The grandson of the man who designed Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" flying machine will show off his mixed-media-on-canvas interpretation of the historic flight at ASU's West campus Sept. 10-13.
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, a National Public Radio correspondent and the former editor of The Washington Post are among headliners at a Monday night speakers series this fall at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer awarded a top award for economic development to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.
An article about "Our Courts," a new national civics education project backed by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that is designed to teach teenagers about the judiciary and other parts of the government, was published by The Associated Press, Aug. 20.
Orde Kittrie, professor of law and faculty fellow for the Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was interviewed recently on KJZZ radio as a local introduction to the multipart series on "The Challenges of a Nuclear Iran."
Each year, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU brings writers of exceptional talent and distinction to the ASU campus for lectures and residencies.
The cultural diversity of ASU and the lessons learned, along with a recent Hispanic scholarship award, are bringing Jose Ramirez closer to realizing the dream of working side-by-side with his father.
The ASU Alumni Association will partner with the ASU School of Sustainability this fall to present “Go Green, Live Green,” a series of presentations that address the personal side of sustainable living.
Alicia (Maher) Dominguez, a 2001 graduate of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, appeared on a segment on NBC's "Dateline" about a 2006 murder in Ahwatukee and the subsequent murder trial of Dominguez's client.
Rebecca Tsosie, executive director of the Indian Legal Program, will speak next month on "Indigenous Peoples and Global Climate Change: Intercultural Models of Climate Equity" at the Knight Law Center at the University of Oregon School of Law.
Four ASU students have been awarded Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders Program (NextGen) scholarships. These students will each receive $4,500 from NextGen as part of a multi-year Kellogg Foundation Grant to American Humanics, Inc. to support students across the American Humanics campus affiliate network.
The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing’s Online Book Club has changed formats – and direction – but the emphasis will still be on good reading and lively discussion.
Law professor James G. Hodge Jr., recently was appointed to an ad hoc committee of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine (IOM), which is developing national guidance to establish standards of care for use in disaster situations.
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation has received a grant from the Hearst Foundations to help support education for researchers on child, teen and family health disparities.
In spite of the nation's economic crisis, Arizona State University continues to increase both student access and quality, according to projections released by the university.
An already successful ASU program that enables school districts in American Indian communities to "grow their own" elementary and middle school teachers is adding more support services in Chinle and Sells, Ariz.
The ASU Alumni Association will present a tribute to former football coach Bruce Snyder during its Homecoming Legends Luncheon, slated for Friday, Oct. 30.
The ASU Graduate College will honor more than sixty students who have been recognized for their academic achievement and promise as future leaders by the national Gates Millennium Scholars program.
The first interactive computer game of "Our Courts," a new national civics education project backed by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, grabs young teenagers where they live, in a format they love.
Breann Yoshiko Swann, a 2009 graduate of the College of Law's LL.M. in Tribal Policy, Law and Government program, was named the recipient of an Inaugural Research Fellowship.
Karen Sweazea, PhD and assistant professor of Health Sciences in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, has had an article published that was highlighted on the cover of the February 2009 issue of the journal Microcirculation.
The Hearst Foundations has awarded funding to the College of Nursing and Health at ASU to fund pre- and post-doctoral fellowships to study child, teen and family health disparities among racial and ethnic monorities.
Arizona State University is ranked fifth among 77 colleges and universities that are "leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes" in academics, faculty, students, campus life and facilities.
There are approximately 80,000 potential heroes at ASU’s four campuses, because according to United Blood Services, anyone who gives a pint of blood is considered a hero.
Incoming ASU engineering graduate student wins national scholarship and other awards that will aid his pursuit of a doctoral degree.
08/19/09
Engineering | Health care | Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Community partnerships | Alumni | Bioscience / Biotech | Research | Engineering: Mixed-reality system enhances physical therapy
ASU experts in media arts, bioengineering, music, computer science and other areas are collaborating on the design of an innovative system to help stroke patients with their physical therapy.
ASU senior defense end Dexter Davis, senior linebacker Mike Nixon and sophomore defensive tackle Lawrence Guy were all named to the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List, awarded annually to the college football lineman
Arizona State University professor Randy Cerveny is bringing past weather to light in a new book that shows how weather played a major role in key turning points in history.
08/18/09
Engineering | Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Renewable energy | Alumni | Research | Engineering | Sustainability and environment: Engineering prof lauded as leading innovator
Research on new battery technologies has earned ASU engineering associate professor Cody Friesen recognition from a leading technology magazine as one of today's top young engineers.
For the fourth year, Jason Robert, the Franca Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor in the Life Sciences, is turning his classroom into a movie theater during the fall and spring semesters, and the public is invited.
ASU has been selected by G.I. Jobs magazine as a "Military Friendly School for 2010," for its efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students.
For the last five years, ASU's Arizona Historical Foundation has been sifting through the personal collection of Arizona senator Barry M. Goldwater, now the results can be seen in “The Personal and Political Papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater.”
For less than the cost of dinner for two, ASU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers a wide variety of courses, convenient locations, and membership benefits to adult learners across the Valley.
ASU alumna Barbara Knowles will add one more title to her long list of impressive achievements when she returns to ASU as the first recipient of the School of Life Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award.
Former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor, a 1974 alumna of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will receive a prominent award from America's oldest, largest and fastest growing mentoring organization for the legal community.
The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's year-old Public Interest Post-Graduate Fellowship program was featured in the Aug. 7 edition of the Phoenix Business Journal.
Evelyn Cruz, an associate clinical professor and Director of the Immigration Law & Policy Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, has co-authored an article in the July/August issue of Arizona Attorney.
The City of Phoenix, the Downtown Phoenix Partnership, Artlink, Inc. and ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus are partnering on a special trolley tour to encourage and engage student leaders to take advantage of the variety of amenities offered in the city's core.
John J. Tuchi, a '94 alumnus of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was recently appointed Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona according to a recent press release by the Department of Justice.
Carol M. Baldwin, has been selected for Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the profession.
Evidence that early modern humans living on the coast of Africa employed pyrotechnology in their stone tool manufacturing process is being reported by researchers, including three from the Institute of Human Origins at ASU.
Photographer Jeremy Schlosser, who keeps his camera at the ready when he travels around the United States, will be displaying some of his photos Aug. 19-Oct. 20 at ASU Gammage, kicking off the 2009-10 exhibition season.
The Tempe Chamber of Commerce and the ASU Alumni Association will host the 9th Annual Sun Devil Football Kickoff Luncheon presented by US Airways on August 28.
An ASU engineering faculty member will use a Motorrola Foundation Innovation Generation grant to advance his work in creating educational environments that inspire self-motivation in young students.
An ASU associate professor of engineering is working with the Los Alamos National Laboratory on efforts to make nuclear fuels more effective and on methods to store and better secure spent fuels.
Despite these rough economic times, the W. P. Carey School of Business is naming some of the best businesses in Arizona as Spirit of Enterprise Award finalists for helping to boost our economy and our community.
An engineering grant with a commercial value of $245M is aimed at training students in world-leading software to help ASU meet the demands of a modern work force.
ASU's West campus is undergoing a 'green' retrofit that will dramatically reduce the campus' energy consumption and bring the university closer to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2020.
ASU was one of 13 universities participating in a program that gives top science and engineering students from throughout the country a chance to do high-level nanatechnology research.
New data reveals that despite the fact that domestic violence is Phoenix’s most commonly reported violent crime, many suspects’ cases are dismissed almost immediately after arrest,.
A senior mechanical engineering student and a doctoral sustainability student are helping introduce youngsters to the worlds of science and engineering.
The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation is pleased to announce the launch of the second year of its Generation Next Nonprofit Leadership Academy (Gen Next).
ASU has taken another step in its commitment to ‘going green’ by retrofitting six parking structures on the Tempe campus with new light emitting-diode (LED) fixtures.
Under the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program, out-of-state students in selected western states could find a more affordable tuition fee for bachelor's programs in ASU's New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.
Recent work from our laboratory reveals that environmentally enriched housing conditions introduced during cocaine abstinence reduces the degree to which drug-associated cues elicit motivation for cocaaine.
Putting their brains to the test, more than 20 high school students worked alongside Biodesign Institute scientists as part of a summer high school internship at ASU.
Morgan Olsen, ASU's chief financial officer, sent a message Aug. 6 to all employees to clarify the fiscal planning process and the impact of federal stimulus funds on the university's budget.
Employees who work in a campus biology or chemical laboratory must either complete introductory sessions of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Lab-Fire-Bio safety classes and hazardous waste management courses or take yearly refresher courses.
More than 100 middle school and high school students participated in a series of three weeklong summer workshops sponsored by Conexiones, a 19-year-old program pioneered by ASU’s Sanford Cohn.
This summer Mesa middle school students had an opportunity to learn about sophisticated technologies and computational concepts through a discovery-based three-day research internship at ASU.
Education professor Joseph Tobin provides new insights into the impact of globalization and sweeping social transformation on preschool education in his new book, “Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited: China, Japan, and the United States.”
Ian Monat, a young entrepreneur and client of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Technology Ventures Services Group, recently was quoted in Automotive Body Repair News about the problem of catalytic converter thefts.
Alumnus John Stevens has leveraged his ASU education to become a business-savvy executive producer of the television game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
This summer 600 Teach for America recruits participated in the country's most highly regarded TFA teacher training institute hosted by ASU's College of Teacher Education and Leadership.
New College student Jane Kruchowsky was one of only 16 students selected from 150 applicants for a summer internship with Banner Sun Health Research Institute.
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is among 16 people who will receive the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, at a ceremony on Aug. 12.
Regents' Professor of Law Michael Saks and Dawn McQuiston-Surrett, associate professor of psychology, have published a new article, "The Testimony of Forensic Identification Science: What Expert Witnesses Say and What Factfinders Hear."
A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP indicates that self-reported worsening in initialing and maintaining sleep over a five-year period was significantly associated with poorer mental quality of life.
