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August 07, 2008

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08/07/08

Sports:  ASU's Herring nominated for 2008 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

Arizona State University senior running back Keegan Herring has been nominated for the 2008 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

08/06/08

Sports:  Sun Devils turn Olympics maroon and gold

The Beijing Olympic Games will feature 16 people with ties to ASU’s athletic department set to compete – or work with competitors that will compete – on the biggest stage in sport.

08/06/08

Sports:  Season Preview: Sun Devil football

The Sun Devils open the 2008 season on Saturday, August 30, when they play host to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Frank Kush Field/Sun Devil Stadium. ASU features 39 returners from last season's 10-win team, including seven starters on both offense and defense.

08/06/08

Sports:  Two Sun Devils qualify for match play at U.S. Women's Amateur

08/05/08

University | Administration | Sustainability and environment:  ASU makes Kaplan list of top 25 green colleges

Arizona State University is named as a top 25 green college in the Kaplan College Guide 2009

08/05/08

Faculty and Staff:  Professor travels to Africa on Fulbright grant

Engineering professor Dean Kashiwagi has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the University of Botswana in Africa during the 2008-09 academic year.

08/04/08

Education:  Teach for America welcomes new corps members

ASU graduate Jeanne Simons was one of 650 corp members to attend a Teach for America preperation course, held in Phoenix with the help of ASU.

08/04/08

University | Administration:  Nationally renowned financial leader to join ASU

Morgan Olsen, executive vice president and treasurer at Purdue University, has been named Arizona State University's new executive vice president and treasurer.

08/04/08

University:  ASU criminologist authors anti-gang guidebook for Department of Justice

Police departments across the country have a new resource in the battle against gang-related crime, thanks to a guidebook authored by an ASU professor.

08/04/08

University:  ASU works to improve community health

ASU's Center for Health Information and Research is joining a project to improve the health of Maricopa County’s Asian/Pacific Islander community.

08/04/08

Sports:  What a year!

08/03/08

Sports:  Quotes from coach Dennis Erickson on football media day

08/03/08

Sports:  Sun Devils on football media day

08/02/08

ASU News:  ASU's Long uses life experiences to assist others

Krista Long has been there, done that when it comes to facing life's challenges. Now, after graduating from ASU with a bachelor's degree in social work, she's turning her past experiences into a means of helping others.

08/02/08

Sports:  Let's discus(s)... Sun Devil Jessica Pressley

A personal interview with one of ASU's most promising shot putters, Jessice Pressley.

08/01/08

Sports:  Women's gymnastics announces the hiring of two former Olympians

Arizona State women's gymnastics head coach John Spini announces the hiring of two assistant coaches. Jamie Dantzscher and Jean-Luc Cairon will replace Maggie Ethier and Bob Peterson as assistant coaches.

07/31/08

University | Faculty and Staff | Social Science:  Professor documents anti-globalization movement

An ASU anthropologist who found himself in the middle of a dramatic confrontation between police and protestors on the streets of Seattle is the author of "Networking Futures: The Movements Against Corporate Globalization."

07/31/08

Journalism:  Jody Brannon to direct Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative

Jody Brannon will direct a 12-university, $7.5 million project funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to explore new ways to produce in-depth multimedia journalism.

07/31/08

Sports:  Sun Devil volleyball to have two matches aired on FSN

As announced by the Pac-10 this week, the Sun Devil Volleyball Team will be broadcast twice this fall on FSN in the 2008 season, with both matches being played at ASU's Wells Fargo Arena.

07/30/08

Journalism | Community:  Cronkite school takes journalism on the road

Program coordinator Anita Luera is hitting the road with a fully-equipped Cronkite School hybrid SUV, in an effort to get high-school students around the state interested in journalism.