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2020
April
April 2, 2020
An international team including ASU researcher Gary Schwartz, has unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus, the first of our...
April 2, 2020
News that Stephen Albert Johnston’s published approach to cancer prevention is one of 2019’s most downloaded papers in cancer research is...
April 1, 2020
The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Arizona State University will feature Emmy award-winning journalist, author and Latina...
April 1, 2020
Scientists have long been able to measure and analyze the fossil skulls of our ancient ancestors to estimate brain volume and growth. The...
April 1, 2020
Succeeding in politics or organizing a campaign requires a specific skill set. The political world is now an interdisciplinary battlefield...
March
March 31, 2020
For advice during the present COVID-19 crisis, we need look no further than Shakespeare: “Have patience and endure.”The line comes from “...
March 30, 2020
A $2 million donation in emergency grants from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust will vastly increase efforts now underway at Arizona...
March 30, 2020
“Who cares if I fold up at my desk a heap of angry sorrow. Not any candidateno ambassador. Sign a petition? Email some senators?I make...
March 30, 2020
In the last four years, Lennon Audrain has earned an associate degree in elementary education from Rio Salado College, a bachelor’s degree...
March 30, 2020
Ever since he was 4, Aditya Khuller has dreamed about exploring the vast frontiers of space. First it was the study of stars, but he wasn’t...
March 30, 2020
Laboratory classes are a vital part of any science program. Arizona State University's transition to online at the end of spring break...
March 30, 2020
Arizona State University has to date earned 15 National Science Foundation early faculty career awards for 2020. The awards total $9.5...
March 27, 2020
On a recent Friday morning, nearly 30 Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning faculty, staff and...
March 27, 2020
These are most precarious times.
COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down. Almost everything we know has changed in a matter of weeks,...
March 27, 2020
Although uncertainty abounds today, there is at least one thing you can count on: this fall 2020, edifying and mind-bending courses will be...
March 27, 2020
The demand for doctors and nurses has been growing for years, but it’s never been more urgent since the sudden arrival of the COVID-19...
March 26, 2020
Homeland Security Today has awarded Ajit Maan, professor of practice in Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies,...
March 26, 2020
The Heising-Simons Foundation has announced that Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration and Center for Meteorite...
March 26, 2020
We get it. You want to be informed, but you’ve been in the house for days on end with nothing but coronavirus updates in all of your feeds...
March 25, 2020
Finding creative ways to keep the learning going while social distancing is no problem for the innovators at Arizona State University.Now,...
March 23, 2020
During a high school psychology class, Arizona State University student Shane Marohnic remembers watching instructional videos from Doug...
March 23, 2020
Arizona State University Professor Rebecca White recently co-authored a study on the negative impact of recent immigration policy changes...
March 20, 2020
The Utah Legislature just passed Senate Bill 23, which implements several significant reforms to current licensing laws.Utah joins Arizona...
March 20, 2020
Americans are often stressed out by work. And given the current global pandemic and social distancing guidelines, workers might feel added...
March 20, 2020
Parents need strong social support because poor parenting not only damages children, but also leads to negative consequences for the larger...
March 20, 2020
From ancient cave paintings depicting epic hunts to modern-day Instagram posts boasting avocado toast brunches, it’s a natural human...
March 19, 2020
The Network for Computational Modeling in Social and Ecological Sciences (CoMSES Net), which acts as an international clearinghouse for...
March 19, 2020
Editor's Note: To stave off the stay-at-home blues, Devoney Looser is also participating with other scholars and Janeites (including ASU...
March 19, 2020
Editor's note: To stave off the stay-at-home blues, Devoney Looser is also participating with other scholars and Janeites (including ASU...
March 17, 2020
It’s time to stand and be counted. The United States census, the universal event every American has participated in since 1790, is upon us....
March 17, 2020
The American economy lost between $57 and 109 billion in 2016 from cyberattacks, and they remain a serious threat. Arizona State University...
March 17, 2020
Late at night, a lone scientist in the lab smacks their forehead and — voila! — an amazing solution to a problem coalesces, right?It...
March 17, 2020
Showy peacock feathers, extravagant elk antlers and powerful crayfish claws are just a few examples of the ostentatious animal extremes...
March 13, 2020
Her breathing is shallow and sporadic, her stomach is doing somersaults and her jaw is locked. She is having a heart attack.But according...
March 13, 2020
Already considered a global epidemic, human obesity continues to be on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 40...
March 13, 2020
Cooperation is essential during a pandemic. As societies deal with the rise of disease in different ways, a consistent theme is that...
March 13, 2020
Latino voters have long been thought of as a "sleeping giant" that could have significant impact in Arizona and national elections.Their...
March 12, 2020
Women have had the right to vote in the United States since the 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920. But the U.S. was far from one...
March 12, 2020
On March 3, the Graduate College hosted its annual Knowledge Mobilization Awards, a celebration of the scholarly achievement and impact of...
March 11, 2020
An Arizona State University online history class has been encouraging students to unplug from their computers and go out and see the ways...
March 10, 2020
Arizona State University Professor Alexandra Navrotsky will be honored with the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2020 Jan...
March 9, 2020
Pat Gober became a water researcher by accident. For 25 years, as a population geographer and demographer at Arizona State University, she...
March 9, 2020
Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part series on ASU’s new universitywide NSF-GRFP tracking and advising initiative — GRFP@ASU....
March 9, 2020
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article referenced a live screening of the film on the Tempe campus. That event has been...
March 6, 2020
Presenting research is a valuable skill that is essential for graduate school or a career in academia and research, and yet most students...
March 6, 2020
“Two possibilities exist. Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” — Arthur C. ClarkeWith that...
March 6, 2020
President Donald Trump has three strikes against him when it comes to dealing with foreign and national security issues, according to one...
March 5, 2020
Worldwide, more girls than ever before are participating in organized sport.As a result, they see immediate positive effects on their self-...
March 5, 2020
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) recently announced that a new accolade, Fellow of the AAS, has been established to honor members...
March 5, 2020
Tularemia is a rare but often lethal disease. It is caused by one of the most aggressive pathogens on Earth, the bacterium Francisella...
March 4, 2020
What does the behavior of ground squirrels tell us about how people act in different societies? A lot, according to a new theoretical...
March 3, 2020
Nobody is immune to stress, and chronic stress can have serious physical and mental consequences.Sources of stress can include the demands...
March 3, 2020
What is the Earth made of? What kind of meteorites accreted together to form Earth? Do these meteorites exist like the ones on display at...
March 3, 2020
A slew of recent headlines have reported historically low birth rates in the U.S., with the reason being attributed to everything from the...
March 3, 2020
Arizona State University's NASA-funded Infiniscope project provides next-generation exploratory science activities and lessons designed to...
March 2, 2020
For students in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, spring break is an opportunity to get ahead both in...
March 2, 2020
Determining custody arrangements after divorce can be one of the most important decisions made about a child. Arizona’s child custody law...
March 2, 2020
Could studying cat behavior hold the secret to explaining biological physics? The idea certainly inspires Arizona State University's Fiona...
March 1, 2020
Kicking off Women’s History Month this year is the 107th anniversary of the first large political march in Washington, D.C., the Woman...
February
February 28, 2020
In front of a record-breaking crowd of more than 950 community leaders, business executives and Arizona State University alumni on Feb. 25...
February 28, 2020
Each day, 130 Americans die from opioid or prescription drug abuse. In Arizona, nearly 15% of adults know someone who died from a...
February 27, 2020
A typo appearing in the draft of a novel is no great calamity. Nature, however, is often less forgiving of errors. A change in just one...
February 26, 2020
OncoMyx Therapeutics, an Arizona State University spinout and privately-held oncolytic immunotherapy company founded on the myxoma virus (...
February 25, 2020
In Pondoland, on the east coast of South Africa, Erich Fisher, an Institute of Human Origins research scientist, has been leading research...
February 23, 2020
What Frank Baumgartner shared with students at Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies 2020 Kramer Lecture on...
February 21, 2020
The MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday announced that two Arizona State University projects are among the highest-scoring proposals,...
February 21, 2020
We don’t always think about the insect world buzzing below our feet. But the health of those tiny, complex societies gives us important...
February 21, 2020
Richard Herrera’s interest in politics started at a young age when his school did a mock debate during the Nixon and McGovern presidential...
February 21, 2020
April Ryan is a veteran White House correspondent and CNN political correspondent who has reported on national urban issues since President...
February 20, 2020
Sara Brownell, an associate professor of undergraduate biology in Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences in The College of...
February 20, 2020
The National Academy of Inventors has named Arizona State University professors Neal Woodbury and Sarma Vrudhula to the February 2020 class...
February 20, 2020
Christina Birkel, an inorganic chemist and assistant professor in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University, is...
February 19, 2020
Arizona State University alumna Karrin Taylor Robson believes one should always be prepared for when opportunity or responsibility knocks...
February 19, 2020
At the world’s largest general scientific meeting, Arizona State University researchers, faculty, staff and students gathered with...
February 18, 2020
With 5 trillion pieces of plastic in the oceans, the dynamics of marine environments are shifting in ways that are yet to be discovered....
February 18, 2020
Innovation emerging from research labs makes for intriguing headlines. But sometimes it is the lab itself that is being innovated. Arizona...
February 18, 2020
The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, was once a shallow sea that became isolated from the Gulf of Mexico around...
February 18, 2020
Complete black. Then, out of the darkness, from underneath a pile of dirt in the center of the room, emerges Fargo Tbakhi, into the light,...
February 17, 2020
In preparation for its annual meeting, the American Association of Geographers, a global network of leading researchers, educators and...
February 17, 2020
Like other thinkers throughout history, American astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan said in order to understand the present, one must...
February 17, 2020
Artistic expression has always been a catalyst for discussion in society. It can open up talks about fears, hopes, passions, identity,...
February 17, 2020
Just as a cotton gin separates cotton fibers from seeds, separation methods for complex biological samples are often required to ferret out...
February 17, 2020
On the occasion of the 2020 International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO revealed the winners of the...
February 14, 2020
Leah Terry is an Arizona native who has always enjoyed her history classes. When it came time to look at colleges and pick a major, Terry...
February 14, 2020
Victoria Froh is in her junior year at Arizona State University, and in addition to captaining the women’s rugby team, she is working on a...
February 14, 2020
Ella Osby is a senior earning her degree in astrophysics at the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. Osby is...
February 13, 2020
Love finds us all at different times and takes us to different places — just ask these Sun Devil faculty and alumni.
ASU Now picked the...
February 13, 2020
When Nancy Grimm walked through the woods as a child, she wondered how it all fit together and worked: the rain, the soil, the plants, the...
February 13, 2020
Julia Jackman, an Arizona native and a junior in Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences, is pursuing her concurrent...
February 13, 2020
Chloe Larson's interest in the sciences differs from many students. Her end goal is to combine her passion for cosmetics and science to...
February 13, 2020
Oscar Ramos, an Arizona native and first-generation college student, is wrapping up his final semester at Arizona State University's School...
February 12, 2020
For husband-and-wife legislative duo Arizona Sen. Juan Mendez and Rep. Athena Salman, Arizona State University was more than just an...
February 12, 2020
Feb. 14, 2020, marks the 108th birthday for the state of Arizona. To commemorate the state's rich history, Sean Beienburg, an assistant...
February 12, 2020
They met on their first day, in their first class, almost 30 years ago.It was Introduction to Architecture at Arizona State University. He...
February 11, 2020
This Valentine’s Day, Arizona State University’s Athena Aktipis wants you to think about how love can turn you into a zombie.Aktipis,...
February 10, 2020
Arizona State University is on track to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions from building and waste-related sources by 2025. This is...
February 7, 2020
Arizona State University alumnus Dan Shilling was the executive director of Arizona Humanities for nearly 20 years and has since gone on to...
February 7, 2020
There’s just something about a good, old-fashioned family drama that never fails to captivate an audience. But the characters in Arizona...
February 6, 2020
Like many great collaborations, the one behind the 2016 photographic essay “Jewish Treasures of the Caribbean” originated via serendipitous...
February 6, 2020
When communication alumnus Keith Gould started out at Arizona State University in 1984, he didn’t know if he wanted to be a stockbroker or...
February 6, 2020
The Law and Society Association recently introduced Arizona State University Professor Rebecca Sandefur as editor of their flagship...
February 4, 2020
Arizona State University computer science major and Japanese minor student Oscar Veloria Jr. traveled to Japan as part of a study abroad...
February 4, 2020
It may not always seem so, but scientists are convinced that humans are unusually cooperative.Unlike other animals, we cooperate not just...
February 4, 2020
In July 1945, as the end of WWII approached, an electrical engineer named Vannevar Bush, who had overseen government research during the...
February 4, 2020
Students in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning recently had the opportunity to meet one-on-one with the lead geographer...
February 4, 2020
Protein separation, purification and concentration play a huge role in understanding and treating many serious diseases as well as the...
February 3, 2020
There's something weird going on inside the plants and animals that call the Baja California peninsula home.On the surface, everything...
February 3, 2020
As the largest college at Arizona State University, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is home to more than 25,000 students. The...
January
January 31, 2020
We live in a data-driven world. Thanks to the ever-connected climate made possible by the internet and mobile personal devices, we are both...
January 31, 2020
Since the 1960s, evangelicals have increasingly pushed back against what they see as the marginalization of Christianity from public life....
January 31, 2020
The Faculty Women of Color Caucus at Arizona State University is pleased to welcome Menah Pratt-Clarke, a leader in institutional...
January 30, 2020
Every mother wants to give her newborn the very best start. During the nine months of gestation, women understand that eating right,...
January 30, 2020
After winter exams, while many students were eager to scramble home, kick their feet up and empty their minds, Jayvion Chee sat down,...
January 30, 2020
Many factors have led to the trend of mass incarceration in America, but one of the main causes is the overarching power of prosecutors,...
January 29, 2020
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has just announced the selection of two scholars as the 2019 recipients of fellow status....
January 29, 2020
More than 1,500 high school students from 17 states around the country gathered on the Tempe campus earlier this month to compete in...
January 28, 2020
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a pressure cooker of politics, poverty, theocracy and paramilitary force. Experts say that after more than...
January 27, 2020
The design of sophisticated new materials is undergoing brisk technological advancement. Innovations in material science promise...
January 24, 2020
Many prominent American writers of the last 50 years — including Alice Walker, Spalding Gray, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Tobias...
January 24, 2020
Last week the United Nations biodiversity chief warned that humans risk living in an “empty world” with “catastrophic” consequences for...
January 24, 2020
If Arizona State University’s Michael Edwards had a slogan for his research, it would be a statement made popular by the British...
January 24, 2020
The energy at Arizona State University's Katzin Concert Hall on Thursday night was mostly celebratory, sometimes solemn and decidedly...
January 24, 2020
On Jan. 22, Arizona State University’s Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO) convened leaders from universities, businesses...
January 23, 2020
Two of the nation’s most respected scholars of race and politics visited Arizona State University’s Tempe campus Wednesday to participate...
January 23, 2020
Three women, three countries and hundreds of letters spanning five decades.Nearly a century later, three more women — also from three...
January 23, 2020
Three women, three countries and hundreds of letters spanning five decades.Nearly a century later, three more women — also from three...
January 23, 2020
In Aristotle’s groundbreaking critical theory composition “Poetics,” comedy is one of several forms of literature. While that world may...
January 22, 2020
At age 4, Michael Varnum sat on his front porch wondering why he liked his best friend and chocolate ice cream.Questions like these about...
January 22, 2020
In a small ceremony on Dec. 12, 2019, hosted by former director of veteran services for the Pat Tillman Veterans Center Steve Borden, two...
January 22, 2020
The National Academy of Sciences has announced that Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Lindy Elkins-...
January 21, 2020
In an article, Ross Emmett, director of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty and professor of political economy in the School of...
January 21, 2020
Marlon James is a writer for a few reasons: It brings him joy. It allows him to address cultural erasure. It quiets the characters in his...
January 21, 2020
While the spacecraft and instruments of the NASA Psyche Mission are being designed and built in preparation for launch to the Psyche...
January 20, 2020
They might not yet speak in complete sentences, but 18-month-olds are savvy when it comes to deciding when and how to try.According to a...
January 17, 2020
Mimi Fina thinks it's fun to charge into a pile of rugby players wrestling for the ball. She plays the “lock” position for the Arizona...
January 17, 2020
Fifty years ago, Mark Reader joined protests at ASU and in the Valley demanding clean air and water as part of the original Earth Day....
January 17, 2020
The dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In 2015, it became the first dwarf planet...
January 17, 2020
Dental plaque — the stuff that your hygienist is always scraping off your teeth — holds a treasure trove of your DNA and, if not cleaned...
January 16, 2020
The approximately 4 million Arab Americans living in the United States are rarely included in psychological research. This low inclusion...
January 15, 2020
Researchers have long understood that corruption and illicit activity play a role in global environmental and sustainability change, but...
January 15, 2020
Elizabeth "Libby" Wentz, a professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and dean of social sciences in the College...
January 15, 2020
As the fall semester came to a close, many Arizona State University students spent their time toiling away on essays, cramming for exams,...
January 13, 2020
A stretch of the imagination is needed when picturing Jane Austen.That’s because there are few known reliable portraits of the famed...
January 13, 2020
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Physics majors cultivate a habit of lifelong learning and a...
January 13, 2020
If you jump out of bed too quickly, you might feel a bit light-headed.That’s because when you’re lying down, gravity causes your blood to...
January 10, 2020
Earth in its distant past was very different from today.For one thing, the atmosphere contained no oxygen so no one would have survived it...
January 10, 2020
Deep below the Earth’s surface lies a thick rocky layer called the mantle, which makes up the majority of our planet’s volume. While Earth’...
January 10, 2020
The School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the annual John P. Frank Memorial...
January 9, 2020
Cells are the building blocks of life, but in order to generate life-sustaining energy, they need to breathe. They do this through a...
January 9, 2020
What if the answer to fighting disease-causing bacteria in wounds, including treatment-resistant bacteria, could be found in the use of mud...
January 8, 2020
The 60 people sitting in an Arizona State University conference room in January 2017 had virtually nothing in common. There were theater...
January 8, 2020
The United States’ strike against Iran’s most feared military strategist last week killed someone responsible for thousands of deaths,...
January 7, 2020
Extreme climate events are severely affecting communities in the U.S. and around the world. The examples are plenty. Australia is currently...
January 6, 2020
While Nancy Gómez was writing her doctoral thesis, she spent her study breaks working on her walk.And it paid off: The Arizona State...
January 3, 2020
Flying saucers, little green men, alien abductions: They are the fabric of science fiction and the mysteries surrounding the cosmos. But...
January 2, 2020
It’s only fitting that the literature produced by citizens of a country predicated on the idea of personal and societal freedoms should...
2019
December
December 31, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Samantha Hill knew personally what it was like to survive...
December 31, 2019
Much like the professional path that follows, the road to a degree isn’t always straightforward. For Arizona State University alumnus Alex...
December 31, 2019
As the sun rises on a new decade, Alberto Ríos is reminding us of how far Arizona has come and how much more there is to discover.“The...
December 27, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.As the saying goes, you must walk before you can run, and...
December 27, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Phoenix native Zoe Isaac graduated with her degree in...
December 23, 2019
Shantel Marekera is giddy. She has found her own kind of fairy tale as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, Arizona State...
December 23, 2019
It’s not easy being teen. Negative images of adolescents populate the media and are associated with words like moody, selfish, impulsive,...
December 20, 2019
Hundreds of spaceflight research experts, biological scientists, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts gathered in September at Arizona State...
December 20, 2019
Peter Crank, an Arizona State University geography PhD candidate and climatologist, found his seat in a packed convention hall in Madrid,...
December 20, 2019
Arizona State University Professor Steve Pressé was recently awarded more than $2.5 million from the National Institutes of Health as...
December 20, 2019
Many children in the U.S. grow up hearing holiday stories of Santa Claus bounding through the skies with a fleet of reindeer and a bundle...
December 19, 2019
Two new fellowship opportunities invite scholars and doctoral students living outside the Phoenix area to Arizona State University in...
December 19, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Arizona State University's School of Social Transformation...
December 19, 2019
Americans are growing more and more politically polarized on controversial issues like immigration, health care, gun control and women’s...
December 19, 2019
Most vacations are additive experiences: They add something to you. Scuba diving in the Maldives. A rave at Versailles. Sailing off Cape...
December 19, 2019
Arizona State University physics Professor Paul Davies’ newest book, "The Demon in the Machine," takes aim at one of the great outstanding...
December 18, 2019
A picture of a crying child with a boot pressed against his face is frightening. But zoom out and see that the child is holding the boot to...
December 17, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Contrary to the busy morning bustle as a shift supervisor at...
December 17, 2019
How can the humanities restore humanity?The Arizona State University Institute for Humanities Research asks this question with its 2020-21...
December 16, 2019
The alarm is sounding to warn that the structural foundations that have long enabled major cities to function productively in the past won’...
December 16, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Carolyn Clark is among a distinguished group of students to...
December 16, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Emma Terry grew up in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, a small...
December 16, 2019
Two Arizona State University faculty members have been named President’s Professors, adding to the growing list since 2006 — the first year...
December 16, 2019
Research on global biodiversity has long assumed that present-day biodiversity patterns reflect present-day factors, namely contemporary...
December 13, 2019
On Dec. 17, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will celebrate academic excellence in the social sciences...
December 12, 2019
A programmer at a prestigious IT company was ducking out of meetings, taking calls that didn’t exist, hiding in the bathroom, and missing...
December 12, 2019
Becoming a new mother can be exciting, but it is also one of the most stressful and vulnerable times in the lives of many women. It is...
December 11, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Sarah Winkelman says her passion for political science took...
December 11, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Not all Sun Devils have two legs. Throughout the academic...
December 11, 2019
Bianca Navia, a junior at Arizona State University pursuing a double major in political science and global studies, has been awarded a...
December 11, 2019
Assistant Professor of religious studies and history Shamara Wyllie Alhassan has been named the winner of the National Women’s Studies...
December 10, 2019
Roaring '20s-era physicist Ernest Rutherford is purported to have said, “It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid...
December 10, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Someday we may see the name Roman Sierra on the ballot for...
December 10, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.What makes a film a “noir”? Must it have a scene that takes...
December 10, 2019
Twenty-nine senior leaders from more than two dozen universities, including Cornell University, University of Michigan, University of...
December 10, 2019
Record population growth is causing concerns among African governments for widespread youth unemployment in the coming years, especially in...
December 9, 2019
The moon is thought to have formed 4.5 billion years ago after a planetary embryo known as “Theia” collided with proto-Earth (Earth at an...
December 9, 2019
Steve Borden, director of the Pat Tillman Veterans Center, is leaving Arizona State University this month to take on a new mission.The...
December 9, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Jose Guerrero discovered Arizona State University’s online...
Bird’s-eye view of biodiversity, carbon cycling shows how tropical forests respond to climate change
December 9, 2019
Tropical forests are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on our planet, harboring an estimated 3 million to 50 million species. They’...
December 9, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.To say that Christina Edwards was busy throughout her...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Arizona State University online biochemistry student and...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Baseball first drew Michael Holter into his science passion....
December 6, 2019
Like every bass guitar player, Ed Garnero feels good vibrations.But his relationship with pulsing waves goes beyond wielding the biggest ax...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Graduating Arizona State University student Sayantan...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Graduating Arizona State University student Meghan Nestel...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Beckett Eickerman has a big heart.For the past two years,...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.John Dreyfus always wanted to attend college but when it...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.When New Mexico native and Barrett, The Honors College...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Gyan Harwood was always fascinated by ancient civilizations....
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Leah Soto is passionate about sports. She also likes to read...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.International student Murtada al Mohsin found his way to...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.As someone who grew up in Arizona, for Mary Zoll-Montoya,...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Many of us dread reading instruction booklets but few of us...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Michelle Sullivan Govani has always had questions.Though she...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Azra Hussain was born and raised in Kuwait with a family who...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Melody Taylor has made the Disability Resource Center her “...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Just weeks from graduation, human and family development...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Everyone always says it is important to make the most out of...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.When Megan Davis of Phoenix transferred to Arizona State...
December 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.Two weeks before the start of the fall 2016 semester,...
December 5, 2019
Whether it’s finding ways to make cities more livable, or studying how human activity impacts the natural world, geographic research at...
December 5, 2019
Lots of things have to be invented and perfected before people explore deep space: suits, radiation protection, habitats, communications....
December 5, 2019
Some students throw themselves headfirst into their studies. Others focus their energies on extracurriculars and sports. Katie Cranmer does...
December 4, 2019
There is now a device for almost everything, like smartwatches that ensure you never miss a text message and thermostats capable of...
December 4, 2019
“Evocative, imaginative, engaging.” “Exquisitely controlled chaos.” “… from the mesmerizing opening scene, I was completely drawn in and it...
Mind reading in the lab: New ASU professor decodes brain activity to understand memory and attention
December 4, 2019
The X-Men’s Professor Charles Xavier uses Cerebro to read minds. Arizona State University’s Gi-Yeul Bae “reads minds” by decoding the brain...
December 3, 2019
Across the globe, caring for loved ones is what matters most. But for decades this has not been the focus of many social psychology studies...
December 2, 2019
For the first time, scientists have developed a method to monitor carbon emissions from tropical forests with an unprecedented level of...
December 2, 2019
Early in November, researchers from around the world gathered at Arizona State University’s Tempe campus for an unusual scientific...
November
November 27, 2019
As several states address criminal justice reform and recidivism, Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a policy change to the...
November 27, 2019
Three faculty members of Arizona State University's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication received honors of distinction at the National...
November 27, 2019
Alyssa Orozco believes a healthy planet is a human right. The Arizona State University global studies and English junior recently returned...
November 26, 2019
Seven outstanding faculty from Arizona State University have been named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of...
November 26, 2019
Arizona State University is at the forefront of research and innovation and is recognized as one of the fastest-growing research...
November 25, 2019
The air, earth and water of our planet are pulsating with living things. Within it, a vast and diverse web of life exists, about which...
November 25, 2019
Each November, National Native American Heritage Month honors the United States’ original inhabitants, celebrating the accomplishments of...
November 25, 2019
Scientists at Arizona State University and the University of Toronto have developed the first direct gene-circuit-to-electrode interface by...
November 22, 2019
Arizona State University continues its ascent in the national research rankings, rising to No. 7 in total research expenditures for...
November 22, 2019
Obesity is the single largest cause of diabetes. And the advice to solve it is often the same: Get off the couch. Hit the gym. Run around...
November 22, 2019
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Jerry Gustafson is a self-proclaimed football nut. The 97-year-old Arizona State University alumnus is such a huge...
November 22, 2019
Many Sun Devil stories start with the first day of a student’s first year. But for Arizona State University alumna Isabel Vasquez, the...
November 21, 2019
College admissions ask a lot: a standout essay, a high grade point average and stellar standardized test scores.And the ongoing college...
November 21, 2019
Arizona’s ability to roll with the punches, which shapes and shifts over time, is largely dependent on proactive planning, swift actions...
November 21, 2019
Faculty and graduate students from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication were awarded $10,000 from the Tempe Community Council (TCC...
November 21, 2019
Arizona State University students Valielza O’Keefe and Joshua Pardhe took first place in the inaugural Regents’ Cup debate competition this...
November 21, 2019
In fall 2018, Arizona State University professors Sujey Vega and Christiane Reves joined forces to team-teach an interdisciplinary...
November 21, 2019
Five Arizona State University professors are being honored with the highest faculty award possible: Regents Professor.The five are...
November 20, 2019
It is nearly impossible not to view screens on a daily basis: Phones, tablets, smart watches — we can check social media, send texts,...
November 20, 2019
With 23 boundary-spanning departments and schools, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University offers some of the...
November 19, 2019
As seniors reflect on their undergraduate education, they recollect a whole host of tremendous experiences. They may fondly recall their...
November 19, 2019
Arizona State University Professor Carol Lynn Martin contributed to a groundbreaking new study on transgender and cisgender children’s...
November 19, 2019
Nov. 19 marks the 156th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, a speech that lasted only a few minutes yet has remained one...
November 18, 2019
To study the swiftness of biology — the protein chemistry behind every life function — scientists need to see molecules changing and...
November 18, 2019
The oldest living organism on Earth is a plant — Methuselah, a bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva, pictured above) that is more than 5,000...
November 18, 2019
The first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed and fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes,...
November 18, 2019
Added sugar is one of the most common ingredients in the American diet and is featured in most processed foods, fruit drinks, sodas,...
November 15, 2019
Researchers from ASU’s Biodesign Institute, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Illinois, report that they have...
November 15, 2019
Fashion and social justice may not be the first combination to come to mind. But a few years ago, Arizona State University alumna Cheryl...
November 15, 2019
College might last four years, but the Arizona State University Department of Psychology remains committed to students for much longer.“...
November 14, 2019
All plants need carbon dioxide, or CO2, to live. They extract it from the air and use it during the photosynthesis process to feed...
November 13, 2019
Assistant Professor Abhishek Singharoy from Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute’s Center...
November 13, 2019
In an article, Ross Emmett, director of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty and Professor of Political Economy in the School of...
November 12, 2019
The ASU Alumni Association will honor Sun Devil leadership during the upcoming Nov. 23 Homecoming game, which will pit ASU against the...
November 12, 2019
For human males (usually in their 20s), appealing to a potential mate often involves body spray, long stints at the gym and conspicuous...
November 12, 2019
Whether it’s in the military or the community, public service comes in many forms. During an event on Nov. 8, The College of Liberal Arts...
November 11, 2019
A new research study has revealed that larval fish species from various ocean habitats are now being threatened by plastic pollution that...
November 8, 2019
Just over 10 million people were living in the U.S. without legal immigration status in 2017. Tens of thousands are young people who...
November 8, 2019
The ability to transform sunlight into energy is one of nature’s more remarkable feats. Scientists understand the basic process of...
November 8, 2019
Arizona State University astrobiologist and physicist Sara Imari Walker of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Beyond Center ...
November 8, 2019
After a long day, most people choose to unwind by watching television. There are so many shows to choose from on streaming sites, networks...
November 8, 2019
Judging others is a very human behavior. Stigma — treating people with specific traits as unwanted within society — is a particularly...
November 7, 2019
Arizona State University political science alumnus Mark Kerrigan was the recipient of the inaugural Social Science Distinguished Alumnus...
November 7, 2019
A couple miles away from Arizona State University’s Tempe campus is a building filled with fascinating sights ranging from stuffed...
November 7, 2019
On Oct. 27, 2019, Argentina held a presidential election. To the shock of many, the conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri lost to center-...
November 7, 2019
Some of the most innovative and groundbreaking research at Arizona State University is taking place in indigenous communities and on...
November 7, 2019
Viruses are all around us — they are present in most environments, lying in wait for the optimal host, and they even reside within our...
November 7, 2019
In his 34 years, Arizona State University student veteran Roman Rozell has survived his parents' divorce, addiction, six combat concussions...
November 7, 2019
How do scientists discover better and more efficient drugs? A good starting point is to obtain atomic level structural information about...
November 6, 2019
Nobel laureate and physicist Richard Feynman wrote in 1965, “I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.” Quantum...
November 5, 2019
Editor's note: This Q&A is part of a series of articles focusing on military veterans who are part of ASU's faculty. Over 460 veterans...
November 5, 2019
Bioluminescence has fascinated scientists since ancient times; the green fluorescence from agitated jellyfish is an example and comes from...
November 5, 2019
Hemingway. Salinger. Whitman. All legendary writers who once served in the military. Some of the greatest American literature has come from...
November 4, 2019
T’was the night after Halloween, when all through the town, the jack-o'-lanterns had dimmed and the candy been downed. Yet at the Phoenix...
November 4, 2019
Arizona State University continues to build on its educational offerings at the Barrett & O’Connor Washington Center in Washington, D.C...
November 1, 2019
The U.S.-Mexico border is in sharp focus today, but scholars and community members local to the region know the delineating line separating...
November 1, 2019
Student veterans, cadets and midshipmen will compete for the fourth annual flag football tournament title to honor America’s service...
November 1, 2019
Between 1910 and 1970, the African American population of Arizona grew from 2,000 to over 54,000, according to a new exhibit on display at...
November 1, 2019
During the first flickering of life on earth, ribonucleic acid (RNA) occupied center stage. Since its shadowy beginnings, RNA has become a...
November 1, 2019
The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University has partnered with civic education provider iCivics and...
November 1, 2019
Air Force Master Sgt. Duane Gregory can go into the wilderness with little more than a knife and a map and come out just fine weeks later....
November 1, 2019
What do a pen and the string of a hooded sweatshirt have in common? Both can discreetly deliver cannabis products such as marijuana, and...
October
October 31, 2019
Why do some people struggle with alcohol use?To answer this question, scientists look at genetic factors and also environmental influences...
October 31, 2019
It’s been more than 25 years since Clinton Ang graduated from Arizona State University, yet he can recall with ease the feeling of arriving...
October 30, 2019
Arizona State University has a long history of supporting those in uniform, but the stance became university tradition in 2011 after the...
October 28, 2019
A Sept. 19 article in the Harvard Business Review is boldly headlined: “Yes, employers do value liberal arts degrees.”As it turns out,...
October 28, 2019
Choosing your major out of high school can be a daunting task, especially when a school like Arizona State University offers more than 350...
October 28, 2019
You might have spotted one rummaging through a garbage can on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, or perched high above your head on...
October 28, 2019
Arizona State University is one step closer to mission development of a new lunar rover with the announcement earlier this month of funding...
October 28, 2019
Cannibals. Vampires. Zombies. Parasites that devour you from within.Whatever abomination prowls your nightmares and sends cold sweat...
October 27, 2019
Millions of people around the world are working on making the push into space. Blue Origin is testing landers in the west Texas plains....
October 25, 2019
As long as there have been people, there have been stories. We tell stories to convey knowledge, to entertain and to explain that which we...
October 24, 2019
Shakespeare was hardly the first to acknowledge mankind’s shared humanity, but the words he used to do so are inarguably enduring.“If you...
October 24, 2019
A team of scientists, including Efrem Lim, a virologist at the Arizona State University Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied...
October 24, 2019
This October, the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals face off in the World Series. No matter who wins the Commissioner’s Trophy,...
October 22, 2019
A nuclear physicist, a high school student and three undergraduates find themselves sharing a table at Arizona State University. Fueled by...
October 22, 2019
For Superior Court Judge Michael Convey, leaving his native Chicago to attend college at Arizona State University started off as a chance...
October 21, 2019
When something boosts your mood, your brain releases neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin. Studies have shown the simple...
October 21, 2019
Guising. Mumming. Souling. That which we call Halloween costuming, by any other name would it not still trick-or-treat?The time-honored...
October 18, 2019
African American actress Regina King is the star in an HBO adaptation of D.C.’s “The Watchmen,” premiering Oct. 20; Marvel’s Pakistani...
October 18, 2019
When Lillian Keyes visited Washington, D.C., from Poughkeepsie, New York, on Friday, she didn’t know she would have the opportunity to...
October 17, 2019
These jeans still fit.I could do that abstract painting.I could take that guy.Self-deception like this seems very human. Now, thanks to a...
October 17, 2019
Arizona State University psychology graduate student Victoria Woner is traveling to Chicago this week as a winner of the prestigious...
October 16, 2019
“An honor and a dream come true.” That’s how Associate Professor YoungJu Shin of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication described her...
October 16, 2019
They go together like milk and cookies. Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Disease and mosquitos. Wait, what?Like other famous...
October 15, 2019
College wasn’t even on Sergio Loza’s radar when a recruiter came to visit his high school in the mostly Latino, low-income neighborhood of...
October 14, 2019
A research team from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases collaborated with colleagues from the U.S...
October 14, 2019
Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona State University alumna Laura Medina enjoyed getting the day off school for Columbus Day every October. But...
October 14, 2019
When Jaime Martinez and Bret Larsen graduated from Arizona State University, they each wanted to make an impact in their communities.After...
October 11, 2019
This summer, the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that has been providing jobs and economic support for residents in and...
October 11, 2019
The 19th Amendment of the American Constitution officially gave women the right to vote in 1920, putting to rest decades of contention,...
October 11, 2019
Latino youth and young adults born and raised in United States who are fluent in English and steeped in American culture still feel...
October 10, 2019
A lot had changed in the 15 years since Earl Swift last set foot on Tangier Island, located in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. Whole swaths of...
October 9, 2019
A recent study published in “Circulation,” the journal of the American Heart Association, concludes that having a dog is associated with a...
October 9, 2019
This spring, the Department of English at Arizona State University wants you to plug in.Or at least, it wants you to consider when, where,...
October 9, 2019
A team of undergraduate researchers at Arizona State University spent a year mining and analyzing data to produce a first-of-its-kind...
October 9, 2019
Ever since its days as the imperial Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, where efficient canals reminded invading Spaniards of Venice, Mexico...
October 9, 2019
An expert in remote sensing and GIScience, Soe Myint has been selected as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies to...
October 8, 2019
Every semester, when thousands of students move their graduation cap tassels from right to left, it doesn’t mean education has ended for...
October 7, 2019
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years ago, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with...
October 7, 2019
The challenge of designing a synthetic artificial cell has been accepted by a team of researchers from institutions across the country,...
October 7, 2019
Academics spend decades doing research, teaching and public outreach. When they finally reach retirement, many choose to stay involved in...
October 6, 2019
If you’re Italian, you don’t miss Mama’s “red lead” on Sunday night.If you’re German, it’s schnitzel and kraut.In the South, they like...
October 4, 2019
What awards course credit, builds your resume, provides hands-on experience and gives you the opportunity to travel the world?Study abroad...
October 4, 2019
Last month, Arizona State University alumna Shaandiin Parrish stood in front of a crowd at the annual Navajo Nation Fair and waited to...
October 4, 2019
A newly discovered mineral, navrotskyite, has been named after Arizona State University Professor Alexandra Navrotsky for her significant...
October 3, 2019
Sometimes the best conversations are the ones where all we do is listen. And when it comes to communing with the environment, there’s a...
October 2, 2019
Sediment samples, collected from the ocean floor, have unlocked scientific mysteries around the world. By analyzing these sediment cores,...
October 2, 2019
Catalysis is an essential component of industrial chemistry and the economic and societal benefits of catalysis are almost incalculable....
October 2, 2019
For more than a decade, scientist Stephen Albert Johnston and his team at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute have pooled their...
October 2, 2019
Over the summer, Arizona State University's School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning invited seven students to participate in the...
October 1, 2019
Arizona State University marked a record first-year undergraduate cohort of nearly 14,000 on-campus students this fall. The College of...
October 1, 2019
What’s better than spending a hot Arizona summer working in a cool basement? Spending a hot Arizona summer in a cool basement, building a...
October 1, 2019
Human behavior over time has been extraordinarily complex; that's partly why so many different fields exist to study it. From economics and...
October 1, 2019
Human behavior over time has been extraordinarily complex; that's partly why so many different fields exist to study it. From economics and...
October 1, 2019
The Graduate College has launched the Graduate College Fellows Initiative and named two Arizona State University faculty members to serve...
September
September 30, 2019
Menstruation may be a taboo topic to bring up in social settings, but it happens to roughly half of the population of the world. Every...
September 30, 2019
At one time or another, we were all scientists. There is a reason a child’s first questions include: “What is it?”, “Why?” and “How?”A...
September 30, 2019
A community garden occupies a diminutive dirt lot in Phoenix. Rows of raised garden beds offer up basil, watermelons and corn, making this...
September 27, 2019
Jessica Salow was 27 when she started her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University, and she already had a number of years of...
September 27, 2019
Weather is active, moving and constantly changing. It's intriguing to watch as storms develop on the horizon. For students studying...
September 27, 2019
True crime shows are beloved by many for their comprehensive (if not entirely accurate) portrayal of forensics investigations. But amid all...
September 26, 2019
During her senior year of high school, with an appointment to West Point, Katie Richardson thought her plans were set. However, a severe...
September 26, 2019
September is Recovery Month, a national observance designed to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders...
September 26, 2019
Arizona State University Regents Professor Austen Angell, of the School of Molecular Sciences, recently enjoyed three days of festivities...
September 26, 2019
Researchers at Arizona State University are busy making preparations for a “first light” experiment — a pivotal moment that will lead to...
September 25, 2019
Americans today are being assailed by the rise of “fake news” and a growing combativeness around democratic principles, including freedom...
September 24, 2019
The Pew Research Center has reported that more and more people identify themselves as “spiritual but not religious.” How can this be...
September 24, 2019
The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership will launch the third season of its “Civic Discourse Project” on Sept. 25, an...
September 24, 2019
Diane Wilson’s goal for her study abroad experience this past summer? Help bring knowledge and healing to the people of Tanzania.“It was a...
September 24, 2019
This month, five former ASU faculty and staff and Valley leaders are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Hispanic...
September 23, 2019
Representation and inclusivity in modern American fiction are essential components of honest, accurate writing, novelist Jess Row told a...
September 23, 2019
Effective diagnosis and treatment of disease draws on painstaking research, which often relies on biological samples. The avalanche of...
September 20, 2019
Professor Paul Hirt wears many hats at Arizona State University as well as in the community: active public speaker, lecturer and...
September 20, 2019
How do we think about the future during precarious times? As Thought Huddle podcast host Mary-Charlotte Domandi notes, the latest episode...
September 20, 2019
Cooperative behaviors, which differ from one country to another, from one community to another, can make the world an interesting — though...
September 19, 2019
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September 19, 2019
From a project focused on mobile home parks to work with indigenous communities, members from the Arizona State University School of...
September 19, 2019
Witches, pagans and polytheists: They’re not seance-holding weirdos, tree-worshipping nudists or Stonehenge-dancing hippies.They hold...
September 18, 2019
Naruro Hassan took a seat among 10 other undergraduate research fellows in John Carlson’s “Inquiry into Religion and Conflict” course one...
September 17, 2019
Until recently, if you wanted to make a map of a coral reef, you had a lot of options, all of them bad. That’s changing, thanks to a pair...
September 17, 2019
Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C — the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University — a...
September 17, 2019
In September 1787, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention took the monumental step of signing the document they had drafted during...
September 16, 2019
The American Political Science Association (APSA) has award Narayani Lasala-Blanco, an assistant professor in Arizona State University’s...
September 16, 2019
Earth is enormous, and while humans have done a decent job of being able to map out the boundaries of countries and states, the roads in...
September 13, 2019
Were archaeology to be defined solely by the movies, you’d assume it involves traveling to exotic lands and stealing ancient relics.Of...
September 12, 2019
Imagine being fully aware of the present moment, all of your sensations, feelings and thoughts, and being OK with it. Now imagine taking a...
September 12, 2019
The Humanities Lab is very pleased to welcome Juliann Vitullo as its new Humanities Lab co-director. Vitullo is a faculty member with the...
September 11, 2019
Suicide, which is responsible for more than 800,000 deaths annually worldwide, is now the second leading cause of death among young adults...
September 10, 2019
Dr. Joseph Furst, a Mayo Clinic physician, annually spends two weeks in the summer providing medical care to at-risk communities in other...
September 10, 2019
When Audrey Ruiz first came to Arizona State University, she was terrified.“I was so intimidated by this huge public university,” she said...
September 9, 2019
From nonprofit and industry work to professorships and research, forging a career after graduate school isn’t always straightforward. A...
September 6, 2019
Suicides are up across the board in America, according to a recent national study showing a 33% increase since two decades ago, the highest...
September 5, 2019
Frequent incidents over the past few years in which appearances by conservative speakers have been shut down or canceled at college...
September 5, 2019
Among Jupiter’s 79 moons, Europa jumps out at planetary scientists. Covered in an ice crust, it has the smoothest surface of any object in...
September 5, 2019
How important is mom? What about dad?According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the well-being of a child’...
September 3, 2019
Across the country, more than 10,000 regulations restrict people with criminal records from obtaining occupational licenses, according to a...
September 2, 2019
Wildfires are widespread across the globe. They occur in places wherever plants are abundant — such as the raging fires currently burning...
August
August 30, 2019
Marija Drozdek always had a strong passion for languages and cultures. This passion coupled with her family’s Balkan roots led to her...
August 30, 2019
Immigration policy is at the forefront of national news today. For Arizona State University alumna Susie Haslett, a childhood in Arizona...
August 30, 2019
For L. Benjamin Rolsky, a 2006 undergraduate alumnus in history and religious studies, his passion for research is practically a genetic...
August 29, 2019
Arizona wants to make it easier for workers who need an occupational license for their jobs.A bill making its way through the state...
August 29, 2019
Arizona has become the first in the country to recognize occupational licenses from other states, ending a redundant recertification...
August 29, 2019
Hollywood has always imagined the arrival of beings from other worlds as the cause to run through streets screaming, call up fighter jets,...
August 29, 2019
Michael Tristano Jr., a graduate teaching associate at Arizona State University's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, received the...
August 29, 2019
The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced that Professor Nancy Jurik of Arizona...
August 28, 2019
How are people’s political beliefs organized, and what leads them to subscribe to certain beliefs?Answering these kinds of questions has...
August 28, 2019
Elizabeth Rapacz began her college career at Arizona State University two weeks earlier than her first-year student peers by enrolling in...
August 28, 2019
Responding to steady growth in English and film and media studies programs and to Arizona State University's largest class of first-year...
August 27, 2019
If all goes as planned, one day this October a spacecraft the size of jumbo loaf of bread will leave from Wallops, Virginia, packed aboard...
August 27, 2019
We don't often think about medieval and Renaissance culture. While brushing our teeth, driving to work or school, cooking dinner or...
August 27, 2019
Editor's note: Be sure to check back on ASU Now for this developing story, and the website Hawaiicoral.org as we provide further updates. ...
August 27, 2019
Editor's note: Be sure to check back on ASU Now for this developing story, and the website Hawaiicoral.org as we provide further updates. ...
August 26, 2019
When researchers examined the mitochondrial DNA of Ötzi, a man entombed in ice some 5,300 years ago, high in the Tyrolean Alps, they made a...
August 26, 2019
In the 70 years since the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty established an international alliance to prevent future devastation like...
August 26, 2019
Nearly 1 in 4 Arizona teens have used a highly potent form of marijuana known as marijuana concentrate, according to a new study by Arizona...
August 23, 2019
Arizona State University’s Project Humanities has developed a reputation for its provocative and engaging programming. This year is no...
August 23, 2019
Everyone wants to be appreciated at work, and inclusive and culturally diverse workplaces are more innovative and outperform competitors....
August 23, 2019
19th Amendment Resolution. Courtesy of National Archives General RecordsAfter 304 votes in the House of Representatives, 56 votes in the...
August 22, 2019
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest and most diverse academic unit at Arizona State University. With 23 field-spanning...
August 21, 2019
Recently, dramatic news came out of Africa concerning Ebola, one of the world’s deadliest and most feared diseases. New drugs can overcome...
August 21, 2019
ASU faculty members are pretty smart — and we don't just mean being experts on carbon capture, space exploration or Shakespeare and race....
August 20, 2019
If you sit in a typical lecture hall at any university, you’ll likely see some students distracted by their phones, or worse, napping or...
August 20, 2019
Cosmochemistry expert and new ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) Director Meenakshi Wadhwa and drylands researcher Osvaldo...
August 20, 2019
Each year, the city of Tempe recognizes one individual or organization as a “Bike Hero” — highlighting the work being done in the community...
August 19, 2019
The 2019–20 school year is about to begin, and with new beginnings come new faces on the Arizona State University campuses.The School of...
August 19, 2019
Anthony Johnson arrived in Virginia in 1621. He farmed other people’s land in the new English colony before he acquired land of his own and...
August 16, 2019
In recent years, political scientists across the globe have taken note of an alarming rise in the number of populist candidates in...
August 15, 2019
If you walk with Don and Alleen Nilsen through the well-manicured retirement community where they reside in Tempe, you might take note of...
August 15, 2019
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Terry Alford, Devens Gust and Andreas Spanias as senior members for fostering a spirit of...
August 14, 2019
Getting involved in research as an undergraduate can have significant benefits, such as enhancing a student’s ability to think critically,...
August 14, 2019
Undergraduate global health student Mariyah Dreza spent her summer researching mental health in Guatemala and along the way had the...
August 14, 2019
Ramona Melikian was born into a global family. Her grandparents were Armenians uprooted by the 1915 Armenian Genocide who fled to Russia,...
August 14, 2019
In high school chemistry, we all learned about chemical reactions. But what brings two reacting molecules together? As explained to us by...
August 13, 2019
From hair and eye color to how our biological system is regulated, the blueprint of life is held in the genome.The gene also is what...
August 13, 2019
“Islam” and “feminism” are two words most people in Western society wouldn’t usually associate with one another. But recent developments in...
August 12, 2019
Sun Devil supporters bolstered scholarships, medical advancements, professorships and research opportunities as part of a banner...
August 8, 2019
About 35 million years ago, an asteroid hit the ocean off the East Coast of North America. Its impact formed a 25-mile diameter crater that...
August 8, 2019
Editor's note: Aug. 11 marks the end of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year. (For those of us in the Northern...
August 8, 2019
A new type of blood test for breast cancer could help avoid thousands of unnecessary surgeries and otherwise precisely monitor disease...
August 7, 2019
In June, the Arizona State University-led mast-mounted camera system for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission, "Mastcam-Z," was delivered to NASA...
August 7, 2019
Each year, nearly 20% of U.S. students do not finish high school on time, which experts say puts them at high risk for poverty, poor health...
August 7, 2019
With a literary oeuvre that includes 11 novels, several children’s books, plays, and even an opera, Toni Morrison long has been revered as...
August 7, 2019
A new course at Arizona State University aims to empower students to become wiser and more effective interpreters of news about the...
August 6, 2019
For four years in a row, the Military Times group has ranked Arizona State University as one of its “Best for Vets” colleges. With the help...
August 5, 2019
Every family has traditions. Tim Vasquez’s has baseball, cooking and Arizona State University. He and his father, George, were both rising...
August 2, 2019
Matt Cavanaugh, a new professor of practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies and an affiliated faculty member with the Center...
August 1, 2019
If there is any consolation to be found in cancer, it may be that the devastating disease dies with the individual carrying it. Or so it...
July
July 31, 2019
When Alison Rohrer graduated from Towson University Honors College in 2018 a semester early she realized she wanted to keep her momentum....
July 31, 2019
Comparing a living cell to a virus is a bit like comparing the Sistine Chapel to a backyard doghouse. Lacking the intricate machinery of...
July 30, 2019
Ahwatukee Foothills News reporter Becky Bracken encourages parents to speak to their kids about racism amid discussion about a proposed...
July 30, 2019
Humans and animals can develop resistance to harmful bacteria (pathogens) over time or with help from antibiotics or vaccines. And it’s...
July 29, 2019
A byproduct of oil and gas production is a large quantity of toxic wastewater called brine. Well-drillers dispose of brine by injecting it...
July 26, 2019
Editor's note: July 3 marked the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year. (For those of us in the Northern...
The College’s Center for Evolution and Medicine selects new director to lead next phase of operation
July 25, 2019
When diagnosing and treating illnesses, traditional medicine looks to the ailment itself. But what about the biological, environmental and...
July 25, 2019
Scientists know that air pollution affects plant populations.Nitrogen and sulfur deposited in the soil from industrial agriculture and the ...
July 25, 2019
After traveling to 24 different countries on missions ranging from delivering medical supplies in West Africa during the Ebola epidemic to...
July 25, 2019
Cordelia Candelaria, Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Transborder Studies, wants to bridge the past with the present by making...
July 25, 2019
In 1985, Patience Huntwork was freshly graduated from Yale Law School and working in Phoenix when an article about the American Bar...
July 24, 2019
Drinking alcohol alone can be a warning sign of alcohol abuse. But drinking in stimulating group environments can put people at risk for...
July 24, 2019
Most cases of anxiety and depression among school-age children are untreated. Among those receiving treatment, prescriptions and counseling...
July 23, 2019
With bee populations on the decline, researchers have a growing interest in the viruses that may be affecting them. However, with the...
July 22, 2019
Gas-giant planets orbiting close to other stars have powerful magnetic fields, many times stronger than our own Jupiter, according to a new...
July 22, 2019
It started out as a typical day at work for ant researcher Christina Kwapich.Like other mornings, she set out before the sun came up to...
July 22, 2019
Arizona State University announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build a...
July 19, 2019
Professor Kenro Kusumi, a genome biologist, has been selected as the new director for Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences,...
July 18, 2019
Most Americans believe science and religion are incompatible, but a recent study suggests that scientific engagement can actually promote...
July 18, 2019
Fifty years ago, the Eagle landed.“Man on the moon!” said CBS television news anchor Walter Cronkite, whose exclamation would make for...
July 17, 2019
The community of viruses is staggeringly vast. Occupying every conceivable biological niche, from searing undersea vents to frigid tundra,...
July 16, 2019
As the Apollo 11 Lunar Module approached the moon's surface for the first manned landing, commander Neil Armstrong switched off the auto-...
July 16, 2019
Pardis Mahdavi possesses a deep reservoir of empathy.That quality makes her a perfect fit for her new position as director of Arizona State...
July 16, 2019
Tamales, churros, raspados, elotes. On the streets of Los Angeles, the hands that serve these dishes from the shade of a vending cart may...
July 15, 2019
There are a few things in life upon which we can rely, and one of those things is that Phoenix is hot in the summer. But how hot? It’s a...
July 15, 2019
This summer, Arizona State University religious studies PhD candidate Jamie Edmonds decided to incorporate technology into the final...
July 15, 2019
Flourishing in spectacular numbers in lakes and ponds around the world, tiny creatures known as Daphnia play an essential role in...
July 12, 2019
Arizona State University history alumnus Kino Reed regularly teaches O’odham cultural studies and social studies at Salt River High School...
July 11, 2019
Editor's note: July 3 marked the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year. (For those of us in the Northern...
July 10, 2019
Ajit Maan, a new professor of practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies and an affiliated faculty member with the Center on the...
July 9, 2019
Irina Levin, the new director of the Critical Languages Institute at Arizona State University, sees a delicate balancing act in her goals....
July 9, 2019
Astrophysicists know that iron (chemical symbol: Fe) is one of the most abundant elements in the universe, after lightweight elements such...
July 8, 2019
Honeybees serve as pollinators for the majority of the world’s crops, and their global decline threatens the world’s food supply.However,...
July 8, 2019
School of Human Evolution and Social Change alumna Sara Becker has one particularly clear memory from her undergraduate years at Arizona...
July 8, 2019
For Arizona State University alumna Laura Medina, home started out as a shaky concept.
She was born in New Mexico and grew up on the...
July 3, 2019
Editor's note: July 3 marks the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year. (For those of us in the Northern...
July 3, 2019
Editor's note: July 3 marks the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year. (For those of us in the Northern...
July 3, 2019
Ayanna Thompson is the director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University. She is currently...
July 3, 2019
When an earthquake or a tsunami strikes, aid groups and rescue teams begin assessing emergency needs right away. But other crises are...
July 3, 2019
The ASU-led NASA Psyche Mission is inviting undergraduate students from any university or community college in the U.S. and its territories...
July 2, 2019
Along with the fireworks, festivities and barbecues that celebrate the Fourth of July, one of the most moving events to witness is a...
July 1, 2019
On June 13, the National Academy of Sciences appointed Arizona State University School of Social Transformation Associate Professor Marlon...
July 1, 2019
Arizona State University senior Monica Orillo has been tackling different parts of the world in her pursuit of a future career in...
July 1, 2019
Just breathe.If detecting lung infections were as simple as taking a breath, patients with cystic fibrosis would be able to seek treatment...
June
June 28, 2019
Fifty-six years ago, on a humid Sunday in early May, thousands of African American congregants walked calmly out of the New Pilgrim Baptist...
June 28, 2019
Meenakshi Wadhwa has looked up her whole life.At the Himalayas, looming over her hometown of Chandigarh in northern India, formed 40 to 50...
June 28, 2019
It’s hard to imagine what the world looked like millions of years ago. But in Arizona, a journey through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado...
June 27, 2019
More than 60 high school students from Arizona, California and Texas recently spent a week on the Tempe campus at Arizona State University...
June 27, 2019
Inspired by movie streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu, an astrophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute developed a technique...
June 27, 2019
There’s a scene in Season 1, Episode 2 of FX’s acclaimed series "Pose" that chronicles the ballroom culture of New York City in the late '...
June 27, 2019
Recently, the culture is moving to change transportation habits for both health and environmental benefits. Many people have picked up the...
June 27, 2019
A decade ago, an Atlas V rocket blazed across a bright and clear Florida sky to mark the 21st century's first major lunar rendezvous....
June 27, 2019
Do happy, well-functioning families benefit the economy? The government of the United Kingdom wants to know, and they partnered with...
June 25, 2019
The first week in Washington, D.C., for Arizona State University students participating in the Capital Scholars program feels like a...
June 21, 2019
During World War II, the U.S. government forced around 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast out of their homes and into 10...
June 21, 2019
Israel and the West Bank offered the latest opportunity for students in The College’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership...
June 20, 2019
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s …OK, maybe we don’t know what it is.That seems to be the case being made by a group of...
June 19, 2019
William Kiser attended Arizona State University from 2009 to 2016. In those seven years, he earned his master’s degree and PhD in history...
June 19, 2019
In 1899, when Arizona had not yet gained statehood and Arizona State University was a fledgling institution known as the Tempe Normal...
June 18, 2019
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially evaluated temperature record extremes of 54.0 C (129.2 F) at two locations, one...
June 18, 2019
When recent graduate Lyndsay Campbell transferred to Arizona State University in 2017, she also started a part-time job. Her work, as the...
June 17, 2019
A Biodesign Institute research group has received a three-year, $2.3 million grant from NASA to study and characterize the risks posed by...
June 17, 2019
Arizona State University recently hosted the 38th annual conference for the Sudan Studies Association of North America.The conference, held...
June 14, 2019
The Arizona State University-led mast-mounted camera system for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission, "Mastcam-Z," achieved a major milestone...
June 14, 2019
As a transgender woman and first-generation student from the Navajo community of Teec Nos Pos in northeastern Arizona, Arizona State...
June 13, 2019
We all know the meaning of that blue decal with a stick figure person that hangs from rearview mirrors. What we probably don’t know is how...
June 13, 2019
Two groundbreaking DNA studies give fresh clues about the ancestry of North American peoples and ancient groups’ migrations across Beringia...
June 13, 2019
One of the most practical ways to explore strange new worlds in our solar system is to go in the opposite direction: to the bottom of the...
June 13, 2019
Advances in technology make modern living easier, from improving communication to creating new tools such as the internet and smartphones;...
June 11, 2019
Arizona State University prides itself on an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to solving some of the world’s most prominent...
June 11, 2019
Women get autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, eight times more than men do. On the other hand...
June 10, 2019
Arizona State University’s Institute for Social Science Research recently announced the winners of their spring 2019 poster contest. Among...
June 10, 2019
For professionals involved in geospatial science — an area of study related to geography — it is standard operating procedure to help...
June 7, 2019
The Arizona State University charter describes a commitment to linking innovation with the advancement of research and discovery of public...
June 7, 2019
This past March, Megan Thielges returned to Arizona State University not as an undergraduate chemistry student, but as the keynote speaker...
June 7, 2019
Athena Aktipis wants brains. Not because she’s a zombie but because she’s been zombi-fied. And so have you.By social media. By stress. By...
June 7, 2019
Arizona State University's Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict has named Tracy Fessenden as the first director of strategic...
June 7, 2019
Arizona State University founded the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership in 2017 in part to promote civil discourse and...
June 6, 2019
OncoMyx Therapeutics, the latest biotech spinout company from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, announced today it has raised...
June 6, 2019
In a recent article by The Arizona Republic, author Karina Bland delves into the pressure to be a "perfect mom." She writes, “Google the...
June 5, 2019
At a swearing-in ceremony early in May, Arizona State University alumna Arlene Chin became the newest member of the Tempe City Council and...
June 5, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Matt Weber had earned his master’s degree and knew he...
June 4, 2019
Alexandria Maese grew up knowing firsthand how international affairs hit home.
“My dad is a U.S. Army veteran, and so part of the direction...
June 4, 2019
Arizona State University has moved into the top 10 of all universities worldwide for U.S. patents awarded in 2018. The university jumped to...
June 3, 2019
A new archaeological site discovered by an international and local team of scientists — including ASU researchers — working in Ethiopia...
June 3, 2019
Being named an Association for Psychological Science Rising Star and receiving two early career awards, one from the American Educational...
May
May 31, 2019
Though much has been done over the past few decades to raise awareness about the threat of heart disease, it continues to be the leading...
May 30, 2019
Wherever animals live together as groups, behavior patterns emerge.In a flight across the world, this is apparent in the square patches of...
May 30, 2019
Bert Hölldobler, Regents’ and Foundation Professor with Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences, recently earned the German...
May 30, 2019
The rates of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders in American youth are all on the rise. But over 90% of proven treatments and...
May 29, 2019
Having a conversation is something most of us take for granted. For people with autism, especially children, talking with family or friends...
May 29, 2019
In 2016, what began as a grassroots effort against the Dakota Access Pipeline drilling project in North Dakota grew into a sweeping...
May 29, 2019
Each day, more than 1,000 Americans are treated in emergency rooms for opioid use, and more than 130 die from an overdose. Only 20% of the...
May 28, 2019
The spring and early summer temperatures in Arizona are perfect for outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain biking and camping. And...
May 28, 2019
One of the surest signs that spring has sprung is the abundance of fresh blooms sprouting from greenery everywhere. For that, we have the...
May 27, 2019
A team of scientists from Arizona State University has taken a significant step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis, by...
May 24, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.ASU Now caught up with six recent graduates from the...
May 24, 2019
Some students major in the humanities; others take a humanities class just to check off a general credit. No matter how you end up in a...
May 23, 2019
The unseasonably temperate weather in the Phoenix metropolitan area this spring may have everyone scratching their heads, but rest assured...
May 23, 2019
Each year, Arizona State University's Center on the Future of War supports a group of exceptional writers, scholars and thought leaders...
May 23, 2019
Arizona State University Biodesign Institute researcher Hao Yan has been named to Fast Company’s list of “Most Creative People in Business...
May 22, 2019
Two Arizona State University professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Jane Buikstra, a Regents' Professor...
May 21, 2019
Xochitl Arlene Smola, a first-generation college student in Arizona State University’s Department of Psychology, was recently awarded the...
May 21, 2019
A mammal’s posture while moving, or locomotor posture, plays a key role in how variable the number of vertebrae in its spinal column can be...
May 21, 2019
In the United States, obesity rates among children ages 2 to 19 years old have skyrocketed from 10% in 1999 to over 18.5% in 2016. This has...
May 20, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Sonia Lopez, who graduated with a biological sciences...
May 20, 2019
On April 23 at 9:09 p.m. local time, residents of Aguas Zarcas, a small town in Costa Rica, saw a large “fireball” in the sky.The reported...
May 20, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Wendy Caldwell grew up in Hendersonville, Tennessee, home...
May 20, 2019
A program at Arizona State University is starting undergraduate students on a career path that could lead them to join NASA spaceflight...
May 20, 2019
One in four adults in the U.S. has a disability — a condition of the body or mind that makes it more difficult for the person with that...
May 20, 2019
Arizona State University alumna Shannon Ditto, who is currently studying at the University of Strasbourg in France on a Fulbright...
May 17, 2019
Living in space is going to present problems. Lots of them. Heat. Cold. Radiation. Is the company liable for overtime pay when the ship...
May 16, 2019
Joseph Conant has planned on joining the U.S. Navy since he was a child.
Coming to Arizona State University, he zeroed in on the usual...
May 15, 2019
Ad spending broke records during the 2018 midterm elections, with placements ranging from local TV to Facebook.Each election cycle brings...
May 15, 2019
Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.
Hailing from Sandwich, Massachusetts, a Cape Cod town...
May 14, 2019
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Arizona State University has received a $1 million grant from NASA’s Earth Science Division to...
May 14, 2019
On April 25, Charles G. Ripley III, lecturer in Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies, was the opening speaker...
Richard Amesbury joins ASU as new School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies director
May 13, 2019
Arizona State University's School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies has announced its new director: Richard Amesbury....
May 10, 2019
Logan Johnson is a senior at Arizona State University majoring in global studies and Russian within The College of Liberal Arts and...
May 10, 2019
In fall 2017, the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter took a series of images of the...
May 10, 2019
It doesn’t take special insight to recognize dog owners love their dogs. A lot. But the latest episode of ASU Now’s Thought Huddle podcast...
May 10, 2019
Stacey McCreary first enrolled at Arizona State University in 1993 as a self-described “very young” 18-year-old. And while she said she had...
May 9, 2019
Frank Smith III arrived at Arizona State University knowing what he planned to be when he grew up.“I joke with my friends that I wanted to...
May 9, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Andrea Garza, a senior studying psychology and justice...
May 9, 2019
Scientists know that age and weight are risk factors in the development of cancer. That should mean that whales, which include some of the...
May 9, 2019
Announced today in Washington, D.C., by Blue Origin, Arizona State University has signed a memorandum of understanding with Blue...
May 9, 2019
Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.
Libraries and hip-hop might not seem the most obvious...
May 9, 2019
Brass, bronze and steel are metal alloys in which the combination of chemical elements — copper and zinc, copper and tin, iron and carbon,...
May 8, 2019
Meet Trilly: The black-and-tan, floppy-eared, 9-year-old Gordon setter may have just made medical history by receiving a shot that may...
May 8, 2019
Arizona State University empowers students to find their places, like the newsroom, the trading floor or the design studio. The three new...
May 8, 2019
Each year, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University recognizes exceptional teaching that inspires intellectual...
May 7, 2019
Sparky may be Arizona State University’s mascot, but the face that sticks in the minds of many students, both past and present, is that of...
May 7, 2019
In 2010, Tomas Robles found himself in Phoenix with an accounting job he didn’t love and what felt like a troubling political tide he was...
May 7, 2019
The ASU-led NASA Psyche Mission, a journey to a unique metal world, has been inspiring professional and amateur artists since the...
May 7, 2019
Tests.We can study for them. We can prep and practice for, cram, pass, fail or ace them.Taking tests is one way students can find out...
May 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.When Brianne Jones was a college junior, she was searching...
May 6, 2019
On May 6 at the UNESCO world headquarters in Paris, the United Nations released a global assessment on biodiversity as part of the...
May 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Erika Flores is the oldest of four children, born into a...
May 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.ASU Online student Shauna Hughes has been hard at work...
May 6, 2019
Editor's note: ASU Now will be updating this story all week with additional photos from the university's various convocations.College of...
May 6, 2019
Artificial intelligence has made impressive strides.You can ride in a car that drives itself or ask a device in your home to play music or...
May 5, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Imagine maintaining a perfect GPA throughout your college...
May 5, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.When Zach LeBaron was a young child, he would sit on his...
May 3, 2019
Each year, geographers from around the country and the world gather for the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Part...
May 3, 2019
The School of Social Transformation is excited to announce that Pardis Mahdavi has been named its new director.Mahdavi is an accomplished...
May 3, 2019
For Me’lisa Crawford, talking about poop isn’t gross or impolite — it’s an important part of a day’s work. Crawford is an Arizona State...
May 3, 2019
As part of the largest academic body at Arizona State University, faculty in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences interact with...
May 3, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Representation matters. It certainly did for Arizona State...
April
April 29, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Emily Morris is among the outstanding students awarded a...
April 29, 2019
Arizona State University President’s Professor Ariel Anbar has been selected to receive the 2019 Science Innovation Award from the European...
April 29, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.In the United States, approximately 8% of women ages 15 to...
April 29, 2019
A group of students from Arizona State University brought home the trophy from this year’s Southwest Undergraduate Mathematics Research...
April 29, 2019
Each spring, high school students across the U.S. declare their college decisions, a first major step in carving their future path, and it...
April 26, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Sierra Murphy will be graduating in May with not one...
April 26, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.As a child, Cody Sorce remembers seeing images of turtles...
April 26, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Arizona State University doctoral student Katie Alford was...
April 26, 2019
What makes us who we are and how does that change as we get older?It’s a question Arizona State University College of Health Solutions...
April 26, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Isaiah Sampson has had his sights set on a career in...
April 26, 2019
Meilin Zhu, a student at Barrett, The Honors College who will be receiving her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with a concentration in...
April 26, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Ntombizodwa Makuyana will be graduating in May from...
April 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Mary “Katie” Kennedy is a model of undergraduate...
April 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Cheyenne Piepmeyer is a self-proclaimed go-getter, and her...
April 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Juggling work and a toddler is a daunting task. When you...
April 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement. Vanessa Davis chose to attend Arizona State University...
April 25, 2019
Taryn O’Boyle is a graduating senior in the biochemistry program at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' School of Molecular Sciences ...
April 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.
For Connor Vuong, a senior in The College of Liberal Arts...
April 25, 2019
Arizona State University representatives from across campuses attended a symposium April 17–18 in Phoenix to gain insight into the veteran...
April 24, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.In today’s fraught political climate, when newsfeeds...
April 24, 2019
A third of all Americans have difficulty sleeping, and many of them turn to melatonin supplements to catch some Zs. However, scientists don...
April 24, 2019
The 2019 Annual Awards Ceremony hosted by Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences was held on Monday, April 22, at Old Main...
April 24, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Elana Quint grew up asking the big questions. It starts...
April 24, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Keziah Ampadu-Siaw struggled to find a degree that was...
April 24, 2019
The shot clock reads 0:05 in Game 7. Two players — one in yellow, the other red — hurtle towards the edge of the court, hands outstretched...
April 24, 2019
Professor and cosmochemist Meenakshi Wadhwa has been selected as the new director for Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space...
April 23, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Not only is Jackson Kellogg graduating from Arizona State...
April 23, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Abigail Duarte’s journey at The College of Liberal Arts...
April 22, 2019
This Tuesday, April 23, marks the inaugural Arizona State University Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium, an event that allows students...
April 22, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Sarah Dillon, who will be receiving her master’s degree in...
April 22, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.David Ackerman chose to attend Arizona State University...
April 22, 2019
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, according to the United Nations. That’s just shy of 4 billion people. By 2045,...
April 22, 2019
As part of Arizona State University’s efforts to advance sustainability education for K–12 students, a faculty-led student group created a...
April 22, 2019
Cindi SturtzSreetharan was driving her daughter home from school when her daughter asked, “Do you think my thighs look fat?” The child was...
April 22, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.It’s not every day a superstar in your field of study...
April 22, 2019
Dragonglass is a valuable material in the “Game of Thrones” franchise — but its real-world counterpart, obsidian, has been prized, gathered...
April 22, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Depression and anxiety disorders affect almost 20% of the...
April 19, 2019
There have been five mass extinctions in the history of the Earth. But in the 21st century, scientists now estimate that society must...
April 19, 2019
Peter W. Singer, a new professor of practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies, was in Tempe this semester to begin filming for...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.As an Arizona native, Alexa Drew had always planned on...
April 18, 2019
Through their generous philanthropic investments, Leo and Annette Beus have already made a lasting ASU impact. They have changed the face...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Before Alex Miller even began kindergarten, his mom would...
April 18, 2019
Studying online takes more than a laptop and a comfortable desk chair. Students have to be self-motivated, organized, and yes, even willing...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Have you ever wondered how infants convert a bunch of...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Graduating senior Chiara Hommel has interests stretching...
April 18, 2019
The NASA Psyche Mission is a journey to a unique metal world called Psyche, an asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Cami Mcintire, a family and human development major in the...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Graduating Arizona State University student Kimberly...
April 18, 2019
Scientists have found the remains of what they believe to be a new species of ancient hominin, Homo luzonensis, on the Philippine island...
April 18, 2019
On March 31, 1995, trailblazing Mexican American Tejano musician Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot to death by the president of her fan...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Aira Valera, a family and human development major in the T...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.For Paula Kibuka Musoke, college has been about pushing...
April 18, 2019
The acronym DOWM is a trope many scholars of Western canon are familiar with. It refers to the argument that the body of literature, music...
April 18, 2019
James P. Collins, professor with Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences, was recently awarded the Henry S. Fitch Award for...
April 18, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Bailey Reynolds chose to attend Arizona State University...
April 17, 2019
Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, largely affects movement and causes irreversible neuronal damage. It may start with a...
April 17, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Spanish Professor Cynthia Tompkins knew there was...
April 17, 2019
Arizona State University Professor Hal Smith has been named a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science...
April 16, 2019
The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University has formed a National Board of Counselors to advise the...
April 16, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Alexandria Paterson’s desire to have a positive impact on...
April 16, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Senior communication major in the Hugh Downs School of...
April 15, 2019
A tiny piece of the building blocks from which comets formed has been discovered inside a primitive meteorite. The discovery by a Carnegie...
April 15, 2019
On Tuesday, May 7, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from...
April 15, 2019
Oct. 1, 2019, is almost 50 years to the day since a precocious assistant professor named Alexandra Navrotsky started her independent career...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Water and earth are two driving forces in Rosemary Huck's...
April 12, 2019
The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) at Arizona State University recognizes graduate and professional students who...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.She had the passion, but not the know-how.Brittany-Rose...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement. Brandon Favre’s inspiration to study genetic engineering...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.When Anna Wanless was growing up, her Sun Devil parents...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Paris Masek is graduating from Arizona State University...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.A first-generation college student, George Brusch...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.“I think it’s really important that anyone that has gone...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.What’s most remarkable about graduating English major Erin...
April 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.Avery Underwood heard her mom say it her entire life: It’s...
April 12, 2019
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has just awarded the 2019 Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography to ASU Emeritus Regents' Professor...
April 11, 2019
The U.S.-Mexico border is a complicated mosaic of unpredictable policies and shifting economic tides. A patchwork of man-made and natural...
April 11, 2019
Arizona State University's Graduate and Professional Student Association recently announced winners from six different award categories....
April 11, 2019
Arizona State University alumnus Dan Shilling considers himself a good example of somebody whose life was changed by the humanities.A self-...
April 11, 2019
Dan Fellner, faculty affiliate with the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies in The College of Liberal Arts and...
April 10, 2019
When you search online for “CTE and NFL,” you’ll find a list of 54 professional football players who have died and were diagnosed with the...
April 10, 2019
If you had asked Patrick Brooks 15 years ago where he would be today, he never would have said he'd be a philosopher.But Brooks graduated...
April 9, 2019
Voices speaking in dozens of languages ring out, offering their appreciation: “Čestitam" (Slovenian). "Gratuluję” (Polish). "Поздравляю" (...
April 9, 2019
When speaking with young writers, Chicana essayist, playwright and poet Cherríe Moraga has a perennial piece of wisdom — for an authentic...
April 9, 2019
At-home DNA test kits are exploding in popularity. So much so that experts expect more than 100 million people’s DNA will be part of...
April 9, 2019
For most people, the thought of Greece may elicit images of sandy beaches and beautiful buildings cascading toward the shore, but for Matei...
April 8, 2019
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Aug. 25, 2017, then stalled over Texas for three days as a tropical storm. The Category 4 storm claimed...
April 5, 2019
An arrest in the decades-old Golden State Killer case.A Chinese scientist creating the first gene-edited twin baby girls.DNA is clearly...
April 5, 2019
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1777. At the end of a daylong battle, George Washington’s right flank has completely collapsed. British troops...
April 4, 2019
This coming football season, the Arizona Cardinals will take social media breaks every 20 minutes during meetings. While Head Coach Kliff...
April 4, 2019
America has lost the “owner’s manual” to democracy and must focus on restoring civics education to the next generation to reclaim it,...
April 4, 2019
Angelica Berner is one of 2019's new class of Brooke Owens Fellows.The “Brookies,” as they are affectionately called, are exceptional...
April 4, 2019
On April 27, 1994, just four years after spending nearly three decades in prison, Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s new leader in the...
April 3, 2019
On March 29, Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies hosted a daylong, nonpartisan training — called Elect Her —...
April 3, 2019
Once, wolves roamed free in great numbers across the deserts, arboreal forests, grasslands and Arctic tundra of the continental U.S. Today...
April 2, 2019
Dale Snyder discovered her love of seashells while living on isolated beaches as a Navy wife in the 1970s.In retirement, she has become a...
April 2, 2019
The success of illegal drug trafficking through wider and wider swaths of Central America is a consequence of law enforcement activity to...
April 2, 2019
Of the estimated more than 4 million dogs that end up in animal shelters each year, about half a million are euthanized. To increase the...
April 2, 2019
Kristy Dohnel grew up in a small town of around 4,000 people; she lived in a mobile home on a 100-acre ranch. From little Bishop,...
April 1, 2019
A unique center officially opens on April 3 at Arizona State University, housed within the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of...
April 1, 2019
Beginning about 60,000 years ago, our species spread across the world occupying a wider range of habitats than any other species. Humans...
April 1, 2019
Editor’s note: Winter is coming. As are spoilers. But to be fair, the show has been out since 2011, so if you think this has a happy ending...
April 1, 2019
From hip-hop to fashion and narrative art to indigenous urban pop culture: The seventh annual Phoenix Indian Center Youth Leadership Day on...
March
March 30, 2019
Sports is a microcosm of the racial and gender issues facing society, and it often serves as the vehicle for change, according to several...
March 29, 2019
When Connor Vuong, a senior in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, first applied to join the ASU Academic...
March 29, 2019
Does instant access to huge amounts of information help or hinder how we determine what is real? What impact does social media have on how...
March 29, 2019
Hwæt. “Beowulf: A Tale of Monsters and Men” arrives at Arizona State University in an award-winning performance with harp by Chris...
March 29, 2019
White supremacists, misogynists and alt-right groups have occupied space on the internet and social media channels for nearly a decade. ...
March 28, 2019
“Space is compelling,” understated astronaut Cady Coleman at the end of her inaugural lecture at Arizona State University as the new Global...
March 28, 2019
Arizona State University’s Center of Global Discovery and Conservation Science (GDCS) is entering into a partnership with the Lenfest Ocean...
March 28, 2019
When Arizona State University alumna Elaissia Sears was sworn in as a justice of the peace for the West Mesa Justice Court this January,...
March 27, 2019
Arizona State University today announced that it has joined forces with Planet, a San Francisco-based Earth-imaging company, as its first...
March 27, 2019
Arizona State University's Emerge, a festival of futures, interweaves art, science and technology to explore the future in evocative ways....
March 27, 2019
When it comes to climate change and carbon reduction, Susanne Neuer is thinking small — extremely small.The Arizona State University...
March 27, 2019
Some 1.7 billion people are speaking or learning English around the world today, a number expected to hit 2 billion by 2020. As demand for...
March 26, 2019
When ASU President Michael Crow signaled to the university community with the launch of the Global Sport Institute in 2017 that sport...
March 25, 2019
Leigh McLean, an assistant research professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, was recently awarded almost $1....
March 25, 2019
The string of volcanoes in the Cascades Arc, ranging from California’s Mount Lassen in the south to Washington’s Mount Baker in the north,...
March 25, 2019
Sustainability shouldn’t only be taught within the walls of universities. It should also be an integral part of kindergarten through high...
March 25, 2019
In 2016, the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University embarked on a journey to change how biochemistry could be taught and...
March 22, 2019
How a queen bee achieves her regal status that elevates her from her sterile worker sisters has been a long-standing question for...
March 21, 2019
In front of a sold-out crowd of 800 community leaders, business executives and ASU alumni on March 20, the 2019 Founders’ Day celebrated...
March 19, 2019
The central goal of nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials on an atomic or molecular scale, especially to build microscopic...
March 19, 2019
Any scientist who has struggled to analyze their data is familiar with the situation: sitting in front of the computer, searching the...
March 19, 2019
A team of Arizona State University scientists has been using the latest space technology, combined with ground measurements, to assess the...
March 19, 2019
Nietzsche and Kelly Clarkson have it wrong: What doesn’t kill you might not make you stronger.And that is OK, according to Arizona State...
March 18, 2019
The combination of “data” and “statistics” might not sound exciting, but careers relying on data and statistics are projected to grow by 30...
March 15, 2019
For the first time, a team of scientists has isolated and measured the weak force between protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an...
March 15, 2019
These days, it’s not uncommon for students to complete two bachelor’s degrees at the same time, but a new cohort of students arriving at...
March 15, 2019
The ASU Alumni Association Founders’ Day awards program honors the pioneering spirit of the institution’s founders and celebrates the...
March 15, 2019
Recent political climates at home and abroad may leave many feeling increasingly insecure about the future of democracy.Our phones, TVs,...
March 14, 2019
Mary Doyle and Karissa Greving Mehall, co-directors of the MAS-MFT program in Arizona State University’s T. Denny Sanford School of Social...
March 14, 2019
Have you heard the one about the aliens and the pyramids? Or what about the technologically advanced but tragically lost city of Atlantis?...
March 14, 2019
There are two narratives in climate change right now. One is the day-to-day drumbeat of news stories, usually a new scientific study, and...
March 13, 2019
Most often when we think of glass, we think of the panes in our windows and the dishes on our tables. And most of us feel we have a basic...
March 13, 2019
Biomolecules, such as DNA and proteins, are not static structures. They undergo complex conformational changes that are essential to their...
March 13, 2019
Editor's note: This profile is part of a series showcasing alumni of the School of Molecular Sciences.Kaitlyn Mandigo graduated from...
March 12, 2019
Do you change the channel when you see an ad for the Gardasil vaccine? Maybe you are a man and don’t think you are at risk of acquiring...
March 12, 2019
For 18 years, Arizona State University’s Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) has been orbiting Mars onboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey...
March 12, 2019
Editor's note: This profile is part of a series showcasing alumni of the School of Molecular Sciences.Regaled with tales of science during...
March 12, 2019
Editor's note: This profile is part of a series showcasing alumni of the School of Molecular Sciences.Ryan Muller graduated from ASU in...
March 11, 2019
Editor's note: This profile is part of a series on outstanding School of Earth and Space Exploration alumni.Cassie Collins earned her...
March 11, 2019
If you’ve returned from spring break in a panic because you haven’t yet made your fall 2019 class selections, we can help.The Department of...
March 11, 2019
In 2002, “The Pianist” took home an Oscar for best adapted screenplay. It told the story of Jewish composer Władysław Szpilman and the...
March 11, 2019
Tyler Rockwood is finishing up his 4+1 master’s degree in biochemistry and medicinal chemistry in the School of Molecular Sciences at...
March 11, 2019
An image of a dirt road and boxy houses hangs in Maria Cruz-Torres’ office at Arizona State University. She snapped the photo in a village...
March 8, 2019
Recently, at ASU Day at the Capitol, School of Politics and Global Studies alumna Ana Licona reflected on experiences that led her to...
March 8, 2019
After beginning her time at Arizona State University on a journey cycling from Flagstaff to Tempe, it was only fitting that Mia Armstrong...
March 8, 2019
Editor's note: This profile is part of a series on outstanding School of Earth and Space Exploration alumni.William “Billy” Merino...
March 7, 2019
Mamie Locke was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor of Hampton, Virginia. Since 2004, Locke has served as a member of the...
March 7, 2019
Editor's note: This profile is part of a series on outstanding School of Earth and Space Exploration alumni.Ángel García recently earned...
March 7, 2019
Compared with other animals, chimpanzees show tremendous variation across groups in their behavior — from the types of tools they use in...
March 6, 2019
Avid hikers know to be cautious of plants with leaves made up of three leaflets if they are red in the spring or fall. Parents worldwide...
March 5, 2019
The Force is strong not only in "Star Wars" lore but also as a fundamental property in physics. For example, scientists can put two...
March 4, 2019
Among the zoo of biomolecules essential to life, proteins are the most startlingly varied and versatile.These complex structures, generated...
March 4, 2019
Arizona State University graduate student Glenn Randall was recently awarded a research fellowship to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (...
March 1, 2019
The 18th annual Local to Global Justice Forum and Festival, held at Arizona State University Feb. 22–24, featured workshops, panels,...
February
February 28, 2019
What do tiny specks of silicon carbide stardust, found in meteorites and older than the solar system, have in common with pairs of aging...
February 27, 2019
Today, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences boasts the most students, courses and — as of fiscal year 2018 — the most externally funded...
February 27, 2019
Whether used to decipher an ancient culture or connect with the people around us, language is a cornerstone of societies around the world....
February 27, 2019
Shiv Shah is a scientist first and foremost. And he looks every bit the part, clad in a white coat, seated behind a microscope, peering...
February 26, 2019
The World Health Organization is targeting neurological diseases as one of the greatest threats to public health. In industrialized...
February 26, 2019
Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park.If you live in Arizona...
February 26, 2019
David Kilcullen, a new professor of practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies, was in Tempe this February to film a lecture for...
February 25, 2019
Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park.
In 1908, President...
February 25, 2019
Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park. “For each man sees...
February 25, 2019
Oxygen in the form of the oxygen molecule (O2), produced by plants and vital for animals, is thankfully abundant in Earth’s atmosphere and...
February 25, 2019
For Adisa Podrug, an alumna of Arizona State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, justice was a concept learned early on. ...
