Impact of COVID-19 on tribal nations
Arizona State University has a very strong commitment to indigenous communities, in particular the Native American tribes in Arizona. The university’s efforts to provide access to higher education for Arizona’s Native American communities is extensive and has been put to the test during the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19.
The goal of The Rio Reimagined project is to restore and revitalize more than 55 miles along the Salt and Gila Rivers, which wind through six cities, including Phoenix and Tempe, and two Native American communities.
As the most innovative school in the nation, every year, ASU devotes one special week to create a collaborative space for innovators. During Innovation Week this year, ASU will also kick off Innovation Quarter — a five-week long event (Dec. 7–Jan.
NASA's spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, recently collected a sample from the asteroid Bennu with the help of ASU's Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTES), which was built on the Tempe campus.