ASU's Week in Pictures

Following a formal dedication of the Southwest Regional Center for Aberration Corrected Electron Microscopy Dedication, Feb. 29, attendees toured the world-class facilities.

Zhenquan Liu investigates at the atomic-scale, on the new aberration corrected electron microscope at the LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science. For more about the center visit: http://le-csss.asu.edu/.

Father James Shea, President of the University of Mary (left) and ASU President Michael M. Crow, discuss the collaborative academic agreement between the two universities. The agreement will provide an opportunity for ASU students to take courses from U-Mary in theological studies or Catholic studies as a complement to their ASU degree. Learn more at https://asunews.asu.edu/20120301_asu_umary_collaboration.

The 9th “Desert Nights, Rising Stars” Writers Conference took place at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing on ASU’s Tempe campus. Jay Conner, a student at Mesa Community College, checks out the selection of books available prior to an event in the Carson Ballroom. Conner will be transferring to ASU in the fall to study creative writing.

Poet Richard Fenton Sederstrom reads in the garden next to the Piper House. The four-day conference’s faculty and guests included fiction writers, poets, nonfiction writers and several writers who resist identification by genre. In addition to visiting writers, the group includes the majority of ASU’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing faculty.

Author Patrick Michael Finn (right) reads to his writing class. For more on the Piper Center, visit http://www.asu.edu/piper/.

LaDonna Harris, founder and President of Americans for Indian Opportunity, spoke on “Advancing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Around the World,” to an overflow crowd at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law on Feb. 21. Harris, who is Comanche, has been an activist for civil rights, environmental protection, the women’s movement and world peace, and in 1980, was the vice presidential nominee on the Citizens Party ticket with Barry Commoner. The lecture was hosted by the College of Law’s Indian Legal Program.

Members of the Arizona Supreme Court respond to questions from law students during the court’s annual visit to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Feb. 28. Before interacting with the audience, the justices heard oral arguments in two cases: one about employer liability for employees on out-of-state work assignments and the other about an alleged lower court error on a consumer fraud case.

As part of the Institute of Human Origins’ 30th Anniversary Lecture Series, Katerina Harvati, of the University of Tubingen in Germany, spoke on her research on Neanderthals and their place in the evolution of modern man. To learn more about the Institute of Human Origins, visit http://iho.asu.edu.

Jessica Jackley, founder and chief marketing officer of Kiva – the world’s first peer-to-peer microlending website – delivered the 2012 Rhodes Lecture on ASU's Tempe campus. A signature event at Barrett, the Honors College, the Rhodes Lecture is named after John J. Rhodes, chair in Public Policy and American Institutions in Barrett. Each year the lecture serves to honor those who exemplify integrity, fiscal responsibility, respect towards others and international farsightedness.

As Project Humanities celebrates its first anniversary, choreographer, dancer and director Bill T. Jones (right) returns for a discussion on the notion of “Truth in the Arts” with Terry Hummer, ASU professor of English. In addition to the dialogue with Hummer, Jones participated in a panel discussion on the arts.

As part of his residency at ASU Gammage, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will present "Body Against Body," at 7 p.m., March 6, in the Galvin Playhouse on the Tempe campus.

Guest lecturer Aomar Boum gave a talk titled "The Performance of Toleration: Communities of Tolerance and the Festivalization of Interfaith Dialogue in the Arab World." The event, co-sponsored by Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, discussed the contemporary use of the historical memory of interfaith toleration by Arab leaders.

Eyal Press (left), author of “Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times,” discusses his new book at the ASU Washington Center, with Andrés Martinez, vice president and editorial director of the New America Foundation.

Lindsay Fleming, a chemical engineering student and team leader for SafeSIPP, shares advice with fellow students and aspiring entrepreneurs at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering annual Dinner with the Dean event, hosted by the Engineering Student Council. SafeSIPP is an EPICS project and one of the winning teams in this year’s Innovation Challenge.

Rosa Espinoza, a chemical engineering student, shares a laugh with Paul Johnson, dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, at the annual Dinner with the Dean event.

Alexander Rowe, who will graduate in May 2012 with a degree in civil engineering, talks to an employer from Barker Hughes at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Career Fair. The event attracted a record 2,048 participants, 104 companies and 300 recruiters. Recruiters came from across the nation and as far away as Australia.

Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use and enjoy science and technology, spoke with faculty, students and industry leaders at a breakfast hosted by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Comparing sports stars to FIRST participants, Kamen noted, “The only difference is that every kid on our teams can turn pro.” The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering oversees the Arizona FIRST LEGO League program, which attracted more than 2,500 youngsters in the 2011 program.

The Department of Engineering Technology and The Car Club hosted the College of Technology and Innovation’s first car show during a “Thing on Thursday” event, Feb. 23, on the Polytechnic campus. Adam from “Local Motors” and James Contes (right), from the Department of Engineering Technology, talk about the suspension on the racing vehicle they build at their shop in Chandler, Ariz. Behind them are the students from Contes’ MET 423 Chassis and Suspension class. The students were there to look at the different types of suspensions on the various vehicles that came to the car show.

Mitzi Montoya, vice provost and dean of the College of Technology and Innovation, and James Contes talk about the car show and the history of Contes’ 1978 Corvette. For more on upcoming “Thing on Thursday” events, visit https://technology.asu.edu/thing.