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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”.
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A list of 10 new technologies poised to transform our lives provides a chance to think about any related risks sooner than later. Reconceptualizing “value” changes what responsible development means.
For 15 years, coffee got a bad rap for possibly being a cause of cancer. After filtering though more than 1,000 studies, a panel reversed itself June 15, saying coffee is safe after all.
Restoring forest landscapes through active thinning and letting fires burn in order to minimize fire damage has proved harder and less effective than advocates believed, says historian of fire.
Just about anyone can get a tiny, cheap satellite into orbit these days. As we consider how to deploy them responsibly, inspiration comes from an amateur community of enthusiasts.
While iron-fortified rice cereal is often the first solid food babies eat, it’s not a necessity.
Microscopic needle-like particles don’t seem like something you’d want to feed a baby. Whether safe or not, the way we deal with nanoscale food additives leaves plenty of other questions.
Fire has played a vital role in human history, and will continue to. Recent advances in fusion herald the freeing of fire from captivity back into its natural form.
Two very similar new carbon nanotube products, released eight years apart, provoked very different reactions. What’s changed about the way we consider nanotechnology risks and benefits?
Does making healthy food accessible actually affect what people purchase and what they eat? The answer is a little more complicated than you might think.
Why do Americans revere the Grand Canyon? It taught us to look at nature in a new way, and to respect iconic places by leaving them alone.
Contributing to the public good should be a top priority for public and land grant universities. Here, some ideas on how to match what institutions value with academics’ own drive for service.
Do students get better scores on a pen and paper test or on a computer-based test? It all depends on the student’s mastery of the method.
Insecticides and mosquito nets only get you so far. Synthetic biologists are ready to take the battle against mosquito-borne disease to the level of DNA – which might spell the insects’ ultimate doom.
A new model of citizen-led science is emerging – as in the case of Flint, Michigan’s poisoned water. Rather than simply supporting scientists, citizens ask their own questions and set the research agenda.
After steam, electricity and computers come cyber-physical systems: the fourth industrial revolution. A new book by the World Economic Forum’s founder foresees a rosy future – but that’ll take work.
Taking a page from the innovators’ handbook could provide a different and better way to think about the risks that come along with – and sometimes stem from – new technologies.
How tax authorities decide to treat virtual currencies like bitcoin may determine whether they thrive or die.
We’ve missed plenty of early warnings about past scientific breakthroughs. Is it neo-Luddite to proceed with caution as an innovator?
Assuming your new ride doesn’t burst into flames, should you worry about other health impacts of hoverboarding about?
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Assistant Professor of Aging, Arizona State University
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Faculty Associate in History, Arizona State University
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Postdoctoral research scholar at the Center for Work and Democracy, Arizona State University
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Faculty Research Associate in Marine Biology, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
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Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
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Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
