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Exhibit to feature artwork inspired by oral histories from Arizona's oldest botanical garden
Though it is Arizona's largest botanical garden and has been an established touchstone of the community for more than 100 years, many students in Arizona State University Professor Ellen Meissinger's ART 427/527: Art on Paper class didn't even know the Boyce Thompson Arboretum existed. That is, unt...
Local athletes get crash course on Black history in Arizona
Basketball players from Arizona State University and the Valley Suns gathered on Jan. 6 to learn about Black history in Arizona and Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to ASU's Tempe campus in 1964. The Valley Suns, one of 31 teams in the NBA’s developmental G League, participated in the event as part o...
ASU Library collection captures robust history of Arizona
Copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate. The so-called “five Cs” of Arizona are an enticingly succinct tagline for the state’s historically best-known outputs. But a revelatory repository at ASU Library demonstrates that there is much more to the Grand Canyon. In particular, it highlights the ...
Labriola Center book award shines 'bright light' on Indigenous scholars
Kaitlin Reed couldn’t believe it when she learned she had been named the 2024 recipient of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award. The award, handed out by the Labriola National American Indian Data Center inside Arizona State University’s Hayden Library, is a national competition ...
Eugene D. Valentine Collection offers the joy and interactivity of pop-up books
Arizona State University’s Eugene D. Valentine Collection is a whimsical and cheery repository of approximately 800 pop-up books, but that doesn’t mean it should be taken lightly. Each book is considered an intricate work of art, with its designers spending untold hours bringing their paper-enginee...
MLK's 1964 speech at ASU subject of new, continuing exhibit
On June 3, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Goodwin Stadium, then the home of Arizona State University’s football team. The speech was titled “Religious Witness for Human Dignity” and was delivered just days before the Civil Rights Act was passed by the U.S. Senate. “The bill must pas...
ASU collection preserves legacy of modern architects, buildings in the Southwest
Arizona has a complicated record when it comes to the preservation of historic structures. It’s a place that thirsts for development, regularly churning the old back into the earth so that something new can grow in its stead. However, some architectural gems have managed to dodge the wrecking ball o...
ASU grad dedicated to music, libraries and Indigenous sovereignty
If you stepped inside the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at Hayden Library in the past two years, you may have heard Nataani Hanley-Moraga before you met him. His beat making and lo-fi study sessions are just one of his many responsibilities as a student worker at the center. Hanley...
Thunderbird archives: These walls do talk
At most universities, if you want to learn about their history, you must enter a library and dig through an expansive archive. At the Thunderbird School of Global Management on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, a good portion of its history is displayed on its walls. Spread out ov...