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."
Like an elite Olympian, Arizona State University’s podcast “Ask a Biologist,” vaulted into the number one spot on the world stage. It was the most downloaded podcast on iTunes U for several days in a row in July, ahead of 49,999 hosted educational audio and video files compiled from museums, universities and other public media resources worldwide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded two three-year grants totaling $2.1 million to the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation.
Arizona State's victory over California from last season will be featured as one of FSN Arizona's "Greatest Games of 2007," which will air throughout August.
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy paid tribute to behavioral health care professionals and advocates at the fourth annual Arizona Behavioral Health Awards Gala.
The 2008 NCAA Champion Sun Devil Softball team is gearing up for another year of action as they look to repeat their championship season in the upcoming 2009 campaign. The Sun Devils will hold Walk-On Tryouts on September 4-6 to fill out the remaining fall roster spots before starting their fall season on October 4 with a mini-tournament.
A group of high school students learned about how design affects the cities and buildings that we live in through the College of Design's Summer Design Workshop.
Six uniquiely different women, all advocating for change, are being recognized for their acheivements as winners of 2008 Commission on the Status of Women Awards.
The Center of Educational Innovation’s Polytechnic Elementary School is opening the doors for its first class of about 220 students, ranging from kindergarten age through sixth grade.
ASU has been named one of the nation's "greenest" universities by The Princeton Review in its first-ever rating of environmentally friendly institutions.
Only about 13 percent of the Washington daily newspaper press corps are journalists of color, according to a study on diversity by the Cronkite School and UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
A digital clearinghouse for news diversity research, created by Cronkite School researchers, was unveiled recently at the UNITY national convention in Chicago.
Former Arizona State University golfer Chez Reavie completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday, July 27 at the RBC Canadian Open to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour.
Valley executives shared their experiences and advice with CHS Recreation and Tourism Management students at a candid executive panel discussion on career development.
Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor at the Sacramento Bee is becoming the Cronkite School's first Carnegie Professor specializing in Latino and transnational news coverage.
Ten students from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications documented the lives of immigrants in South Africa during a venture into the country in June.
In June 2008, a total of 7,845 resale homes recorded sold in Maricopa County. This sales activity includes 3,275 recorded foreclosed home transactions and 4,565 traditional market transactions.
View the median prices recorded of single-family resale homes and condominium/townhomes for the selected cities in Maricopa County for June 2007, May 2008 and June 2008.
ASU is opening the doors to the world of math and science for thousands of high school students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, through the university’s Math and Science Honors Program.
The Arizona State football team has been picked to finish second in the Pacific-10 Conference in a preseason poll of West Coast media members who regularly cover the league.
As the PGA's Canadian Opens begins today, there are nine Sun Devils teeing off in the 93-man field, including seven who played under current ASU head coach Randy Lein, who will enter his 17th season at ASU in 2008-2009.
Sayfe Kiaei is leading efforts to acheive $100 million in research expenditures over the next five years in his new post as the associate dean for research for the School of Engineering.
The Pac-10 held its annual Pac-10 Football Media Day on Thursday, July 24 with representatives from all ten schools attending in preparation for the upcoming 2008 season. Representing Arizona State were Head Coach Dennis Erickson and quarterback Rudy Carpenter who spoke on behalf of the Maroon and Gold.
Following one the best seasons in program history, eight student-athletes and the entire Arizona State University water polo team have been selected for national academic honors as the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPA) announced its annual honorees Wednesday, July 23.
Five Arizona high schools will receive fully equipped multimedia newsrooms as part of an outreach program by the Cronkite School and the Stardust Foundation of Scottsdale.
Brooks Conrad became the 90th Sun Devil to play Major League Baseball when he started at third base for the Oakland Athletics yesterday against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
Policy-makers in the nation's capital have been relying on ASU experts for answers and options on a issues ranging from space aeronautics to international sanctions.
The Ted Hendricks Foundation today announced that Arizona State University junior defensive end Dexter Davis has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award, presented annually to the nation's top defensive end.
The 208 NACAC Under 23 Championship track and field meet came to a close Sunday, July 20 in Toluca, Mexico, with the lone member of the Arizona State University program competing on the day, Ryan Whiting, winning the shot put to five the Sun Devils their fourth gold medal of the meet.
Gifted Barrett Honors Scholars students spent three weeks at ASU this summer, including two days preparing and trying two imaginary cases in the College of Law’s high-tech courtroom.
Engineering student Bryan Rolfe, who credits his father for sparking his interest in math and science, now conducts research in the study of isotope effects on environmental systems.
While supporting her husband in his battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease, ASU accounting professor Marilyn Prosch is raising money and awareness about this deadly illness.
Sarah Stevens won two events and Matt Turner captured one as the first of three days of competition at the 2008 NACAC Under 23 Championships concluded July 18 in Toluca, Mexico, for three members of the Arizona State University track and field program.
ASU's Arizona Technology Enterprises is helping partner universities Dublin City University in Ireland and Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, market their new technologies across the globe.
Stuart Fisher is the recipient of the 2008 Eugene P. Odum Education Award, for his outstanding work in ecology education, outreach and mentoring activities.
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law recently received the Honorable John R. Sticht Excellence in Disabilities Accessibility Award from the State Bar of Arizona.
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is moving into its new home, a state-of-the-art journalism education complex located in the heart of downtown Phoenix.
Arizona State University senior quarterback Rudy Carpenter has been named to the Watch List for the Davey O'Brien Award, which is presented annually to the best quarterback in the nation.
Three members of the Arizona State University track and field program will be competing at the NACAC Under-23 Championships this weekend in Toluca, Mexico, as Sarah Stevens, Matt Turner and Ryan Whiting were selected to Team USA for the event that features athletes from the countries in North American, Central American and the Caribbean. Stevens will compete in the shot put and hammer, Turner in the long jump and Whiting in the shot put and discus in the meet that runs July 18-20.
On the strength of three national titles and multiple conference championships, one national publication is lauding ASU as having the top ranked athletic department for 2007-2008.
ASU alums Zachary Cook and Neil Gillingham have teamed up to create an illustrated poem that will be on exhibit this summer in the downtown Phoenix Five15 Arts gallery.
The ASU Athletic Department is fully reinstating the sport of varsity men’s swimming, effective immediately, due to financial support from various donors across the globe.
The Office of American Indian Projects is the oldest program of its kind in the nation, successfully graduating nearly 300 American Indian students over the last 31 years.
ASU's College of Law is sponsoring a national conference to focus on the effects the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act has had on tribes and the federal government.
The Enhance program is identifying and completing enhancements to ASU’s research infrastructure that will support growth of the research enterprise to $350 million by 2012.
When the UFC Silvia vs. Irvin show is aired live in Spike TV this Saturday night, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight card will feature a pair of former All-American wrestlers from Arizona State University as both C.B. Dollaway and Cain Velasquez are scheduled to fight in the Octagon inside the Palms in Las Vegas, Nev.
ASU is launching a major new initiative that will revolutionize academic research through the innovative convergence of science, engineering, social sciences and computing.
The Arizona State family passes along its thoughts and sympathy to the family of men's basketball career assists record holder and 1986-87 Sun Devil co-captain Bobby Thompson, 42, who passed away Thursday (July 10).
ASU is strengthening its commitment to renewable energy by establishing the Solar Power Laboratory to advance solar energy research, education and technology.
Arizona State University has selected FieldTurf as the playing surface for its new football indoor practice facility, ASU officials announced on Friday, July 11.
The Riches Wrestling Complex on the Arizona State University campus has been the home of USA Wrestling's men's freestyle team for the past eighth days as five of the six Olympians that will represent the United States trained ahead of their trip to the Beijing Summer Games.
Former Arizona State University men's basketball student-athlete Shawn Redhage has been named to the Australian Olympic basketball team, which will compete in Beijing in August.
Five Arizonans who have made outstanding contributions to the behavioral health field have been selected as 2008 honorees by ASU's Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy.
Former Sun Devil Dustin Pedroia has been named an American League All-Star and will start at second base in the All-Star Game, which will be played at Yankee Stadium on July 15.
FSN Arizona is giving Arizona State fans a chance to revisit some recent highlights on Saturday, July 12 as the network will be devoting seven consecutive hours of programming to Sun Devil football.
ASU professor Alex Mahalov has received a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to fund a study aimed at reducing anxiety-inducing airplane turbulence.
A recent law graduate with a background in social and pro bono work has been named head of the department overseeing both functions at the College of Law.
Three professors whose teaching methods aim to produce K-12 teachers who embrace the use of new technologies in their classrooms have received international recognition.
ASU law students had an opportunity to explore public lands and waterways in northern Arizona during a field seminar to better understand the laws applicable to natural resource management.
An ASU professor and team of colleauges have ranked Phoenix the 11th fittest among 15 of America's largest metropolitan areas, in an effort to educate communities about physcial activity.
Bemly Randeniya, a graphic information technology graduate student at ASU’s Polytechnic campus, recently earned $1,500 for placing first in the GEF/Flint Group Technical Writing Contest.
ASU researchers have developed a method that uses salmonella to effectively deliver vaccines into the body, which could be used to help those who do not benefit from traditional vaccines.
Arizona State University senior safety Troy Nolan has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Jim Thorpe Award, presented annually to the nation's best defensive back.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation are investing more than $11 million in the expansion of a national initiative to adapt journalism education to the challenges of a struggling news industry.
Valerie Stout’s innovative arsenal of active learning practices and love of teaching earned her the 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award from ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Arizona State University football legends Hascall Henshaw, Wayne Pitts and Pat Tillman have been named to the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team, the Sun Bowl Association announced Monday, July 7.
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials - Track & Field came to a close for the representatives of the Arizona State University track and field program on Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore., with three athletes competing the finals of their respective events and one other in the qualifying rounds. The meet ended at Hayward Field on Sunday, July 6.
Students from the Cronkite School had the opportunity to learn about borderland issues first-hand during a venture to South Africa where they documented the lives of immigrants.
Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than previously thought, according to imaging data gathered by the MESSENGER spacecraft.
Biodesign Institute researcher Bruce Rittmann believes the threat of global warming presents a significant opportunity for innovation and fresh solutions to today’s energy challenges.
The Biodesign Institute at ASU has appointed Kenneth Costenson and Lisa Osinga as outreach educators to develop science-based education for K-6 teachers and students.
Nick Brunelli, a former All-American swimmer at Arizona State University, has qualified for the final of the 100 meter freestyle at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming on Wednesday at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.
Arizona teachers are getting help meeting the 2009 deadline to earn an early childhood endorsement, thanks to ASU's new online early childhood master's program.
Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought, based on multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the latest spacecraft to visit the sun's innermost planet.
The Arizona State University coaching staff has been named the NFCA's NCAA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year, it was announced Tuesday, July 1.
Laura Dickinson, law professor at the University of Connecticut, whose work centers around international law, is joining the faculty of ASU's Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
The new director for the Office of Academic Personnel for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will serve as the liaison to the academic units and faculty, concerning university and college policies.
