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Fellowships to advance research on American Indian history and the West
Two new fellowship opportunities invite scholars and doctoral students living outside the Phoenix area to Arizona State University in support of their research exploring the diverse history of the West, its intersections of race and violence, and American Indian history. T...
The books are back at Hayden Library
As the renovation of Hayden Library comes to a close this month, an exciting milestone is afoot: the return of the books. Each day, thousands of books make their way back to Hayden Library, in anticipation of the library's re-opening for the first day of the Spring 2020 se...
Student employee wins inaugural library award
ASU student worker Jessica Sills has been awarded the inaugural ASU Library LibAid for Student Success award, presented by University Librarian Jim O'Donnell. The award, created in 2019 through the generosity of an anonymous donor, aims to provide further support to a well...
Symposium on student activism coming to ASU
February 27-28, 2020 Hayden Library Arizona State University will host the fourth national forum of Project STAND (Student Activism Now Documented) for a two-day symposium on the importance of student activism and the need to document historically marginalized voices. Wit...
Four ASU Students Travel Back in Time Through Archives at a Chicago Library
Instead of spending their spring break on a beach, four ASU students dove deep into a sea of archives at the Newberry Library in Chicago to take their unique research to the next level. Seonaid Valiant, the curator for Latin American Studies at the ASU Library who was a former librarian at Newberry...
ASU at Teotihuacan: Exhibit Highlights Decades of University Research at the Ancient City
The exhibit, which is located in Noble Library until Jan. 30, is an exhibit aiming to honor decades of ASU's work at Teotihuacan, while raising awareness to students that they have access to an incredible amount of information through the University. The collection showcases the significant amount ...
Digging into ASU history at Teotihuacan
The work of ASU archaeologists has been in the spotlight thanks to the Phoenix Art Museum’s current exhibition "Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire" and its related programming. Arizona State University’s presence at Teotihuacan, one of the largest cities in the ancient world and the most visi...
ASU acquires rare book from golden age of Spanish literature
An extremely rare, first-edition copy of a 17th-century literary work by one of the world’s most fascinating female writers has found a home at Arizona State University. The writer is Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (circa 1651-1695), the premiere poet of the Americas, a celebrity in her day and now cons...