Out of the Darkness Walk touches crowd at Tempe campus
Students and those affected by suicide gather at the Hayden Lawn for an Out of Darkness walk hosted by AFSP on Sunday March 23. (Photo by Mario Mendez)
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Students and those affected by suicide gather at the Hayden Lawn for an Out of Darkness walk hosted by AFSP on Sunday March 23. (Photo by Mario Mendez)
In just a few months, Tempe residents will notice construction of a tall tulip-shaped structure near the Tempe golf course.
Professor Devens Gust, one of ASU's scientists, along with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, has reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf. They designed an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen and oxygen. (Photo by Ryan Liu)
Nonprofit leadership junior Noor Halloum and friends partake in a dabka dance outside the Memorial Union. The dance is commonly seen at social gatherings in Palestine. Students for Justice in Palestine hosted the event on March 6. (Photo by Mario Mendez)
Holocaust survivor Charlotte Adelman told a room of students that there are never two Holocaust stories that are the same. She shared her own story of survival Wednesday at the Downtown campus.
Margaret Nelson, one of four ASU archaeologists are looking into how pre-existing vulnerabilities amplify the affects of climate shock as part of an international team examining how people can be most resilient to climate change when it comes to food security. (Photo by Ryan Liu)
In celebration of Black History Month, Student Engagement and the Black History Month planning committee collaborated to host a Soul Train dance Tuesday at the Downtown campus.
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Logan Ferrington of Desert Canyon Middle School writes his answers in the Semi-finals of the "You Be The Chemist Challenge" before winning a spot in Nationals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Axel Everitt)
Tempe Police reported the following incident Friday:
While couples were swooning all over each other with chocolates and expensive dinner dates, students taking Chinese celebrated the end of Chinese New Year Friday on the Tempe Campus.
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Thursday:
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The Sun Devil Advocacy Network and ASU displayed exhibits at the State Capitol building on the Senate Lawn to thank Arizona officials on Feb. 11. (Photo by Diana Lustig)
ASU students participated in a “hackathon” dubbed #hackPHX over the weekend, where more than 50 hackers, programmers and crafters met in a competition to create an interactive wearable device in less than 24 hours.
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Video by Sean Logan | Multimedia Producer
When ASU alumnus Lock Kresler entered the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, he said he remembered his professor asking his art history class how many of them thought they would make money after they graduated. Kresler was the only one who raised his hand. “If you have the passion, you can do some really great things,” he said. On Nov. 12, Kresler auctioned off Francis Bacon’s "Three Studies of Lucian Freud," one of the most iconic pieces by Bacon. These series of paintings are a 1969 oil-on-canvas triptych by Bacon, of his friend Lucian Freud. Kresler moved to London nearly a decade ago with an interest in contemporary art. He began working for Christie’s, a British auction company, where he became director of private sales. Kresler said London was a very different environment than New York, where he used to work and do appraisals of artwork and other historic pieces. The triptych sold in the auction was separated into three paintings for nearly 15 years at one point in its history. The triptych had to be reassembled before being put up for auction. Kresler said obtaining the piece was a very huge victory for Christie’s. “When I saw it for the first time, I thought it was an absolute masterpiece,” he said. “Freud and Bacon are some of the most world renowned artists.” The piece sold for $142.4 million at Christie’s in to Acquavella Galleries, breaking a world record. This sale bested Edvard Munch's, “The Scream,” which sold in May 2012 for more than $20 million. Kresler said it was a very rare work of art. “To have one of these come up for auction, it was a rare moment for us,” he said. ASU alumnus Elliot Schmidt is a friend and colleague of Kresler. He said they belonged to the same fraternity. After graduating from ASU, the two of them stayed in touch. When Schmidt moved to London, the two of them reconnected. “We would try to catch Arizona State football games in London, which was easier said than done,” Schmidt said. Schmidt said Kresler had always planned to make it in the art world, and when he learned about the sale Kresler made with the Freud piece, he was beyond amazed. “I think it’s really inspiring,” he said. “If I were a professor at ASU, I would want my students to know about this.” Xan Serasin, who is a colleague of Kresler, is the director for the department for the evening sales at Christie’s. Serasin said it was a huge victory for the company when they obtained the piece, because it was highly competitive. “These triptychs are very rare,” Serasin said. “Everyone in the department decided the best course of action is to put it up for auction since it is such an exceptional painting.” Serasin said it was important for them to be cautiously optimistic when talking about numbers, but he thought it had the potential to make $120 million. “There were about six people bidding past $100 million,” he said. “Three people drove it to the final sales price, which was an incredible result, but I can’t say I was surprised.” Serasin said the subject matter of the piece is interesting because of the relationship between Freud and Bacon. “Some would say Bacon was infatuated with Freud, and it was a love and respect for one another,” he said. “You really feel that he captures the individual with intensity is inculpable.” Bacon and Freud were both friends as well as artistic rivals. Several times, the two artists painted each other. Kresler said he feel privileged to sell such a masterpiece. “I think it was the masterpiece of masterpieces that we have been privileged to sell,” he said. “I don’t think I will see anything like it for a very long time."Reach the reporter at kgrega@asu.edu or follow her on twitter @kelciegrega
Most people wouldn’t expect to find an oceanographer in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, but ASU professor Susanne Neuer was featured on Cox 7 Arizona’s “STEM Journals” to discuss how studying Arizona rivers can help understand oceans.
Valley residents will get the chance to see the Holocaust in a brand new light when a museum opens in Chandler in the near future with exhibits to depict past and present examples of prejudice and other genocides.Steve Tepper, CEO of the East Valley Jewish Community Center, said Thursday at the Tempe campus there is no gold medal for suffering and no value in saying one's people suffered more than someone else’s people. Tepper is collaborating with RSP Architects to build the museum. “What we want to do is use examples from the Holocaust to compare and contrast with other genocides,” he said. “We believe the Holocaust is the best teaching example.” He wants the facility to be more dynamic than an average museum, Tepper said at the discussion titled "Building a comparative genocide museum in Chandler." “We looked at all sorts of different museums and examples around the world,” he said. “This museum will be unlike any other Holocaust museum." Tepper said the museum is expected to cost $20 million and will include a 70,000-square-foot facility. It will also have a 350-seat auditorium, meeting space, classrooms and a courtyard. “I estimate the project will take 12-18 months of construction,” he said. “I assume that there will definitely be delays.” Tepper said the exhibits will start at ground level and visitors will make a three-story climb up a ramp as they progress through exhibits. The ramp will make the museum wheelchair accessible. The museum will hold mostly Interactive exhibits and audio kiosks depicting real accounts by survivors. It will also have an orientation for visitors to promote a group experience. Walls will come to life with different images, quotes and videos to help people understand. Tepper said he wanted to emphasize a group experience, because he felt it is more comforting for people to see shocking images and exhibits among other people. “I think there is something powerful about a group coming together to do something positive,” he said. “We find there are a lot of conversations ignited by these sorts of themes.” Tepper said “Never forget and never again” are some of the most important things to remember when learning about the Holocaust. He said he thinks people have done a good job at practicing “Never forget” but not “Never again.” “Genocide still exists, and that’s one of the things we want to point out,” he said. The museum will have a section based on genocide on a global scale to show that there is still genocide happening in present times. Tepper said he doesn’t think he has a “Never again" solution. “We are hopeful by creating awareness, we can affect certain parts of the population,” he said. Volker Benkert, German language and history lecturer for ASU is collaborating with Tepper on this project.Benkert said it is important to address intergenerational commemoration of trauma. The museum will have an exhibit dedicated to Native Americans and their treatment during colonization making it unique and comparative to other Holocaust museums, Tepper said. When Hitler was looking at ideas about how to go about establishing concentration camps, one of the things he looked at was the American system of Indian reservations, he added. Tepper said there are a lot of similarities between the Holocaust and what happened to the Native Americans. “All of these are parallels,” he said. “For us, this is something that happened here in America and something that was important. History senior Joseph McManis said he thought the museum was taking an interesting stance. “This isn’t something other Holocaust museums have been doing,” he said. Reach the reporter at kgrega@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @KelcieGrega
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