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Time travel is a favorite science fiction theme, but can it really be done?
“Well, maybe,” said Paul Davies, author of the popular best-seller “How to Build a Time Machine.”
Davies, a Regents’ Professor and internationally acclaimed cosmologist, astrobiologist and theoretical physicist at Arizona State University, discusses the concepts of time travel, causal loops and [...]

In “Investigating Power and the Future of Truth”, Mr. Charles Lewis speaks about investigative journalism, its’ place in today’s media, and the importance of uncovering a story while reporting the truth.
Charles Lewis is currently executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. He delivers his comments at the ASU First Amendment Forum at the [...]

Tayari Jones (ASU English Alumna, MFA 2000), author of Leaving Atlanta and The Untelling, visited us with her new novel, Silver Sparrow, which independent booksellers nationwide chose as the #1 Indie Next pick for June 2011.
Set in a middle-class neighborhood in 1980s Atlanta, the novel revolves around bigamist James Witherspoon’s two [...]

ASUtv, with the ASU Office of University Initiatives and TEDx AshokaU aired this very special program live from the Galvin Playhouse on the ASU Tempe campus.
Designed as an independently organized TED event, this ASU TEDxAshokaU event featured leaders speaking on the topic of “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education”. Speakers included Barbara Bush, President [...]

A conversation with Wendy Kopp, CEO & Founder of “Teach For America”.
ASU President Michael Crow hosts this conversation with Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach For America, as the first Frank Rhodes Lecture Series on the Creation of the Future. Kopp proposed the creation of Teach For America in her undergraduate [...]

The state of Arizona has the distinction of having been governed by the greatest number of female governors. These women speak about the obstacles and endeavors that each of them faced during her term in office in this presentation co-sponsored by the Arizona State University Alumni Association and az magazine.
The event, [...]

The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi are more relevant than ever as nonviolent civil disobedience is making a comeback.
From Wall Street to Greece to Egypt to the West Bank, mass uprisings seem to be spreading around the globe. As a form of protest, civil disobedience has a noble lineage that includes Henry David Thoreau, [...]

“Reversing a Negative Tech Trend: Has the U.S. Ceded Its’ Lead in Science and Technology?” is a Forum on American Competitiveness held by the National Press Club.
There have been numerous reports and dialogs in recent years on the United States’ shifting position as a leader in science, technology, and engineering. Moreover, [...]

The ASU Sandra Day O-Connor College of Law presents a lecture on one of today’s most controversial issues.  Adam Winkler, Professor of Law at UCLA, speaks about second amendment rights and his new book “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America”.
Adam Winkler specializes in constitutional law, and his [...]

ASU Professor Madelaine Adelman discusses how to recognize and put an end to bullying and bias against the LGBT community and how to improve the current climate.
The lecture is part of the 2011 fall Humanities Lecture Series, hosted by ASU’s School of Letters and Sciences.
“In general, bullying is an aggressive pattern of [...]