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March 04, 2009

Community

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

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.

03/03/09

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.

02/27/09

University | Students | Community:  Walk/run event to help single moms earn a college degree

Helping Hands for Single Moms, an award-winning Valley-based nonprofit organization, will benefit from a March 29 5K walk and run at ASU's West campus.

02/27/09

Community:  Columnist to discuss immigration and the economy

Syndicated columnist, women’s activist and economist Julianne Malveaux will present this year's A. Wade Smith Memorial Lecture on Race Relations at 7 p.m., March 30 on ASU’s Tempe campus.

02/27/09

Community:  Decision Theater hosts pan flu school closure exercise

Researchers at the Decision Theater at ASU put a new twist on pandemic flu planning at a recent preparedness exercise, with a specific emphasis on school closures.

02/26/09

University | International engagement | Community:  Virtual Africa exhibit dramatizes effects of AIDS on communities

The nationally touring, interactive World Vision Experience: AIDS exhibit will travel to ASU's West campus March 15-22 to raise awareness about the effects of the AIDS pandemic on children in developing countries.

02/25/09

Community:  Conference examines the sustainable self

ASU hosted a pre-conference on the subject of sustainability and the balance of work and life Feb. 14.

02/24/09

Arts / Culture | Faculty and Staff | Students | Community:  Herberger College Dance welcomes artist Rulan Tangen

ASU Herberger College Dance’s Artist Faculty program welcomes Rulan Tangen, artistic director and choreographer of Dancing Earth, for a residency March 2–27.

02/20/09

Humanities | Community:  ASU institute leads humanities into significant scholarship

ASU’s Institute for Humanities Research has taken the lead in promoting excellence and innovation in humanities scholarship by contributing to scholarly research and engaging the community.