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Update on Palo Verde East fire
There was a fire this morning in a storage space on the first floor of Arizona State University’s Palo Verde East residence hall on the Tempe campus.
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ASU and Arizona, Utah will move to Big 12 conference
Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and the University of Utah will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024, positioning the universities and their student-athletes for increased stability and success.
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Lewis Center legislative hearing — ASU additional details
July 21, 2023 Members of the Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Freedom of Expression at Arizona’s Public Universities: Thank you for providing Arizona State University with the opportunity to present and testify before the committee. My colleagues and I did our best to answer your questions, but as you know there were some instances when we committed to follow up with you and to provide
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Freedom of Speech at Arizona State University
Arizona State University is committed, in practice, not just rhetoric, to all things that support free speech and all its components. American universities have long been an environment where ideas are shared and tested, beliefs are expressed, and issues are debated. Along with that comes arguments and disagreements over strongly held beliefs.
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ASU statement regarding SCOTUS Affirmative Action ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina will have no impact on the diversity of the Arizona State University student body or ASU’s commitment to having a student body which reflects the population of the State of Arizona.
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Lewis Center and Freedom of Speech at Arizona State University
Ms. Atkinson’s current job at the university will no longer exist after June 30 because the donor who created and funded the center decided to terminate his donation. Unfortunate, but hardly unprecedented. ASU is working to determine how we can support the most impactful elements of the center without that external funding.
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Threat to ASU campus is a hoax
A threat posted last night on social media has been thoroughly investigated and is a hoax.
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ASU PD campus incident
At approximately 1:30 a.m. the ASU Police Department received a report of a suspect with a gun at the intersection of McAllister and Lemon.
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Free speech on Arizona State University campus
As a public university, ASU adheres to the First Amendment and strives to ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression.
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Tip from student leads to recovery of explosive materials
The ASU Police Department received information on Feb. 28 from a concerned student that another student might be building explosives in his Palo Verde East residence hall.
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