STEMM Education at ASU 2023–2024

STEMM Education at ASU 2023–2024

STEMM Education at ASU 2023–2024 Approximately one year ago, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) presented a national vision to achieve excellence and equity in America’s science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) ecosystem.

As this report reflects Arizona State University’s academic and inclusive efforts devoted to advancing these disciplines, it is important to note that prior to this national directive, degree programs at ASU were grouped simply as STEM, not always accounting for the entirety of ASU’s health and wellness degree programs. With ASU’s exciting plans to launch a new medical school and continue efforts to collaborate with leading healthcare partners, the future of STEMM at ASU is bright.

STEMM fields promise to not only give the United States an edge on a globally competitive stage for innovation and technological advancement, but also offer economic resiliency to professionals in these fields. Careers in these disciplines are projected to grow twice as quickly as all other industries over the next decade. Reimagining our STEMM educational and workforce systems to be more inclusive is critical to our continued economic competitiveness in Arizona and beyond.

Arizona State University is at the forefront of education and STEMM research, striving to expand access to educational, research and career opportunities in STEMM fields. Our STEMM programs are part of hundreds of ASU community engagement programs across the metro Phoenix area and beyond that are designed to tap into and inspire early interest during K–12 grades and help train STEMM educators. Undergraduate students can pursue targeted research, internships and entrepreneurial programs. Intervention tools and expanded learning environments open new doors to opportunities and boost access, inclusion, success and mentorship at the forefront of STEMM fields and careers.

Read more about ASU’s work to advance STEMM learning opportunities for all individuals – from prekindergarten through post-retirement. learning.asu.edu Read more about ASU’s work to advance inclusive research. research.asu.edu

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ASU Open Door welcomes the community into laboratories, classrooms, collections and spaces typically out of view of the public.

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Advancing STEMM and inclusive student initiatives In 2021, ASU was recognized for equity and inclusion within science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by the American Association for the Advancement of Science through its SEA Change Initiative. ASU has been committed to creating institutional change to actualize the ASU Charter by fostering and reinforcing access, excellence and inclusion, and by reinforcing the Charter in hiring, promotion, evaluation and retention, even down to the individual faculty initiatives, such as mentoring. The wider representation in the STEMM fields benefits all those who come into contact with ASU — undergraduate or graduate students in one of the 463 STEMM degree programs, those who interact with faculty members more directly in research or clinical internships, or community members participating in summer K–12 programs or high-profile STEMM events that have added focus on medicine and health. links.asu.edu/aaas-award-2021

Amplified Voices Amplified Voices is a graduate student-led initiative in the Department of Psychology, designed to provide a platform that honors and celebrates BIPOC scholars. Diversity speaker series traditionally reach the short-term goal of providing representation for scholars of color. However, this brief exposure fails to address the deeper political alienation students of color often experience within academia. The Amplified Voices series attempts to build a community by bookending every guest presentation with opportunities for community preparation and practice.

ASU psychology community members will be provided with speaker-curated resources as a primer for the presentations.

To facilitate post-event practice, each presentation will include calls to action to activate change. These CTAs will be ongoing calls aimed at addressing areas of growth, particularly as they relate to race relations and other intersectional social justice issues. psychology.asu.edu/amplified-voices Center for Broadening Participation in STEM The Center for Broadening Participation in STEM is a research organization specializing in developing and implementing inclusive and equitable educational strategies to elevate the experiences of historically underrepresented students in

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STEM fields. The center is 100% grantfunded working on large-scale National Science Foundation grants and with more than two dozen 2-year and 4-year Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) across the country. The primary aims of the center are to increase the number of underrepresented students in STEM education, help foster the development of skilled and prepared workers for the STEM field, and provide institutional faculty and staff with inclusive strategies to help them better support their increasingly diverse STEM student population. Services the center provides include: educational opportunities, experiential learning services and training, research related to the impact of implementing culturally responsive and inclusive strategies on outcomes for STEM faculty, staff and students, and processes to support institutional transformation and grant development. stemcenter.asu.edu Environmental Humanities Initiative – Julie A. Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Increasingly, humanities-inclusive research is driving innovation, discovery and the recognition that diverse knowledge systems, histories and arts are essential to developing solutions to the climate crisis. By intentionally creating space for the humanities, the Julie A. Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, and now

the UNESCO BRIDGES Flagship Hub at ASU, is underscoring the relations and indispensable roles of humanities disciplines within the wider continuum of scientific domains that compose STEM fields. bridges.earth/hub/asu-flagship-hub Excelencia in Education To support institutions working to accelerate Latino student success in STEM, Excelencia in Education and the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM designed and implemented the STEM Evidence-based Student Serving (STEM-ESS) framework. The STEM-ESS framework integrates the KickStarter STEM assessment and processes with Excelencia in Education’s Seal of Excelencia data, practices and leadership components; the four key practices found in four-year HSIs with equitable outcomes for Hispanic students in STEM; and the National Academy of Science and Medicine’s Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education. The STEM-ESS framework is targeted to any institution of higher learning that wishes to accelerate the success of Latino students in STEM. edexcelencia.org Office of Inclusive Excellence The Office of Inclusive Excellence is empowered by the ASU Charter and embraces these values in its work

to support and scale institutional transformations that yield these outcomes.

An area of interest for the Office of Inclusive Excellence includes our identity as a Hispanic Serving Institution and extends to our role as a Minority Serving Institution.

The umbrella of Minority Serving Institutions encompasses various types of institutions that serve federally recognized minority populations, including Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions must enroll a student population where at least 10% identify as Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander, which is a milestone ASU seeks to achieve as it already enrolls 9.1% among full-time undergraduate campus immersion students. inclusion.asu.edu Areas of focus as a minority serving institution and inclusive STEMM leader: • ASU ADVANCE – Funded by the National Science Foundation, ASU ADVANCE develops pathways to leadership for academics, particularly women and underrepresented minorities, in areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. advance.asu.edu • Center for the Study of Race and Democracy – As the only entity in the state to position race and democracy in direct relation with each other, the center facilitates powerful and informed dialogues, transformative scholarship, and programs that feature experts and changemakers on issues related to race and democracy. csrd.asu.edu • Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives – The U.S. Department of Education defines HSIs as colleges, universities or systems where full-time undergraduate Hispanic enrollment constitutes a minimum of 25% of the total enrollment. This designation grants learners and scholars access to numerous opportunities earmarked for schools with this status, including scholarships, internships and federal funding. However, ASU offers many of its own across all areas. hsi.asu.edu/academics • Listen, Invest, Facilitate and Teach (LIFT) Initiative – In order to accelerate meaningful change in alignment with a national agenda for social justice, ASU committed to a series of actions to enhance access, growth and opportunity for ASU’s Black community. president.asu.edu/commitment

Arizona State University Charter: ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

Christine Buzinde, director of the School of Community Resources and Development, speaks at the 2023 ASU LIFT Summit. Professor Buzinde has been collecting metrics on LIFT Initiative results, which she presented at the summit. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News 5

“Our world faces multiple challenges, many of which need new advances in science and technology to help solve. What helps most in tackling these grand challenges are new perspectives that will only be possible if women and underrepresented groups are included in STEMM.” —Nancy Gonzales Executive Vice President and University Provost

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STEMM K–12 Partner Programs Arizona State University is constantly striving to better connect with and contribute to the STEMM community. One way the university is doing this is through partner programs supported by university initiatives, the National Science Foundation or other funding. ASU’s STEMM programs are part of hundreds of community engagement programs across the Valley designed to tap into and inspire early STEMM interests, from summer programs to world-class museums, internships, events, K–12 activities and teacher training.

Access ASU Access ASU is a K–12 enrichment division at ASU dedicated to increasing access to higher education and preparing Arizona students for success. Among Access ASU’s fall 2023 STEM programs is a celebration of the ASU-led NASA Psyche mission launch, to include a themed spirit week and photo contest for students throughout the state. The Psyche mission, selected by NASA’s Discovery Program, launched on Oct. 13, starting its journey to an asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. eoss.asu.edu/access eoss.asu.edu/access-psyche Arizona FIRST® LEGO® League Arizona FIRST® LEGO® League is an exciting and fun global robotics program created to get children ages 4 to 14 excited about STEM. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program.

Students engage in hands-on STEM

Arizona FIRST® LEGO® League

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experiences that emphasize teamwork and learning, and build confidence and community involvement. In 2023, 237 teams participated in league activities, and 87 of those were rookie teams. Fifty teams participated in the Arizona state championships, sponsored by Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. outreach.engineering.asu.edu/azfll Arizona Geographic Alliance The purpose of the Arizona Geographic Alliance is to strengthen geography education in Arizona. The alliance receives support from grants and ASU’s School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning, where the alliance office is located. The alliance partners with ASU, the Arizona Council on Economic Education, the Arizona Foundation on Legal Services and Education, and the Arizona Council for the Social Studies, as well as other local, state and national groups. Membership totals more than 4,300 educators. In the last 20

years, the 520 workshops and 320 online lessons have impacted 20,000 teachers, who are instructing 800,000 students. geoalliance.asu.edu Arizona STEM Acceleration Project The Arizona STEM Acceleration Project, or ASAP, a part of the Center for Science and the Imagination, is reimagining what the STEM education ecosystem looks like in Arizona schools. The project is a grassroots effort to enhance and accelerate STEM activities in schools across Arizona. It provides vital funding and guidance to schools and professional development organizations, increasing their ability to foster engagement, update curricula and acquire materials needed to improve STEM education for Arizona’s youth and young adults. There are more than 500 ASAP STEM Fellows working to provide enriching STEM activities and whose efforts will impact more than 100,000 students across the state. stemteachers.asu.edu/about-asap Ask A Biologist Ask A Biologist is a web-based K–12 science education program that engages children, teachers, parents, homeschoolers and lifelong learners. Started in 1997, this award-winning website is now visited more than 36.5 million times a year and was used in more than 7,000 classrooms in 2022. Ask A Biologist offers stories of cutting-edge science, profiles of scientists, online games, image galleries, puzzles, coloring pages, podcasts, virtual tours, classroom lessons and more. At the core of this multimedia program is the “Ask A” question feature, which has answered more than 50,000 (nonhomework) questions posed to “Dr. Biology.” Dr. Biology is a portal through which working scientists and graduate students volunteer their knowledge and time to support the community’s Q&A activity. Used in 193 countries around the world, this educational resource for pre–K–12 students, teachers and the general public is visited by more than 99,000 people daily and has materials in 22 different languages. askabiologist.asu.edu

ASU Brain Fair

Ask An Anthropologist Many resources on the web provide facts about how we became human, but too few provide classroom teachers with content that engages young people in human origins and the scientific method.

Inspired by Ask A Biologist, Ask An Anthropologist aspires to build an online community of science and social studies educators focused on middle- and highschool learners. New stories and activities, translations to Spanish, and links to Next Generation Science Standards categories will expand this resource and provide teachers and their students with invaluable tools to investigate our ancient past.

Supported by the ASU Institute of Human Origins. askananthropologist.asu.edu

chemistry play in brain function and cognition. Bimonte-Nelson is an active proponent of bringing neuroscience to the community. Over the past decade that she has hosted brain fairs, thousands of young students, many from Title I schools, have participated and expanded their firsthand understanding of brain science and the importance of college. BimonteNelson is also in the Supporting Diversity Leadership Workgroup within the Research Education Component of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers, where the scientists collaboratively discuss ideas to provide training opportunities for the next generation of researchers, with a focus on diversity and inclusion. psychology.asu.edu/content/brain-fairschildren

ASU Brain Fair The ASU Brain Fair events are the brainchild of ASU President’s Professor Heather Bimonte-Nelson, director of the Department of Psychology’s Behavioral Neuroscience of Memory and Aging Lab. Bimonte-Nelson’s lab conducts research that aims to characterize the cognitive and brain changes that occur during aging, as well as to determine the roles that sex, hormones and brain

ASU for You Whether supplementing a child’s learning or homeschooling at length, educators, parents and learners find support with online courses through ASU for You. ASU for You offers university-curated online lessons, printable worksheets, educational games, virtual field trips for K–12 students and more. asuforyou.asu.edu/k12

Among the STEM-based offerings are: • Miacademy K–8, an online learning platform widely used by homeschoolers, and increasingly by charter and public school students.

It offers earth and space science, physical science, and math classes.

• ASU Digital Prep, remote learning for students on an accelerated path to college and careers, parents, and teachers. Online course materials for K–12 include a range of science and math classes, and other topics.

• Virtual Field Trips, topic-based interactive and educationally rich experiences captured during real expeditions with scientists doing current research. These VFTs are being used in high school and college classrooms to supplement a wide variety of topics.

• Study Hall, a tailored series of YouTube Learning Playlists that help students prepare for, apply to and navigate college, in addition to online courses for college credit. Study Hall has been accessed by more than 3.1 million users. youtube.com/c/studyhall

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ASU Open Door

ASU Migratory Student Summer Academy

ASU Migratory Student Summer Academy In 2022, faculty and staff from the School of Molecular Sciences provided hands-on laboratory activities and interacted with 20 high school students in ASU’s Migratory Student Summer Academy, hosted by the School of Transborder Studies. The academy is a state-funded program that provides instruction about STEM content and careers, helping migratory students develop leadership, confidence and critical-thinking skills in a residential camp setting. In addition to exploring chemistry, students in the program also learned about engineering, physics and biology. Each activity was tied to an Arizona Department of Education academic standard and provided participants the opportunity to engage in applied math and science.

Mentors included ASU undergraduates, who served as STEM teaching assistants as well as role models. links.asu.edu/stem-experiences-childrenmigrant ASU, National Education Equity Lab Through the partnership between ASU and the National Education Equity Lab, high-achieving students from Title I or disadvantaged high schools can earn transferable college credit at no cost to them by attending classes from their high school computer labs. Using ASU Learning Enterprise’s Universal Learner Courses for remote learning, ASU offers classes on various topics through this partnership, such as poetry in America, cloud computing and introductory sociology. The goal is for students to be able to apply to college with a head start and newfound confidence.

Indeed, many students end up applying to ASU and other universities — some of whom never previously considered college but developed the interest after succeeding in a college-level course. links.asu.edu/partneringbolstereducation-equity

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ASU Open Door With more than 300 activities and performances in a festival of the sciences, culture, engineering, humanities, health and the arts, ASU Open Door, founded in 2012, is held in February on the Downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic, Tempe and West Valley campuses. Each event offers a window into the creative energy that powers a world-class university. Visitors can learn calligraphy and experience cutting-edge science, math, physics, green energy, biomedicine, forensics, potterymaking, art and robotics, space exploration, nursing, sustainability and more. This free event attracts thousands of community members and their families to the ASU campuses each year. opendoor.asu.edu ASU Prep Academy The ASU Preparatory Academy is a tuitionfree network of pre–K–12 charter schools that provides a spectrum of learning modalities—from in-person to hybrid to fully online. Whether it’s building a robot, creating a solar machine or developing solutions to save the Earth’s resources, ASU Prep’s more than 7,000 full-time students receive personalized attention, engage in project-based learning and build critical-thinking skills. Also offering a full-time digital platform, ASU Prep Digital, ASU Prep empowers students to complete college, compete globally and contribute to their communities. asuprep.asu.edu asuprepdigital.org ASU Prep Poly STEM Academy The STEM Academy is tuition-free with programs on ASU’s Polytechnic campus.

Designed for elementary grades K–7, the STEM Academy prepares students to partner with ASU researchers and gain hands-on experience. The academy offers rigorous hands-on training, and STEMcentered learning in science, math, English and Spanish, music, art, leadership, social studies, and physical education. asuprep.asu.edu/poly-stem-elementary Biocollections Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summer Scholars program The DEI Summer Scholars program is a unique, funded, hands-on opportunity for students underrepresented in biodiversity science to participate in natural history collections research. Six participants earn a support stipend over six weeks to work with mentors and peers on a collaborative biodiversity research and outreach project using the start-to-finish approach routinely taken by natural history collections scientists. Scholars may be current students or recent graduates (within two years) of any university or community college. links.asu.edu/biokic-DEI-summerscholars Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center The Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center works to generate understanding of life’s diversity, promotes the use of informatics tools, and fosters direct and virtual learning experiences with global biodiversity specimens and data. ASU’s biocollections contain nine natural history collections. One of the largest is the Hasbrouck Insect Collection, with close to 1 million specimens, and the Vascular Plant and Lichen Herbaria, with more than

430,000 specimens. Fossil plants, shells, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals are also represented. All collections are actively engaged in learning and outreach activities, including K–12 and lifelong learning programs. In addition, the center manages the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository, which accommodates 110,000 diverse organismal samples annually. NEON is a 30-year project, and the biorepository at ASU supports its continental-scale environmental monitoring and forecasting research. biorepo.neonscience.org/portal biokic.asu.edu Camp Level Up The world-class Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center in Mesa, Arizona, which opened in fall 2022, hosts hundreds of students who will be making films, designing new virtual worlds and video games, and creating other immersive media experiences of all kinds. Camp Level Up aims to provide an immersive summer camp at the MIX Center for Mesa’s neurodivergent youth in grades 6–12. Students have the opportunity to engage in professional-level skills in game design within a supportive community while building confidence to express themselves in a new medium. Students attend three weeks of sessions led by social impact and educational gaming studio Endless Studios and faculty from the MIX Center, with on-site therapeutic support from Arizona Autism United. mesaadi.org/programs/camp-level-up links.asu.edu/mix-center

Biocollections Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summer Scholars Program

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Center for Games and Impact ASU’s Center for Games and Impact works with schools in Arizona to leverage the power of game-based learning, called transformational play, to implement a new curriculum that is personally engaging and supports deep learning. Directed by Professor Sasha Barab, the center’s team develops games, apps and platforms to immerse learners in what it is really like to be a scientist, a doctor or an engineer by investigating real-world problems in a virtual world. gamesandimpact.org

“My life path has changed so much in a positive way, and thanks to this program and the center, I am able to see a future that I never imagined before.”

— Mitzi Vilchis A CompuGirls programming research assistant while pursuing her degree at ASU, who then went on to teach similar programming to CompuGirls in Mexico for two years with the Fulbright program.

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CompuGirls

CompuGirls CompuGirls is an award-winning, culturally responsive technology program for underrepresented students of color in grades 8–12 from under-resourced school districts in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey and Wisconsin. CompuGirls programs blend the learning of advanced computational skills with key areas of social justice to boost aptitude and interest in technology and computer sciences. Through summer, after-school and year-long programs, such as Cyber Warriors, CompuBOLD and CompuGirls Hawaii, participants learn the latest technologies in digital media, game development, robotics and virtual worlds.

These programs are supported by the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology at ASU. cgest.asu.edu/compugirls/programs Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations: High School Research Internships High school students in the Phoenix area who are interested in cybersecurity research are eligible to apply for The Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations summer research internship with one of the hottest up-and-coming security labs, SEFCOM at ASU. Along with the collaborative research projects, students are also invited to join the lab in Capture the Flag (CTF) hacking competitions. This is an annual program that partners high schoolers with SEFCOM graduate student mentors for eight weeks of research on campus. sefcom.asu.edu/internship

Cybersecurity: pwn.college pwn.college is an online educational platform that provides training modules for aspiring cybersecurity professionals from both within and outside ASU. The modules build on each other, equipping students with theoretical approaches on how best to handle any given situation, and provide training on program misuse, shellcode, sandboxing, binary reverse engineering, memory corruption, exploitation and other topics. Since September 2021, more than 4,000 users from 118 countries have participated in the challenges. pwn.college Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve The Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve site is considered a natural collection, with more than 1,500 petroglyphs and a 47-acre nature preserve. Field trips for traditional and nontraditional K–12 groups are offered between April and October—these include interactive tours of the museum, nature preserve and petroglyphs, as well as activities. In addition, throughout the year, the preserve offers Girl Scout and Boy Scout badge days with lectures, tours, hands-on research activities and crafts. deervalley.asu.edu/learn/youth-programs

Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve

Earth and Space Exploration K–12 field trip program The School of Earth and Space Exploration K–12 field trip program is designed for science classes from kindergarten through high school. The school’s science and technology content has been structured for either an in-person experience at ASU’s Tempe campus or a virtual visit to classrooms, and online, in-class or hybrid models are offered. This program is designed to provide students the opportunity to interact with SESE graduate and undergraduate students on a virtual platform, encourage a STEM education or career attitudinal shift, offer supplemental K–12 STEM education correlated to education standards, and give exposure to graduate and undergraduate students actively researching “real world” scientific exploration. In a typical year, SESE hosts more than 30,000 visitors. sese.asu.edu/k12-field-trip-program links.asu.edu/sese-educational-resources

Ecology Explorers

Ecology Explorers Based out of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Ecology Explorers provides Phoenix area K–12 teachers and students with the opportunity to learn through real scientific research in their schoolyards, backyards and neighborhoods. Students learn how to ask scientific questions, collect data, do data analysis and contribute to scientific studies in their local community. The program is designed to help students understand more about their urban ecosystems, and their discoveries about insects, plants, birds and landscapes can be shared with other researchers and students in the metro Phoenix area. There is also a teacher’s toolbox. links.asu.edu/ecology-explorers links.asu.edu/sustainability-teachertoolbox

Embodied Games Embodied Games is an award-winning educational game studio creating immersive, research-backed experiences and providing education through vibrant and collaborative “get out of your seat” games that empower learners to comprehend content through gesturebased learning. Led by Professor Mina Johnson-Glenberg, the studio specializes in video games and virtual reality content, curriculum development, and creating and assessing the efficacy of STEM and health science games in formal and informal learning environments. Her National Science Foundation-funded lab also offers free STEM games, from biology to electric fields and titration, on a spinout website. embodied-games.com links.asu.edu/new-class-chemistryexperiments Engineering Projects in Community Service Engineering Projects in Community Service, or EPICS High, is a service-learning and social entrepreneurship program that engages middle school and high school students in engineering and technology concepts and connects them with organizations that need technical capacity.

EPICS High teams design, build and deploy systems to solve engineering-based problems for charities, schools and other

not-for-profit organizations. Our students aren’t waiting to go to college to make a difference — they are engaged in solving real-world problems today. EPICS High enables students to gain valuable hands-on experience and see firsthand the impact that they can have on their community through engineering and design. outreach.engineering.asu.edu/k-12programs/epics-high Engineering Summer Academy The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Summer Academy has offerings that range from app and game camps to coding, VR and robotics. Three camps are taught by local, STEM-focused school teachers, as well as faculty and staff from The Polytechnic School and the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, two of the seven Fulton Schools: Foldable Robotics Day Camp (for 12- to 17-year-olds in grades 7–11), STEAMpunk Machines™ in Motion Camp (for 14- to 18-year-olds in grades 8–12) and Chain-Reaction STEAM Machines™ + Storytelling Camp (for 12- to 15-year-olds in grades 7–9). The ChainReaction STEAM Machines™ + Storytelling Camp is a project-based camp that offers an introduction to the engineering design process via simple machines, electric circuits, programs, music and storytelling. outreach.engineering.asu.edu/fultonacademy

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Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy

Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy The Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy is a learning environment designed for highly gifted students in grades 7–12. The academy is located on ASU’s West Valley campus and hosted by the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

Designed for gifted students who thrive in a highly engaging learning environment, the academy personalizes students’ education by merging their academic talents and interests with advanced college preparatory coursework and mentorship opportunities.

The academy provides strong support for creating, performing, inventing and sharing concepts with others, with relatively low barriers to artistic expression, and promotes the use of technology, data, networking, negotiation, creativity and other methods to problem solve. herbergeracademy.asu.edu Global K–12 teacher training Teacher training in the community extends around the globe through the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and the Office of Global Engagement. The Teachers College works in partnership with more than 40 countries and a growing list of education institutions and NGOs to conduct education research, advance education scholarship and influence policies that improve education. One project, Higher Education Partnership–Morocco, supports Moroccan faculty in enhancing primary teacher preparation through a comprehensive systems approach that bestows an undergraduate degree in primary teaching and associated twoyear training to equip teacher candidates with the skills necessary to succeed in a primary classroom. Another effort, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars program, helps students pursue accelerated master’s degree programs and offers support and training for teachers in Ghana. links.asu.edu/education-global-impact

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Graduate Partners in Science Education Founded in 2005 by graduate students in ASU’s School of Life Sciences, Graduate Partners in Science Education (GPSE) educators lead and teach weekly afterschool science lessons and projects in middle schools in the Tempe and Phoenix areas. Participating ASU graduate students hail from life sciences, earth and space exploration, molecular sciences, and human evolution and social change, and they mentor middle schoolers as they develop their own research projects. The GPSE program is designed to train ASU graduate students to become better scientists, more experienced educators and superior science communicators, while empowering underserved middle school children and building science proficiency in the Arizona community. gpse.asu.edu Hacks for Humanity hackathon Hacks for Humanity: Hacking for the Social Good is hosted by Project Humanities at ASU. The Hackathon is a 36-hour in-person entrepreneurial marathon that challenges participants to create technical solutions and initiatives to address local and global issues by implementing these seven Humanity 101 principles: compassion, empathy, forgiveness, integrity, kindness, respect and self-reflection. This annual event draws some 150 to 200 high school and college students, faculty and staff, professionals, and community members, each with their individual talents and backgrounds of expertise. hacksforhumanity.io Health Solutions summer program The College of Health Solutions on the Downtown Phoenix campus offers five summer programs for youth in grades 9–12.

The Burton Family Foundation Summer Health Institute provides 12th graders the opportunity to live on campus for a week in 2024 and learn from health care professionals and experts. Speech and hearing summer camps, Barrett Summer Scholars and the Summer Experience at Downtown are also offered, as well as INSPIRE, a no-cost college readiness program for American Indian high school students from tribal nations in Arizona. This health-focused curriculum allows students to increase their understanding of health and health care through lessons that reflect the perspective of American Indians and relevant cultural concerns. chs.asu.edu/summer-programs chs.asu.edu/summer-programs/inspire chs.asu.edu/summer-programs/speechand-hearing chs.asu.edu/summer-programs/summerhealth-institute

Infiniscope Infiniscope is a NASA-funded project that is transforming Earth and space science education and empowering educators through the creation of high-quality adaptive learning experiences, educator professional development, a community of practice, creative tools for designing digital content, and a robust set of educator resources. We are a team of scientists, learning designers, technology specialists and educators reimagining Earth and space science education. etx.asu.edu/major-projects/infiniscope Joaquín Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program The Joaquín Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program is a summer residential program that provides motivated high school students the opportunity to begin university mathematics and science studies before graduating from high school. This program is designed to provide a successful university experience for students who are underrepresented in the mathematics and science fields and to enhance their prospects for future academic success.

Students are registered in a university-level mathematics course for credit, and there is no cost to the student. The program celebrates its 38th year in 2023 and has touched the lives of more than 3,000 students. mcmsc.asu.edu/institutes/jbmshp

Joaquín Bustoz MathScience Honors Program

Marston Exploration Theater The Marston Exploration Theater offers shows twice a week with Definiti SkySkan Planetarium technology that renders Earth and space science themes in 3D stereographic vision. Visitors are transported through a live narrated journey from Earth to the cosmic research of exoplanets. Along the way, the show features the latest discoveries in space exploration, from satellites orbiting the Earth, to cameras orbiting the Moon, to space telescopes gathering light from distant objects beyond our galaxy. In addition, the School of Earth and Space Exploration hosts the Gallery of Scientific Exploration, the Center for Meteorite Studies, and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Science Operations Center. sese.asu.edu/3d-astronomy

Math Day and Math Circle at ASU High school students are invited to Math Day, a field trip to ASU offering fun and challenging workshops taught by internationally recognized faculty and enthusiastic graduate students. Students also listen to a special presentation by a guest speaker, enjoy complimentary lunch and get the chance to win some great raffle prizes. ASU’s School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences also hosts the Math Circle, a mentoring program where highly motivated high school students meet to work on challenging mathematical problems under the guidance of world-class research mathematicians. math.asu.edu/about/community-outreach math.la.asu.edu/~mathcircle/index.php

Health Solutions summer program

National Summer Transportation Institute program Arizona high school students interested in learning more about engineers and how they impact our world and society can join the National Summer Transportation Institute and engage in projects and field trips that demonstrate how engineers plan and maintain our systems of transportation around the state of Arizona. Participants live on campus for one week while interacting with ASU engineering faculty and students, engaging in transportationrelated field trips, and completing a project related to maintaining safe, sustainable and efficient transit. This program is free, designed for highly accomplished and motivated students, and funded in partnership with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and the Arizona Department of Transportation. links.asu.edu/engineering-nsti New College Environmental Health Science Scholars The New College Environmental Health Science Scholars program seeks to eliminate cultural, economic and logistical barriers faced by underrepresented minority undergraduate students seeking a summer research experience. Students are recruited from the Maricopa County region in Arizona, the nation’s fastest-growing county, where the population is 30% Hispanic and 3% Native American. Students are matched with a faculty mentor for a nine-week summer research experience at ASU’s School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences on ASU’s West Valley campus.

Successful students may be invited to continue working during the academic year with their summer mentor at ASU. newcollege.asu.edu/research/ncehss

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Pathfinder Center The Pathfinder Center in ASU’s Biodesign Institute offers a series of professional development courses, such as Integrating Sustainability Science into the Classroom, designed to cultivate the skills and strategies necessary for incorporating sustainability science topics across common pre–K–12th curricula. The goal is to create crosswalk opportunities for making sustainability science relevant in subjects such as English language arts, literacy, history, social studies, science, art, drama and math. A self-paced microcredit course, Values Thinking for Educators, challenges teachers to reflect on their personal values and consider how to mobilize this type of thinking with their students, and short workshops for middle school teachers provide them with the experience of “doing” science in the classroom. biodesign.asu.edu/pathfinder-center/ courses

Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Teachers’ Academy

Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Teachers’ Academy The Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Teachers’ Academy promotes sustainability education and its practical applications in K–12 schools and their communities. The academy engages teachers, administrators, students, parents and community members to transform schools into places where sustainability is learned and lived. The academy offers a robust portfolio of professional development opportunities and resources for teachers of all subjects and grades. walton-teachers-academy School of Earth and Space Exploration Day Earth and Space Exploration Day is a free annual event hosted by the School of Earth and Space Exploration. This event includes science-related activities for students ages

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5 and up, families, educators, and anyone interested in Earth and space. There are talks with scientists, interactive exhibits, 3D planetarium shows and student science exhibits. sese.asu.edu/events SciHub programs SciHub brings individuals and teams from many disciplines together to work in an integrated research, teaching, outreach and product-development laboratory that gathers faculty, staff and students, as well as local teachers, scientists, engineers, medical professionals, product developers, designers, museum conservators and artists. SciHub’s centerpiece is an innovation space on ASU’s Tempe campus, modeled in the style of a generator lab, where locally inspired ideas can undergo a systematic process for development into final products. SCience and ENgineering Experience (SCENE) is a SciHub outreach program. scihub.asu.edu

emerging health care professionals in resource-constrained areas by recruiting experienced medical and health professionals to serve as educators and advisors. The 500 SolarSPELL libraries deployed in 15 countries have impacted roughly 300,000 people. solarspell.org

SolarSPELL

SCience and ENgineering Experience SCience and ENgineering Experience (SCENE) provides high school students in grades 10–12 opportunities to do research in state-of-the-art labs at ASU. With the guidance of professors and university students, students develop and answer their own original research questions and compete in regional and national science competitions. SCENE, an outreach program of ASU SciHub, is offered in several disciplines: biodesign, engineering, solid state science, life sciences, evolution and medicine, and sustainable engineering, and has impacted more than 1,000 students since its inception. eoss.asu.edu/access/scene

Summer Engineering Experience The Summer Engineering Experience, or SEE@ASU, is open to all rising high school juniors and seniors. Students explore undergraduate engineering and technology programs offered at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. The residential program allows students to live on campus for the week and gain a deeper understanding of the engineering profession and career opportunities by meeting faculty and current students, and working alongside professors. links.asu.edu/seeasu

SolarSPELL SolarSPELL empowers offline communities globally by providing localized digital libraries and building the information literacy and digital skills that people need to make informed decisions, increase their self-reliance and improve their quality of life. In 2022, students from across ASU’s campuses and programs joined the SolarSPELL team and contributed 7,351 hours via internships, volunteerships and project-based courses. They helped develop diverse library collections, including the new Middle East Library and Southern Africa Library, as well as health and agriculture libraries. The SolarSPELL Health Library launched in Malawi in early 2023, in partnership with the Peace Corps Response Advancing Health Professionals program and the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. The AHP program works to improve health systems and educate

WaterSIMmersive Claire Lauer, a professor of technical communication in the School of Applied Professional Studies, part of the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU’s Polytechnic campus, is applying her knowledge of user experience, or UX, and Arizona’s water landscape to educate the public about the intricacies of water usage.

She and ASU colleagues have developed exhibits and engaged in community research, in addition to game design. In 2025, WaterSIMmersive will soft-launch at ASU Open Door before the formal pilot opens at the Arizona Science Center. From there, the interactive game will travel to museums and libraries where tribal and rural communities around the state can engage with the game. This project has been funded by the National Science Foundation. news.asu.edu/interests/water-futures

“If I can change the perception of young users’ minds of how to allocate water in a way that saves the maximum resources for the maximum number of people, that’s a win for me.”

— Mina Johnson-Glenberg Associate research professor

WaterSIMmersive conceptual illustration courtesy of ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts.

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STEMM undergraduate internships, entrepreneurship and research experiences ASU colleges and schools offer 211 undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and wellness. Additionally, undergraduates have the opportunity to work directly with faculty, graduate students and other undergraduates to transform their knowledge into actual practice — whether it is developing alternative energy from sunlight, designing next-generation nanoelectronics or creating an entrepreneurial experience to launch a business. Students can utilize Handshake, an online hub that helps students identify research and internship opportunities with individual professors or pursue STEMM experiences specific to schools or programs. provost.asu.edu/uresearch asu.joinhandshake.com

ASU-Berkeley Lab STEM Pathways program The ASU-Berkeley Lab program is a new initiative that plans to develop and enhance educational pathways for undergraduate Native students while disrupting systemic racism, bias and discrimination in institutional policy and practice as it relates to STEM education. Through an eight- to 10-week summer internship, a cohort of students will work with mentors in ​​STEM labs both at ASU’s Tempe campus and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California to study and research various STEM fields, from astronomy to subatomic particles. Led by School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery associate professor Gary Moore, the program was recently selected for a Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. links.asu.edu/native-american-studentSTEM-success

ASU/NASA Space Grant internships

ASU/NASA Space Grant internships ASU/NASA Space Grant is a nationwide internship program funded by NASA and led by Professor Thomas Sharp in the School of Earth and Space Exploration. It is designed to develop the young minds of STEM graduate and undergraduate students into thinking beyond the classroom by actively performing NASArelated research alongside a faculty mentor. The ASU/NASA Space Grant has two primary goals: to contribute to the

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nation’s science enterprise by funding education, research and public engagement projects, and to increase the engagement of underrepresented minorities in all areas of STEM. ASU interns selected into the program participate in yearlong research projects, and the results of their research are presented at a poster session in February and at the Annual Arizona Space Grant Research Symposium in April. nasa.asu.edu ASU Online Undergraduate Research Scholars program The OURS program recognizes that research experiences are critical for online student success. Designed to help ASU Online students who are pursuing degrees in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences grow academically and professionally, the program provides group-based research opportunities and mentorship. Students gain valuable technical and soft skills through participating in research that will set them apart in the competitive job market and in applications for graduatelevel programs. Research opportunities range from health care and neuroscience to ethical innovation in AI, genomics, Indigenous foodways and history. ours.thecollege.asu.edu/students First-Gen Health Professionals ASU, in partnership with Creighton University, launched a humanities and health justice program to create new pathways for first-generation students to pursue health care professions. The project offers a humanities-based curriculum for a freshman summer bridge program and firstyear experience, and it provides resources and support before students even begin their first college class to help them acquire the social and cultural capital needed to succeed. creighton.edu/news/creighton-arizonastate-awarded-neh-grant

Fulton Schools Undergraduate Research Initiative and Summer Research Internships – FURI and SURI Internships enhance the engineering and technical undergraduate curriculum by providing hands-on lab experience, and independent and thesis-based research.

Students in FURI develop an idea under the mentorship of a Fulton Engineering faculty member, then apply for funding.

Once accepted, students perform research, attend workshops, prepare research summaries and participate in the FURI research symposium. In addition, Fulton Schools offers opportunities for qualified students to pursue paid summer research through the eight-week SURI program. engineering.asu.edu/undergraduateresearch graduate.engineering.asu.edu/suri Interplanetary Initiative Laboratory The Interplanetary Initiative Lab is an ASU student-led interdisciplinary research and development workspace committed to innovation and discovery. The lab group is involved in designing, building and testing space hardware and software, aimed at addressing pressing spacerelated challenges. This environment offers students a unique chance to engage in hand-on experiences, working with cutting-edge space industry technology.

Meanwhile, the lab advisors offer students guidance to chart their careers, pursue their research aspirations and grow their network. interplanetary.asu.edu/laboratorystudents J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute From self-guided lessons to collaboration spaces and mentorship opportunities, the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute offers support and resources for anyone to find the

entrepreneur in themselves, as either an ASU student or faculty member, or a member of the community. Edson E+I Institute programs include incubator initiatives, pitch competitions, university and community-embedded programs and more. The Venture Devils Program has supported more than 1,000 students and 800 Venture Devils teams. There is also the Health Entrepreneurship Accelerator Hub, which solely focuses on health and health care solutions and offers the expertise of the institute, the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, the College of Health Solutions and the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. entrepreneurship.asu.edu entrepreneurship.asu.edu/programs links.asu.edu/entrepreneurshipinnovation-healab LEAP Scholars Program The LEAP Scholars program is a foursemester-long program for incoming community college transfer students. The goal of this project is to integrate transfer students into the high-impact practice of scientific research through a scholarship program. Fifty transfer students will learn how to do research in the biological sciences, geosciences and physical sciences, conduct research with scientists at ASU, and present research to the scientific community, progressing through four levels of courses that will take them from novice to practicing scientist. sols.asu.edu/research-scholarshiptransfer-students

New College Undergraduate Inquiry and Research Experiences – NCUIRE

New College Undergraduate Inquiry and Research Experiences – NCUIRE Students who engage in meaningful research partnerships with faculty and other undergraduates at New College gain experiences that make them more competitive when they apply for jobs or graduate school. Partnering with a faculty member also helps students learn the craft of a STEM discipline in a unique and meaningful way and opens the possibility of gaining a mentor. newcollege.asu.edu/ncuire Pre-health clinical internships and research The Pre-Health Internship Program is a university-wide program designed to develop high-quality activities that give

ASU students the practical experience needed to be competitive in postgraduate degree programs and careers. Internships provide additional hands-on experience in a professional setting and offer students an opportunity to explore potential career options. ASU’s College of Health Solutions alone offers more than 375 opportunities with organizations across the Valley. clinicalpartnerships.asu.edu/phip Premedical Scholars program: Barrett, The Honors College Representing a new model for the future of health care education, Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care supports the interdepartmental research and collaborative programs of Mayo Clinic and ASU, establishing a nexus of research and teaching to enhance health outcomes at individual, community and national levels. The ASU Barrett Honors College Premedical Scholars Program is a Mayo Clinic-sponsored program for students that teaches premedical students about career opportunities in medicine and encourages them to take an active role in community and humanitarian programs. The initiative pairs each student with a Mayo Clinic physician-mentor and provides a number of active educational experiences, including shadowing Mayo Clinic physicians, engaging in hands-on laboratory experiences, operating in the surgical simulation center and participating in Mayo Clinic-sponsored research projects. mayoclinicasualliance.org/education

Fulton Schools Undergraduate Research Initiative and Summer Research Internships – FURI and SURI

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“Whether or not I continue to work for Psyche or NASA to some extent after graduating, I feel like this position has prepared me for a lot of different pathways that I want to take — whether it’s in tech, starting my own business or wherever I end up.”

— Tristan Tierce Multimedia and web intern, and the lead for all the multimedia graphics for Psyche Student Collaborations.

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Psyche Student Collaborations The Psyche mission — a six-year journey to a metal-rich asteroid that launched on Oct. 13 and that could provide clues into the formation of planets — is ASU’s first deep-space NASA mission. But from the moment the Psyche mission was awarded to her team in 2017, principal investigator and Regents Professor Lindy ElkinsTanton knew she wanted to make the Psyche mission accessible to students throughout the country. That vision led to the development of the Psyche Student Collaborations program that offers multiple entry points for undergraduate students and lifelong learners to get involved. The program is composed of four efforts: Psyche capstone projects, Psyche Inspired artworks, Psyche science outreach interns and docents, and the Innovation Toolkit free online courses. More than 1,200 students from around the country participated in the undergraduate student programs, with topics ranging from social media to software programs. More than 3,000 lifelong learners have enrolled in the Innovation Toolkit online courses. links.asu.edu/psyche-mission-internships psyche.asu.edu/get-involved

School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Undergraduates in the life sciences work with mentors who are experts in their fields, and establish relationships and professional connections that can last a lifetime. SOLUR student researchers are often involved in interdisciplinary projects that encompass areas such as psychology, biochemistry, kinesiology, bioengineering, medicine and philosophy. Because learning research skills is a gradual process, there are four levels of student involvement: apprentice, researcher, scholar and fellow. sols.asu.edu/solur Sustainability Undergraduate Research Experience The Sustainability Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE, program offers a tiered approach to research opportunities for undergraduate students in the School of Sustainability. The program provides students with research opportunities to help build career skills and enhance competitiveness for jobs and graduate school. Through the program, students advance their knowledge, skills and experiences in exploration and discovery to

generate knowledge and develop evidencebased solutions for sustainability. links.asu.edu/student-research-sureprogram Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities program The Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities, or WAESO, program is headquartered at ASU and works to increase enrollment in STEM disciplines for historically underrepresented students.

The alliance is one of the first projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation, or LSAMP, and includes 13 institutions across Arizona, Utah and Colorado. As the lead university of the program, ASU supports these colleges and universities to promote diversity in STEM and enhance research collaborations and student experiences across institutions.

WAESO’s goals are accomplished primarily through intensive research experiences and mentoring from STEM faculty, peer mentoring, summer bridge programs and virtual workshops that culminate in an annual meeting held at ASU. links.asu.edu/WAESO-stem-educationdiversity

Workforce Inclusion in Neuroscience through Undergraduate Research Experience program The Workforce Inclusion in Neuroscience through Undergraduate Research Experience program, or WINURE, was created to help prepare underrepresented and first-generation students for careers in neuroscience. Potential career paths include biomedical research and teaching, pharmaceuticals, clinical sciences, biotechnology, neuropsychology and much more. Students gain laboratory skills, strengthen their neuroscience knowledge and prepare for graduate school as part of a mentored research program in neuroscience-based laboratories. If accepted, students are paid to conduct research, and they also attend weekly workshops and seminars, with opportunities to attend scientific conferences and network. sols.asu.edu/undergraduate-researchneuroscience

Worlds for Change Challenge Undergraduate students are invited to imagine an immersive world that communicates or tells a story about something they care about — the environment, health care, justice science, immigration, the future of commerce and democracy. The ASU XRts worldbuilding competition gives undergraduates the opportunity to build that world, with a grand prize of a financial aid package valued at $60,000 for one of ASU’s new transdisciplinary XRts graduate degree programs. Those who aren’t eligible for graduate school prizes can win $10,000 in cash prizes and XR technology. worldsforchange.herbergerinstitute.asu. edu

ASU hosted a live launch party early in the morning for the Psyche mission at the Marston Exploration Theater in ISTB4 on the Tempe campus.

Photo by Samantha Chow/ASU

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STEMM Innovation Innovation is more than just a ranking at Arizona State University, it’s at the core of who we are. So much so that earlier this year ASU adopted its ninth design aspiration – Principled Innovation. Practicing Principled Innovation at ASU ensures we place character and values at the center of decisions and actions. We design and deliver equitable learning opportunities for all, preparing learners to be innovative and ethical contributors to the future of education, their communities and a thriving civil society. Through ASU Online, EdPlus has worked to create and expand the variety of learning environments and intervention tools, all targeted toward bridging the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine gap, and meeting students where they are. edplus.asu.edu pi.education.asu.edu

ASU Health ASU Health is a learning health ecosystem created to accelerate and focus healthrelated efforts at ASU. To tackle the state’s urgent health care needs, ASU is launching a medical school and state health observatory, expanding the alliance with Mayo Clinic and adding the ASU Medical Master’s Institute, the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, and the School of Public Health Technology, propelling ASU into an emerging field and opening new doors for student training, internships and research. asuhealth.asu.edu ASU mathematics initiatives Too few students have the foundational math skills necessary for success in higher level math, leaving them inadequately prepared to pursue STEM-based educational pathways. To address these unmet needs, ASU Prep Digital, EdPlus, the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, and The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are working on series of

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initiatives targeted to middle school through higher education with the overall goal of alleviating math as a top barrier to student success. links.asu.edu/mathsupport-curriculumboost-proficiency • Math course redesign for higher education To address the need to improve math success rates and eliminate achievement gaps, the first project will redesign eight core mathematics courses from college algebra through calculus III with the pedagogical design led by the School of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences and The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The courses will provide students with active, contextualized instruction and emphasize “learning by doing” as a central part of the courses. Both engineering and business calculus are being piloted in fall 2023.

• Digit For middle school and high school students, ASU has created a new and unique kind of math support for students that is designed to help address the crisis of math illiteracy.

The Digit platform is capable of evaluating a student’s approach to mathematical problem-solving in real time. Digit provides students with personalized guidance toward mastery while simultaneously empowering teachers with necessary granular student data to effectively tailor interventions, a feature that is particularly critical for students who are at risk. This technologyenabled tutoring enhances students’ understanding of math in various ways, including free-form input (students can solve in any order), specialized hints and feedback based on input, and easy-to-navigate content, all accessible within an engaging, gamified learning interface. digit.asu.edu

BioSpine BioSpine is a project in the School of Life Sciences to develop, implement and evaluate the world’s first adaptive learning biology degree. Adaptive courseware replaces textbooks, and instead of just reading, students view lesson videos, complete activities and receive constructive feedback that adjusts their learning in real time. Instructors use evidence-based methods of teaching to engage students in real-world scenarios and problem solving. More than 12,000 students have participated since its inception. links.asu.edu/first-adaptive-learningbiology-degree Cognitive Learning A scholar in cognitive science, Regents Professor Michelene Chi developed a now widely adopted theory of cognitive engagement called ICAP (Interactive, Constructive, Active, Passive) — setting a benchmark for defining active learning, and giving teachers a stronger understanding of how students learn and how to design lesson plans and activities to better engage them. Chi was honored with the prestigious international 2023 Yidan Prize for her work.

The $3.8 million award will help expand research in the role that cognitive science of learning plays in teaching, strengthen the ICAP framework, create professional development training modules for K–12 and postsecondary teachers, and make this knowledge accessible to educators globally. links.asu.edu/yidan-prize-micki-chi

Dreamscape Learn A collaborative venture between ASU and Dreamscape Immersive, Dreamscape Learn merges the most advanced experiential pedagogy with the entertainment industry’s best cinematic storytelling. Since a pilot study in spring 2022, ASU has conducted studies on DSL with nearly 12,500 students. All indicators suggest DSL is moving the needle in a significant way on student achievement. Students in the DSL lab version were 1.7 times more likely to earn an “A” on their lab assignments than those enrolled in a traditional course. This study also found that across gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (measured by Pell grant eligibility), students enrolled in the DSL version of BIO 181 performed better than their counterparts in other sections. dreamscapelearn.asu.edu Innovation in Informal STEM Learning The Center for Innovation in Informal STEM Learning investigates how people learn in STEM fields across their lifetimes. Working with museums, libraries and other informal learning organizations across the country, the center creates opportunities for all people to create new visions for STEM and for society. Among the center’s projects are exhibits and activities exploring cuttingedge technologies and visions of the future, collaborations with Hispanic communities to create activities and programs, partnerships broadening STEM career participation of refugee communities through family learning and innovative uses of technology, and STEM learning ecosystems. globalfutures.asu.edu/ciisl

Learning Futures initiative The Learning Futures initiative at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College seeks to offer experiences, develop resources and strategies, and conduct and support research, all aimed at collaborating with education leaders to design what learning can and should look like in the future. The Learning Futures Collaboratives’ projects offer multimedia content, activities, readings and other resources that dig into the futures of learning and STEM. learningfutures.education.asu.edu links.asu.edu/stem-futures

Navigation and Ocean Stewardship

Navigation and Ocean Stewardship ASU EdPlus partnered with the Polynesian Voyaging Society on a special UX project in 2022. They created a sailing simulation that can ultimately be used to train students across the world on how to operate and navigate a traditional voyaging canoe as they learn about the history and skills of the Polynesian voyagers. links.asu.edu/new-navigators-planet

Dreamscape Learn

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Alireza Bahremand, a graduate student working with the Dreamscape Learn team and Meteor Studio, explores the “Alien Zoo” module.

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“I’m a visual learner so it really helps to actually see what I’m learning about right in front of my face.

Instead of just reading about the different parts of the cell, for example, I get to see them up close — I can zoom in and out, rotate around the environment, and even manipulate outcomes based on what we’ve learned in class.”

— Raelyn Valconesi Psychology major with The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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STEMM education at ASU As ASU’s STEMM degree offerings continue to grow and evolve to address complex global challenges and produce a workforce that can support a more innovative and prosperous economy, it is helpful to understand the impact these programs have had in both student enrollment and degree attainment at ASU over the last decade. It is equally important to note the growth within the minority student population – and even more so the increase in ASU’s underrepresented minority student population – focused on STEMM degree programs.

In an effort to be transparent with data and accurately reflect how ASU’s degree programs have historically been categorized as STEM and not STEMM, the following charts document ASU’s growth in science, technology, engineering and mathematics separately from the growth in health and wellness degrees.

Enrollment in STEM disciplines 55,000 50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

20,828

22,845

26,343

6,198

6,990

8,166

6,719

7,105

3,095

3,429

2022

28,772

31,012

33,068

36,305

39,609

42,224

46,099

51,251

All Students

9,059

10,038

11,082

12,837

14,478

16,264

17,370

19,041

Minority Students

8,075

8,757

9,574

10,705

12,574

14,355

15,899

17,717

20,189

Female Students

3,988

4,293

4,495

4,611

5,256

5,870

5,502

6,065

6,622

First-Year Students

Enrollment by STEM discipline 55,000 50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2012

2013

2,494 990

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2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2,654

2,851

3,035

3,345

1,121

1,280

1,286

1,278

702

759

820

916

1,211

1,212

1,273

1,065

921

7,422

2021

2022

3,699

4,125

4,860

5,708

6,144

6,917

Other Sciences and Technologies

1,310

1,339

1,348

1,532

1,844

2,260

Physical Sciences

937

987

1,045

992

918

875

833

1,366

1,508

1,667

1,736

1,854

1,765

1,917

2,002

Management Sciences

922

1,092

1,156

1,283

1,346

1,370

1,345

1,569

1,909

Engineering Technologies

8,899

11,180

12,312

13,076

13,209

13,467

13,495

13,315

14,050

15,273

Engineering

1,923

2,271

2,923

3,630

4,385

4,932

5,707

6,942

7,939

9,071

10,676

Computer Science and Information Sciences

5,021

5,008

5,094

5,134

5,327

5,981

7,540

8,748

9,702

10,629

11,381

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Mathematics and Statistics

STEM enrollment trends STEM enrollment trends Enrollment in STEM disciplines at Arizona State University accelerated throughout the past decade.

In fall 2012, enrollment in STEM disciplines on ASU campuses reached 20,828 students. By fall 2022, the number of STEM enrollments topped 51,251 students. In this 10-year period, minority enrollment and enrollment by women increased more than threefold.

STEM degrees awarded trends In the 2011–2012 academic year, a total of 4,476 STEM degrees were awarded. By 2021–2022, the number of STEM degrees awarded more than doubled, to 9,866 degrees — representing 29% of all degrees awarded at ASU. More than one-third of those degrees awarded in 2021–2022 were earned by minorities.

Degrees* awarded in STEM disciplines 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

243

251

251

281

286

293

299

299

315

316

316

Doctoral

1,767

1,886

2,080

2,404

2,477

2,484

2,680

2,776

3,013

3,324

3,370

Master's

2,466

2,685

2,938

3,187

3,605

3,919

4,405

5,085

5,387

5,800

6,180

Bachelor's

4,476

4,822

5,269

5,872

6,368

6,696

7,384

8,160

8,715

9,440

9,866

Total

Degrees* awarded to minorities in STEM disciplines 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

30

22

29

32

33

29

48

33

44

43

51

Doctoral

302

315

346

342

392

413

421

499

556

673

824

Master's

728

826

942

1,042

1,303

1,347

1,522

1,785

1,978

2,222

2,539

Bachelor's

1,060

1,163

1,317

1,416

1,728

1,789

1,991

2,317

2,578

2,938

3,414

Total

STEM-related disciplines include: biological and biomedical sciences, computer science and information sciences, engineering and engineering technologies, management sciences, mathematics and statistics, physical sciences, and other sciences and technologies.

Enrollment counts are based on IPEDS campus reporting. *Arizona Board of Regents-defined STEM degrees and disciplines.

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Health and wellness programs at ASU Since 2011–2012, ASU’s health and wellness degree programs (63 undergraduate degrees and 80 graduate degrees) have seen remarkable growth in both student enrollment and degree attainment. Total enrollment (campus and digital immersion) increased by 11,510 students, or 151%, to a total of 19,128 students, and degree attainment grew by 2,874 degrees, or 153%, to 4,747 degrees awarded.

Enrollment in health and wellness programs 20,000 17,500 15,000 12,500 10,000 7,500 5,000 2,500 0 Fall 2012

Fall 2013

Fall 2014

Fall 2015

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Fall 2018

Fall 2019

Fall 2020

Fall 2021

Fall 2022

Fall 2023

1,605

1,706

1,963

2,092

2,540

2,852

2,868

2,929

3,234

3,449

3,284

3,383

Graduate

230

359

430

602

1,119

1,505

1,628

1,676

1,937

2,178

2,072

2,195

Digital Immersion

1,375

1,347

1,533

1,490

1,421

1,347

1,240

1,253

1,297

1,271

1,212

1,188

6,013

6,700

7,229

8,075

9,265

10,261

11,345

12,446

13,981

15,063

15,414

15,745

Undergraduate Digital Immersion

Campus Immersion

729

1,082

1,253

1,622

2,110

2,637

3,341

4,230

5,397

6,226

6,738

7,240

5,284

5,618

5,976

6,453

7,155

7,624

8,004

8,216

8,584

8,837

8,676

8,505

Campus Immersion

7,618

8,406

9,192

10,167

11,805

13,113

14,213

15,375

17,215

18,512

18,698

19,128

Total

Degrees awarded in health and wellness programs 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

587

619

615

715

22

37

76

87

565

582

539

1,286

1,568

1,640

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2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

800

782

969

1,078

1,147

1,247

1,326

1,348

Graduate

150

206

333

510

613

672

750

800

Digital Immersion

628

650

576

636

568

534

575

576

548

1,807

1,797

1,897

2,042

2,354

2,578

2,955

3,394

3,399

Undergraduate Digital Immersion

Campus Immersion

97

165

257

327

370

323

445

580

785

1,074

1,335

1,267

1,189

1,403

1,383

1,480

1,427

1,574

1,597

1,774

1,793

1,881

2,059

2,132

Campus Immersion

1,873

2,187

2,255

2,522

2,597

2,679

3,011

3,432

3,725

4,202

4,720

4,747

Total

Beyond the notable growth in the quantity of health and wellness degrees awarded over the last decade is the student populations to which these degrees have been conferred. In 2011–2012, 29% of all health degrees were awarded to minority graduates (22% to underrepresented minorities**). In 2022–2023, nearly half (46%) of all health degrees awarded were earned by minority students (36% to underrepresented minorities).

Degrees awarded to minority students in health and wellness programs 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

144

158

180

229

279

277

345

407

456

500

578

552

Graduate

6

11

29

28

69

60

116

212

247

256

322

325

Digital Immersion

138

147

151

201

210

217

229

195

209

244

256

227

392

497

581

654

675

734

850

988

1,166

1,325

1,591

1,644

Undergraduate Digital Immersion

Campus Immersion

17

32

69

96

112

93

152

208

309

398

519

526

375

465

512

558

563

641

698

780

857

927

1,072

1,118

Campus Immersion

536

655

761

883

954

1,011

1,195

1,395

1,622

1,825

2,169

2,196

Total

Degrees awarded to underrepresented minority** students in health and wellness programs 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

114

126

145

191

232

217

275

332

370

416

490

450

Graduate

5

9

24

24

61

42

97

173

211

215

271

262

Digital Immersion

109

117

121

167

171

175

178

159

159

201

219

188

303

406

466

545

568

596

699

777

946

1,078

1,212

1,282

Undergraduate Digital Immersion

Campus Immersion

13

25

52

72

92

71

121

157

260

340

414

424

290

381

414

473

476

525

578

620

686

738

798

858

Campus Immersion

417

532

611

736

800

813

974

1,109

1,316

1,494

1,702

1,732

Total

The academic year begins in summer and includes the following fall and spring terms.

Degree and enrollment counts are based on IPEDS campus reporting. **The underrepresented minority category includes students who identify as American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, alone or in combination with other racial or ethnic groups.

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ASU is No. 1 in innovation in the U.S., ahead of Stanford, MIT and Caltech This is where Nobel laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners teach master learners. This ninth year of recognition underscores ASU’s commitment to being a New American University — an enterprise dedicated to the simultaneous pursuit of excellence, broad access to quality education and meaningful societal impact (U.S. News & World Report 2016–2024).

From engineering to earth sciences, top 10 in the nation in research ASU was ranked No. 6 overall in research expenditures out of 750 other institutions without a medical school in the National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Rankings 2021.

These HERD rankings also included No. 1 rankings for geological and earth sciences, anthropology, and transdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and other sciences, ahead of such universities as Caltech, Harvard and Johns Hopkins, respectively.

Fulbright HSI-Serving Institutions Leader ASU is where nationally and internationally ranked programs prepare nextgeneration innovators to thrive while advancing pioneering research, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship and economic development. In 2022, the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced that ASU was one of 43 Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution Leaders, from more than 400 HSIs nationwide. This honor recognizes the university’s dedication to promoting global engagement and mutual understanding among people and nations.

Among the best schools in the U.S. U.S. News & World Report 2023 ranked 14 of ASU’s undergraduate and graduate programs in the top 10 in the nation in their discipline, and 26 programs were ranked in the top 25. These include: No. 1 in homeland security and emergency management, ahead of George Washington University, Columbia University and the University of Southern California (Watts College for Public Service and Community Solutions); No. 1 business online bachelor’s programs, ahead of Penn State University-World Campus and the University of Arizona (W. P. Carey School of Business); and No. 1 in online master’s programs in educational administration and instructional media programs (Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College). asu.edu/rankings

ASU named to Association of American Universities In 2023, ASU was selected to join the prestigious Association of American Universities, which comprises the nation’s elite research universities. The 71 members of the AAU include private universities such as Harvard, Stanford, MIT and Johns Hopkins, and leading public universities including the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of WisconsinMadison. These are institutions that collectively help shape policy for higher education, science and innovation; promote best practices in undergraduate and graduate education; and strengthen the contributions of leading research universities to American society. AAU member universities earn a majority of competitively awarded federal funding for research that improves public health, addresses national challenges and contributes significantly to the nation’s economic strength, while educating and training visionary leaders and innovators.

The impact of joining the AAU signals ASU as a national leader in research and academics, further enhancing future STEMM efforts.

Joining the more than 500,000 ASU alumni positions our graduates to be agents for change.

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ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering Arizona State University is launching a new medical school as part of the new ASU Health effort or “learning health ecosystem,” charged with tackling the state’s urgent health care needs, now and into the future. The School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering will integrate clinical medicine, biomedical science and engineering in a new approach to a medical school. Clinical partnerships will support both research and academic programs, positively impacting patient and health care outcomes. This interdisciplinary approach brings together health sciences from across the university to prepare students to address complex health care problems.

“We must generate knowledge at a scale that will impact society.

Our university charter drives us to assume fundamental responsibility for the overall health of the communities we serve. This is an extension of that core belief.”

— Michael M. Crow President Arizona State University

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