Week in pictures
Classroom support staff member Kin Sisson and her daughter, Kelsey O'Donnell, decorate a Christmas tree with their homemade ornaments. The duo were taking part in the Winter ArtFest, where staff, students, retirees and alumni offer their ware for sale. Jewelry, handbags, pottery and note cards were just some of the items available.
With a video fire crackling in the background, a sumptuous spread of seasonal treats were available at the 56th Annual Memorial Union Holiday Coffee. The event is a way to thank the faculty and staff for another year of excellence.
The rain on Saturday night, Dec. 3, gave way to a cold clear morning and caused a rare fog event to occur on Sunday morning. With Sun Devil Stadium in the background, a rowing crew makes their way east on Tempe Town Lake for their morning workout.
ASU Regents’ Professor Gary Marchant, of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, addresses a subcommittee of Congress, Nov. 30. Marchant, the executive director of the law school’s Center for Law, Science & Innovation, appeared at a hearing on “Fostering Quality Science at EPA: Perspectives on Common Sense Reform,” held by the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Intel's Futurist, Brian David Johnson (center), expressively told a packed house why – or rather why not – we should fear the technological future, at a Dec. 1 Future Tense event titled, "Fear of the Future: a happy hour." Johnson was joined by ASU's Lincoln Professor of Law, Culture and Values, Joel Garreau (left) and Slate writer William Saletan (right), who covers the ethics of technological and scientific progress.
Future Tense is a partnership between ASU, the New America Foundation and Slate Magazine to explore emerging technologies and their transformative effects on society and public policy.
Cynthia Selin, assistant professor at the School of Sustainability and Center for Nanotechnology in Society, mingled with attendees at the ASU Washington Center after the New Tools for Science Policy seminars hosted by the Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes, Dec. 1. Selin spoke about a project focused on creating civic dialogue and the need for science policy to be better connected to the concerns of the public regarding human-induced climate change.
As part of the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Human Origins, David Braun spoke on the “Origins of Technology” in a lecture at Old Main. Braun, a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town, explores the ways in which early humans made stone artifacts and studies patterns of tool manufacture and use across the African continent, based on his own fieldwork on sites that span the first million-and-a-half years of human technology.
Award-winning author Jack Gantos discussed his life as a writer, his books, and observations on life, during an appearance at ASU, sponsored by the English Education Program in the Department of English. Gantos' works include "Hole in My Life," a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert honors; "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key," a National Book Award Finalist; and "Joey Pigza Loses Control," a Newbery Honor book.
On ASU’s West campus, construction is under way on Casa del Oro, a new 93,000-square-foot living-learning community that will open for freshman and sophomore students in fall 2012. The 365-bed residence hall will feature one- and two-bedroom, suite-style units for two or four residents, and will double the current number of on-campus options for resident students. Part of the complex will include a new 37,000-square-foot dining facility.
Officials from ASU, the City of Phoenix and Arizona Public Service attend a Dec. 6 ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the new Solar Power Plant at the Downtown Phoenix campus. For more information visit http://asunews.asu.edu/20111206_solarplant.
John B. Taylor (left) answers a question from the media prior to the 48th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon that took place at the Phoenix Civic Plaza. Taylor is the George P. Schultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and was one of the economic experts to give their predictions. Other speakers were Anthony Chan (middle left), chief economist for private wealth management at JPMorgan Chase & Co, and Elliott D. Pollack (middle right), chief executive officer of Elliott D. Pollack and Company, a highly regarded Scottsdale-based economic and real estate consulting firm. Behind Pollock is professor Arthur Blakemore, chair of the Department of Economics at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
Lee McPheters, director of the JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business, briefs the media on his presentation. For more on what the experts had to say, visit http://asunews.asu.edu/20111207_business_economicforecastluncheon.
Amy Vogelslang, a junior in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, interviews with Brian Goddard, art director of Phoenix Magazine, during the fall internship interviews on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.
With the deadline for a group project in criminal justice rapidly approaching, the study rooms in the University Center became a popular place for students to collaborate. Reagan Taylor (left), Amanda Hamm (center) and Stefanny Ramos Caldera work on their project concerning wrongful convictions.
Paul Giordano (left) and Aaron Choi work late into the night to finish architectural models for their third-year studio class. The project – transitional housing in an arts district – was due the next morning and thus an all-night session was anticipated.
Kenneth Abrams (left) and Brett Nebeker, both computer information systems majors, find the Hayden Library on the Tempe campus a comfortable place to study for finals.
Kathryn Hratko (left) and Autumn Farrell, both senior painting majors, look over some of the work produced by their Painting 3 class that is on display nearby the Memorial Union, Dec. 6. The assignment from professor Henry Schoebel was a figurative self-portrait in fancy dress.
Diane and Gary Tooker (center) visit with electrical engineering students presenting their senior capstone projects for the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. By solving a practical engineering design problem, the capstone projects give students an opportunity to put their academic study to work and further prepare them for the transition to practicing engineer.
Many students used the Fletcher Library on the West campus to prepare for upcoming finals. Julia Varkey (right) and Shelby Galles, both freshman life sciences majors, work together to prepare for their first semester chemistry final.
In the library on ASU's Polytechnic campus, Shauniece High, a junior business law major from the Seattle area, gets some much needed assistance with Statistics 221 from her friend Warren Irving, who came from Ohio to study economics, but is considering changing his major to computer science.
Members of the administration, faculty and staff served a hearty breakfast to students to help prepare them for a long night of studying for finals. At the Polytechnic campus, staff members Cody Thompson and Viviana Rivera along with Eddie Alford (center) serve up sausage, eggs and pancakes.
The Finals Breakfast event was well attended on the Polytechnic campus and a live band provided entertainment. Along with the food and fun activities, stress relief and study help was available.
Katie Fischer, coordinator for new student orientation, serves up pancakes to students at Taylor Place on the Downtown Phoenix campus.
In the Taylor Place dining area, journalism majors Jessica Boehm, Bianca Repasi, Sarah Dinell and nursing major Skyler George eat and tell stories to take their minds off of their impending final exams.