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March 04, 2009

Science

03/04/09

University | Science | Faculty and Staff | Humanities | News coverage | Social Science:  Celebrated paleoanthropologist talks about “Lucy”

Don Johanson, a professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, discusses the significance of Lucy, the iconic 3.2 million-year-old fossilized skeleton that changed our perception of the human trajectory.

03/03/09

University | Science | Faculty and Staff | Humanities | Research | Social Science:  Johanson guests on NPR's Science Friday

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.

03/02/09

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

Science | Students | Bioscience / Biotech:  DNA sequencing stimulates student researcher

Charlene Bashore, once a self-proclaimed “science nerd,” is now working with DNA in hopes of discovering new ways to manufacture medicine and more.

02/27/09

Engineering | Science | Research | Engineering | Grants / Awards:  ASU helps keep nation's military aircraft healthy

An ASU research project to help the nation protect the health of its military aircraft and aerospace systems has been awarded additional funding from the U.S. Department of Defense.

02/26/09

Science | Students | Alumni | Social Science:  Applied math program produces first graduate, success story

Anuj Mubayi, the first graduate of ASU’s doctoral program in Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences, discusses his work and how his transdisciplinary training prepared him for researching “real world” problems.

02/20/09

Science | Earth / Space:  Impact specialist to discuss catastrophic collisions in space

Planetary scientist and impact specialist H. Jay Melosh is this year’s recipient of the Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Award presented by the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at ASU.

02/19/09

Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Life Science | Engineering | Sustainability and environment:  Forum shows off ASU technologies

More than 50 venture capitalists, angel investors and industry executives came to campus to see what gems of technologies are ready to come out of ASU's laboratories.