Nearly 400 emeriti faculty from ASU and other universities belong to the ASU Emeritus College, which was founded four years ago to “give a home and a focus to continued intellectual, creative and social engagement of retired faculty with the University.”
Journalism alumna Ashlea Deahl, now the editor-in-chief of Phoenix Magazine, recalls how switching majors in college was a pivotal move in landing a job she loves.
Corie Rosen, the director of the Academic Support Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, has been named editor of The Learning Curve, a publication of the Association of American Law Schools.
Law professor Myles Lynk made a presentation to the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, at the committee's recent meeting in Tucson.
Law professor Betsy Grey will participate in the 14th Annual Current Legal Issues Inter-Disciplinary Colloquium on Law & Neuroscience, at University College London.
Jerry Lin is aiming to make power plants more green by researching a way to produce hydrogen without the side-effect of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication swept a national intercollegiate journalism competition that honors the best of global news coverage.
ASU's College of Teacher Education and Leadership has announced a new master's degree featuring an emphasis on autism, that will be offered online as part of ASU Online and Extended Education programming.
A new study co-authored by ASU professor Michael Wiles shows successful product placements in films actually give the featured companies a boost in stock prices.
ASU finishes in the Top 15 for fifth year in a row, with fifteen teams scoring points towards the recognition, which is given annually to the top athletic department in the nation.
ASU Art Museum is presenting free and fun exhibitions and events for all ages; this summer includes the museum's 10th Annual Family Fun Day and family exhibition.
Arizona StateUniversity is included in the 2010 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges along with more than 330 of the country’s best colleges and universities.
If you are a cricket during dry season on the San Pedro River in Arizona, on your nighttime ramblings to eat leaves, you are more likely to be ambushed by thirsty wolf spiders, or so a new ASU study suggests.
The fall 2009 season, titled Defining Sustainability, is a series of dynamic and interactive projects that will come together at the ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center to illustrate ideas about sustainability.
In the growing debate over regulating nanotechnology, a new study by ASU and the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals that the views of U.S. nanoscientists differ from those of the general public.
Law professor Gary Marchant will deliver two talks in South Korea in June, one on the regulatory analysis of regulations within federal government agencies, and the other about the federal rulemaking process in the United States.
Ehrlich, a former Arizona Court of Appeals judge and 1974 alumna of the College of Law, recently earned a Master of Laws in Biotechnology and Genomics at the College's May 15 convocation.
The Holocaust Survivors Justice Network and its volunteers, including law professor David Kader, is the recipient of the American Bar Association's 2009 Pro Bono Publico Award.
While many high school students are lounging by the pool or sitting in front of the TV playing video games, 15-year-old Myleena Torres has been studying a future as a lawyer.
A new orbit at an earlier time of day is increasing the sensitivity and efficiency of ASU's THEMIS multi-band camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
The application of federal environmental law in Indian Country was the focus of a workshop presented by the College of Law's Indian Legal Program and the ASU American Indian Policy Institute.
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will make an appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on June 23, to discuss her new children's book, Finding Susie.
Shelli Soto, associate dean of admissions and financial aid in the College of Law, will be honored by the State Bar of Arizona for her commitment to and work in furthering diversity and equal opportunity goals.
The ASU baseball team ended its run with a trip to the 2009 College World Series, where the Sun Devils tied for third and closed out the season at 51-14 overall.
With access to cutting-edge education research and university faculty, Polytechnic Elementary School has taken a definitive step in the country’s mission to reform K-12 education.
Outfielder Kole Calhoun helped lead the ASU baseball team to a 12-5 win over North Carolina in an elimination game of the College World Series June 18.
Respect and admiration for the way former ASU student-athlete Pat Tillman lived life has inspired the parents of two West campus students to donate artwork representing his legacy to the campus fitness center.
The application of federal environmental law in Indian Country was the focus of a recent workshop presented by the ASU American Indian Policy Institute and the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
Border Governors Conference representatives from the U.S. and Mexico met at ASU June 17-18 for a third planning meeting, sponsored by the Arizona-Mexico Commission.
Middle School students in an engineering summer camp at ASU that focuses on robotics got a look at one way that police use robots – detecting explosive devices and materials.
A gathering of high school's best and brightest Latino students will converge on ASU's West campus for a three-day "lesson" on making a successful transition into higher education.
An innovative digital news project, developed by two ASU students about Phoenix's new light rail system, is among nine winners of the 2009 Knight Foundation News Challenge.
Professor Charles Calleros presented a talk about the College of Law's new Our Courts project at a national conference, "Stimulating Transparency and Accountability," on June 13 in Bigfork, Mont.
An article in the June 9 edition of The Sun in Yuma reported on a summer internship program in the county's Office of the Legal Defender, which is providing a real-world legal experience to four ASU College of Law students.
Life sciences professor Nancy Grimm is one of the authors of a new and authoritative federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change.
Professor Charles Calleros recently led several students and staff from the College of Law in providing information, inspiration, and skill-building for about 50 high school students participating in the ASU Cesar Chavez Leadership Institute.
Matthew W. Wright, a 1991 alumnus of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, argued his first case before the U.S. Supreme Court this spring, deemed by The Washington Post as the "most important students' rights case in 25 years."
Thirty-five high school teachers from 14 states are participating in an intensive journalism boot camp at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication June 14-26.
Engineering professor Mary Anderson-Rowland has won the 2009 Women in Engineering Proactive Network Educator’s Award for exceptional achievement in increasing the participation and retention of women in engineering.
For nearly two years, professor Mark Robinson and his team have been preparing for the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Robinson is principal investigator of an imaging system on board that will capture the Moon's surface.
Unlike "CSI" television detectives, ASU alumna Amanda Gallegos doesn't spend her days analyzing bullet trajectories and fingerprints – but as a forensic scientist for the Phoenix Police Department, she sees plenty of blood.
Arizona’s Mind-Body Problem: Mental Health Systems and Choices, the fifth issue of the Forum 411 policy briefing series, looks at the second-class status of behavioral health in Arizona.
Five women artists from the Phoenix area, who call themselves Studio VII (they invite two guest artists to join them for selected exhibitions), will exhibit a variety of artwork at ASU Gammage June 24-July 27.
Professor and Dean Emeritus Paul Bender of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law was interviewed by KNXV-TV reporter Tim Vetscher on Tuesday, May 26, about President Obama’s nominee to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
Law professor Jonathan Rose gave a talk about English legal history entitled, “The Origins of the Jury and Trial by Jury,” May 13, at the Phoenix law firm of Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A.
Law professor Jonathan Rose will spend part of the summer in England, as a visiting faculty member at the University of Cambridge, and present a paper at an English legal history conference at the University of Exeter.
An article co-authored by law professor Ira Ellman, titled “Intuitive Lawmaking: The Example of Child Support,” recently was published in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Extreme Speech and Democracy, a book that law professor James Weinstein edited with British human-rights attorney Ivan Hare, was launched during a recent reception in London.
ASU graduate Ian Monat and law professor Eric Menkhus have combined their expertise to invent an anti-theft device for catalytic converters called The Catlock.
Students at Basha High School in Chandler recently unveiled their Wiki project, based on a sci-fi series of novels called The Softwire, at ASU's Decision Theater.
Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, deputy vice president for Research in ASU's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs, was recently inducted into the prestigious Canadian Academy of Engineering.
One of Arizona's most dynamic industries - tourism - is suffering its lowest level of activity since 2006, according to ASU's Sun Corridor Tourism Barometer.
The World Health Organization has declared a stage six pandemic, raising its pandemic level from stage five to reflect widespread worldwide cases of the H1N1 virus.
Law professor Eric Menkhus has received a $50,000 Pathways to Entrepreneurship Grant to continue helping Arizona innovators cultivate and grow viable technology businesses.
A new ASU master's degree program concentration will help its graduates develop the perspectives and skills needed to provide effective counseling and spiritual guidance in a variety of care settings.
The latest ASU-Southwest Poll asks adults in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas their opinions on health care costs and quality, electronic medical records, and the economy.
Tania Mendes, a sophomore broadcast major in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, will play a major role in the All-American City competition that takes place June 17-19 in Tampa, Fla.
The oldest scientific academy of science, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, has elected ASU scientist Robert E. Page Jr. into its august ranks.
George Paulsen, an ASU professor emeritus of history, died June 1 at the age of 86. He was an ASU faculty member from 1959 until his retirement in 1991.
Professor Mark Edwards of the Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness recently won a "top science book of the year" award for his work about how algae can revolutionize food and fuel.
An ASU bioengineering professor is using resources that come with his new prestigious title to “nurture creativity” and the entrepreneurial spirit in a new student research center.
Former Arizona State University standout gymnast Jackie Brummer has been named to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2009. Brummer was a three-time national champion for the Sun Devils.
A long-theorized but never-seen tiny atom – 100 times smaller than ordinary atoms – might be observed in current and future super collider experiments, according to ASU researcher Richard Lebed.
As a Dallas Cowboy, Billy Cundiff kicked a record seven field goals in one ”Monday Night Football” game in 2003. Now, his determination and drive have helped him to complete his MBA degree and land a venture capital job through the W. P. Carey School of Business.
For a girl who never much liked school, Deborah Pogson, managing editor of a journal at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, sure has a lot of learning under her belt.
An essay by law professor Marjorie E. Kornhauser titled “Cognitive Theory and the Delivery of Welfare Benefits,” recently was published in the LoyolaUniversityChicago Law Journal.
Law professor Dennis Karjala has contributed an essay, “Judicial Oversight of Copyright Legislation,” to the 2008 Intellectual Property issue of the Northern Kentucky Law Review.
Four articles by law professor Kenneth Abbott have been reprinted in two new edited collections of essays that define the field of international law and international relations.
ASU softball, the defending national champion, ended its run with a fourth-straight trip to the College World Series, closing out the season 47-19 overall.
The ASU Alumni Association will provide its members with complimentary admission to its next monthly Maroon and Gold Professional Network mixer, slated for 5:30 to 7 p.m., June 16.
Clint Van Winkle, as ASU alum who graduated in 2005 with a bachelor's in English, has writen his story of combat in Iraq and his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder and journey into civilian life.
