Education

With the Super Bowl coming to Glendale in Feb. 2015, the Walter Cronkite School is adding a class for the fall 2014 semester to cover the events leading up to the game. The 20 students selected for the program will cover the community, tourism and pre-game news attached to the Super Bowl.

Many Journalism students and visitors to the Walter Cronkite School alike have browsed the Cronkite Gallery in the First Amendment Forum, but few have met the curator who collects and catalogues the artifacts.

The first of the University of Arizona medical program's Mini Med School 2.0 free lectures was led by Dr. Zain Khalpey, who talked about saving and reconditioning organs, clinical trials and 3-D bioprinting.

Tucked behind the stage in the First Amendment Forum in the Walter Cronkite School building is the small, yet crowded Cronkite Gallery. These are five of the most interesting items in the small museum.

Three Walter Cronkite School alumni shared stories Monday night about their successes and failures in entrepreneurial ventures at the first Must See Monday of the semester.

Students at the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine -- Phoenix are gaining hands-on experience through performing realistic medical procedures on lifelike mannequins as part of the Arizona Center for Simulation and Experiential Learning.

Amanda Crawford has always been a multi-tasker in life, so balancing teaching duties at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and musical ones with her band Former Friends of Young Americans is no trouble. Crawford is an established journalist, with experience at the Arizona Republic and Bloomberg.

ASU Preparatory Academy students could walk home with a portable computer or tablet soon due to a $2.9 million grant the school was awarded in December from the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation Program.

The ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College reported increased enrollment last semester, reversing a recent downtick, and is also planning to add two new degree programs on the Downtown campus.

Former Downtown campus Vice President Debra Friedman died Sunday of lung cancer, leaving a legacy of community involvement and leadership for both ASU and the downtown Phoenix community.