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”.
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
Un tramo de la Ruta 66 en Albuquerque, Nuevo México, fotografiado el 7 de junio de 2026. Los pueblos y ciudades situados a lo largo de la carretera se están preparando para celebrar el centenario de esta emblemática vía.
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La carretera más famosa de Estados Unidos ha simbolizado durante mucho tiempo la libertad y la reinvención. Sin embargo, su historia revela una realidad más compleja.
A fence featuring 20,000 stuffed teddy bears, each representing a Ukrainian child abducted by Russia, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2026.
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Russia is not just moving Ukrainian children. It is taking away their identities. Will the $25 million being spent by the US to locate and rehabilitate forcibly transferred children be enough?
Un tronçon de la Route 66 à Albuquerque (Nouveau-Mexique), photographié le 7 juin 2026. Les villes traversées par cette route emblématique se préparent à célébrer son centenaire.
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Symbole du rêve américain, de l’aventure et de la liberté, la Route 66 n’a pourtant jamais offert la même expérience à tous. Son histoire raconte aussi l’exclusion des voyageurs noirs et le déclin des petites villes qu’elle faisait vivre.
Simply reducing students’ screen time at school will not prepare them for a world increasingly shaped by data and AI.
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Rather than considering how much time students spend on screens, the more useful question is whether they are asking questions and solving problems with the help of technology.
Retrofitting old classrooms with air conditioners, even when necessary to maintain a cool classroom, isn’t always financially possible.
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A rising number of school districts across the country are beginning their new academic years in July or August, raising the likelihood that kids and educators will encounter scorching days.
Economic globalization was supposed to encourage democracy around the world. But sometimes the opposite happens.
A stretch of Route 66 in Albuquerque, N.M., pictured on June 7, 2026. Towns and cities located along the highway are gearing up to celebrate the iconic road’s centennial.
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The ‘Mother Road’ has long symbolized freedom and reinvention. But its history reveals a more complicated story shaped by migration, segregation and the highways that eventually circumvented it.
Baboons are one of the most widespread groups of primates.
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Understanding how female baboons benefit from social bonds helps humans understand their own origins.
The Artemis III crew takes a photo during the crew announcement on June 9, 2026. From left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio.
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Iran’s team faces a hostile reception from the US government and some of its brethren in the diaspora. Yet others hope the event will trump politics — for now.
Banning students from writing theses and dissertations on sexual orientation and gender identity could be seen as curtailing students’ freedom of speech rights.
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A new memo blocks graduate students from writing theses or dissertations on certain topics, raising questions about academic freedom and the purpose of higher education.
93% of surveyed researchers have negative opinions of federal science policies since January 2025.
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Landing on the Moon can disturb its environment – people are discussing how to balance those concerns with political and economic goals.
Support for students is one value that both Democrats and Republicans alike value in a teacher.
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Estimates of artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs and the economy range from the apocalyptic to the utopian, but the data tells a more nuanced story.
People hold signs during a Grossmont Union High School District board meeting in El Cajon, Calif., in July 2025.
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School boards have gained attention for taking on controversial issues, such as transgender students participating in sports, but much of their work is administrative.