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The eyes grab you first. They stare at you from the black-and-white photo, soft and, it seems, inquisitive. Zoom out, and you notice the man’s appearance. Well-dressed in a suit jacket, a white dress shirt and a tie that is knotted perfectly. His hair is short. His name is Benton James and, in 1924, he […]
August 29, 2023 Set of actions adopted in 2020 to support the success of Black students, faculty and staff Arizona State University has made enormous progress on the set of actions it adopted in 2020 to support the success of Black students, faculty and staff. Several dozen ASU faculty and staff members gathered to hear […]
August 29, 2023 Set of actions adopted in 2020 to support the success of Black students, faculty and staff Arizona State University has made enormous progress on the set of actions it adopted in 2020 to support the success of Black students, faculty and staff. Several dozen ASU faculty and staff members gathered to hear […]
April 21, 2023 The Social Transformation Lab at Arizona State University has formally announced its 2022–23 Faculty Fellows. The lab, founded in 2021 under the leadership of President’s Professor Bryan Brayboy and Assistant Professor Mako Fitts Ward, works to co-create inclusive offerings that reimagine equitable, just, intersectional and sustainable systems to deepen personal belonging and end legacies […]
March 24, 2023 ASU expert says World Meteorological Organization — which turns 150 — was 1st attempt at true international cooperation Before the League of Nations and the United Nations, it’s a little-known fact that advanced scientific cooperation on a global scale had already commenced. The issue that brought nations together: weather. This year, the […]
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December 27, 2022 Arizona State University’s School of Music, Dance and Theatre will host the 10th Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition on Jan. 3–8. Recognized as being among the leading international piano competitions, this year’s competition attracted 295 pianists from 24 different countries, according Baruch Meir, artistic director of the competition and associate professor of […]
December 14, 2022 Yang Weng, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, is leading a cybersecurity collaboration that forms a bridge between American and Israeli organizations to better both countries’ capabilities to defend against cyberattacks on energy grid and water systems. The Israel-U.S. Initiative on Cybersecurity Research […]
December 9, 2022 There is a deep history of Black people and African Americans in the Southwest that has been erased and forgotten, explains Meskerem Glegziabher, clinical assistant professor at Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Glegziabher recently published an essay, “Where Are All the Black Folks? Popular Narratives and the Erasure […]
October 11, 2022 Less than 3% of librarians and archivists in the United States are Black. Less than 2% are Indigenous peoples. It’s not hard, says Jessica Salow, to figure out why. “The reason why we don’t have a high representation of BIPOCBlack, Indigenous, people of color people within this profession is because many folks […]