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March 04, 2009

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03/04/09

Education:  Food for thought: Why not a warning label on value-added testing?

If America's consumers must be warned of possible food and drug dangers, why shouldn't education consumers be warned of the pitfalls of standardized value-added assessments of their students?

03/04/09

Engineering | Education | Students | Community | Engineering:  Work to combat air pollution earns engineering student scholarship

Environmental engineering graduate student Tingting Gao wins a prestigious scholarship from a national industry association based on her research to help alleviate air pollution.

03/04/09

Sports:  Leake and Stevens named ASU Athletes of the Week

Baseball player Mike Leake and Track and Field athlete Sarah Stevens have been named ASU's Athletes of the Week for the week ending March 7.

03/04/09

Sports:  Gym Devils to battle longtime rival Utah

Sun Devils will travel to compete against No. 2 Utah on Friday, March 6.

03/04/09

Sports:  Water polo to face Stanford

The Sun Devils will host the No. 1 Cardinal on Saturday, March 7.

03/04/09

Administration:  Lindsay tackles leadership program head-on

Candacy Lindsay has all the makings of a leader – the assistant director of Sponsored Projects Service recently completed a year-long leadership training program, approaching the project with great enthusiasm and diligence.

03/04/09

Community:  Former Labor Secretary to address economic issues

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich will deliver this year’s John P. Frank Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m., March 19 in the Evelyn Smith Music Theatre on ASU’s Tempe campus.

03/04/09

Sports:  ASU women's basketball faces Cal at Berkeley

03/03/09

University | Faculty and Staff | Alumni:  Alumni Association honors world-changing innovators

The ASU Alumni Association is honoring faculty members and alumni involved in solving challenges with world-changing consequences at its Founders’ Day Awards Dinner.

03/03/09

Science | Community:  K-12 teachers become Martian explorers at ASU

Science teachers from Arizona visited Mars vicariously and learned how to take their classrooms with them on future trips.

03/03/09

Sports:  Baseball hosts Holy Cross

03/03/09

Business | Law:  Experts meet to discuss improving U.S.-China trade

Some of the top minds in the business, legal, academic and policy worlds are addressing how to improve trade relations between the United States and China at a series of invitation-only forums sponsored by ASU and the nonprofit Kearny Alliance.

03/03/09

Sports:  Jones named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week

03/03/09

University:  Coyote Crisis to test ASU during spring break

ASU's Tempe campus will be the site of a major disaster drill for state and local agencies March 9 - 13.

03/02/09

University | Arts / Culture | Science:  Science minds gather for 'origins' symposium

Some of the greatest minds in science, including six Nobel Laureates, will gather to discuss the origins of everything, from the universe to humanity, April 6, in ASU Gammage.

03/02/09

Science | Community partnerships:  Geoscience exhibit displays 'Trail of Time'

Edging the rim of the Grand Canyon and paving the way for geoscience education, the world's largest geoscience interpretative exhibit nears completion.

03/02/09

Sports:  Bethke, Turner finish as national runners-up at USATF indoor meet

03/02/09

Sports:  ASU set to host men's swimming Pac-10 Championships

The Sun Devils will host Arizona, California, Stanford, USC and Washington as part of the men's swimming Pac-10 Championships, March 4-7.

03/02/09

Arts / Culture:  Speaker answers hard questions about Islam

In a lecture, titled "Private Faith/Public Faith: Religion and Government," Daisy Kahn addressed questions about how Americans perceive Islam and what Muslims believe about violence and the relationship of faith and government.

03/02/09

Law | Faculty and Staff:  Weinstein book on extreme speech and democracy published

Extreme Speech and Democracy, a book edited by law professor James Weinstein and British barrister Ivan Hare, recently has been published by Oxford University Press.