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Welcome to spring 2026

Happy New Year, Sun Devils! Welcome to 2026 and a new semester. Whether you are new to ASU or ready to graduate this semester, here are a few resources to help you meet your goals. Give your research...

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ASU Library student employees recognized for outstanding service

Every day, ASU Library student employees engage visitors, students, faculty and staff with library services and resources, in person on all campuses and online. Last month, two of those ASU Library s...

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Save time, stay organized: Citation strategies for graduate writing

In a recent Grad15 webinar, ASU librarian Matthew Ogborn introduced graduate students to citation management tools and offered practical strategies for integrating them into academic research. The ses...

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Poetry from Many Worlds

The Map and Geospatial Hub is collaborating with The School of International Letters and Cultures for their Poetry from Many Worlds Event, which consists of 1-hour reading of poems in the original lan...

Seated on couches in front of North mural in Labriola Center: Mirra Keeto, Enrico Binardi, Mimmo Bonanni. Photo taken by Lainey Tsosie.

I Am a Line of Words: Drawing Identity Across Cultures Diné, Pima, and Italian Visual Languages

Art exhibit reception and interview with Mirra Keeto This blog post begins with a description and photographs of the art exhibit reception, followed by an interview with Mirra Keeto at the end. As I...

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ASU GIS Day

Celebrate GIS Day at ASU! Join the global celebration and discover how Geographic Information Systems shape communities and the world. Hosted by ASU's School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Pl...

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ASU grad showcases family, cultures in library art exhibit

Mirra Keeto blends Indigenous roots with Italian Renaissance influences in 'I Am A Line of Words' Keeto graduated from ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and The College of Liberal Art...

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To understand the present, we must study the past

And to study the past, we must have access to as much material as possible. This includes primary sources like manuscripts and material objects, but also the scholarship and ancestries of thought that...

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Expanding open access in the humanities, education and beyond

What if a university’s research wasn’t locked behind paywalls? Through open-access publishing, researchers and scholars can make their work available to everyone. Open access removes barriers to impo...