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Rev. Luther Holland of the First Institution Baptist speaks at a civil rights protest outside of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Tuesday. Civil rights leaders gathered to protest a party hosted by the Tau Kappa Epsilon that featured racist stereotypes. (Photo by Rachel Nemeh)

ASU: Tau Kappa Epsilon loses recognition

ASU announced Thursday that Tau Kappa Epsilon's recognition as a chapter at the University is permanently revoked.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | January 23, 2014

ASU faculty find religion may shape conflict

Faculty have published research finding that religion may shape intergroup conflict.

By Catherine Calderon | January 23, 2014

Tempe Police: Woman has keys to stolen car

Tempe Police arrested a 21-year-old woman after they say she exited the driver's seat of a stolen car.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | January 23, 2014

ASU recently partnered with the city of Phoenix to create programs that look to transform waste streams into economic development for the area. (Photo by Axel Everitt)

ASU, city of Phoenix create regional sustainability center in new partnership

A recent agreement between ASU and the city of Phoenix is expected to pave the way for expanding sustainability initiatives in the region.

By Shari Rose | January 23, 2014

Brittany Duong, biomedical engineering senior and president of the ASU chapter of Engineers Without Borders, poses with Kenyan children on the group's annual trip to Kenya. (Photo Courtesy of Brittany Duong)

Engineers Without Borders strives for a world with better water access

The ASU chapter of Engineers Without Borders anticipates its upcoming trip to Kenya to build a hydraulics lab as it raises funds and support.

By Emily Mahoney | January 23, 2014

Teams scramble to compete and submit their projects before the deadline in Mesa's Heat Sync Labs. (Photo by Kelcie Grega)

ASU students compete in local hackathon

Ten teams of hackers, programmers and crafters competed to build an interactive wearable in less than 24 hours.

By Kelcie Grega | January 23, 2014

Brenda Soto presents her tiara that she was crowned with at the pageant after being named Miss Arizona Latina 2013. (Photo by Ryan Liu)

ASU reigns in pageant queens

Three ASU students have taken the crown in the Miss Arizona USA, Miss Arizona Latina and Miss Black Arizona pageants.

By Kennedy Scott | January 23, 2014

On Wednesday Jan. 22, at ASU's West Campus, hundreds of elementary students gather to watch Charles St. Clair reenact MLK’s “I Have a Dream Speech" that took place over a half a century ago in the nations capitol. (Photo by Mario Mendez)

ASU West campus holds MLK speech re-enactment, draws enthusiasm from young crowd

Middle school students from across the west Valley participated in a March on Washington re-enactment on the West campus Wednesday.

By Kelcie Grega | January 22, 2014

Tempe Police: Man steals bike because he was tired of walking

Tempe Police arrested a 34-year-old man after they say he stole a man's bicycle.

By Anthony Nish | January 22, 2014

ASU Downtown campus, Yelp partner in bringing students, local businesses together

USG Downtown President Frank Smith III has been working with online review website Yelp to unify the area around the downtown Phoenix campus by bringing students and businesses together.

By Joey Hancock | January 22, 2014

Former vice chair and a current adjunct professor for biomedical informatics at ASU Vimla Patel has been selected to receive the Hind Rattan Award for 2014. The award is being given to Patel to recognize her contributions and services to her expertise field. (Photo by Ryan Liu)

Hind Rattan award to be presented to ASU adjunct professor Vimla Patel

Vimla Patel, who teaches biomedical informatics at ASU, will receive the prestigious Hind Rattan award Friday in India.

By Kennedy Scott | January 22, 2014

Gemini Planet Imager's first light image of the light scattered by a disk of dust orbiting the young star HR 4796A. The left image shows normal light, including both the dust ring and the residual light from the central star scattered by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. The right image shows only polarized light. Leftover starlight is unpolarized and hence removed from this image. (Processing by Marshall Perrin, Space Telescope Science Institute)

Professor, students help develop Gemini Planet Imager

The world's most powerful tool for imaging planets turns to the sky and collects data from remote worlds with the help of an ASU professor and students.

By Ksenia Maryasova | January 22, 2014

Q&A: Alumnus, artist Ben Harris talks music

ASU alumnus Ben Harris is the opening act for ventriloquist Terry Fator at The Mirage in Las Vegas.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | January 22, 2014

ASU Tempe student government passes three bills in first meeting of semester

USG Tempe held its first meeting Tuesday night, passed three bills and prepared for future legislation for the spring semester.

By Joey Hancock | January 21, 2014

ASU Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity causes outrage after MLK-themed party

Civil rights leaders held a press conference Tuesday in response to fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon throwing a party they deemed racist on the eve of MLK Day.

By Kelcie Grega | January 21, 2014

Tempe Police: Man assaults officer in parking lot

Tempe Police stunned and arrested a 29-year-old man after they say he exhibited erratic behavior and yelled obscenities at an officer.

| January 21, 2014

Tempe Police arrest 105 suspects in largest fraud case in Arizona history

The largest fraud case operation in Arizona history resulted in 105 arrests with more likely to come.

By Joey Hancock | January 21, 2014

At the MLK day of service, neighborhood clean up, volunteers gather around the streets of 7th Avenue and Pima in Phoenix to hand out free work gloves to facilitate the neighborhood clean up."

"On January 20th a handful of youths gather to share a few words as the rest of the crowd waits for further instructions. The MLK day of service neighborhood clean up aims to bring the community closer together while simultaneously improving their neighborhood. (Photo by Mario Mendez)

Valley community comes together on MLK day to clean neighborhood

Civilians, politicians and organizations across the Valley worked together Monday to clean up a neighborhood in Phoenix in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Anthony Nish | January 20, 2014

Tempe Police: Man breaks into Quaker meeting hall, sleeps in hallway

Tempe Police arrested a 24-year-old Tempe man after they say he broke a window of the Tempe Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and slept inside the meeting hall.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | January 20, 2014

(Photo Courtesy of ASU Carillon Society)

New tunes for old instrument

Student carillonneur Jacob Hofeling composes and performs original and modern music for ASU's 48-year-old carillon.

By Amy Medeiros | January 16, 2014

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