Do the words “sexy” and “statistician” belong in the same sentence? Absolutely, according to Google’s chief economist, who has proclaimed the field of statistics “the sexy job in the next 10 years.” Thanks to Arizona State University’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, students in Arizona now have the opportunity to pursue a B.S. in [...]
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The 8th annual Border Justice Series — “Networks, Justice and the Border” — returns to ASU’s West campus beginning tomorrow (March 30) and running through Friday. Attendance is free to the community. The series is sponsored and presented each year by faculty, staff and students in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and [...]
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Jeff Kennedy, a clinical associate professor in ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, is rockin’ the house. He’s rockin’ a house that dates to the early 1900s, and a house that is considered the birthplace of American drama. Kennedy, who has taught courses in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance program for 11 years as [...]
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You’ve heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” If that’s true, how has ”what we are” changed over the centuries? The West campus community will welcome Mark Jacobs, dean of ASU’s Barrett Honors College, on Monday, March 28 for a look at “Food and Human Evolution.” In addition to his leadership role at Barrett, Jacobs is [...]
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Posted in Events on Mar 22nd, 2011
Ubiquity, ASU’s faculty and staff organization supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, is hosting its LGBTQ spring social at Rula Bula Irish Pub, 401 S. Mill Avenue in Tempe. Faculty and staff members as well as graduate students from all ASU campuses are invited to join the gathering from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, [...]
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Posted in Arts events, Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2011
Get it on your calendar – Thursday, April 14. That’s when the second annual West CultureFest brings a wide variety of free entertainment to the central courtyard area of the West campus, from 4 to 7 p.m. Last year’s inaugural event attracted approximately a thousand people from the campus and surrounding community. The 2011 version [...]
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The Kinks would love this one. After all, they were, in their day, dedicated followers of fashion. The Programming and Activities Board at the West campus will host the “First Look Fashion Show” Thursday, March 24, in La Sala in the University Center Building (UCB). Thevent, featuring fashions by Pink House Boutique, Culture Fresh Boutique, [...]
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Posted in Fletcher Library on Mar 14th, 2011
It’s the original building on ASU’s West campus, dating to 1988. It’s the campus’s cultural and intellectual focal point. And it’s a great place to head for a delicious cup of coffee! “It” is, of course, Fletcher Library. The Library’s staff members are dedicated to supporting ASU students in their academic endeavors and to creating [...]
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Posted in Community partnerships on Mar 14th, 2011
As the residents of Japan work to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, members of the ASU community are joining millions of people around the world in providing support to assist in the recovery efforts. An email communication from ASU President Michael Crow to the university community conveyed his sympathy to the people [...]
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“Who Walks,” just like the Mounds Bar and Almond Joy, is “indescribably delicious.” Indescribable, because it is difficult to pay proper homage in only a few words to the ArtSpace West dance and theatre performance created by Arthur Sabatini, an associate professor in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Delicious, because it emcompasses so [...]
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