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As part of the first cohort of the Distinguished Innovation Fellows, Sheffield found fulfillment through a project designed to ease isolation faced by people in retirement or by children in the foster system.","teaser":"Kaden Sheffield was retired, but she wasn\u2019t done.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/20251209%20Kaden%20Sheffield%20514.jpg?h=32924a51\u0026amp;itok=_r6rISzi","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-sun-devil-community-asu-program-empowers-older-adults-create-change-their-community","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus, ASU Mesa Center for Creative Technology, California","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/20251209%20Kaden%20Sheffield%20514.jpg?h=32924a51\u0026amp;itok=_r6rISzi","image_alt":"A woman stands on a staircase","image_caption":"Kaden Sheffield was in the first cohort of the Distinguished Innovation Fellows at ASU. 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For her capstone project, she is working as the artist and animator on \u201cDay in the Life: Sober Edition\u201d \u2014 a video game that deals with addiction and the trials and tribulations that come with sobriety.","teaser":"Zamara Porter makes art through coding \u2014\u0026nbsp;a passion she discovered at ASU.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/Porter%2C%20Zamara.jpg?itok=92d4Q8-r","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251208-sun-devil-community-graduating-media-arts-and-sciences-student-cocreates-game-explores","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts","contributor-contact-information-name":"Sarah A. 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He came alone, the only one of his four siblings eligible for a visa.Gill had dreams for sure; he had begun film school in his native Pakistan but put\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-01T16:12:28-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/01\/2025-4:12pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Originally from Lahore, Pakistan, Simon Gill is graduating from Arizona State University this fall with a Bachelor of Arts in film (film and media studies) that he earned online. He said the flexibility and admissions support he received from from the university made all the difference.","teaser":"When Simon Gill first arrived in the U.S. in 2016, he wasn\u2019t thinking about making art.At the time, the then-26-year-old was focused on survival. 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He\u0026#039;s learned not to define himself by his failures. \u0026quot;Like any good story, there is a character arc,\u0026quot; he said. \u0026quot;And now I feel like I\u2019m in the middle of mine. 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One of six students chosen from around the country, she is majoring in fashion merchandising at ASU FIDM in Los Angeles.","teaser":"Rain Hashimoto walked a red carpet, attended a gala and took in the sights in the fashion mecca of New York this week \u2014 all because she believed in herself.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-10\/hero_1.jpg?h=e5efd8cc\u0026amp;itok=Q03XydAK","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251105-sun-devil-community-asu-student-chosen-one-glamour-magazines-college-women-year","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","contributor-contact-information-campus":"California","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-10\/hero_1.jpg?h=e5efd8cc\u0026amp;itok=Q03XydAK","image_alt":"A young woman smiles","image_caption":"Rain Hashimoto, who is doubling-majoring in fashion merchandising and international relations, was named one of Glamour magazine\u2019s 2025 College Women of the Year. 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For Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera \u2014 and the crowd at the Japanese American Cultural \u0026amp; Community Center in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 16 \u2014 that inspiration can be found in the film \u201cDolores\u201d and its subject, iconic labor activist Dolores Huerta.","teaser":"During times of crisis and violence, how can cinema depict \u2014 and inspire \u2014 resistance and social change?\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-09\/River%20%26%20Ibarra.png?itok=dMxk5wLc","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250925-arts-humanities-and-education-dolores-huerta-iconic-labor-activist-inspires-la-crowd","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The Sidney Poitier New American Film School","contributor-contact-information-name":"Barbara VanDenburgh","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"California","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-09\/River%20%26%20Ibarra.png?itok=dMxk5wLc","image_alt":"A man and woman sit on stage","image_caption":"Filmmakers and Borderlands Cinematic Arts founders Alex Rivera (left) and Cristina Ibarra talk on stage at the \u0026quot;Dolores\u0026quot; screening event at the Japanese American Cultural \u0026amp; Community Center in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 16. 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According to Merriam Webster\u0027s dictionary, the word\u0027s first known use was in 1962, much more recently than the period the word refers to.But English majors may recognize the word,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-09-23T12:25:10-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/23\/2025-12:25pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Arizona State University\u2019s Department of English is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year \u2014 otherwise known as a \u201cquasquicentennial\u201d for all you word nerds \u2014 and is doing so in a big way. 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Jackson died June 19 after a two-and-a-half-year fight with cancer, leaving a lasting impact on her family, friends, students, colleagues and the dance community.\u201c\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-06-25T11:20:32-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/25\/2025-11:20am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"For 30 years, Professor Naomi Jackson taught in the ASU dance program, touching the lives of countless students. 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