ASU's week in pictures
ASU President Michael Crow speaks at the announcement of the expansion of the Mayo Clinic Medical School to Arizona. "ASU is proud to partner with Mayo in this innovative approach to providing future physicians with the complementary competencies needed to deliver high-value care,” Crow said.
This is one of the most important and exciting initiatives we can undertake,” said John Noseworthy, Mayo Clinic president and CEO. For more, information on the Mayo Clinic Medical School expansion visit http://asunews.asu.edu/20110927_mayomedicalschool.
Zimin Ye and Jianqi Yang, both seniors in the W. P. Carey School of Business, check out the list of employers prior to making the rounds at the 2011 Career Fiesta and Internship Fair in the Memorial Union.
On-site advising was available for Career Fiesta participants that needed help.
Construction continues on the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 4 on the Tempe campus, which is scheduled for completion in May 2012. The building will provide flexible laboratories with adjoining workspace for the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Fulton School of Engineering research programs including Environmental Engineering and Energy Research Initiatives. On the ground floor, a 250-seat auditorium and gallery area will serve as university classrooms, as well as an outreach function for both K-12 educational programs and public events.
English education professor James Blasingame (center) takes the role of an alien from P.J. Haarsma's book The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 at the Arizona State University Preparatory Academy-Phoenix. Learn more about the event at http://english.clas.asu.edu/node/1539.
Richard Newhauser (left), professor of English at ASU and a distinguished scholar of Middle English literature with particular concentration on the works of Chaucer and the Gawain-Poet, gives a presentation on the Multisensual elements of Chaucher as part of ASU’s Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. For more information about the center and upcoming events visit http://www.acmrs.org/.
Students take part in pre-game tailgating activities by enjoing some residential dining on the Palo Verde Lawn before the football game against USC, Sept. 24. See more photos from the past week in ASU sports: http://asunews.asu.edu/20110928_gallery_weekinsports.
Douglas T. Kenrick, professor of psychology and senior sustainability scientist gave a lecture to The Law and Science Student Association titled, "Sex, Murder and the Meaning of Life.”
It's Farmers Market time again and Orange Mall is lined with booths offering fresh produce, tamales, gyros, sandwiches, salsas, relishes, cheeses, honey, pickles, pastas and much more. The market will be back on ASU’s Tempe campus Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 8 and Nov. 22. For more information visit http://students.asu.edu/farmersmarket.
Peyton McCormick, a freshman majoring in tourism and development management, waits for her “Introduction to Computers” evening class on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as traffic goes north on Central Avenue outside of the University Center.