ASU with global celebrations and will offer recordings, videos, podcasts and information for long-term use by educators in the community, students and faculty. For more information, to include your evolutionary events or to get a glimpse into how bold ideas have changed the world in the years since Darwin’s birth – visit Darwinfest http://darwin.asu.edu.
ASU joins the global celebration of Darwin‘s 200th birthday and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On the Origin of Species,” with Darwinfest.
Humanist and author, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will track the role of humanities work both inside and beyond the university during a lecture on Jan. 29 on ASU’s Tempe campus.
Two professors from ASU's College of Teacher Education and Leadership will be on hand to experience the historic events associated with the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Carly Campo is drawing attention to the resettlement process from a refugee’s point of view through her documentary on a recently arrived refugee family from Bhutan.
The ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation and Idea Crossing of Los Angeles are partnering to conduct the first transdisciplinary Healthcare Innovation Challenge for in the U.S.
Options proposed by the Arizona Legislature would cut the university system's budget by up to $243 million for the remaining few months of fiscal year 2009.
A tradition dating back to 1991 continues at ASU's West campus on Jan. 29 as faculty member Charles St. Clair reenacts Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most famous speech.
The ASU College of Nursing & ealthcare Innovation and Los Angeles based Idea Crossing have joined to sponsor the first healthcare Innovaiton Challenge in the United States.
The ASU College of Nursing & ealthcare Innovation and Los Angeles based Idea Crossing have joined to sponsor the first healthcare Innovaiton Challenge in the United States.
The ASU College of Nursing & ealthcare Innovation and Los Angeles based Idea Crossing have joined to sponsor the first healthcare Innovaiton Challenge in the United States.
Advancements in stem cell research and cloning and how religions will view genetic research will kick off a popular lecture series at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
Stanislav Khristenko, a Russian pianist, and Qi Kong, of China took first places in their respective contests and age groups at the fourth annual Bösendorfer USASU and Schimmel USASU piano competitions held recently at ASU.
ASU is committed to energy conservation not only through numerous efforts, including the nation’s first School of Sustainability, but through common everyday acts.
ASU's College of Nursing and Health Innovation will host the first national Healthcare Innovation Challenge® in partnership with Idea Crossing, Inc., a firm that helps organizations run idea competitions.
Law professor Jeffrie Murphy wrote the foreword for a newly published book, Resentment's Virtue: Jean Améry and the Refusal to Forgive, written by Thomas Brudholm, research fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Rebecca Tsosie, executive director of the Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will be sworn in on Jan. 30 as a new Court of Appeals Judge for the San Carlos Tribal Court of Appeals.
ASU's Biodesign Institute has partnered with the Methuselah Foundation in a research quest to vanquish age-related disease by making old cells feel younger.
ASU physicist Lawrence Krauss is helping to re-examine the nation's nuclear policies as Board of Sponsors co-chair of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Hwihyun Kim, a graduate student in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, was named the recipient of the prestigious Chambliss Astronomy Student Achievement Award.
ASU researcher Yixin Shi has taken a keen interest in the regulatory mechanisms that allow Salmonella bacteria to overcome their surroundings and continuously modify both their own and their host’s responses in order to stay alive.
World-renowned architect Bernard Khoury, noted for building a nightclub on the site of a former refugee camp in Beirut, will give a free lecture, Feb. 9, at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus.
Professor Art Hinshaw, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was interviewed recently on Fox News 10 as part of their investigation of auto body shops.
When she began working in Matthews Library on July 18, 1960, Marilyn Wurzburger had no idea that she would still be collecting a paycheck from Arizona State University 48-1/2 years later.
A first-place finish and two other top five performances have propelled the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication into first place in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s national broadcast competition.
ASU President Michael Crow will be speaking to the public about the New American University model for higher education and what that means for Arizona and the rest of the world.
Professor Michael Saks, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, co-authored an article this week in the Wall Street Journal on the importance of having 12 jurors, rather than a smaller number.
The public service and community volunteer efforts of two public affairs graduate students helped them earn awards from the Phoenix Women's Commission for the Mary Ann Huerta Jenkins Fellowship.
Bioengineering class projects are becoming a significant part of a humanitarian effort to help people with disabilities living in the disadvantaged African country of Malawi.
Law professor David Kader will give a presentation to a delegation from Kosovo as part of a three-week “citizen’s exchange” seminar with religious and non-governmental leaders from Kosovo.
ASU football defensive tackle Lawrence Guy has been named a freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. Guy had 44 tackles and two sacks in 2008.
A recent column by U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, (R-Ariz.), quoted Professor Orde Felix Kittrie, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, on the potential for increasing U.S. leverage over Iran's nuclear program by peacefully cutting off the supply of gasoline to Iran.
For the first time, Cronkite NewsWatch, the award-winning student newscast produced by ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is airing on Eight/KAET.
Memoirs about growing up in Nogales and surviving a bicycle accident, poetry that was written in China and a novel about biracial sisters are on the winter/early spring calendar for ASU's Piper Online Book Club.
The world's leading experts on forensic science will gather at ASU's College of Law to discuss an anticipated national report expected to identify the needs of those who work with forensic science evidence.
ASU's Rebecca Tsosie has been appointed to a 3-year term on the Association of American Law Schools' Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students.
Many people who are out of work due to the rough economy are deciding to use this time to invest in their education, resulting in higher MBA application numbers at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
ASU's Megapolitan Tourism Research Center has launched the Sun Corridor Tourism Barometer, a new online index to measure the health of the travel and tourism industry.
The Sun Devil softball coaching staff welcomes current and aspiring coaches to come learn from the best, during ASU' s Annual Coaches Clinic, January 23-25.
Science, history, the arts, and personal finance are among the topics addressed by Spring 2009 course offerings from ASU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Programs and faculty from the School of Design Innovation continue to be highly recognized and ranked for excellence by America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools.
ASU and the University of Pennsylvania have entered into a unique partnership to assist one another with the commercialization of selected technologies.
Residents of the Phoenix and Tucson areas who are caring for a family member with dementia are encouraged to participate in an ASU training and support program.
Beverly, Warne, director of the American-Indian Students United for Nursing (ASUN) project at the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, has received a lifetime achievement award.
For the fourth consecutive time, the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation has been ranked as one of "America’s Best Graduate Schools," according to the 2008 U.S. News & World Report.
The Helene Fuld Health Trust has awarded a $550,000 grant for baccalaureate nursing scholarships to the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation.
The Indian Health Service has awarded a $1.7 million, 5-year grant to the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation to continue the American Indian Students United for Nursing (ASUN) Project.
Sun Devils return to dual action after three tournaments in a row in December to face CS Bakersfield at home on Sunday, January 4, Wells Fargo Arena, 6 p.m.
