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ASU researchers find pros, cons of health-tracking apps

Should you use your smartphone to track your eating habits, or is there a better way to do it?

By Megann Phillips | September 21, 2014

Tempe Police: Man shoves officer, calls him racist

A Phoenix man was arrested on Mill Avenue after calling the officer racist and shoving him to the point of knocking him over.

By Joey Hancock | September 21, 2014

ASU alumna organizes fun day on the lake for children in group homes

ASU alumna organized a day on the lake for the children who live in group homes to help them gain new experiences and learn new skills.

By Ksenia Maryasova | September 20, 2014

HARD WORK: Construction workers attend to the Western embankment of Tempe Town Lake on Friday morning. Restoration of the lake is set to be finished in November. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Tempe Town Lake safe for triathlon, race to go on as planned

The Life Time Tri triathlon will move on as scheduled after E. Coli levels in Tempe Town Lake return to normal.

By Kelcie Grega | September 20, 2014

ASU rededicates building plaque in honor of Vietnam War hero

ASU rededicated the Sutton Hall plaque in honor of William C. Sutton with family and others in attendance at a special ceremony on the Polytechnic campus.

By William Parker | September 19, 2014

Elizabeth Whitton poses next to the Newman Center at University Drive and College Avenue in Tempe. Whitton decided to give up two years of her life to do missionary work at ASU. (Photo by Ryan Liu)

ASU alumna returns to give back as Catholic FOCUS missionary

ASU alumna returns to campus to do missionary work to better the student body.

By Elissa Harrison | September 18, 2014

Tempe Police: Man urinates, tries to snort cocaine behind restaurant

Phoenix man tries to snort cocaine off of his cell phone after urinating behind My Big Fat Greek Restaurant on Mill Avenue.

By Joey Hancock | September 18, 2014

Activists of the United Students Against Sweatshops organization made a Valentine’s Day card to deliver to President Crow on Feb. 14. The organization wants ASU to end its contract with VF Corporation brands sold on campus. (Photo by Alexis Macklin)

ASU student organization has success against sweatshops

ASU club campaigned for a year to remove products from the bookstore and the University responded.

By Jonathan Williams | September 18, 2014

Tempe Police are looking for this man, suspected of being involved in a shooting in Tempe on Thursday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Tempe Police)

Police arrest men involved in Tempe shooting

Three suspects fled the scene after a man was shot at a Tempe gas station, and police pursued the suspects to Sky Harbor Airport.

By Shelby Slade and Joey Hancock | September 18, 2014

The 4MM jetpack designed by graduate student Jason Keretes could possibly help soldiers and athletes.

ASU student develops 4MM jetpack that blows people away

An ASU engineering student has developed a jetpack that enables its users to run a four-minute mile.

By Megann Phillips | September 17, 2014

Tractors stand on the new site where apartments that are going to be built on Weber and Scottsdale roads. (Photo by Emily Johnson)

New Tempe housing development to break ground next week

Developers will break ground for 38 single-family homes north of ASU campus Sept. 22.

By Corina Vanek | September 17, 2014

Tempe Police: Man 'trippin' on meth he bought at liquor store

A Tempe man originally told police he found several baggies of meth behind a dumpster, but then said he bought them at the liquor store.

By Joey Hancock | September 17, 2014

Bicycling getting better around Tempe campus

The Tempe City Council is taking steps toward making the city safer to bike for cyclists.

By William Parker | September 17, 2014

México: Politica y Poética, Sept. 16th, 2014

ASU Art Museum breaks borders

ASU Art Museum hosts students to take a trip to Latin America via art.

By Freesia Denaples | September 16, 2014

Drinkable water, ready to be tested for harmful substances, spews from a hose in the operator's lab at the Johnny G. Martinez plant in Tempe - one of the two plants that supply Tempe with safe tap water. 08/28/14. Thursday afternoon. Photo taken by Ethan Fichtner.

Tempe's musky tap water is clean

Tempe's tap water may taste musky due to the changing seasons, but it is still safe to drink.

By Ethan Fichtner | September 16, 2014

Tempe Police: Woman hides marijuana in cereal box, meth in bra

A Tempe woman had several bags of drugs hidden throughout a car she was riding in, when the driver was pulled over by officers.

| September 16, 2014

A MakerBot 3-D printer with a TIE Interceptor™ from Star Wars inside. TechShop members have access to MakerBot 3-D printers that can print anything from pinecones to the TIE Interceptor™ from Star Wars. (Photo by Andrew Nicla)

ASU, TechShop partnership gives community its own DIY Workshop

ASU has recently partnered with TechShop, a community-based workshop and prototyping studio, and has established a new location in Chandler at the ASU Chandler Innovation Center.

By Andrew Nicla | September 16, 2014

ASU partners with New America to create Future of War project

ASU’s collaborative Future of War project will research the changing nature of war and seek a working international legal framework to accommodate these changes.

By Emi Kamezaki | September 16, 2014

Project Humanities Funniest Teacher Contest

ASU professors lecture, laugh at Funniest Teachers Contest

School of Sustainability Professor Michael Angilletta was named ASU's Funniest Teacher at this year's Funniest Teachers Contest Monday.

By Jonathan Williams | September 15, 2014

An Adelphi Commons entrance near Apache and Rural. (Photo by Andrew Ybanez)

ASU student sexually assaulted on Tempe campus

A student was assaulted Sept. 9 near the Adelphi Commons II.

| September 15, 2014

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