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Life outside the screen, continued

“4.2 billion people access social media sites via mobile devices with 189 million Facebook users being ‘mobile only’” – Albert Costill Whether you love it or hate it, it’s apparent that social media is here to stay and it’s becoming increasingly essential to have contact with it and cultivate your online presence.

Searching for a sea change

Today, Professor Susanne Neuer, 50, is an oceanographer at ASU. Now she’s focusing her research on climate change. Through funding from National Science Foundation (NSF) and the School of Life Sciences at ASU, Neuer hopes to gain an increased understanding of the role and fate of oceanic phytoplankton in a changing climate.

Who commissions public art?

State patronage has been an important part of the art world since the beginning of time, and continues to play an important role in public art commissions today. Here's what the process looks like.

Thrilling opportunities through Ticketmaster

There's one thing that every college student cannot be without: entertainment.

A walk for peace brings students together

One ASU group, in conjunction with Project Humanities, walked to promote peace and coexistence Friday.

From the Desk: Our scientific magazine

After months of hard work from the SPM staff, we have finally released our first issue of the semester, "Theory and Discovery."

EVOKE-ing innovation

While EVOKE may not necessarily contain fancy gadgets or booby traps, the game creators hope players will feel motivated to help better the world.

How to be inspired

Ideas create ideas, it just takes a bit of time and a a lot more than a half-second glance.

Concussion consciousness

Two ASU alumni have developed Fitguard, an early warning system for concussions that has been fitted inside of a mouth-guard for athletes of all ages and sizes.

SPM's Theory and Discovery

The first issue of the 2014-2015 semester by State Press Magazine highlights new scientific research and discovery. Video by Luu Nguyen. Reach the editor in chief at mamccrea@asu.edu or via Twitter @mmccreary6.

Embracing your oddities

A$AP Rocky says, “I have gold teeth, I have braids, I'm wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a biker vest, I love artsy girls, my favorite artists are Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon." He's obsessed with being different. I would like to say that I have never been a typical Alamo Heights girl.

Contemporary music changes churches

Contemporary music is taking over churches why?

Life outside the screen

Last week I wrote a paper for my Spanish class on the cause and effects of social media among the Millennial generation.

Student Studies

Students are an essential part of the research labs at ASU. Three students speak about their experiences and the importance of university research.

Hope for a Cure

ASU has been taking steps to educate students on the biology behind HIV/AIDS and the social stigma that still surrounds the disease in the form of a class, MIC 314. One ASU professor, who has taught MIC 314 for many years, has created a vaccine to protect against HIV. The vaccine will possibly undergo human clinical trials in 2015.

Experiencing the ASU poetry scene

After 4 semesters at ASU, it's easy to assume that I have it all figured out. I can amble my way to the Memorial Union on Tempe Campus.

Modernizing classic art creates compelling messages

These artists pay homage to master artists who influenced development and essentially shaped the art world we know today. But they also imbue these works with a striking aesthetic, creating something can at once be classically beautiful and dynamically compelling.

Building a robotic tomorrow

Thomas Sugar develops human-technology integration. His innovations will help people who have had amputations by giving them robotics limbs. Now he is working on a special project called the "Four Minute Mile."

Five Research Developments at ASU

From the Desk: When you wish upon a star

Flashback to a month ago, I’m walking out the doors through the studio lot on my last day interning for a certain man and a mouse.