Year in Pictures: A look back at 2012
Intel engineer Katy Bosworth gathers harvested sunflowers on Roosevelt Row, as part of the "Valley of the Sunflowers" project. ASU students and alumni helped out with the project, which beautified a vacant 2-acre block in downtown Phoenix and then sustainably used the sunflowers to make oil, charcoal and compost.
Biology graduate Sarah Machacek selects fresh produce during the first Farmers Market of the spring semester on the Tempe campus.
Charles St. Clair reenacts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on West event in celebration of MLK Day. St. Clair teaches acting and directing at the West campus and he is also the technical director for the Division of Humanities Arts and Cultural Studies in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.
During a pep rally on the Fletcher Lawn, Sparky greets participants in the first ever Sun Devil Sleepover event on the West campus. Around 50 high school students and their parents responded to invitations from ASU and took part in a two-day orientation. While on the West campus, they were given tours, listened to a lecture and enjoyed lunch at Barrett, the Honors College. They also took a trip to Tempe to watch the ASU-Washington basketball game and spent a night in the dorm, thus the "sleepover."
Critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (left) and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss discussed biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics in a free ranging conversation at ASU's Gammage Auditorium, Feb. 3.
Team members from G3Box call their teammate Billy Waters (who could not be at the Innovation Challenge awards) to tell him they won second place in ASU's Innovation Challenge. The other team members consisted of Susanna Young (center) Gabrielle Palermo (right) and Clay Tyler (left). The team’s mission is to provide engineering design and manufacturing towards the conversion of steel shipping containers into low-cost, modular, and mobile medical clinics.
The traveling production of "Wicked" began its four-week run at ASU's Gammage Auditorium, Feb. 15. As the Broadway show set up on the Gammage stage, Feb. 14, production stage manager Jason Daunter took time to speak to students in the theatre department about the business of show business.
As part of the Institute of Human Origins’ 30th Anniversary Lecture Series, Katerina Harvati, of the University of Tubingen in Germany, spoke on her research on Neanderthals and their place in the evolution of modern man
NASA astronaut Cady Coleman visited the Polytechnic campus to share her experiences onboard the International Space Station during and explain how research conducted in space has a number of impacts on Earth.
Jeremy Staat, alumnus and veteran, arrives at ASU during a stop on his "Wall to Wall" bicycle ride across the country to raise awareness and support for veteran services and causes throughout the nation. The tour began at the Wall of Valor in Bakersfield, Calif., Feb. 19, and will stretch 4,623 miles over the course of 100 days to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. Friend and veteran Wesley Barrientos is accompanying Staat on the Wall to Wall tour. Born in Guatemala, Barrientos enlisted in the U.S. Army upon turning 18 years old. It was during his third tour of Iraq in 2007 that his military convoy was struck by an explosive device, resulting in the amputation of both his legs.
ASU graduate Perry Gilbert (right) and another employee pour molten bronze into molds at the Bollinger Atelier Foundry, in Tempe, Ariz. The factory has a tradition of hiring art school graduates from ASU.
Real-life guests mingled amongst figurative imagery created by artist Kelsey Viola Wiskirchen at the opening for her Masters of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, "Handed On." The installation reflected on the role that weaving plays in today’s societies: sharing of stories, continuation of tradition and creation of new opportunities, as well as the camaraderie and empowerment that women throughout history have shared through the creation of textiles.
The ASU Staff Council celebrated the service and achievements of all the ASU staff with a BBQ on the Alumni Lawn in front of Old Main.
After finishing Pat's Run, April 21, fitness trainer Steven Bronston stretches his legs near the 42-yard line of the stadium.
Students returning to the Tempe campus for the Fall 2012 semester were greeted by a new Arizona State University sign on the mall at the corner of University and College.
Civil engineering major Kristy Kwong sights a surveying transit during an early Saturday morning lab session for both a construction management and civil engineering course.
Jessica Lundy, a junior marketing major, talks with Jamie Wallitscek about WPC 101, a required first semester freshman seminar that introduces academic success strategies, resources and services available, and helps prepare students for further studies at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
Cassandra Hansen, a sophomore business management major, prepares for her geology class in the lobby of the new ISTB4.
The 2012 ASU Academic Bowl was held Oct. 1-4, where four-person teams from 13 different colleges across the university vied for glory and $24,000 in scholarships. This year, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering maroon team took the top prize.
Track and Field athlete Ginger Jarchow hands out water to participants in the Race for the Cure, Oct. 14.
The plaza of the A.E. England building throbbed with dance beats for the Glow in the Dark Party in the Park event in the Civic Space Park across from ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus. The event was part of ASU's many Homecoming celebrations.
Students disembark from a westbound Metro light rail train at the Rural Road stop near ASU's Tempe campus.
Alexis Hermosillio (center) waits for her cue from faculty member and field producer Allysa Adams during the Cronkite School’s reporting on the 2012 election at the Democratic Party event.
Kenny Perez and Kyle Loehr perform the Chinese dragon dance to begin ASU's third annual CultureFest@West event.
Ishmyel Meyers, a senior business communication major, adds syrup to his pancakes as others pick up their meals during Finals Breakfast.