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Arizona State University
Seal of Arizona State University
Former names
Tempe Normal School,
Arizona State College
MottoDitat Deus
Motto in English
God enriches
TypePublic research university
EstablishedFebruary 26, 1885
Endowment$514 million[1]
PresidentMichael M. Crow
ProvostElizabeth D. Capaldi
Academic staff
2,862[2]
Students59,794 (Tempe), 72,254 (All campuses)[3]
Undergraduates58,404
Postgraduates13,850
Location
Phoenix metropolitan area
,
Arizona
,
U.S.[4]
CampusUrban
Tempe: 631.6 acres (2.556 km2)[5]
Polytechnic: 612.99 acres (2.4807 km2)[6]
West: 277.92 acres (1.1247 km2)[6]
Downtown Phoenix: 27.57 acres (111,600 m2)[6]
NewspaperThe State Press
ColorsASU Maroon & Gold[7]    
NicknameSun Devils
AffiliationsABOR
MascotSparky
Websitewww.asu.edu
Arizona State University signature

Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public research university[8] located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Arizona.[9] ASU is one of the largest universities in the United States by enrollment and the largest public university under one President.[b] Founded in 1885 as the Tempe Normal School for the Arizona Territory, the school came under control of the Arizona Board of Regents in 1945 and was renamed Arizona State College.[10] A 1958 statewide ballot measure gave the university its present name; thus, making Arizona State one of the nation's newest public research universities. A goal of the university is to meet Association of American Universities (AAU) criteria and to become a member.[11] The mission of the university is to provide access to a growing urban population.[12] ASU considers itself a model of the “New American University” that recognizes “inclusion, rather than exclusion” as a measure of success.

ASU awards bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees, and is broadly organized into 15 colleges and schools spread across four campuses:[13] the original Tempe campus, the West campus in northwest Phoenix, the Polytechnic campus in eastern Mesa, and the Downtown Phoenix campus. All four campuses are accredited as a single institution by the Higher Learning Commission.[14] The University is categorized as a Research University with very high research activity (RU/VH) as reported by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education,[15] with a research expenditure of $385 million in 2012 (a tripling of research expenditure since fiscal year 2002). More than 1.5 million sq. ft. of new research space has been added to the university's research facilities.[16]

ASU's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Arizona State Sun Devils. They are members of the Pacific-12 Conference and have won 23 national championships. The university also participates in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and is billed as the top program within that league.[17] Beginning in 2013, ASU will be a founding member of the new Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL). ASU Sun Devils Hockey will compete with NCAA Division 1 schools for the first time in 2012, largely due to the success of the program.[18] Along with multiple athletic clubs and recreational facilities, ASU is also home to over 1,000 registered student organizations across its campuses; reflecting the diversity of the student body.


History

Main article: History of Arizona State University

1885–1929

Originally named the Tempe Normal School, the institution was founded on March 12, 1885, after John Samuel Armstrong first introduced House Bill 164, "An Act to Establish a Normal school in the Territory of Arizona to the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Arizona Territory. Instruction was instituted on February 8, 1886 under the supervision of Principal Hiram Bradford Farmer. Land for the school was donated by Tempe residents George and Martha Wilson, allowing 33 students to meet in a single room.[19]

At the beginning of the 20th century, the school's name was changed from Tempe Normal School to the Normal School of Arizona. Before becoming a college, the Normal School enrolled high school students with no other secondary education facilities. Under the 30 year tenure of president Arthur John Matthews the school was given all-college student status. The first dormitories built in the state were constructed under his supervision. Of the 18 buildings constructed while Matthews was president, six are still currently in use. Matthews envisioned an "evergreen campus," with many shrubbery brought to the campus. He also implemented the planting of Palm Walk, now one of the feature landmarks of the Tempe campus. His legacy is being continued to this day with the main campus having the honor of being declared a nationally recognized arboretum.[20]

President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a crowd of students on the steps of the Old Main at Arizona State University. March 20, 1911.

During the Great Depression, Ralph W. Swetman was hired as president for a three-year term.[21] Although enrollment increased by almost 100% during his tenure due to the depression, many faculty were terminated and faculty salaries were cut.[22]

1930–1989

ASU's Gammage Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

In 1933, Grady Gammage, then president of Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff, became president of Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe, a tenure that would last for nearly 28 years. Like his predecessor, Gammage oversaw the construction of a number of buildings on the Tempe campus. Dr. Gammage oversaw the development of the university, graduate programs, and the renaming of the Arizona State College to Arizona State University in 1958.

By the 1960s, with the presidency of Dr. G. Homer Durham, Arizona State University began to expand its academic curriculum by establishing several new colleges and beginning to award Doctor of Philosophy and other doctoral degrees.[23]

The next three presidents—Harry K. Newburn, 1969–71, John W. Schwada, 1971–81, and J. Russell Nelson, 1981–89—and Interim President Richard Peck, 1989, led the university to increased academic stature, creation of the West Campus, and rising enrollment.

1990–present

Under the leadership of Dr. Lattie F. Coor, from 1990 to June 2002, ASU grew through the creation of the Polytechnic campus and extended education sites. His commitment to diversity, quality in undergraduate education, research, and economic development underscored the university's significant gains in each of these areas over his 12-year tenure. Part of Dr. Coor's legacy to the university was a successful fund-raising campaign: Through private donations, more than $500 million was invested in targeted areas that would significantly impact the future of ASU. Among the campaign's achievements were the naming and endowing of the Barrett Honors College, the Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts, and the Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management; the creation of many new endowed faculty positions; and hundreds of new scholarships and fellowships.[24]

ASU's Biodesign Institute in Tempe campus

On July 1, 2002, Michael Crow became the university's 16th president. At his inauguration, President Crow outlined his vision for transforming ASU into a "New American University"—one that would be open and inclusive. Further, Crow initiated the idea of transforming ASU into "One University in Many Places" by merging ASU's several campuses into a single institution, sharing students, faculty, staff and accreditation. Aided by hundreds of millions of dollars in donations, ASU embarked on an aggressive years-long research facility capital building effort, resulting in the establishment of the Biodesign Institute and several large interdisciplinary research buildings. Along with the research facilities, the university faculty was expanded, including the addition of three Nobel Laureates.[25] In addition, ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus was vastly expanded with several of the University's colleges and schools relocated to the downtown campus.

The economic downturn that began in 2008 took a particularly hard toll on Arizona, resulting in large cuts to ASU's budget.[26] In response to these cuts, ASU underwent several rounds of reorganizations,[27] combining academic departments, consolidating colleges and schools, and reducing university staff and administrators. But, with an economic recovery underway in 2011, ASU continued its campaign by expanding the West and Polytechnic Campuses,[28] and establishing a set of low-cost, teaching-focused extension campuses in Lake Havasu City and Payson, Arizona[29]



Organization and Administration

ASU College/school founding
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College/School
Year founded
Barrett, The Honors College
1988
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
1954
College of Nursing and Health Innovation
1957
College of Public Programs
1979
College of Technology and Innovation
1996
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
1954
Graduate College
1937
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
1964
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
1954
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
1984
College of Health Solutions
2012
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
1964
School of Sustainability
2006
University College
2011
W. P. Carey School of Business
1961
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
1941
Main article: Arizona Board of Regents

The Arizona Board of Regents governs Arizona State University as well as the other state's public universities; University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University.[30] The Board of Regents is composed of twelve members including eleven voting, and one non-voting. Members of the boards are the Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction that act as an ex-officio members, eight volunteer Regent members with eight years term that are appointed by the Governor, and two Student Regents with two years term, being a non-voting apprentice term on its first year. ABOR provides policy guidance to the state universities of Arizona. ASU has multiple campus locations, covering the Phoenix metropolitan areas including the Main Tempe campus in Tempe, the West campus and Downtown Phoenix campus both in Phoenix, and the Polytechnic campus in Mesa. It also offers courses and degrees through ASU online to forward the mission of the university.

The Arizona Board of Regents appoints and elects the president of the university, who is considered as the chief executive officer and the chief budget officer of the institution.[31] The president is responsible for the execution of measures enacted by the Board of Regents, controls the property of the university, and acts as the official representative of the university to the Board of Regents.[32] The chief executive officer is assisted through the administration of the institution by the provost, vice presidents, deans, faculty, directors, department chairs, and other officers.[33] The president also selects and appoints administrative officers and general counsels. The 16th and current ASU president is Michael M. Crow, and has served since July 1, 2002.[34]

Campuses and locations

ASU's academic programs are spread across campuses in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area; however, unlike most multi-campus institutions, ASU describes itself as "one university in many places," meaning that it is not a university system with separate campuses.[35][36] Inter-campus shuttles and light rail allow students and faculty to easily travel between the campuses. In addition to the physical campuses, ASU includes a fifth "virtual campus" for online and extended education.

Tempe campus

Overlooking the Tempe campus from atop Hayden Butte
Main article: Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

ASU's Tempe campus is located in downtown Tempe, Arizona, about eight miles (13 km) east of downtown Phoenix. The campus is considered urban, and is approximately 642 acres (2.6 km2) in size. The campus is arranged around broad pedestrian malls and is completely encompassed by an arboretum.[37][38] The Tempe campus is also the largest of ASU's campuses, with 59,794[a] students enrolled in at least one class on campus.[39]

The Tempe campus is ASU's original campus, and Old Main, the first building constructed, still stands today. There are many notable landmarks on campus, including Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Palm Walk, which is lined by 111 palm trees,[40] Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, the University Club Building, and University Bridge. In addition, the campus has an extensive public art collection, considered one of the ten best among university public art collections in America according to Public Art Review.[41] Against the northwest edge of campus is the Mill Avenue district (part of downtown Tempe) which has a college atmosphere that attracts many students to its restaurants and bars. The Tempe campus is also home to all of the university's athletic facilities.

West campus

Fletcher Library, West campus
Main article: Arizona State University at the West campus

The West campus was established in 1984 by the Arizona Legislature and sits on 250 acres (1.0 km2) in a suburban area of northwest Phoenix. The West campus lies about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of downtown Phoenix, and about 18 miles (29 km) northwest of the Tempe campus. The West campus is designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride,[42] and is nearly completely powered by a 4.6MW solar array.[43] This campus is home to the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and selected programs of the W.P. Carey School of Business. The campus, patterned after the University of Oxford’s architecture, is currently building a new residence hall, dining facility and recreation center to open in 2012.[44]

Polytechnic campus

Picacho Hall (left) and Peralta Hall (right) at the Polytechnic campus
Main article: Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus

Founded in 1996 as "ASU East," the ASU Polytechnic campus serves 10,521 students and is home to more than 40 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in professional and technical programs through the College of Technology and Innovation, and selected programs of the W.P. Carey School of Business/Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, the School of Letters and Sciences, and College of Nursing and Health Innovation. The 600-acre (2.4 km2) campus located in southeast Mesa, Arizona, approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of the Tempe campus, and 33 miles (53 km) southeast of downtown Phoenix. The Polytechnic campus sits on the former Williams Air Force Base.

Downtown Phoenix campus

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Downtown Phoenix campus
Main article: Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix campus

The newest of ASU's four campuses, the Downtown Phoenix campus was established in 2006 on the north side of Downtown Phoenix.[45] The campus has an urban design, with several large modern academic buildings intermingled with commercial and retail office buildings. In addition to the new buildings, the campus included the adaptive reuse of several existing structures, including a 1930s era Post Office that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Serving 17,151[39] students, the campus houses the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, College of Public Programs, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.[46]

Colleges @ ASU

Main article: Colleges@ASU

In response to demands for lower-cost public higher education in Arizona, ASU is developing a number of small, undergraduate-only college locations throughout Arizona. Colleges @ ASU locations will be teaching-focused, and will provide a selection of popular undergraduate majors. The first is being planned for Lake Havasu City with programs available as early as fall 2012.[47]

Online degree programs

ASU offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs through an entirely online platform, known as ASU Online. The degree programs delivered online hold the same accreditation as the university's traditional face-to-face programs, and students earn many of the same degrees as those who attended courses in person. Online students are taught by the same faculty and receive the same diploma as on-campus students. As of spring 2012, more than 5,000 students were enrolled at ASU Online. ASU Online is headquartered at ASU's Skysong campus in Scottsdale, Arizona. ASU Online was ranked #1 in online Student Services and Technology by U.S. News and World Report.

ASU-Mayo Clinic Medical School Campus

In late 2011, ASU launched a collaboration with the Mayo Clinic to create a medical school.[48] As part of the collaboration with Mayo, ASU moved some academic departments onto the Mayo Clinic campus in Scottsdale, Arizona.[49] Mayo Medical and ASU have instituted a "Premedical Scholar Program" to further ASU Clinical partnering program mission. ASU has created a network with its clinical partners —area hospitals and healthcare organizations—to provide inspiration, test innovations and real-world training for its students, and to bring research back to the community in which it exists [6].

Academics

Admissions

School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe Campus

Admission to any of the public universities in Arizona is ensured to residents in the top 25% of their high-school class with a GPA of 3.0[50] in core competencies. In 2011-2012, ASU admitted 86.6% of all applicants[51] and is considered a "selective" university by U.S. News and World Report. Average GPA of high school graduates enrolling full-time is 3.42.[52]

Barrett, The Honors College is ranked 1st in the nation [53] among peer institutions (1300-1400 minimum SAT) and 5th in Overall Excellence among all universities. Like most of ASU's colleges and schools (e.g. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, W.P. Carey School of Business, Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, etc.[50]), Barrett College maintains much more strict admissions standards. Furthermore, Barrett College provides a more rigorous curriculum with smaller classes and increased faculty interaction.[54] Although there are no set minimum admissions criteria for Barrett College, the average GPA of incoming freshmen was 3.84, with average SAT scores of 1314/1600 and ACT scores of 29.[55] The Honors college enrolls 3523 undergraduate students, 613 of whom are National Merit Scholars.[56]

Academic programs

Main article: List of colleges and schools of Arizona State University

ASU offers over 250 majors to undergraduate students, and more than 100 graduate programs leading to numerous masters and doctoral degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, design and arts, engineering, journalism, education, business, law, nursing, public policy, technology, and sustainability. These programs are divided into 15 colleges and schools which are spread across ASU's four campuses. ASU uses a plus-minus grading system with highest cumulative GPA awarded of 4.0 (at time of graduation).

Rankings

Academic rankings
National
Forbes[57]305
U.S. News & World Report[58]132
Washington Monthly[59]45
Global
ARWU[60]79
QS[61]336
THE[62]127

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 "national universities" by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10[63] for "Up and Coming" universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.[64] In addition, ASU is ranked 78th in the world / 45th in the US by the Academic Ranking of World Universities[65] and was named as one of "America's Best College Buys" by Forbes magazine.[66]

In 2012, "ASU students ranked fifth among all public universities in National Science Foundation grants for graduate study and 11th among all universities, including the Ivy institutions. Among other things, the high achievement in this area of excellence points to consistently strong advising and support, a logical outcome of Barrett (Arizona State University's honor college) investing more in honors staff than any other honors program that" Public University Honors reviewed.

For its efforts to be a national leader in campus sustainability, ASU was named one of the top 20 "cool schools" by the Sierra Club,[67] was named to the "Green Honor Roll" by the Princeton Review,[68] and earned an "A-" grade on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card.[69]

Several of ASU's graduate schools also appear among the top of the US News & World Report rankings, including the 30th-ranked W. P. Carey School of Business[70] (along with its 4th-ranked program in Supply Chain Management and the 15th-ranked program in Information Systems), the 26th-ranked Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law,[71] the 43rd-ranked Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering (including five individual programs ranked in the top 30),[72] the 16th-ranked School of Public Affairs,[73] the 26th-ranked Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College,[74] the 21st-ranked College of Nursing and Health, and 25th-ranked Healthcare Management.[75] In addition, the individual Ph.D. programs in Psychology (36th of 240),[76] Earth Science (17th of 108),[77] and Criminology (12th)[78] also earned high rankings.

Libraries

The subterranean entrance to Hayden Library, Tempe campus

ASU's faculty and students are served by two dedicated general-topic libraries: Hayden Library, which is the largest of the ASU libraries and is located on the Tempe campus, and Fletcher Library, located on the west campus. In addition, the Ross-Blakley Law Library and the Noble Science Library are housed in dedicated facilities on the Tempe campus. Music and Architecture collections are housed in facilities within the schools of Music and Architecture, respectively. Smaller library facilities are also located on the Polytechnic and Downtown campuses.[79] As of 2009, ASU's libraries held 4.4 million volumes.[80]

Student life

Extracurricular programs

School of Music at ASU Tempe campus

Arizona State University has an active extracurricular involvement program (Sun Devil Involvement Center).[81] Located on the 3rd floor of the Memorial Union, the Sun Devil Involvement Center (SDIC) provides opportunities for student involvement through clubs, sororities, fraternities, community service, leadership, student government, and co-curricular programming.

Hayden Butte, also known as "A Mountain"

Changemaker Central is student-run centralized resource hub for student involvement in social entrepreneurship, civic engagement, service learning and community service that catalyzes student-driven social change. Changemaker Central locations have opened on all campuses in Fall 2011, providing flexible, creative workspaces for everyone in the ASU community. The project is entirely student run and advances ASU’s institutional commitments to social embeddedness and entrepreneurship. The space allows students to meet, work and join new networks and collaborative enterprises while taking advantage of ASU’s many resources and opportunities for engagement.[82] Changemaker Central has signature programs, including Innovation Challenge and 10,000 Solutions, that support students in their journey to become changemakers by creating communities of support around new solutions/ideas and increasing access to early stage seed funding.[83] The Innovation Challenge seeks undergraduate and graduate students from across the university who are dedicated to making a difference in our local and global communities through innovation. Students can win up to $10,000 to make their innovative project, prototype, venture or community partnership ideas happen.[84] The 10,000 Solutions Project leverages the power of collaborative imagination and innovation to create a solutions bank. As an experimental problem solving platform, the project showcases and collects ideas at scale with local and global impact. The 10,000 Solutions Project aims to see what can be accomplished when passionate people join a collaborative community that builds upon each other’s innovative ideas.[85]

In addition to Changemaker Central, the Freshman Year Residential Experience (FYRE) and the Greek community (Greek Life) at Arizona State University have been important in binding students to the university, and providing social outlets. The Freshman Year Residential Experience at Arizona State University was developed to improve the freshman experience at Arizona State University and increase student retention figures. FYRE provides advising, computer labs, free walk-in tutoring, workshops, and classes for students. In 2003, U.S. News and World Report ranked FYRE as the 23rd best first year program in the nation. ASU is also home to one of the nation's first and fastest growing gay fraternities, Sigma Phi Beta, founded in 2003; considered a sign of the growing university's commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.

The second Eta chapter of Phrateres, a non-exclusive, non-profit social-service club, was installed here in 1958. Between 1924 and 1967, 23 chapters of Phrateres were installed in universities across North America.

Student media

The Palm Walk is frequented by ASU students.

The State Press is a daily paper published on Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters, and weekly during the summer sessions. The State Press covers news and events on all four ASU campuses. Student editors and managers are solely responsible for the content of the State Press newspaper and its associated website. These publications are overseen by an independent board and guided by a professional adviser employed by the University.

The Downtown Devil is another student-run newspaper with an associated website for the Downtown Phoenix Campus.

@west news is an independent, student-run newspaper covering news and events on ASU's west campus.

ASU has two radio stations. KASC The Blaze 1330 AM, is a broadcast station that is owned and funded by the Cronkite School of Journalism, and is completely student-run save for a faculty and professional adviser. The Blaze broadcasts local, alternative and independent music 24 hours a day, and also features news and sports updates at the top and bottom of every hour.[86] W7ASU is an amateur radio station that was first organized in 1935. W7ASU has about 30 members that enjoy amateur radio, and is primarily a contesting club.[87]

Student government

Associated Students of Arizona State University (ASASU) is the student government at Arizona State University.[88] It is composed of the Undergraduate Student Government and the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA). Members and officers of ASASU are elected annually by the student body.

The Residence Hall Association (RHA) of Arizona State University is the student government for every ASU student living on-campus. Each ASU campus has an RHA that operates independently of each other. The purpose of RHA is to enhance the quality of residence hall life and provide a cohesive voice for the residents by addressing the concerns of the on-campus populations to university administrators and other campus organizations; providing cultural, diversity, educational, and social programming; establishing and working with individual hall councils.

Athletics

Arizona State Football Team in September of 2011
Main article: Arizona State Sun Devils

Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university. They compete in the Pac-12 Conference in 20 varsity sports. Historically, the university has shown great athletic dominance in men's, women's, and mixed archery; men's, women's, and mixed badminton; women's golf; women's swimming and diving; and baseball. The Sun Devils have played in the Fiesta Bowl five times, and in 1987 the ASU football team won the Rose Bowl, defeating the University of Michigan 22–15. Arizona State also participated in the 1997 Rose Bowl, but lost 20-17 to The Ohio State University. Arizona State University's NCAA Division I-A program competes in 9 varsity sports for men and 11 for women. The Sun Devil mascot is named Sparky. The university is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference in all varsity sports. ASU's current athletic director is Steve Patterson. In 2012 he took over for Lisa Love, formerly senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California. Love was responsible for the hiring of coaches Herb Sendek, the men's basketball coach, and Dennis Erickson, the men's football coach. Erickson was also fired in 2012, and replaced by Todd Graham.

Wells Fargo Arena in ASU Tempe campus

ASU has won 23 national collegiate team championships in the following sports: baseball (5), men's golf (2), women's golf (7), men's gymnastics (1), softball (2), men's indoor track (1), women's indoor track (2), men's outdoor track (1), women's outdoor track (1), and wrestling (1).[89]

In September 2009 criticism over the seven-figure salaries earned by various coaches at Arizona's public universities (including ASU) prompted the Arizona Board of Regents to re-evaluate the salary and benefit policy for athletic staff.[90]

Arizona State Sun Devils football was founded in 1897 under coach Fred Irish.[91] Currently, the team has played in the 2007 Holiday Bowl, 1997 Rose Bowl and also won the Rose Bowl in 1987 as well as the Fiesta Bowl in 1982, 1975, 1973, 1972, and 1971. In 1970 they were co-champions of the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship. Additionally, the Sun Devils were Pac-10 Champions in 1986, 1996, and 2007.

People

Alumni

Main article: List of Arizona State University alumni

There are more than 300,000 ASU alumni worldwide.[92]

Faculty

ASU faculty have included former CNN host Aaron Brown, meta-analysis developer Gene V. Glass, feminist and author Gloria Feldt, and Pulitzer Prize winner and The Ants author Bert Hölldobler. Donald Johanson, who discovered the 3.18 million year old fossil hominid Lucy (Australopithecus) in Ethiopia, is also a professor at ASU, as well as George Poste, Chief Scientist for the Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative. Current Nobel laureate faculty include Leland Hartwell,[93] and Edward C. Prescott.[94] On June 12, 2012 Elinor Ostrom, ASU's third Nobel laureate, died at the age of 78.

ASU faculty's achievements as of 2012 include:[95]

Notes

^ a: Campus emrollment figures at ASU are defined by the number of students taking at least one course offered by a department housed on a particular campus. Students who are enrolled in classes on more than one campus (estimated to be 27,484) are counted within each campus's total.

^ b: ASU is the largest research university in the US under a single administration (one President, Provost, VPs, etc.). In addition ASU's Tempe campus is one of the largest single university campus in the US.

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