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Labriola Blog: October 2023 Highlights

Highlights from the Labriola Center October's events at the Labriola National American Indian Data Center oscillated around themes of Indigenous identity in academia, which includes the Office of Indian Education's Symposium, Vina Begay's Archive Wednesday, a book talk with Ramona Emerson, and the ...

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Beyond the Bookshelf event highlights the journey to discovering your purpose

On February 8, the ASU Library hosted its third installment of the “Beyond the Bookshelf” event series. The event featured Foundation and Regents Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton in conversation with STEM Librarian Karalyn Ostler.  Elkins-Tanton is the principal investigator of the NASA Psyche Mission...

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‘Beyond the Bookshelf’ features one veteran’s story of helping loved ones during difficult times

The world can be a scary place. When your loved ones, your colleagues or even yourself are hurting from experienced traumas in war or everyday life, what can you do to help? Shawn Banzhaf, Associate Director of Student Success and Academic Innovation at the Pat Tillman Veterans Center offered his l...

Map of the Month: September 2021

It’s been one month since Sun Devils came back to campus after nearly 16 months of remote learning. To celebrate our return to in-person learning, our September Map of the Month is this 1980 illustrated map of Tempe, Arizona. It highlights many of Tempe’s community landmarks and provides a look at j...

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Simplifying ArcGIS Desktop Licensing — Spring 2021

The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is simplifying the way it licenses ArcGIS Desktop software for students, faculty, and staff. In accordance with Esri’s recent announcement explaining the retirement of the ArcGIS Desktop Student Trial License, and deprecation of EVA codes, the Map and Geospati...

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Meet our new Map and GIS Specialist!

The Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to announce the arrival of Eric Friesnehahn to ASU Library. Eric was selected from a pool of dozens of candidates to serve as the Hub’s new Map and GIS Specialist. His work involves the ongoing maintenance of our extensive map and aerial collection, as well as c...

Esri 2020 UC Complimentary Tickets for ASU Employees

  As per ASU’s license agreement with Esri, our university enjoys the privilege of five (5) complimentary tickets for ASU employees to attend the annual Esri User Conference (UC). This year’s Esri UC is currently scheduled for July 13-17, 2020 in San Diego, California ...

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New GIS Class: GIS Methods for Non-Majors

The ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning has created a new GIS class for Non-GIS related majors that have little to no experience with GIS! This class will be perfect for those who are pursuing a degree outside of GIS/Geography but still want to learn more about GIS. ...

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Close-range Remote Sensing Class

By popular demand, the ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration is offering a Spring 2020 session of SES494/598 Close-Range Remote Sensing!  Interested students should email the professor, Ian J. Walker (ianjwalker@asu.edu), directly with an unofficial copy of academic transcripts and a brief stat...