Heard Museum hosts panel to discuss Native American stereotypes in sports mascots
The panel, "Indigenous Stereotypes in Sports," explored the Native American stereotypes present in many of the logos and names of American sports teams, most prominently the Washington Redskins football team
Video: U of A draws crowds to STEM festival
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix took advantage of the high amount of traffic created by the Super Bowl Central festivities downtown and drew in a crowd to its Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) festival on Saturday
ASU speaker discusses NFL’s nonprofit status
Despite the amount of money the National Football League rakes in, the league is actually a nonprofit, thanks to certain tax rules, according to Dr. Mary Feeney.
Morrison Institute panel on violence features people who deal with it for a living
The Morrison Institute of Public Policy hosted a panel with a football player, war veteran, policeman and UFC fighter to discuss violence at ASU's downtown Phoenix campus Thursday night.
USA Today columnist discusses the growing amount of women in sports journalism
USA Today columnist Christine Brennan spoke about the state of women in sports media Monday at the Cronkite School. She emphasized the correlation between the enactment of Title IX and the growing number of women in the profession.
State university presidents lobby House for performance-based funding bill
The presidents of the three major state universities lobbied for performance-based funding for their schools Thursday at the state Legislature. This comes just days after Gov. Doug Ducey’s State of the State address, where he proposed a budget plan that included reducing funding to Arizona universities by $75 million starting in 2016.
Secretary of Homeland Security visits Cronkite, says more funding needed for department
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson visited the Cronkite School Wednesday to discuss issues of border security, funding and cyber-terrorism. He said it is crucial that Congress appropriates funding to the Department of Homeland Security for the next year.
ESPN vice president kicks off Must See Sports, encourages patience and creativity
ESPN's Rob King kicked off the Must See Sports discussion series at the Walter Cronkite School on Tuesday night. The network's vice president encouraged patience in the job search and creativity in the newsroom.
Devilishly Healthy: Health implications of law school construction
Before the dust settles on ASU's new Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law building downtown, columnist Wafa Shahid has a few tips about staying healthy while living next to a construction site.
USGD discusses effects of Ducey’s budget-cut proposal on tuition for out-of-state students
The ramifications of possible tuition hikes for out-of-state students, and Gov. Doug Ducey's proposed budget decreases in higher education, were topics of strong discussion at the Undergraduate Student Government Downtown meeting Friday.