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The downtown Phoenix campus at Arizona State University opened 15 years ago in August 2006. Since it opened its doors, downtown Phoenix has boomed.
ASU continues downtown Phoenix revival after 15 years
Downtown Phoenix was once a sparsely populated part of the country’s fifth-largest city, a land of vacant lots and empty streets once office buildings closed for the evening. more
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FILE - In this July 25, 2018, file photo, pedestrians cross University Ave on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. Arizona’s three state universities have released tuition proposals for the 2020-2021 academic year, proposing increases for some students but holding steady for others. Separate statements released Friday, April 17, 2020, by the presidents of the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University cited changing and uncertain circumstances for their institutions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Arizona colleges fare well in national rankings
Higher education is alive and well in Arizona, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report. more
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A young person gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at a C.O. Greenfield School event in Phoenix during May. Arizona children are becoming increasingly affected by the virus as it continues to spread, resulting in more hospitalizations and quarantines.
COVID hospitalizations, quarantines rising among Arizona kids
As schools return for in-person learning and the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread its reach, Valley health experts are increasingly concerned about the effect COVID-19 will have on children, many of whom are not yet eligible for the vaccine. more
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, the logo of Volkswagen at a car is photographed during the Car Show in Frankfurt, Germany. VW has until Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 to submit a draft plan to fix four-cylinder diesels to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board, the two agencies that forced the German automaker to admit to the cheating. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Maricopa Community College District collision repair program bridges creativity and craftsmanship
For students in the Maricopa County Community College District, the Collision Repair Technician Program allows an opportunity to explore auto body mechanics while also feeding their creativity. … more
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Paradise Valley Community College students take their studies outside on campus. All 10 Maricopa County community colleges will take part in a new pilot program to boost transfer outcomes for all students.
Community colleges seek to improve transfer rates
Community colleges throughout Maricopa County have joined a brand-new pilot program dedicated to boosting education outcomes for students of color and those from low-income backgrounds. more
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Aparna Rao, pictured at the ASU Speech and Hearing Service clinic in Tempe, leads a collaborative effort to provide hearing care to low-income residents.
ASU partnership provides free hearing services to low-income Arizonans
When Michele Michaels became program manager at the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing four years ago, she started keeping track of those who called seeking services but couldn’t afford the care. Today, her list includes more than 500 names — and is being put to good use. more
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An Arizona teacher takes her students through the new Math Momentum program, developed to help boost the state’s falling math scores.
New program aims to bolster math scores in Arizona
An extension of a partnership between two educational entities aims to improve Arizona students’ struggling math scores. more
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The downtown Phoenix campus at Arizona State University opened 15 years ago in August 2006. Since it opened its doors, downtown Phoenix has boomed.
ASU launches new degree
Arizona State University is preparing to launch a brand-new undergraduate degree program at its downtown Phoenix campus this fall. more
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First-year students Jordan Acosta, left, and Michael Enero, and others take Palm Walk during the first day of the fall semester, Thursday, August 20, 2020, on the Tempe campus.
ASU exceeds grad rate goals for some
Arizona State University has exceeded its goals in graduating more students from low-income backgrounds as well as Black, Hispanic and Asian American students in order to increase access to higher education for people from every background. more
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Natalie Diaz, an associate professor at Arizona State University, recently earned the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her collection of poems, “Postcolonial Love Poem.”
ASU professor wins Pulitzer Prize
No one understands the power of language quite like Natalie Diaz, who recently learned she had won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her book “Postcolonial Love Poem” while at home on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. more
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Students mill about Arizona State University’s main Tempe campus in March 2019.
Arizona colleges saw more students amid pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic turned the academic world on its head for more than a year and its effects are still being felt in higher education today. more
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CIS Abroad students explore Costa Rica during their spring 2021 semester abroad.
Global students prepare for return of travel
With the European Union’s 27 countries agreeing to open their borders to vaccinated Americans this summer, the world is one step closer to the international travel that has been held at bay by the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year. more
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Graduate celebrates as he rides in a decorated car before receiving diploma
ASU prep digital to hold drive-thru graduation ceremonies for high school graduates
ASU Prep Digital will hold a drive-thru graduation ceremony this Friday and Saturday in substitution of normal graduation festivities. more
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32nd annual Excellence in Education event finalists announced
The Tempe Diablos are excited to announce the official finalists for the 32nd annual Excellence in Education award ceremony. more
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Boy Scouts of America Grand Canyon Council offers Drone Flight School at Payson camp
Boy Scouts of America Grand Canyon Council is hosting its annual Camp Geronimo with one new addition --- a science, technology, engineering and mathematics technology-based Drone Flight School this … more
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Living with autism made college extra challenging for Ignazio Macaluso, 22. To help others like him, he developed a program that provides peer support for Arizona State University engineering students on the autism spectrum.
EASE up: New ASU program supports engineering students with autism
In his first three years of college, Ignazio Macaluso, a chemical engineering major at Arizona State, felt there was little support provided to students who, like him, live with autism. more
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A rendering of the future home for the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and the ASU-Starbucks Center for the Future in Tempe. The center is a further expansion of the long-standing Arizona State University and Starbucks partnership.
ASU, Starbucks extend partnership into sustainability research
Arizona State University and Starbucks are expanding their seven-year partnership and moving it in a new direction. more
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“We want to help Arizonans get back to work,” Steve Feld, public relations manager for Toastmasters International-District 3, said in an email. “People can register through the landing page. We are also offering free virtual booths for companies that are hiring as well. District 3 encompasses all the clubs in Arizona.”
Toastmasters host virtual impact education, career fair Friday
Due to the pandemic, many great highly qualified Arizonans have been laid off and Arizona Toastmasters wants to help them. Arizona Toastmasters (District 3) is hosting its second Toastmasters … more
More than 17,000 Starbucks partners are currently enrolled in Arizona State University’s online degree programs, thanks to the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
ASU, Starbucks deal grows its reach
When Starbucks launched its partnership with Arizona State University in June 2014, it was hailed as a first-of-its kind employee benefit set to increase access to higher education. more
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“We want to help Arizonans get back to work,” Steve Feld, public relations manager for Toastmasters International-District 3, said in an email. “People can register through the landing page. We are also offering free virtual booths for companies that are hiring as well. District 3 encompasses all the clubs in Arizona.”
Toastmasters host virtual impact education, career fair Friday, April 9
Due to the pandemic, many great highly qualified Arizonans have been laid off and Arizona Toastmasters wants to help them. Arizona Toastmasters (District 3) is hosting its second Toastmasters … more
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