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The Shanghai String Quartet will visit ASU during the 10th anniversary of the Visiting Quartet in Residence program this year. Members of the quartet, from left to right: Weigang Li, Honggang Li, Yi-Wen Jiang and Nicholas Tzavaras. (Photo courtesy of Shanghai String Quartet)

Shanghai String Quartet to help teach ASU student musicians

The Shanghai String Quartet will be learning the entire works of Beethoven and Bartok and helping ASU musicians learn how to play those composers as well.

By Logan Newman | June 17, 2014

ASU student safety task force focuses on Tempe

ASU’s task force on student safety spent its first year focused on the Tempe campus and surrounding areas, with plans to extend its findings to other campuses.

By Julia Shumway | June 16, 2014

Hearing for Humanity combats hearing loss in Africa

15 participants from ASU began a journey to Malawi and Kenya to help citizens suffering from hearing loss.

By Logan Newman | June 13, 2014

$100 summer charge to use SRC not exclusive to non-summer school students

A pair of fees for each semester of tuition — including the summer semester for students enrolled in summer school — equals $100.

By Logan Newman | June 12, 2014

W. P. Carey, SRP partner to help small businesses grow

W. P. Carey and SRP are offering an eight-week course to small business owners to help them grow and improve their business.

By Ian C. Beck | June 12, 2014

Tip of the Fork directed at academically excellent ASU student-athletes

Through leadership training and community service, the Tip of the Fork program is looking to foster high achieving student-athletes.

By Logan Newman | June 12, 2014

Tempe Police: Man kicks motorcycles, causes $3,000 in damage

The man later told police he kicked the bikes because he was trying to sleep.

By Julia Shumway | June 11, 2014

ASU alumnus Ryan Scott is pushing to open a gaming bar called Endgame Bar on Mill Avenue and University Drive. Endgame Bar has gaming events once every month at its tentative location on the second floor of Brickyard. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Scott)

Endgame Bar attempts to create new bar scene with gaming

Founders of Endgame Bar are pushing for an opening of a gaming bar on Mill and University. They need to convince ASU it is a favorable option for students and the school.

By Logan Newman | June 11, 2014

President Obama continuing efforts to lessen burdens of student loan debt

The White House has proposed a plan to cap monthly student loan payments at 10 percent of the borrower's income.

By Ian C. Beck | June 10, 2014

ASU commits to increase students studying abroad

ASU has joined a nationwide initiative to double the number of students who study abroad by the end of the decade.

By Ian C. Beck | June 6, 2014

Regents approve Todd Graham's contract extension

The Arizona Board of Regents met at NAU Friday to discuss multi-year extension for athletic coaches, among other issues.

By Ian C. Beck | June 6, 2014

Luis Gerardo Soltero, 23, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday after he was found guilty of killing an ASU student, 19-year-old Rebecca Kasper. (Photo courtesy of Tempe Police Department)

Man sentenced for murder of ASU student

Luis Soltero will spend a total of 30 years in prison for murdering a female ASU student, Rebecca Kasper, in spring 2013.

By Cattarina Lovins | June 5, 2014

Tempe Police: Man with fraudulent ID drives under the influence

Police found the man sleeping in a church parking lot after he urinated on himself.

By Julia Shumway | June 4, 2014

A Tempe metro bus passes by the Tempe Transportation Center on June 3, 2014.

Tempe begins work on transportation master plan

The Tempe Transportation Department hosted its first public meeting to discuss the new plan on May 29.

By Cattarina Lovins | June 4, 2014

'Good Morning America' host Robin Roberts to receive Cronkite Award

Robin Roberts, the co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America," will receive the 2014 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism

By State Press Staff | June 4, 2014

Robert Jones and his daughter Jessica Jones look at Andy Warhol’s Queen Beatrix screenprint at the ASU Art Museum on June 3, 2014. The museum received six Warhol prints as a short-term donation from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. (Photo by Sean Logan)

Six Andy Warhol works donated to ASU Art Museum

Andy Warhol prints will be displayed throughout summer in the ASU ART Museum. Entry is free.

By Logan Newman | June 4, 2014

'Really great time' for Tempe as new Postino anchors College Avenue revitalization

Craig DeMarco and Julian Wright were roommates at ASU. Twenty years later, they're both back in Tempe operating their own popular Valley restaurants.

By Evan Webeck | May 29, 2014

Tempe Police: Man trespasses in swimming pool, brings crystal meth

Tempe Police apprehended the man outside a local apartment complex.

By Julia Shumway | May 28, 2014

Pac-12 university presidents call for change in NCAA

A letter written by the Pac-12 presidents, including ASU president Michael Crow, lists several proposals on hot-button issues.

By Hunter Kossodo | May 28, 2014

Ten Flinn Scholars heading to ASU

Half of Arizona's top scholars have chosen to attend ASU in the fall.

| May 28, 2014

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