ASU Feature Archive
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ASU’s
campus tour is going high tech
ASU is offering a first-of-its-kind GPS-enabled,
self-guided walking tour for visitors to the Tempe campus.
Using a handheld computer and global positioning satellite
technology, visitors can see and hear content about the campus
when entering dozens of GPS hotspots located throughout campus.  Read more |
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New nanotechnology effect – moving water molecules
by light
A team of researchers at Arizona State
University has demonstrated the ability to move water molecules
by light – a phenomenon they believe could have widespread
use in analytical chemistry and possibly pharmaceutical research.
The discovery could have an important effect on the fledgling
field of microfluidics, said Tony Garcia, an associate professor
in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering. Read More |
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New
dean, exciting changes put nursing school in spotlight
Recent announcements of a new dean, a new
doctoral program to increase nursing faculty, and new partnerships
with the Mayo Clinic have put the ASU College of Nursing in
the spotlight. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, associate dean for
research and director of the Center for Research and Evidence-Based
Practice at the University of Rochester, is the latest in a
string of administrators from top universities to join ASU. Read
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Students
take third in Imagine Cup competition
The brain power and helpful spirity of
four students from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
and the College of Technology and Applied Sciences led to
the creation of Holding Hands, a personal mobile device that
tells visually impaired users what is in their environment
and how they can interact with it. The technology helped earn
the team a third place overall finish in the national finals
of Microsoftís Imagine Cup 2004 held May 23. Read
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Exciting
changes under way in College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
is transforming many of its departments and programs to create
exciting new educational opportunities for students, and to
encourage unprecedented research accomplishments from faculty.
New organizational structures, including starting a new School
of Life Sciences, will allow the intellectual nimbleness and
flexibility necessary for faculty to become national leaders
in research development. Read
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ASU
and Mayo Clinic Forge New Ties in Research and Education
Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic,
Scottsdale, Ariz., are joining forces on several programs in
medical research and education. ASU and Mayo are developing joint
education programs involving law, business and nursing; setting
up a program to explore cutting edge medical research and technology;
and collaborative research in bioinformatics and bioengineering. Read
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President
Crow rewards ‘rising stars’ for exemplary work
Five newly-tenured ASU faculty members are
setting a standard of excellence for the entire university.
In recognition of their focused talent and hard work, the five have
been named by President Michael Crow as exemplars of the finest
teacher-scholars at ASU. Read
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Force Fly-Over Opens Tillman Ceremony
Five thousand fans gathered in Sun Devil Stadium
today to pay tribute to fallen Army Ranger Pat Tillman, who played
linebacker at Arizona State University from 1994-1997 and safety
for the NFL’s
Arizona Cardinals for five seasons. The ceremony in honor of Tillman’s
life centered on his skills as an athlete, his commitment as a
student, his selflessness as an individual, and his heroism as
a soldier. Read
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mourns fallen soldier, former Sun Devil
Arizona State University is mourning the loss of ASU graduate
Pat Tillman, who has been killed in Afghanistan while serving his
country with the Army Rangers.
Tillman was a consummate student-athlete, graduating summa cum
laude in 1997 with a degree in marketing and a 3.84 grade point
average. He was a linebacker with the Sun Devil football team 1994-97
and was the Pac-10 defensive player of the year in 1997. Read
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ASU
Announces Plan to Improve Quality, Enhance Access
As the next step in its evolution from a
teachers college to a young regional university and now to
a national research university, ASU has unveiled the blueprint
for its future, to improve the quality of all the university’s
individual colleges and schools and to enhance student access.
The plan includes expansion to a new downtown campus in Phoenix. Read
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Design Team Tapped For State House Centennial Project
Fresh from winning the Urban
Land Institute’s
national Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, an interdisciplinary
team of ASU masters students has been tapped to help plan
Arizona’s
State House Centennial Project. Read
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