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November 24, 2009

Social Science

04/23/09

Humanities | Social Science:  Interdisciplinary Studies M.A. covers all bases

The growing Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at ASU's West campus allows students to individually tailor a program to their specific needs from a variety of interdisciplinary course offerings.

04/21/09

Social Science:  Altheide tracks Columbine media discourse

ASU’s David Altheide builds on his two-decade study of mass media messages of fear to argue that Columbine and other school shootings were redefined as a form of terrorism.

04/17/09

Research | Social Science:  Wetmore stresses importance of scientists’ communication efforts

Transdisciplinary researcher Jameson Wetmore has co-authored a letter addressing the need for scientists to effectively convey the meaning of their work and generate productive dialogue with policy-makers and members of the public.

04/17/09

University | Arts / Culture | Science | Faculty and Staff | Humanities | Life Science | Research | Social Science:  Institute of Human Origins participates in Santa Barbara symposium

04/14/09

Students | Social Science:  Downs to speak at Liberal Arts and Sciences convocation

Investigative journalist, television host and author Hugh Downs will be this year’s speaker at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences convocation on May 15 at Wells Fargo Arena on ASU’s Tempe campus.

03/26/09

University | Arts / Culture | Education | Humanities | Students | Community | Social Science:  Ceramics exhibits open in ASU's Museum of Anthropology

Two ASU ceramics exhibits will coincide with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts' annual conference.

03/20/09

University | Arts / Culture | Law | International engagement | Community | Community partnerships | Social Science:  'Crime, Justice, Border' event features scholars, artists, activists

Complex and controversial issues of crime, enforcement, security, and human rights will come into focus during the "Crime, Justice, and the Border" event, March 31 through April 2 at ASU's West campus.

03/20/09

Community | Social Science:  Performance challenges perception of college drinking

“Drink, Drank, Drugged” is an adapted performance text based on dangerous college drinking research conducted by Linda Lederman, dean of social sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

03/18/09

Bioscience / Biotech | Life Science | Earth / Space | Social Science:  Webcast to beam Origins Symposium to wide audience

Live captioned webcasting is one of the options that students and the public can use to watch and hear the world’s leading science intellectuals and authors discuss forefront questions of origins at ASU’s Origins Symposium April 3 and April 6.

03/12/09

Arts / Culture | Social Science:  Johanson looks at Lucy's legacy

Almost 40 years after his paradigm-shifting discovery, paleoanthropologist Don Johanson writes about "Lucy's" latest contributions to the field of human origins.