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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Reining in the tech industry: Antitrust, regulation or both?

What happens when Big Tech becomes too big? And how do regulators ensure that competition is fair and that consumers are protected in an industry that remakes the world overnight? The world’s largest technology companies have become too big, with too much power and influence in the economy, according to critics, without much scrutiny or oversight. Now, leaders in the U.S. are playing catch up — with the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice set to decide which of the tech...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

McCain Institute forum looks at the future of NATO

In the three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian forces have profoundly altered the European security order and ushered in what is effectively a 21st century Iron Curtain over the continent. Defense officials from Estonia and Bulgaria joined the McCain Institute this month to discuss how today’s pressing economic, social and security challenges elevate the importance of the NATO alliance and the need for its member states to collectively respond to the common threat of a more...

Saturday, May 14, 2022

'No help wanted': A look at the history of US military’s use of outside expertise

Dozens of students and guests gathered both on-site and virtually for the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University's latest seminar, “New Tools for Science Policy — No Help Wanted: Outside Technical Advice for the U.S. Military,” on April 12. Mahmud Farooque , associate director for the consortium, welcomed attendees and introduced the featured speaker, John Alic , adjunct faculty at ASU’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society and former project...

Monday, April 25, 2022

Media Enterprise on the rise

In matters of mathematics, cross-multiplication is used to find common denominators, transform fractions and accelerate problem solving. In manners of mass communication, ASU Media Enterprise is fast becoming a common denominator, a cross multiplier of audience fractions and an accelerator for transmedia storytelling. Reimagining the models of journalism and mass communication is the nexus that brings together the parts that compose ASU Media Enterprise. A growing collection of media properties...

Thursday, March 17, 2022

3 ASU women featured in statue exhibit in Washington, D.C.

Editor's note: An additional alumna came to light after this story originally published. The story has been updated to include Wendy Bohon. Three Arizona State University women are immortalized in statue form on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this month to highlight women in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The statue exhibit features Lekelia Jenkins (pictured above with her statue), an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society;...

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

When local elections are threatened, what are the national implications?

Election officials have been under unprecedented pressure and attack across the country. From Arizona to Florida to Michigan, officials face heightened threats far and wide, leading many to fear for their safety, and recent disinformation campaigns and attempts to delegitimize election results and restrict voter access to the ballot box represent a mortal danger to American democracy, which cannot survive without public servants who can freely and fairly run our elections. As part of its “...

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

McCain Institute panel discusses the future of NATO with a more aggressive Russia

President Joe Biden recently ordered the deployment of around 3,000 U.S. troops to Poland, Germany and Romania in a show of support to NATO allies in Eastern Europe. At the same time, Russia continues to amass its military around Ukraine’s border on all sides, with troop numbers estimated to be around 130,000. With the Ukraine-Russia crisis showing no signs of deescalating, many countries and leaders are wondering what the future of NATO is with a more aggressive Russia. “It’s fair to say that...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

New vice dean shares how ASU Cronkite School will help shape the future of the news industry

The Cronkite School just got another “get.” Susan Goldberg, the former editor-in-chief of National Geographic and editorial director of National Geographic Partners, will be joining the ranks of Arizona State University this week with a joint appointment in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Sustainability at the College of Global Futures . Goldberg will serve as vice dean and professor of practice, and lead new programs and strategic partnerships...

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

ASU Local reimagines the college experience for Washington, D.C., youth

Camal Shorter is an ASU Local – Washington, D.C. , first-year student pursuing a BA in philosophy. He describes himself as open, willing and engaged and hopes to one day become a lawyer or professor, in addition to a best-selling author. His top motivation for staying in school is to become the best writer he can be. In fact, he has already begun that journey. He co-authored a children's book through a reading literacy program in Washington and is working on another book — a memoir he...

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