ASU's Week in Pictures
Students enter the Hayden Library to prepare for their last classes before spring break.
Following the dedication ceremony March 1, the Sun Devil Fitness Center on the West campus was open for tours.
ASU President Michael Crow, Luke Webster (USG West President), Misty Calleroz-White (dean of students) and Joseph Carter (associate dean at the W. P. Carey School of Business and vice provost of the West campus) do the honors for the ceremonial ribbon-cutting commemorating the new Sun Devil Fitness Center at the West campus.
Participants in the "Every Little Step Counts" research study go through their workouts at the Lincoln Downtown YMCA. A Latino youth exercise program for diabetes prevention study, the project is being conducted through ASU's Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center.
Project manager Allison Nagle-Williams helps a participant set his heart rate monitor before the exercises begin. To learn more about the project visit https://asunews.asu.edu/20130305_diabetes_prevention.
Katy Lichtsinn, a senior kinesiology and Spanish major, works with Marcus Santellan as part of professor Shannon Ringenbach's project involving exercise and Down syndrome patients. The work is funded by a NICHHD grant. To learn more, visit http://asunews.asu.edu/20130305_exercise_ds.
Students learned about solar power and were able to design and test solar-powered circuits with help from faculty, staff and students at the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies exhibit during the Engineering Open House.
Paul Johnson, dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, visits with students on Field Trip Day of the Engineering Open House. The event brought students grades three and up from around the metro Phoenix area to learn more about engineering.
A Field Trip Day visitor examines a LEGO robot made by the Sun Devil Robotics student organization, a group that designs and build robots, then participates in competitions. Members also help share their knowledge of computing technology and robotics through ASU's highly successful summer Robotics Camp for high school students.
Two young students prepare to launch a trebuchet built by members of the Engineering Student Council. The Engineering Student Council led the student-run effort to share the excitement of engineering through the Engineering Open House on the Tempe campus.
Jacelyn Billings demonstrates courage as she reaches out to touch a live cockroach during Saturday's Night of the Open Door. The insect is one of approximately 700,000 specimens in the Frank F. Hasbrouck Insect Collection at ASU.
Myla Mogavero plays a math dice game as her sister, Keira, watches from behind. The game was presented by the School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences and the Mathematical, Computational & Modeling Sciences Center during the Night of the Open Door.
A tour in the Goldwater building of ASU’s Advance Computing Center’s facilities features ASU’s fastest and most powerful computer. Visitors that were there as part of Night of the Open Door learned about modern supercomputers and the areas that ASU researchers are investigating to use this powerful tool.
Emerge activities filled the courtyard of the Art and Architecture Complex with performance art, readings on stage, engaging the audience in an interactive display during ASU's Night of the Open Door.
A young attendee examines one of the figures in Rachel Bowditch’s "Chrome," part of a larger endeavor called VESSEL, which puts on public experiences combining various aspects of visual and performing art.
Students work on their laptops between classes outside the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus.
The Staff Appreciation Barbeque, sponsored by the Classified Staff Council, was a hit with attendees on the Downtown Phoenix campus. The event was held in Civic Space Park, across from the campus.
ASU celebrated the official opening of the Student Center @ The Post Office on the Downtown Phoenix campus. The center has been open since the beginning of the spring semester for student use. From left to right: ASU President Michael Crow; student Marcus Jones; Georgie Montoya, dean of students at the Downtown Phoenix campus; Michael Nowakowski, City of Phoenix Councilman (District 7); and Sparky.
Freshman nursing majors Megan Reum (left) and Michelle Vanderwerff took advantage of the mild March temperatures and green grass at Civic Space Park to catch up on classwork on the Downtown Phoenix campus.
Following a reading of her new book “Code Talker Stories” at the Labriola Center in the Hayden Library, professor Laura Tohe signed copies of the book and greeted attendees.
Dan Harkins, owner and CEO of Harkins Theatres, answers questions following his talk: "From The Eye of an Entrepreneur: An Inside Look at Film Exhibition." Harkins talked about the position of theater operators in the entertainment industry and building a successful family business. The event was presented by ASU Barrett, The Honors College and the ASU Department of English Film and Media Studies program.