Education

ASU law school to move to downtown Phoenix in time of lowest law graduate...

ASU officials presented the latest plans for the university’s new law school building, called the Arizona Center for Law and Society, on the Downtown Phoenix campus at several community and city meetings over the past week. The opening of the new building is planned for 2016.

USGD works to expand student-community connections, discusses potential law library

USGD discussed community outreach initiatives and unanimously approved $5,850.62 in funding to clubs at Friday's Senate meeting. President Frank Smith III and Director of Local...

Arizona’s public universities team up to form health, wellness clinic for Phoenix homeless

ASU, NAU and U of A are all teaming up to create a student-led health and wellness clinic for the homeless called the Student Health Outreach for Wellness on the Human Services Campus. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2014.

Bioscience professor presents portable, speedy DNA identification system at Science Center

University of Arizona professor Frederic Zenhausern spoke about the difference between real life and "CSI" at the Arizona Science Center Friday. Zenhausern created a portable, DNA-analyzer that can give investigators results in hours.

Abuse survivor shares story to kick-start National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Celeste Plumlee shared her story straight from the pages of her journal at the “From Bystander to Stand by Her” press conference at the Walter Cronkite School Thursday that helped launch National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Phoenix high-school district enrolls 27,000 students for first time in more than 35 years

All schools in the Phoenix Union High School District have increased enrollment this year, leading to record student body numbers for the entire district. The rise in students may be attributed to the recession's affect on the housing market and families as well as more positive public opinion of the district.

Award-winning science-fiction author shares his ideas on the future of online credibility

Best-selling science fiction author David Brin participated in a panel of ASU faculty and administrators to discuss how technology and journalism would operate in the future, based on his most recent novel "Existence."

Bioscience High School incorporates sustainability into junior year curriculum

Thanks to a change in the school's curriculum, juniors at Bioscience High School now have the opportunity to learn about sustainability.

ASU partnership gives students, faculty opportunity to share border health research

For the first time, health students and faculty at ASU can share research worldwide and help shape health policy along the U.S. border with Mexico, due to the university’s recent partnership with the U.S.-Mexico Border Virtual Health Library.

Public health official: Patients need to stay educated about Affordable Care Act

People who receive insurance through the Affordable Care Act need better education from health care providers about their health problems and prescriptions, said Assistant Surgeon General Nadine Simons, Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, to students, professors and health care professionals on Wednesday.