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ASU-SRP snow surveys show much of Arizona’s headwater snowpack melted in weeks
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (1448+ words) Arizona's mountain snowmelt provides a significant portion of the Phoenix metropolitan water supply." Results from a new airborne snow survey over northeastern Arizona found that due to a dry and warm winter, most of the snow water measured in January…...
Sun Devil Giving Day 2026 sparks generosity and inspires students
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (580+ words) This year, gifts totaling more than $1M fueled ASU's Changing Futures campaign Arizona State University supporters came together for Sun Devil Giving Day on Thursday, March 19, donating to their favorite program, research, scholarship or student-support fund. Since 2013, Sun Devil Giving Day…...
Thoreau documentary asks us to reclaim our humanity
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (847+ words) ASU director moderates LA premiere; Arizona audiences can screen it at 2 upcoming ASU events The premiere of a new three-part PBS documentary about Henry David Thoreau drew a distinguished crowd to The Studios at Paramount in Los Angeles on March…...
How tiny drug carriers could transform brain treatment
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (297+ words) Delivering medication precisely where the body needs it is one of nanomedicine's biggest challenges. Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang has been working to overcome that obstacle by designing nanosized drug carriers capable of moving through the body and accumulating in diseased tissues....
ASU student government advocates for higher education at Arizona State Capitol
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (414+ words) Members of the Associated Students of Arizona State University, or ASASU " ASU's official student government " recently visited the Arizona State Capitol to have meaningful conversations with legislators, staff and policy advisors about the future of higher education in Arizona. Mikah…...
Life-saving landscaping: ASU program works to increase shade on Phoenix's sidewalks
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (851+ words) Urban Nature partners with neighborhoods to identify priority areas to plant trees Metro Phoenix has an estimated 2.7 million trees. Yet woefully few sidewalks are shaded during the heat of the day. For'Urban Nature " a partnership led by the Rob and…...
From medical training to fashion branding, CreateAI offers ASU community ways to make AI work for them
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (718+ words) University's flagship AI tool kit features custom capabilities, enhanced privacy and access to 50 large language models Across Arizona State University, artificial intelligence has moved beyond discussion. It is now designed, tailored and activated by the people who rely on it…...
Michael Crow on higher education's 'broken heart"
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (643+ words) During'a widely circulated interview at Rice University last year, Arizona State University President'Michael M. Crow held up an iPhone.What the crowd didn't realize, he explained, was that the device in their pockets reflected thousands of largely unrecognized contributions from university…...
Generous Devils provides graphic design supplies for ASU students in need
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1227+ words) Amy Robinson understands how hard it can be for some students to pay for the cost of supplies required for their art projects. "One semester, my printing costs hit about $700," said Robinson, who majored in design and visual communication at…...
Seeds of memory: How a Navajo student is planting culture and community at ASU
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1206+ words) When Chandlee Begay sits down to eat the foods of his tribe, he isn't simply satisfying hunger." Each bite becomes a quiet act of remembrance, a thread connecting him to generations who walked the same mesas, gathered the same herbs…...