ASU's Week in Pictures
ASU NROTC midshipmen stand in preparation of the commissioning ceremony of Jacob Tyra. The naval sciences ROTC program was established at ASU in 2010. Last August marked the first time a naval officer was commissioned at ASU.
Midshipman Third Class Kevin Clark (center) carries the Arizona flag before the ceremony.
Tyra stands at attention. Now with more than 110 men and women, ASU’s program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is on track to be one of the largest NROTC programs in the United States by 2014, according to NROTC leaders.
Major Chris Velasco presents the Marmaluke sword, adopted by the Navy in 1825, during Tyra's commissioning ceremony.
Professor Matthew Whitaker introduces keynote speaker William Jelani Cobb at the Barack Obama and American Democracy IV conference, hosted by ASU's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy.
Cobb delivered the keynote address at the three-day conference, which examined the implications of the Obama administration’s foreign and domestic policy agendas over the last four years in office.
Ugandan sculptor Lilian Nabulime presents a session titled "Social Transformation through Art: Sculpture and HIV/AIDS Awareness in Uganda and Beyond," March 18, at West Hall on the Tempe campus. The talk was sponsored by ASU's School of Social Transformation in celebration of Women's History Month.
Professor Julie Mustard prepares to be on NPR's Science Friday, March 8. Mustard spoke about her research on the effects of caffeine on bees. To learn more about the study, visit: https://asunews.asu.edu/20130307_beesandcaffeine.
Danny Glover delivers the A. Wade Smith Memorial Lecture on Race Relations in the Memorial Union, March 18.
Glover, a noted actor, producer and humanitarian, examined the role of arts in community activism.
Is "infotainment" good for political journalism? This was the question asked by a panel of experts that included (from left to right): Michael Cieply, New York Times Hollywood correspondent; Charles Latibeaudiere, TMZ co-executive producer; Aaron Brown, ASU journalism professor; and Joe Mathews, Zócalo California editor. The Zócalo/ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication event took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
College of Technology and Innovation students Justin Hull and Tierra Jenkins set up a Rube Goldberg-style display at the Mesa Arts Center’s Spark Festival of Creativity. The project, which combined the talents of engineering and Graphic Information Technology students, is an example of a STEAM Machine (science, technology, engineering, arts and math).
Graphic Information Technology student Charlie Eberspacher explains an interactive thermal demonstration at the Spark Festival of Creativity.
Also at the festival, co-mentor and Graphic Information Technology senior lecturer Penny Ann Dolin explains an interactive demonstration. To learn more about the project, visit https://asunews.asu.edu/20130308_STEAMMachine.