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The flu pandemic of 2009 was met by a flurry of panic.

Smiles on every face. Congratulations passed around left and right. Speakers saying they don’t want to speak for too long. Just another scene of another graduation in May.

For the third year, select Arizona State University faculty will spend their summer advancing research and understanding on a significant health challenge, in partnership with Mayo Clinic.

According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 9,865 people experience homelessness on a given night in Arizona.

So you got a Fitbit for Christmas and you were psyched. New year, new me, you thought. Time to pump up the jams and get down to business.

On April 23 at 9:09 p.m.

You are what you eat. But first, you are what your mother eats. And it wasn’t that long ago when no one blinked an eye at a pregnant woman sipping a cocktail.

Maintaining software is costly, and for developers like Facebook and Microsoft, repairing software bugs can be very expensive.

Cancer is a protean disease, assuming many forms and disguises. Despite enormous strides in research in past decades, some cancers remain persistently lethal.

Ad spending broke records during the 2018 m

A toddler sat alone in the middle of a pile of toys, absorbed in stacking plastic blocks to form an unsteady tower.

A bold proposal for the future of most of the nearly 2,000-mile stre

History has shown that positive things can happen when individuals unite for the greater good.

The popular adage that men are from Mars and women are from Venus might seem an antiquated notion nowadays.

In fall 2017, the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter took a series of images of the Martian moon Phobos.

Frank Smith III arrived at Arizona State University knowing what he planned to be when he grew up.

Arizona State University Associate Professor Heather Switzer and alumna Anastasia Todd are using the power of narrative to break the current fr

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Arizona State University empowers students to find their places, like the newsroom, the trading floor or the design studio.

Fake news. Weaponized narratives. Agitprop.

It’s all chatter, until someone puts down the keyboard, picks up a gun and walks into a house of worship.

How do you fight that?

Improving the quality of food for families in South Phoenix will likely require many changes, ranging from policy updates at the federal level to a stronger focus on culture at the family level, ac

For Meli’sa Crawford, talking about poop isn’t gross or impolite — it’s an important part of a day’s work. Crawford is an Arizona State University PhD candidate who studies poop to lea

Early one spring evening in a bright green workout room at a YMCA in west Phoenix, a petite woman stands at the head of a group of parents and their children demonstrating jump squats.

On a recent sunny Saturday at Arizona State University, the Tempe campus was buzzing with middle and high schoolers in lab coats and goggles, sprinting between buildings and labs.

No matter where you are in the United States, the food on your plate probably started its life in Fresno, California.

When it comes to new diagnostics and treatments for cancer, researchers across the world are gaining traction.

Arizona State University representatives from across campuses attended a symposium April 17–18 in Phoenix to gain insight into the veteran space, network with local and military veteran community l

If one thing was clear Wednesday afternoon at the launch of the Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s

A third of all Americans have difficulty sleeping, and many of them turn to melatonin supplements to catch some Zs.

We know that our DNA can tell us a lot about ourselves, from susceptibility to certain cancer types to biological relationships.

Among the uninitiated, Phoenix might conjure less-than-savory thoughts of suburban sprawl, ecological challenges or a dearth of history.

Cindi SturtzSreetharan was driving her daughter home from school when her daughter asked, “Do you think my thighs look fat?” The child was 9 years old.

As part of Arizona State University’s efforts to advance sustainability education for

"Our culture is our biggest pride, and that pride will be our success."

Arizona State University School of Music education, performance and therapy areas recently joined forces with community partners Kyrene Aprende Middle School and Sunrise Senior Living Community to

MyChoice, an internet-based decision aid that provides clear, unbiased information to Arizona State University student survivors of sexual assault, is scheduled for field testing during the 2019-20

Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, largely affects movement and causes i

It’s a typically gorgeous spring morning in Phoenix. Families paint color on a drab brick wall as others visit nearby booths and food trucks.

During February and March, the Valley of the Sun YMCA in partnership with Arizona State University's Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions hosted its inaugural Youth and Gov

A tiny piece of the building blocks from which comets formed has been discovered inside a primitive meteorite.

Arizona State University alumnus Dan Shilling considers himself a good example of somebody whose life was changed by the humanities.

Glaciers melting. Record storms. Rising sea levels. Problems quite off the human scale.

What can little old you do about all of that?

With Tax Day right around the corner, many Americans are wondering how the changes brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Ac

Shawn served three years in prison for burglary, then walked out to face a dizzying array of requirements he had to fulfill with almost no help and no money.

Things it would be great to be able to see through: cargo trucks at ports. Burning homes. Buildings in hostile cities. Coatings on pills. Fog on dusty highways.

The Arizona Legislature recently passed HB 2569, a bill that would loosen occupational licensing laws in the state by recognizing out-of-state

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in every 59 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism, up from 1 in every 150 in 2000.

It was a horrific crime: The villains tracked down mothers and their babies, killed the adults and trafficked the little ones all over the world.

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1777. At the end of a daylong battle, George Washington’s right flank has completely collapsed. British troops are closing in. 

In August 1970, a woman named Patricia Ann Parker filed a paternity suit against Elvis Presley in Los Angeles Superior Court.

This coming football season, the Arizona Cardinals will take social media breaks every 20 minutes during meetings.

Once, wolves roamed free in great numbers across the deserts, arboreal forests, grasslands and Arctic tundra of the continental U.S.

On March 29, Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies hosted a daylong, nonpartisan training — called Elect Her — for women looking to ru

Of the estimated more than 4 million dogs that end up in animal shelters each year, about half a million are euthanized.

Bruce Rittmann, director of the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotec

Beginning about 60,000 years ago, our species spread across the world occupying a wider range of habitats than any other species.

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 we distinguish truth from deception?

White supremacists, misogynists and alt-right groups have occupied space on the internet and social media channels for nearly a decade. 

When Arizona State University alumna Elaissia Sears was sworn in as a justice of the peace for the West Mesa Justice Court this January, she marked milestones for herself and Arizona.

Editor's note: This piece was written by May Busch, senior adviser and executive in residence in ASU’s Office of the President.

Eleven cities, along a 2,400-mile stretch of the southern United States, united by Interstate 10 and water.

Too much of it, too little of it, and sometimes both.

In the 1990s, theoretical physicist Klaus Lackner had an idea.

In schools and community centers across the country, Harry Boyte notices a need.

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, has been studied by geologists for well over a century.

Some say space is the final frontier. Michael Lawton, president and CEO of Barrow Neurological Institute, says it’s the human brain.

Momentum is beginning to shift toward addressing the effects of mass incarceration, and Arizona State University has several initiatives to address the growing concern over the fate of people in pr

A woman who overcame poverty and discrimination to reach prominence in the U.S. Army challenged students at Arizona State University to help their own communities.

A team of Arizona State University scientists has been using the latest space technology, combined with ground measurements, to assess the health of one of the nation’s most important sources of un

New research from a team at Arizona State University shows how, even when receiving a big rebate from the government, consumers won’t always behave in expected ways.

One of ASU’s eight design aspirations is “social embeddedness,” defined as: ASU connects with communi

For the first time, a team of scientists has isolated and measured the weak force between protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom.

In 2017, health care spending in the United States grew to $3.5 trillion, or nearly 18 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.

If everything had gone as originally conceived, the land at Fourth and McKinley streets in downtown Phoenix would be smack-dab in the middle of the Arizona Cardinals NFL football stadium complex.

Mary Doyle and Karissa Greving Mehall, co-directors of the MAS-MFT program in Arizona State University’s T.

Have you heard the one about the aliens and the pyramids? Or what about the technologically advanced but tragically lost city of Atlantis?

Most often when we think of glass, we think of the panes in our windows and the dishes on our tables.

A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education is funding a major collaboration to improve education.

Businesses are always striving to be better, faster and more efficient.

Floods, fires, earthquakes and hurricanes.

At a time when technology shapes every facet of our lives, there’s a growing consensus that its role should be evaluated in a social context so that questions of impact and consequences are conside

Recently, at ASU Day at the Capitol, School of Politics and Global Studies alumna Ana Licona reflected on experie

The School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment celebrated the achievements and service of a select group of alumni and community members during its annual 

"PBS NewsHour," the national nightly newscast known for its in-depth exploration of the day’s most critical issues, is opening a western news bureau at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and

The Force is strong not only in "Star Wars" lore but also as a fundamental property in physics.

Among the zoo of biomolecules essential to life, proteins are the most startlingly varied and versatile.

Arizona now is a place for big dreams and aspirations, but we didn’t get here by wishing it, said Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow to a group of Valley leaders on Thursday.

Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of

Whether used to decipher an ancient culture or connect with the people around us, language is a cornerstone of societies around the world.

Sunlight passing through a glass prism makes a rainbow, but the rainbow colors we see are more than just red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Researchers, scientists and other community experts are working together to disrupt dementia and end Alzheimer’s disease before losing another generation.

Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of the Gr

Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of the Gr

Oxygen in the form of the oxygen molecule (O2), produced by plants and vital for animals, is thankfully abundant in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.

Editor's note: This story is part of an ASU Now series celebrating the centennial of th

Researchers at Arizona State University, in partnership with collaborators at The University of Texas at Austin and Northern Arizona University, have announced $1.5 million in funding from the U.S.

Boasting a bevy of Gila monsters, horny toads, chuckwallas and ring-tailed cats, the iconic Buckhorn Baths Motel in Mesa, Arizona, was once home to the state's largest taxidermy collection.

Arizona State University’s Assistant Professor Petr Sulc of the School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute recently collaborated

Known for its palm trees, beautiful beaches and nearly perfect year-round weather, Hawaii is rightfully called paradise.

Compelling. Inspiring. Extravagant.

A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf — an old Earth-sized remnant of a sun-like star that has died — ringed by

Earlier this month, Arizona State University hosted the Geoscience Alliance, the nation's leading organization devoted to promoting geoscienc

Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking seven individuals with field experience exploring arts, culture and design-based collaborations in the work of equi

Last chance.

The words jumped off the page.

Sometimes the best teachers are our peers. It was that mentality that inspired students from Arizona State University’s Ira A.

5G! 5G! 5G!

It’s coming! It’s the future! It’s going to be amazing! Smart everything!

Whoa, there. Simmer down. Let's take a look at what 5G actually means.

Ellie Perez, an alumna of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, was born in Veracruz, Mexico.

“Who will you be in your future?”

Citing the startling advances in semiconductor technology of the time, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965 proposed that the number of transistors on a chip would double each year — the accuracy

Fear. Anxiety. Hope. Desire. Love. Anger. Guilt. Grief. These are just a few of the emotions universal to our human experience.

Malachi Boni came to ASU’s RECHARGE conference looking for inspiration.

Boris DeCourt was about 12 years old when he knew he would be committing his life to biomedical research.

Afrofuturism is a long-emerging art and cultural movement that views music, literature, films and television through a black lens.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats released the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy in late January.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans, taking more lives each year than all cancers combined.

Michelene Chi has tackled one of the thorniest problems in education: finding a way to get children to learn complex concepts.

You could say Stewart Fotheringham is where he is now because of a dogged preoccupation with that perennial question of the human condition: Wh

Each year at Arizona State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, alumni, community members and other supporters cont

When Di Bowman was making the move from Michigan to Arizona, she had found just the right home. But there was one flaw, and it was a deal-breaker.

When we think of life on Earth, we might think of individual examples ranging from animals to bacteria.

A clever use of nonscience engineering data from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers, including an Arizona State University graduate student, measure the density of rock layer

As many as 30 to 50 percent of adults experienced abuse or neglect when they were children. Such abuse can lead to physical and mental health problems and even cognitive deficits in adulthood.

In an academic field where female researchers comprise a talented minority, two professors from Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences are making

Wanting to lose weight or get the best deal are not the only influences on what people buy at the grocery store: Religious and moral beliefs also impact the food choices people make.

Losing a local newspaper isn’t just a loss to the region — it’s a blow against grassroots democracy and can disturb the entire news ecosystem. 

Oussama Khatib, a professor of computer science at Stanford University, encountered a pivotal moment during the first outing of his deep-sea robot,

Around 1,000 students, teachers and members of the community gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 23 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Gaymon Bennett explores modernity’s role in contemporary religion and biotechnology. He says innovation requires soul work, which, in turn, requires one to embrace the shadow. 

A person’s voice is their identity — and that can be expressed more profoundly through actions than words, according to an Arizona State University student who has dedicated his career to helping y

With the growth of e-commerce and other assets that can be earned through the internet, Indian Country is no longer bound to geographic borders.

Fitness goals are typically at the forefront of New Year’s resolutions for many Americans.

Investigative journalism is enjoying a new golden era thanks to new technologies, cutting-edge reporting techniques and expanding opportunities to hold powerful people accountable.

Arizona State University’s Professor Giovanna Ghirlanda and Assistant Professor Matthias Heyden, both of the School of Molecular Sciences, and Associate Professor Sara Vaiana of the Department of P

Knowing who needs to be where, on what day and at what time. Buying a bigger pair of pants before a child outgrows what is currently hanging in the closet.

Arizona State University Professor Neal A.

For many years, there existed among scholars of the medieval and Renaissance periods the old chestnut that those were the times before the concept of race existed.

He was a civil rights activist and academic.

The son of a Native American who taught at an all-black college.

Fluvial landscapes and the availability of water are of paramount importance for human safety and socioeconomic growth.

Legionnaires’ disease, one of the deadliest waterborne diseases in the United States, is on the rise.  

The presidents of Arizona’s three state universities are hoping that the upcoming legislative session is when lawmakers will finally consider the “50/50” funding model they’ve been promoting for se

In his poem “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman wrote: “I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”

Pull carbon out of the air, make money from it and save the human race.

As the second leading cause of death worldwide, cancer is a focal point in both clinical research and health care fields, but n

Health care will continue to be in the national spotlight in 2019, as uncertainty lingers about the future of the Affordable Care Act.

Postpartum bleeding is the world’s leading cause of death for women during and after childbirth, and the third-leading cause in

In a new study, researchers at the Biodesign Institute explore a safe and simple treatment for one of the most devastating and perplexing afflictions: Alzheimer’s disease.

“ASU research has purpose and impact,” states one of the eight design aspirations of Arizona State University.

Nature has made extravagant use of a simple molecule — DNA, the floor plan of all earthly life.

Music or a painting that catches your breath and makes you see the world in a new way.

Arizona State University Assistant Professor Tiffany Bao won best paper for her collaborative research on cyberwarfare at the NSA’s sixth annual

Gene-edited babies. In-home speakers that never stop recording. Social networks selling companies your personal … well, everything.

Arizona State University announced this week the three finalist teams selected to represent the institution in a national pitch competition in January focused on addressing the needs of the middle

Researchers across the country are looking for ways to successfully find the pieces to the biological puzzle of diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, as the demand for precise diagnosis and treatme

Editor’s note: Two Arizona State University online master’s programs are helping construction and engineering professionals advance their careers by b

The end of the year brings a bevy of holiday traditions; cooking, decorating, gift exchanges and family gatherings can create cherished memories.

Arizona State University researchers continue to break solar cell efficiency records in an effort to harness the sun’s energy more economically as a renewable source for electricity.

Microbes in, on and around the planet are said to outnumber the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. The total number of viruses is expected to vastly exceed even that calculation.

Just two years ago, 31 teenagers died by suicide in the East Valley. Teen suicide is not just localized to large cities like Phoenix; it is a problem throughout Arizona and nationally.

Do you make resolutions every New Year's but find by February or March that those goals start to disappear from focus? You’re not alone.

Arizona Supreme Court Justice John R.

Arizona State University researchers Joshua LaBaer and Nathan Newman have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced today.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, newly arrived at asteroid Bennu, has found strong spectral evidence that the asteroid's rocks have undergone interactions with water at some point in their history.

Exciting new research in neuroscience highlights sex differences of the brain at all levels, from structure and function to nervous systems. It is now understood that sex is a significant biologica

Imagine being guided through your next doctor’s visit using augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

By age 60, one in three American women have had a hysterectomy.

Scientists have discovered a spider that, uncharacteristically for its kind, nurtures its young and produces a fluid with milk-like properties.

This past October saw the fourth-heaviest single rainfall in Phoenix history, right on the heels of a typically scorching summer.

Arizona State University research technician and Mars 2020 Mastcam-Z calibration engineer Andy Winhold waited patiently on the loading dock of ASU’s Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Buildin

In the summer of 2002, when Michael Crow became president of Arizona State Universit

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding a new Arizona State University initiative to provide in-depth health care news coverage about underserved communities across the Southwest.

Want to seriously reduce crime in your neighborhood? Throw a party and bring in the love.

A team at Arizona State University has analyzed a huge data set from an online labor market and discovered that women earn less than men in technology work — primarily because of the women’s choice

Former U.S. Rep.

Social and behavioral science has a bias problem, argues Arizona State University Professor Daniel Hruschka in The Conversation.

Refugee camps. Disaster areas. Remote military outposts.

There are myriad health benefits to getting a good night’s sleep, but doing so isn’t always easy.

Locusts have afflicted humanity throughout history, with devastating consequences. It’s no surprise that locusts are one of the 10 plagues in the biblical book Exodus.

The Special Olympics Arizona board of directors named Jamie Heckerman the president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit this fall.

Africa harbors the greatest diversity of large-bodied mammals today, though this was not always the case.

People with higher education levels and more positive attitudes about news can more easily spot fake headlines, according to a research report by the News Co/Lab at Arizona State University’s Walte

While the nation’s schools continue to struggle to retain teachers, many Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College alumni are finding reasons to stay, advancing their careers and finding joy in classrooms.

At first glance, you might think Arizona State University grad student Abby Goff is in need of a sweater.

Halloween and its abundance of candy for most people signals a months-long slide into "I can eat whatever I want" and calories be damned until the New Year.

Arizona just had the wettest October on record, but that doesn’t mean the drought is over. Likewise, a 63 percent voter turnout in the midterm election on Nov.

Touchscreens repelling fingerprints, bandages inhibiting infection, home windows cleaning themselves, solar panels converting more sunlight to electricity — Zachary Holman is making ordinary surfac

While you have been busy planning to consume turkey, watch football games and visit with family this Thursday, American businesses large and small have been busy plotting how to get you inside thei

When Billy Mills beat the pack on a muddy cinder track in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, it was one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 

Arizona State University today announced the ASU Smart City Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) Powered by AWS, an initiative that focuses on building smarter communities in the Phoenix metropolitan area

Wildfires have a more damaging and lasting effect on poor and minority communities, according to a new study recently outlined in The New York Times.

It’s official: Arizona is now a battleground state. This, according to Margie Omero, one half of the “The Pollsters” podcast duo rounded out by Kristen Soltis Anderson.

Genome engineering was the subject of the day as Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute kicked off a new lecture series designed to bring science’s preeminent thought leaders to ASU.

Each year, there are some 13.3 million new cases of acute kidney injury (AKI), a serious affliction.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 36 projects that together have been awarded $80 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development.

NCAA college basketball rarely makes it to the far reaches of the Navajo Nation.

Military personnel are often thought of as strong, adaptable and resilient men and women who make great sacrifices to protect our country.

Arizona State University has a secret weapon: Distinguished military leaders who have served at the highest levels at home and abroad advise President Michael M.

Felipe Herrera is leading the way, not just for his family but also for other first-generation students at Arizona State University.

There is a problem with the set of tools social scientists use to study human behavior.

Mitch Menchaca, a graduate student in Arizona State University's School of Community Resources and Development, will return this fall to Phoenix as the next executive director of the city of Phoeni

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed an executive order on Oct.

Ming Zhao thinks cloud computing should deliver computing power just as electric companies deliver electricity — like a utility.

Tempe Town Lake has been a part of the city's landscape for over 19 years, and Hilairy Hartnett's lab has been measuring and collecting data there for the past 13.

Melanie Katzman was born curious and said she always planned to study psychology.

For many students, deciding where to attend school and what to study can take serious deliberation.

Red-tailed hawks can live to be up to 20 years old.

Gloria Feldt has been at the forefront of women’s empowerment issues for decades, and she hopes women can move past the current #MeToo movement to include men in the conversation about gender equit

In a small office on the third floor of the Music Building — ASU Library archives’ temporary home during the

The game of baseball unfolds slowly, over nine innings and over the course of three hours or more — and yet it can reach a critical junction in a blink of an eye.

After centuries of oppression and silenced voices, Emmy Award-winning journalist Norah O’Donnell predicts meaningful change is on the horizon for women around the world.

Scientists at Arizona State University are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin — weight for weight — at least five times as strong a

Every day, the U.S.

Most archaeological fieldwork in the U.S. is federally mandated for historic preservation.

In 1776, when members of the Second Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia to sign a document declaring the Thirteen Colonies’ independence from the Kingdom of Gre

A major earthquake that displaces a mass population of people. Widespread power outages that cascade through a metro area.

One of the balancing acts faced by conservation agencies is how to conserve and protect as many species as possible from extinction with limited funding and finite resources.

Last year almost 87,000 pounds of marijuana were sold to the nearly 153,000 Arizonans who carry medical cards legally allowing them to buy it (that equates to slightly more than half a pound each p

In the Maya city of Copán lies a crypt holding the remains of 16 jaguars and pumas.

In 1855, an English photographer named Roger Fenton traveled to Crimea to document the war there.

Cyberattacks make the headlines seemingly every week, with few untouched by the breaches. But there is positive news as researchers take aim at malicious hackers.

There’s a palpable buzz inside the gym at the Harry & Sandy Rosenzweig Boys and Girls Club

The 2002 landmark reporting of The Boston Globe that uncovered pervasive child sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests opened the veritable floodgates to a torrent of parallel accounts.

When Paul LePore traveled to Virginia in April to participate in the Department of Defense’s oldest and most prestigious public outreach program, he walked away truly inspired by what he saw.

Two Arizona State University professors are among the first recipients of Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE) grants from the Nat

It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and on the third floor of the Arizona Center in downtown Phoenix, a group of second-year Mayo Clinic students are learning to walk — or perhaps more accurately, re-learnin

Mother Earth is living on borrowed time.

About 50 years ago, the first ant farms took off in popular culture, turning children into backyard scientists.

In April 2019, ASU will celebrate indigenous culture with the ASU Pow Wow and the premiere of a new theatrical experience, "Native Nation," both of which will honor spiritual legacy and be an oppor

Rebecca J. Kinney, originally from Detroit, noticed a change in the way people talk about her hometown.

How does Captain America’s shield remain virtually indestructible when subjected to the Hulk’s strength or Thor’s hammer?

Today millions of Americans are enjoying a day off work — a tip of the hat to Christopher Columbus, the man who history says discovered this country in 1492.

Meteorites tell us when the solar system was formed — approximately 4.6 billion years ago. But they can also tell us how.

Connecting patients, caregivers and family members with resources and research is the goal behind an annual public conference hosted by the Arizona Al

Just after 6:30 p.m.

An international collaboration led by the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, or DESY, with participation from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, the

The patio of the clubhouse at Encanto Park in Phoenix was an oasis of shade on a hot, sunny day earlier this week.

Arizona State University Associate Professor Craig A. Mertler is a man of action — and research.

Working for the benefit of our community is central to the mission of Arizona State University, but it’s actually a pretty radical idea, according to a professor who teaches students how to do it.

When the director of Arizona State University’s Energy Innovations Group takes the long view of his job, he’s looking at an investment in the future.

Someone else’s future.

It’s not easy being a kid, especially in middle school (sixth and seventh grade), when fitting in and finding place among your peers can be daunting.

Baseball. It’s a common thread throughout the life of Arizona State University alumnus Judge Lawrence Anderson.

If you’re smart, you change your passwords every six months and avoid using “password123” to secure your information. That should be enough to protect you, right?

If you’re like most 21st-century Americans, chances are you’ve crowdsourced what to do about a medical concern on social media — or worse, Googled it — and found yourself overwhelmed by the respons

Giving students a voice is one of the most radical ideas that a university can do to reform higher education.

Every second, approximately 6,000 tweets are posted on Twitter. Every minute, 360,000 tweets. Every hour, almost 22 million tweets. Every day, more than 500 million tweets.

Editor's note: This piece was written by May Busch, senior adviser and executive in residence in ASU’s Office of the President. She is also a professor of practice in the W. P.

Capturing a big, complex idea in 60 seconds is not easy.

Stephen Krause has spent nearly 20 years tailoring his teaching style to fit his students’ needs.

Family is the most important thing to people who live in the Gila River Indian Community, and the houses they live in should reflect that reality.

Sun Tzu, the general of ancient China, wrote in his enduring military treatise “The Art of War” of the importance of knowing one’s enemy.

Social workers need to be on the front lines of imagining a world without oppression — the key to ending gender-based violence, according to experts at an Arizona State University conference

Many people use Yelp to find a good place to eat or a trusted mechanic, but in a new study researchers delved deep into the popular online review site to better understand American child care from

American democracy is eroding quickly, and it’s not being threatened by an outside force or another country.

Decades ago, oilmen had little interest in natural gas, the byproduct of crude extracted from the earth. So, they burned it off, like so many lit torches atop Texas’s oil fields.

An Arizona State University research team has released new insights about intergranular stress-corrosion cracking (SCC), an environmental cause of premature failure in engineered structures, includ

Autonomous cars, 3D printing, blockchain technology: With so much emerging tech, how are we ever going to keep up with regulation? 

A feature-length documentary has become a surprise hit at the box office and is renewing questions about adoption rights, privacy and related protections.

President Donald Trump has launched a trade war over the last several months involving billions of dollars of goods and affecting the United States’ relationships with several countries, including

There are scores of saccharine quotes about friendship floating around — “Friends are the relatives we choose,” for example. (Really, the only one that resonates is “Friends help you move.

CRISPR has been heralded for some time for the possibilities it presents to harness and enhance the power of the human body to heal itself.

A first-generation college student and member of the LGBTQ community, Arizona State University junior David John Bier has never been one to let barriers hold him back.

Stories are a big part of sports: the underdog who triumphs with a last-second pass, the cursed team that finally wins the championship, the fan who swears by his lucky cap.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA) recently issued new guidance to help ecologists assess ecosystem services within important sites f

During her undergrad years as a peer educator for her university’s sex ed program, Kelly Davis realized the power of statistics.

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Arizona State University is helping to educate the next generation of hospice, palliative and dementia care professionals through a unique internship experience at Ho

This summer, more than 50 undergraduate students from across the nation studied in labs at Arizona State University to develop solutions to some of the world’s most vexing problems.