Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a national space-grant institution and public metropolitan research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the largest public university in the United States by enrollment.
Founded in 1885 as the Tempe Normal School for the Arizona Territory, the school came under control of the Arizona Board of Regents in 1945 and was renamed Arizona State College. A 1958 statewide ballot measure gave the university its present name.
In 1994 ASU was classified as a Research I institute; thus, making Arizona State one of the newest major research universities (public or private) in the nation. Arizona State’s mission is to create a model of the “New American University” whose efficacy is measured “by those it includes and how they succeed, not by those it excludes”.
Children trick or treat and wear Halloween costumes for a full week during Day of the Dead season in Mexico.
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Halloween’s influence is transforming popular festivities around Día de los Muertos and its ceremonial customs in rural and urban areas of Mexico in some fascinating ways.
Une jeune fille déguisée en “catrina” participe au défilé à Mexico pour célébrer le jour des morts.
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Un obscur graveur mexicain du nom de José Guadalupe Posada a créé ce crâne satirique au début des années 1900 et l’a vendu pour un centime. Mais après sa mort, le crâne a pris une vie propre.
A girl dressed as a ‘catrina’ takes part in the Catrinas Parade in Mexico City to celebrate Day of the Dead.
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An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for a penny. But after he died, it took on a life of its own.
There’s trouble under the U.S. Capitol dome.
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The absence of a speaker of the House − a single individual but the linchpin in Congress − could produce a dangerous crisis in America’s constitutional democracy.
Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march on Oct. 6, 2023, in Vallejo, Calif.
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Beyond higher wages and improved benefits, the terms of the Kaiser settlement would ensure better staffing, which the unions have argued is critical for providing quality patient care.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination was once required to access many venues during the pandemic.
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Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science but a balancing act between personal autonomy and public good.
Les boîtes quantiques, ou « quantum dots », sont une nanotechnologie dont les applications sont déjà répandues, dans les téléviseurs par exemple.
Kaiser Permanente health care workers in five states and Washington, D.C., are rallying against low wages and understaffing that they say is undermining patient care.
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Workers are objecting to staffing levels they say endanger patient care and are refusing their employer’s offer that includes raises that they say are too low due to inflation.
An android called ‘Kannon Mindar,’ which preaches Buddhist sermons.
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Seorang ahli agama digital menjelaskan mengapa penggunaan AI tidak serta merta menggantikan kepemimpinan agama: Para rohaniwanlah yang membantu pemrogramannya penerapannya.
Flasks of quantum dots fluorescing at the Nobel Prize announcement.
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Two decades ago, the nanotechnology revolution avoided stumbling by bringing a wide range of people to the table to chart its development. The window is closing fast on AI following suit.
A police officer pulls over and tickets a delivery person in the New York City borough of Queens on March 22, 2023.
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A scholar of digital religion explains why the use of AI isn’t necessarily displacing religious leadership: It is the clergy who are helping with the programming, critical for its deployment.
A better understanding of dopamine could lead to better treatments for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases, among others.
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From dopamine hacking to dopamine detoxes, some people have sought to harness this brain chemical to improve their mood and productivity. But it’s far more complicated than that.
As July temperatures soared to triple digits, hundreds of homeless people lived on the street outside Phoenix’s largest shelter.
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As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
Il y a une différence entre la relation épanouissante que les mères peuvent avoir avec leurs enfants et l'institution patriarcale de la maternité.
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Être mère peut être tout à la fois déchirant, stimulant, effrayant et épanouissant.
Los incendios forestales de Lahaina (Hawái), que comenzaron el 8 de agosto de 2023, causaron más de un centenar de víctimas mortales.
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Las autoridades de Maui han pedido a los familiares de las víctimas de los incendios de Lahaina que proporcionen muestras de ADN para ayudar a identificar a sus parientes. Pero recuperar el material genético de los restos arrasados por el fuego no es sencillo.
Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, seated with his Eastern Christian queen Doquz Khatun.
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The Catholic community that Pope Francis will visit later this month has a complex history that goes back to the 13th century, when the Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan.