ASU's future as a New American University and the pressing challenges it intends to tackle will be the focus of activities on Cady Mall during the Homecoming Block Party Oct. 31.
Arizona State University Research Professor Elinor Ostrom has won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, a prize she shares with Oliver E. Williamson of the University of California at Berkeley.
Nobel Prize winner Leland H. Hartwell is joining ASU to lead an expansive effort addressing two of today’s top concerns: improving the effectiveness of health care while reducing its costs, and advancing science education.
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.
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.
Through ASU's "GlobalResolve" program, students are directly improving the lives of people in underdeveloped nations throughout the world by finding sustainable ways to help meet the basic needs of poverty-stricken villagers.
President Barack Obama told graduates at ASU that opening the doors of higher education to students from every background is a core mission of ASU and of his presidency, and should serve as a model for universities across the country.