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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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A panel of experts, including Holly Lisanby, the founding dean of the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, discussed the film and the treatments.","teaser":"When DJ Shipley was home from a deployment as a Navy Seal, he couldn\u2019t remember his four-month-old daughter\u2019s name as he held her.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/In%20Waves%20and%20War.jpg?itok=j-X8uMp1","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251114-health-and-medicine-waves-and-war-screening-highlights-transformative-hallucinogenic","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","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/In%20Waves%20and%20War.jpg?itok=j-X8uMp1","image_alt":"Two men sit on the ground","image_caption":"Matty Roberts (center) is comforted by Marcus Capone (left) as Roberts undergoes psychedelic-assisted therapy in Mexico in a scene from the documentary \u0026quot;In Waves and War,\u0026quot; directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk. 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At home, his parents filled the air with Coltrane and kimchi,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-06T16:35:51-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/06\/2025-4:35pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Arizona State University alumnus Dylan Park-Pettiford has spent most of his life caught between worlds. His search for meaning and the long, uneven road that followed brings him back to ASU, where he will share the story of how war, loss and a lifetime between identities shaped the man he became.","teaser":"Arizona State University alumnus Dylan Park-Pettiford has spent most of his life caught between worlds.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/park-pettiford.jpg?itok=qfLlv7W1","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251106-arts-humanities-and-education-iraq-veteran-recounts-his-journey-loss-identity-and","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/park-pettiford.jpg?itok=qfLlv7W1","image_alt":"Man in a green cap and hoodie stands on a long road in the forest pointing to the side","image_caption":"Photo by Carina Conti","related_story":"","news_units":"Department of English|ASU Library|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Arts|Film|Salute to Service|Humanities|Military","audiences":"Alumni|Veterans|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Arts, humanities and education"}},{"node":{"nid":"106229","title":"Could a reality game show from \u0027The Running Man\u0027 happen today?","body":"\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-10-30T09:49:11-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/30\/2025-9:49am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Stephen King\u2019s novel \u0026quot;The Running Man,\u0026quot; which examines themes of rising violence, class wars and a dystopian society, was written in 1982 but took place in 2025. 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