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Published on July 12, 2024 - 00:31 GMT

ASU’s AZNext Program aims to shore up IT, business workforces with free virtual developmental courses

By Georgann Yara After he retired from the Marine Corps, John Black decided to tackle the business world. He formed an LLC offering consulting services but quickly realized his business acumen wasn’t as sharp as it could be. While researching options to …

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Published on July 12, 2024 - 00:30 GMT

ASU Barrett Honors College students learn about culture, tradition through study abroad in Morocco and Spain

Traversing the Sahara Desert and learning about traditional Gnaoua music and culture were highlights of a study abroad program for students in Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University this summer. Barrett Honors College associate teaching …

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Published on July 12, 2024 - 00:30 GMT

Anticipating how technology can be manipulated to cause harm

Rapid advancements in new technologies are often embraced by society because they improve efficiencies, outcomes and make all our lives easier. But with each evolution, there is an equal and opposite consequence. Hackers seeking a ransom shut down the …

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Published on July 11, 2024 - 01:36 GMT

Baking soda and other tips for Olympians — or everyday athletes

Story by Aidan Hansen As athletes from around the world prepare for the 2024 Olympic games in Paris this summer, two College of Health Solutions professors recently shared research that could help those athletes, or anyone else taking part in strenuous …

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Published on July 11, 2024 - 01:36 GMT

Energizing the future of electric vehicle transportation

You've likely seen them whirring down the streets — electric vehicles, or EVs, are becoming more popular as the world shifts to climate-friendly transportation alternatives. The U.S. Department of Energy has found that EVs combat the climate crisis by …

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Published on July 10, 2024 - 02:25 GMT

When it comes to carbon collection, quartz rocks

Editor's note: This is the first in a five-part series about ASU faculty conducting summer research abroad. Soil carbon is like a large reservoir that can keep carbon out of the atmosphere. But how does it work? And how much carbon can the soil …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 19:55 GMT

ASU researchers incorporate data into decision-making for conservation efforts

Leah Gerber sees conservation as a crisis discipline — the work involved tends to be reactive, with the engaged decision-makers rapidly basing their guidance on the available information. “When you go into an emergency room, the doctor doesn’t say they …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 19:55 GMT

ASU research helps result in free school meals for low-income students

School-age children across the state of Arizona will receive free meals this upcoming school year thanks in part to research compiled by Arizona State University’s Food Policy and Environmental Research Group. In early June, the Arizona State legislature …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 19:55 GMT

Immersive Storytelling Project teaches students how to bring stories to life using latest technology

Storytelling is an ancient art, but a group of students spent a week at Arizona State University this summer learning how to use the latest extended-reality technology to tell their own stories. The Immersive Storytelling Project was held at the ASU Media …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 04:17 GMT

ASU business students travel to Paris Summer Olympics

Twelve W. P. Carey students have the unique opportunity to learn about global branding and sports marketing at the Paris Olympic Games this summer. Led by Associate Teaching Professor of marketing Daniel McIntosh and Clinical Associate Professor of …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 21:17 GMT

ASU researchers receive $2.8M grant to harness the power of AI for health

Arizona State University researchers will continue to make strides in the use of AI in real-world situations thanks in part to a $2.8 million grant and collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant is part of the NSF’s ExpandAI …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 21:17 GMT

ASU honors college faculty member awarded for conservation advocacy

Alex Young has loved hunting, fishing and hiking since his childhood in Oklahoma, where he was taught to be a responsible conservationist by his grandfather. His grandfather, a fan of the renowned wildlife ecologist and conservationist Aldo Leopold, would …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 21:17 GMT

ASU graphic design students lead the way in national disaster relief PSA contest

Arizona State University graphic design students are set to have their creations broadcast nationally after dominating the annual PSAid contest, a nationwide public service announcement design competition for college students. The USAID Center for …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 21:17 GMT

International jazz, pop vocal artist joins ASU popular music program

The popular music program in ASU's School of Music, Dance and Theatre is excited to welcome Typhanie Monique Coller as a clinical associate professor of popular music and voice. Coller is a performer, educator and recording artist with more than 25 …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 21:16 GMT

Astronomers sniff out pungent exoplanet using James Webb Space Telescope

An exoplanet located a mere 64 light-years away, with a reputation for its extreme weather conditions, is now known for something else — a distinctive rotten-egg odor. A team of astronomers has used data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to …

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Published on July 6, 2024 - 03:00 GMT

Late poet's words take flight on walls of Piper Writers House

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of poems about hummingbirds. But chances are they’re not about putting the delicate birds to death. The late Arizona State University Professor Norman Dubie, however, managed to slip the slayings of these colorful …

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Published on July 5, 2024 - 20:31 GMT

Student from ASU partner university aims to revolutionize agricultural industry with sustainable livestock feed

This summer, Arizona State University hosted the final round of the third annual Cintana Education Global Competition. This yearly pitch competition for student entrepreneurs from ASU's global partner university network aims to showcase new ideas, …

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Published on July 5, 2024 - 20:31 GMT

Biostatistics Consultation Core offers pipeline to completion for researchers

Tempo Together, a Sacramento, California-based start-up, has a mission to help people with disabilities get access to the services they need. To do so requires compassion, creativity — and crunching some serious numbers. That’s where Arizona State …

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Published on July 5, 2024 - 20:31 GMT

Breakthrough chemical analysis links bullets, fragments in shooting investigations

Traditional techniques for analyzing bullets in shooting investigations — such as striae comparison, trajectory analysis and shooting-distance determinations — often face limitations, particularly in complex scenarios involving multiple firearms or moving …

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Published on July 4, 2024 - 01:48 GMT

Geography PhD candidate receives prestigious grants for groundbreaking aquaculture research in India

Before coming to study at Arizona State University, Garima Jain spent 13 years working in her home country of India, as well as other parts of the Global South, researching disaster resilience and post-disaster recovery. During her fieldwork in India, she …

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