ASU's Week in Pictures
The Symphonic Carillon was dedicated as a memorial to those in the ASU community who gave their lives for their country. Jim Geiser, Veterans Chapter of the ASU Alumni Association, read the names of those who died in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan in a ceremony leading up to Veterans Day.
Following the reading of the names of ASU's fallen, Michael Hofeling played the Irish pipes at the conclusion of the event.
Members of ASU's Marine Option Platoon, of the Naval ROTC program, ran 238 miles around a 1-mile loop on ASU's Tempe campus to commemorate 238 years of Marine Corp history and honor the sacrifices of veterans. Michael Harting hands the guidon off to Robert Cubedo.
In addition to the run, cadets completed 1,775 pull-ups for the year the Corps was founded. Colton Krolak contributes his effort to the total.
The event started at noon, Nov. 8, and continued for 24 hours, finishing up on Nov. 9, when the entire platoon and members of the ROTC cadre ran the last 3 miles of the event.
Members of the ASU Veterans Club and ASU Veterans Association wave to onlookers as they participated in the Tempe Veterans Day parade down Mill Avenue.
Murphy Bannerman is one of many ASU students who work closely on projects with ASU faculty members before graduating. Through a handful of one-on-one meetings with art history professor Claudia Mesch, Bannerman came to appreciate Surrealism in a way she says wouldn’t have been possible in the classroom alone. Learn more
Bonnie Wentzel (right), lecturer in ASU's Social and Behavioral Sciences and faculty director of the Communication Assessment Learning Lab, discusses research plans with student Ashley Johnson. The project aims to determine the impact of being a peer mentor on a student's communication skills after he or she completes a bachelor’s degree. Learn more
Shannon Cleary (left) and Tara Boyd are combining their interest in autism with research projects guided by faculty expert Juliet Hart Barnett (right). Learn more
Luu Nguyen, sophomore, works with Kevin Sandler, right, associate professor of English and Christopher Bradley, lecturer in the Film and Media Studies Department. Nguyen is assisting the faculty members as they plan an upcoming film. Learn more
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig gave the keynote address and answered questions from the attendees at the Fourth Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law presented by the Sun Devil Sports and Entertainment Law Journal.
African and African American studies professor Desi Usman calls attention to his presentation as he talks about his Fulbright Research Scholar work in Nigeria from 2012-2013, where he researched the oral tradition, ethnology and archeology of the area of the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers in southeastern Nigeria.
Gregg P. Zachary, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes professor, (center right, facing camera) describes the need for a more robust program of support for home-grown African techno-science that reflects the distinctive character of the emerging urban centers and educated middle classes – part of the New Tools for Science Policy Breakfast Seminar series at ASU’s Washington Center.
The ASU Fencing Club recorded a successful finish at the intercollegiate tournament, Nov. 3, in Irvine, Calif., with their men's epee team going undefeated and their other teams winning most of their matches. The club faced teams from Pasadena City College, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Southern California, CalTech, Claremont and University of California-Santa Barbara.