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Learn how to be an influencer with ASU’s content creation major
Jessica Pucci, senior associate dean at the Cronkite School, said the major goes beyond simply making videos. Students will develop content strategies and build audiences.
Read on azfamily.comASU students collaborate with Disney on secret project for Mickey Mouse’s 100th birthday
Twenty students were selected from majors related to design, engineering, business or marketing to pitch an idea to Disney executives involving the top secret project.
Read on pinalcentral.comMars’ desolate desert landscape captured by asteroid-bound NASA spacecraft
“The imager performed brilliantly, delivering some rarely seen views of the Red Planet,” says Jim Bell, Psyche’s imager instrument lead at ASU.
Read on popsci.comHow monsoon storms can wreak havoc on hiking trails and mountains in Arizona
ASU professor Emmanuel Salifu said extreme heat dries and cracks the ground that dust storms then strip away, triggering erosion, rock slides or flash flooding.
Read on azfamily.comArizona water study points to recharge challenges on Colorado Plateau
More than 95% of Arizona’s rainfall is lost to evaporation. Researchers produced state, regional and basin-level planning data to better capture rain, snowmelt and runoff.
Read on navajotimes.comThis air conditioning strategy is the sweet spot for saving energy and money, experts say
Bumping up the thermostat by 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.6 degrees Celsius) yields about a 3% savings in cooling costs, says Patrick Phelan, ASU mechanical engineering professor.
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