Weekly highlights, April 17-23
This week ASU celebrated Pat's Run and Earth Day – check out highlights from these and other events in the weekly gallery. Over 28,000 people participated in the 6th Annual Pat’s Run on April 17. The 4.2 mile run/walk honors former ASU and Arizona Cardinals football star and Army Ranger, Pat Tillman.
ASU’s Tillman Scholars pose for a photo following Pat’s Run. Front (left to right): Veronica Esquivel, Katrin (Katy) Lichtsinn, Louis Weimer, Gabriella (Gabby) Kissinger, Ashley Mentzer. Back (left to right): Alexa Goldman, Federico (Fedy) Bryner, professor Michael Mokwa, Shruti Shukla, Samson Szakcsy, Amy Schellhase, Julie Westerbeck, Jeff Lam. Read more about the Pat Tillman Military Scholars program.
Electrical engineering graduate student Brandon To gets help from teaching assistant Samatha Gummalla in EEE 591, which covers the basics of microwave circuit analysis and design.
Students, faculty and staff at ASU’s Polytechnic campus celebrate the second annual Earth Day celebration, April 20. At this year’s “Earth Day Birthday” event, student organizations hosted games and activities. The event showcased academic and research projects and programs relating to the environment or sustainability and featured community vendors with “green” product. Aramark served fresh food samples made with products from local vendors as part of Aramark’s “green plate” program available in the student unions on all ASU campuses. Even the music, provided by Brazilian band Grupo Liberdade, which used only acoustic instruments, was low-impact. Polytechnic’s Earth Day tradition began last year with the Earth Day “Feastival” presented by the student, faculty and staff Polytechnic Sustainability Committee, which has been successful in its efforts to make the Polytechnic campus greener – literally and figuratively.
Skateboards get parked safely during class in the Schwada Classroom and Office Building.
Ramachandra Guha, historian, sociologist, economist and journalist, meets and greets attendees during a book signing following his talk at ASU, April 20. The lecture, titled "India After Gandi: Non Violence and Violence in the World's Largest Democracy,” was sponsored by ASU's Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. Guha also delivered another lecture, “Wilderness and Democracy,” the previous evening in an event sponsored by ASU's Institute for Humanities Research.
Jessica Pullen, art education major (right) chats with Jon Brogie, painting major, on the plaza by the Art and Design buildings. Brogie is in professor Henry Schoebel's advanced painting class, which was assigned to do works inspired by "La Boheme" this semester.
Shannon Gaschler finds a quiet place to work in the Memorial Union. The freshman is currently undecided, but thinking about majoring in sociology.
From left: Michael Barton, Marco Janssen, Carlos Castillo-Chavez and Quentin Wheeler listen to remarks at the launch ceremony of the Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems. The new consortium is aiming to bring about insight into global challenges through the emerging field of complex adaptive systems.
Psychology professor Leona S. Aiken chats with well-wishers following the event where she was named the ASU Parents Association 2010 Professor of the Year.
Bryanell Rop, computer information systems major, has a “Martha Stewart moment” during the 2010 Earth Day 40th Birthday celebration on the Hayden Lawn. Rop says she intends to plant basil in the decorated pot.
Bryce Wilde, sustainability major, puts his major into practice during the Earth Day celebration. Wilde, who works at the USG Bike Co-op, is adjusting the gear changing system as part of the Co-op's tree tune-up service for the festivities.