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Thanks to a partnership with Arizona State University, Cochise College students now have access to hundreds of transfer pathways through the MyPath2ASU collaboration. The partnership aims to provide a seamless transition process for students who wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in their field of choice. MyPath2ASU is an industry-leading transfer navigation tool available to ASU transfer students from accredited U.S. regional institutions. The tool ensures a positive transfer experience...
Given his work history with organizations such as Harvard Business School and the Smithsonian Institution, Arthur Daemmrich is no stranger to innovation and public engagement. He now brings this combined experience to Arizona State University as the director of the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO), a globally recognized network aimed at enhancing science and technology’s ability to create a more just society. CSPO, based at ASU’s center in Washington, D.C., is a research...
On Monday, Jan. 23, an esteemed panel of experts from Arizona State University and the technology and government sectors shared their perspectives on the recent resurgence of U.S. policy that puts science at the core. The event was hosted by the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at the ASU Barrett & O'Connor Washington Center in Washington, D.C., as part of the organization’s second volume of the Rightful Place of Science speaker series that focuses on policy and...
On Dec. 14, the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, in partnership with the Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA), hosted "Innovating, Accelerating and Scaling Silicon Savannah," a convening of high-level representatives from the government of Kenya and ASU to define areas of mutual cooperation. President William Ruto of Kenya, ASU President Michael Crow, and Thunderbird Director General and Dean Sanjeev Khagram gathered to announce a new...
Evelyn Farkas, a trailblazer for national security and foreign policy in the U.S., has spent the past three decades standing up for democracy. “Democracy to me means freedom,” Farkas said. “The freedom to express yourself politically, the freedom to express yourself economically, and it was something that my parents didn’t have when they were born.” Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies recently hosted Farkas, executive director at the McCain Institute for...
During his 44 years at The Washington Post, Leonard Downie Jr. investigated and led coverage of some of the most significant events of the 20th century. Downie, the Weil Family Professor of Journalism at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was an editor for The Post’s investigation of the Watergate scandal, which resulted in President Richard Nixon’s resignation, covered the Jonestown massacre in 1978 and, as executive editor, oversaw The...
America’s share of global semiconductor production has fallen from 37% in 1990 to just 12% today. During the same period, semiconductor use has risen to define almost every aspect of life. “To use your phone, to use your computer, to turn your car on, you need microchips. And right now, we are heavily dependent on foreign nations for them,” said U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, adding that such dependence represents economic and security risks to the country. Sinema was speaking at "CHIPS for...
It has been nearly 100 years since the U.S. foreign service was created through the Rogers Act, which fundamentally reformed America's foreign services in the years following World War I. Since the formation of the U.S. foreign service, America has had 17 presidential administrations, experienced a population swell of nearly 300% and watched the world’s political geography radically change. Over the years, numerous studies and reports about modernizing the U.S. foreign service have been...
When Barry Goldwater passed away in 1998, the five-term U.S. senator from Arizona and former presidential candidate left some mighty big shoes to fill. But John McCain stepped into them almost effortlessly, becoming a presidential contender and leader who was known throughout the world as a war hero and a tireless diplomat who fought for his country in and out of uniform. The McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University recently launched a social media campaign...

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