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November 24, 2009

Social Science

02/19/09

Faculty and Staff | Humanities | Social Science:  Presentation highlights women writers from different eras

Neal A. Lester, ASU English professor and chair, will present “African American Women Writing their Lives and Experiences” on Feb. 26.

02/13/09

Law | Health care | Science | Humanities | Community | Bioscience / Biotech | Social Science:  Law school hosts brain addiction conference

Legal and ethical perspectives on important scientific developments in the field of substance addiction will be explored during a free conference hosted by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

02/13/09

Science | Social Science:  ASU genetics research sheds light on evolution of the human diet

ASU associate professor of anthropology Anne Stone discussed how diet holds keys to understanding who we are at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.

02/11/09

University | Science | Humanities | News coverage | Social Science:  MSNBC reporter talks evolution with ASU's Johanson

Alan Boyle of MSNBC speaks with ASU's Donald Johanson about his new book, Lucy’s Legacy; his famous discovery; and his thoughts about humankind’s evolutionary past and future.

02/10/09

Humanities | Social Science:  NACTS presents report on seizing North American opportunities

ASU’s North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS) has presented a report to President Obama urging his administration to strengthen certain U.S. partnerships with Canada and Mexico.

02/03/09

Science | Research | Social Science:  Early humans had 'jaws of steel'

ASU social scientists are part of an international team publishing new research that reveals nut-cracking abilities in our 2.5-million-year-old relatives.

01/26/09

Faculty and Staff | Social Science:  International tribunals book makes ‘Choice’ list

A book authored by Victor Peskin, an assistant professor in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title for 2008.

01/23/09

Engineering | Science | Faculty and Staff | Humanities | Social Science:  Researcher explores society-technology relationships

Assistant professor Jameson Wetmore looks at how society and technology influence one another and affect the world in a dynamic new anthology co-edited by Wetmore and University of Virginia professor Deborah Johnson.

01/20/09

Social Science:  ASU geographer’s work in crowd control is cited in popular magazine

Popular Mechanics discusses Paul Torrens’ crowd research in light of the presidential inauguration.

01/16/09

Humanities | Social Science:  Scholar explores fusing archeological remains, historic texts

Scholar Dan Schowalter will investigate the three temples built by Herod the Great at a lecture at 7 p.m., Jan. 29 on the ASU Tempe campus.