• Read more about Seize the Moment ASU Town Hall

Shaping tomorrow, today, requires path-breaking, creative solutions

That challenge has never been more critical than it is today, as an alarming “syndemic” of intersecting crises—the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and accompanying civil unrest, and cascading environmental hazards—destabilize social systems and threaten human survival across the planet. This is a pivotal time for educational institutions to re-envision their roles and priorities.

Science and technology need the arts and humanities

• Read more about An Evening with Zadie Smith

The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies invites you to an evening with award-winning author Zadie Smith. This dialogue will interrogate the ways we teach and write about English literature. In what ways can we adapt and appropriate the canon to imagine different and more inclusive futures?

About Zadie Smith

• Read more about Imagining Our Climate Futures

If we hope to achieve the global will and cooperation needed to meet the challenges of the climate crisis, we need stories of hope and transformation, not just disaster and deprivation. These stories should be rooted both in local realities and scientific insights. If we can inspire communities around the world to imagine their own positive climate futures, we can begin to imagine and undertake the work necessary to rebuild our economies and cultures on more sustainable foundations.

• Read more about ASU Family Virtual Yoga

Enjoy free yoga for the whole family!

Invite healthy fun into your home. Tune in for free Zoom yoga classes designed with young yogis in mind. Classes will be easy to follow for all ages and cover concepts like healthy stretching and mindful breathing. No materials are needed to participate, but comfortable clothing and a yoga mat are recommended. Yoga instruction will last 45 minutes.

• Read more about Movies on the Field: Raya and the Last Dragon

Movies on the Field: Raya and the Last Dragon

November 11, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
Frank Kush Field at Sun Devil Stadium

Register up to 6 guests per party!

• Read more about Sun Devil Generations: Winter Fun with Sparky

Get into a festive spirit at the Sun Devil Generations’ Winter Fun with Sparky event! Sun Devil families of all ages are invited to take a family photo with Sparky outside Old Main. After your photo, come inside for hot cocoa and cookies, winter crafts and stories being read by ASU students.

Move around at your own pace, with activities running concurrently throughout Old Main. Be sure to keep the fun going by adding on a take-home cookie decorating kit!

• Read more about Seize the Moment Variety Show

Come one, come all! Blending the knowledge and rigor of academic presentations with the energy and liveliness of talk shows and open mics, the Seize the Moment Variety Show is an hour of pop-up talks, interviews, presentations and more celebrating the dynamic, interdisciplinary work of the Humanities Lab and Leonardo Labs at Arizona State University.

• Read more about Neal Stephenson, Termination Shock

With his string of bestselling novels, Neal Stephenson has carved out a space at the forefront of contemporary fiction, exploring and shaping our cultural imaginary about the future and how it might feel to inhabit it. In his latest novel, Termination Shock, Stephenson explores one of the most pressing global issues of our time—climate change. Frustrated by the inaction of the world’s nations and international institutions, billionaire restaurant chain magnate T.R.

• Read more about Fall 2021 Commencement

Join ASU Family in congratulating the fall 2021 graduating class during ASU's commencement and convocation celebrations! In-person ceremonies are being offered in addition to live-streamed options for guests watching from home. Please visit graduation.asu.edu or click the links below for more details and information on how you can help celebrate the achievements of our incredible Sun Devils this year.

• Read more about Challenges in Jewish Ancestral Research

Challenges in Jewish Ancestral Research

Jewish genealogy | lecture series

Janette Silverman, Ancestry.com