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It\u2019s about understanding similarities rather than differences and turning them to our collective advantage.\u201cBecause we are so heterogeneous in where we come from, oftentimes people within the Latino community\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-09-12T11:27:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/12\/2023-11:27am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Arizona State University will honor Hispanic Heritage Month, which kicks off Sept. 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of Chicano, Latino and Hispanic individuals whose ancestors came from Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. \u201cThis month is an opportunity to come together and discuss our commonalities across the beauty of varying cultures,\u0026quot; says Stella Rouse, director of ASU\u0026#039;s Hispanic Research Center.","teaser":"For\u0026nbsp;Stella Rouse, Hispanic Heritage Month isn\u2019t just about celebrating a culture.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/hispanic_heritage_month_hero_image.png?itok=Bk7xSY3R","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230912-sun-devil-life-asu-hosts-multiple-events-hispanic-heritage-month","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":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/hispanic_heritage_month_hero_image.png?itok=Bk7xSY3R","image_alt":"Maroon pitchfork graphic with colorful patterns around it","image_caption":"Illustration by Alex Davis\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of International Letters and Cultures|School of Transborder Studies|School of Politics and Global Studies|Educational Outreach and Student Services|Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts|Hispanic Research Center|ASU Library|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|L. 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Led by former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the conference will include more than 60 presenters conducting workshops, panels and readings. \u201cWe went big this year and sent out invitations to all of the major writers we wanted, and not one person turned us down,\u201d said Sheila Black, assistant director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. \u201cThe depth of talent at this year\u2019s conference is amazing.\u201d","teaser":"After several seasons away, the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference is making an in-person return to the historic quarter of Arizona State University\u2019s Tempe campus this October.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/photo-by-shawn-miller.jpg?itok=LtMtaPT3","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230808-creativity-asu-desert-nights-rising-stars-conference-returns-october-piper-center","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\/photo-by-shawn-miller.jpg?itok=LtMtaPT3","image_alt":"U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo standing in an ornately decorated hallway.","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"Department of English|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|Virginia G. 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She just didn\u2019t understand why it was being asked.April is National Poetry Month \u2013 it was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets \u2013 so Ball was asked what makes poetry still relevant these days.\u201cDo we ask this question of other things?\u201d responded Ball, a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-04-18T11:09:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/18\/2023-11:09am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"April is National Poetry Month \u2014 started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. To celebrate, we talked to ASU poets about the poetry books they love and why.","teaser":"Sally Ball understood the question. 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The work fills a void, as less than 3% of all books published in the United States are translated into a different language. By this fall, the project will have translated 15 works from the first two issues of the journal into Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, French and Urdu.","teaser":"What happens when something new, something inspiring, becomes \u2014 well \u2014 routine?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20180802riosalberto_09.jpg?itok=m1Wi9aFP","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20220707-global-engagement-asus-thousand-languages-project-speaks-everyone","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","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\/20180802riosalberto_09.jpg?itok=m1Wi9aFP","image_alt":"Portrait of ASU Regents Professor Alberto Rios. 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He also believes that the effects of climate change and global warming are no longer a scenario regulated to the distant future.\u201cWe\u2019ve\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222022-04-18T11:22:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/18\/2022-11:22am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Dana Hudson, an Arizona State University alumnus with a master\u0026#039;s degree in sustainability from the School of Sustainability in the College of Global Futures, is seeing his first novel, \u201cOur Shared Storm: A Novel of Five Climate Futures,\u201d published by Fordham University Press this month. The novel is based on his master\u2019s thesis after researching climate change, solar energy transitions and artificial intelligence. ","teaser":"Andrew Dana Hudson believes in the power of fiction to serve as inspiration: a lens from which to view humanity and a way to better understand ourselves.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/img_2298_0.jpg?itok=QRAzpqCg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20220418-speculating-our-climate-future","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School for the Future of Innovation in Society","contributor-contact-information-name":"Eliza Robinson","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-6193","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/img_2298_0.jpg?itok=QRAzpqCg","image_alt":"Black and White headshot of ASU alum and author Andrew Dana Hudson.","image_caption":"ASU alum and author Andrew Dana Hudson.","related_story":"","news_units":"Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Center for Science and the Imagination|School of Sustainability|Virginia G. 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One ASU professor who has found this especially disconcerting is young adult novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes, whose latest book centers around a wildfire. Here, Rhodes and Arizona state climatologist Erinanne Saffell talk about the importance of teaching younger generations about the natural world.","teaser":"The New York Times caught the attention of many West Coast residents earlier this week when it ran a story about\u0026nbsp;recent efforts to contain wildfires, one of which had grown \u201c","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/article_heros\/paradise-on-fire-hero.jpg?itok=jKwcejRb","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20211014-creativity-asu-professors-new-novel-inspired-paradise-fire","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Emma Greguska","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"(480) 965-9657","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/article_heros\/paradise-on-fire-hero.jpg?itok=jKwcejRb","image_alt":"Shoreline and palm trees silhouetted by wildfires and smoke in the background.","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|College of Integrative Sciences and Arts|Virginia G. 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