save the date, march 1, 2014
Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for a quick lesson in one of the calligraphies of the world.
Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Rooms 104 & 106
Experience Chinese language and culture with School of International Letters and Cultures' Chinese Flagship program and the ASU Confucius Institute.
Explore international humanities with one or more School of International Letters and Cultures' multi-cultural performances. On the stage outside our lobby there will be belly dancers, musical performances, an international fashion show, and more.
Researchers use computers in their work every day, but often the problems they are trying to solve are so big that one computer simply cannot handle the task. By harnessing the power of thousands of computers that are communicating with each other simultaneously, a big problem can be divided and conquered. Sounds simple enough, but coordinating all of these computers requires specialized expertise.
Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for an interactive "Roman Election." Classics students in togas will pose as candidates and campaign for votes. The audience will be asked to cast their votes in ancient Roman style. Classics faculty member Sarah Bolmarcich will give a presentation about Roman elections. Each election/presentation begins on the hour (5 pm, 6 pm, 7pm, 8pm) and will take about 20 minutes.
Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 60 (basement level)
An outdoor demonstration of the rover RAVEN, a large robot.
Check out the new EarthScope display touch-screen and make-a-quake interactive activity in the ISTB4 lobby, and then check out the EarthScope table to discover your "Birthquake"... the biggest earthquake to occur on your birth date!
ISTB4 Room 691, come tour the EarthScope National Office! EarthScope is a nationwide project that attempts to understand the structure and evolution of the North American continent at many scales - from individual faults and volcanoes to the deforming plate boundary and the dynamics of Earth's mantle and core.
The ASU Arboretum is a flourishing oasis of plants from around the world. As Arizona's largest public arboretum, it is home to approximately 908 species.
School of Life Sciences (SOLS) Self-Guided Campus Tour.
Heather Paul is the lead engineer for the future spacesuit life support system design that will circulate oxygen for breathing and space suit pressurization, and control carbon dioxide and humidity level for U.S. astronauts. She will talk about why we need space suits, the unique materials she's developed and have a space suit on hand to see and touch.
