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El Hasbrouck Insect Collection at the School of Life Sciences floreció de ser solamente un pequeño depósito de investigación a una casa de fieras conteniendo más de 2 millones de insectos.

The State Press is publishing its first-ever source audit. We spent the Fall 2020 semester recording demographic information about our sources with the goal of publishing a final report on our site detailing these findings. Collecting this information from the people we source holds our newsroom accountable to not just …

Students say professors who crossed professional boundaries left them feeling alienated.

ASU is looking to expand its partnerships in the private sector with a forthcoming for-profit venture, as first reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education and confirmed by the University.

ASU’s fall semester began and ended with the same trend: a spike in COVID-19 cases within its community. Despite the University’s social distancing and face-covering guidelines, public health campaign, free saliva-based testing and more, over 3,000 cumulative students and employees have become infected with the coronavirus since Aug. 1. Health …

ASU faculty will not be able to conduct their ASU Sync classes solely through Zoom without approval from the provost, a University spokesperson said in an email. ASU Sync classes provide students the option to attend the class either in person or remotely through Zoom. For many classes this past …

Leading up to the Fall 2020 semester, incoming students felt ASU advertised a relatively normal college experience: They could be on campus, go to in-person classes and attend some events. Instead, the semester “was kind of like the death of a dream,” said Ellie Goeringer, a freshman studying nursing, who …

ASU has been granted an allocation of 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines by the state to distribute weekly at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex at the Tempe campus, according to a University spokesperson. The site is set to open and distribute vaccines on Jan. 22 and Jan. 25, from 9 a.m. to …

The ASU COVID-19 vaccination site opened Friday to a steady stream of local residents and ASU community members eligible to get the vaccine. The site, located at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex at the Tempe campus, opened at 9 a.m. and quickly had a line form of people eligible for …

ASU President Michael Crow continues to say the University has successfully managed the COVID-19 pandemic on campus and its current "plan for the fall semester is to return to normal operations," he said in a meeting with The State Press Monday. University Provost Mark Searle and Provost Pro Tempore Nancy …

Active cases of the coronavirus rose by 118 within the ASU community since Thursday, according to a Monday update. There are now 288 active cases within the ASU community. Active cases among students are at 252, an increase of 108 infections since Thursday’s update. Employee active cases are now 36, …

ASU has placed 116 students and 18 student clubs or organizations on interim suspension for alleged coronavirus-related violations of the Student Code of Conduct since Aug. 1, according to information provided by a University spokesperson. Interim actions — which include interim suspensions, removal from University Housing or exclusions from one …

With the semester coming to a close, University officials and health experts are encouraging students to get tested for COVID-19 before traveling for winter break — while continuing to follow good health practices when away from campus. COVID-19 cases are surging across the nation, including within Arizona and the ASU …

ASU President Michael Crow knows University decisions impacting thousands in health and academics this semester were “disruptive, but we don’t think hugely disruptive,” he said in an interview with The State Press Wednesday. The University’s imperfect approach to managing the coronavirus was just enough to “defend against the virus” despite …

ASU ended its fall semester with 3,357 cumulative COVID-19 cases since Aug. 1, according to a University update Thursday. There are 337 active cases within the ASU community, a decrease of 64 since Monday's update. There are 260 active cases within the student population and 77 among employees. There are …

Every interview I conducted with ASU students during the fall semester was the same: it was the hardest semester students had ever had, the promise of in-person classes by the university failed, their mental health deteriorated and they disagreed with the vast majority of the university's decisions during the pandemic. …

ASU workers have announced the formation of a union chapter with United Campus Workers of Arizona, working to "advance academic justice in fulfilling our university's public mission," according to the chapter's website. The union looks to address "long-term concerns about job security, workload, wages, benefits, health and safety, and to …

Late in the fall 2020 semester, a former ASU student posted a series of videos telling her story as a victim of sexual assault and how ASU investigated her case. Piper Hansen, Andrew Onodera and I would spend a month reporting how those processes work, how and why they fail …

The compilation of stories has led to student discussions with administration about increasing accessibility In a nine-page zine featuring stories of students' experiences with ASU Counseling Services, four ASU students have taken what began as a group project to exchanges with the University’s highest officials about changing operations to better …

ASU President Michael Crow announced the members of the University's Advisory Council on African American Affairs in an email Monday. Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, vice president of ASU Cultural Affairs, and Jeffrey Wilson, a professor of economics, will co-chair the new council. "As educators, leaders and learners we have a responsibility to …

The ASU Police Department is investigating who may have left a racial slur written in graffiti near ASU Gammage last Friday, a spokesperson for the department said. The graffiti, found on the sidewalk near Apache Boulevard and Mill Avenue, has since been removed. "As an inclusive institution, we condemn any …

Days look the same for most ASU students: Wake up, open a laptop, eat something. Most rarely go out, staying indoors for safety and attending classes remotely despite an in-person option. Students have handled a stressful combination of new routines, new learning environments and interactions on a screen within a …

Shorter lines on the Tempe campus after a record number of early votes led to a relatively calm Election Day at ASU The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were present on ASU's Tempe campus, with voters reporting little to no wait time at the on-campus polling location compared to the …

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were present on ASU's Tempe campus, with voters reporting little to no wait time at the on-campus polling location compared to the two hour wait to cast a ballot on the Tempe campus in 2018. From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., students, faculty members …

On the same day ASU reported its largest increase in active COVID-19 cases in weeks — up 63 cases from Monday among students and employees — Arizona reported over 2,000 new positive cases of the coronavirus for the first time since Aug. 1, and the nation recorded more than 110,000 …

Nine months ago, the City of Tempe and researchers from ASU worked together to monitor the city’s wastewater for opioids. Now, the focus has switched to monitor for COVID-19 with the city's Wastewater Dashboard, said Darrell Duty, assistant fire chief at Tempe Fire Medical Rescue. When the pandemic struck, using …

Political candidates need money to successfully compete in an election, and in Arizona they have the choice to run for office using a public financing program to fund their campaign. In 1998, voters passed the Citizens Clean Elections Act which was intended to promote participation in local politics and to …

The University plans to encourage more faculty to teach on campus next semester to provide students more in-person experiences, but only if COVID-19 trends show it is safe to do so, a University spokesperson said. Jay Thorne, the spokesperson, said ASU would likely allow faculty the freedom to choose how …

Active COVID-19 cases decreased by 13 within the ASU community, according to an update from the University Thursday night. Since Monday's update, active cases among students decreased by 13 to a total of 80, and active cases among employees remained at 11. The total number of active cases decreased to …