PO Box 875011, Tempe, AZ 85287-5011

For three consecutive years, Arizona State University

has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as

the country’s “most innovative” school, ahead of No. 2

Stanford and No. 3 MIT. ASU is where students and

faculty work with NASA to develop, advance and lead

innovations in space exploration. This is where Nobel

laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners teach master

learners. ASU’s nationally ranked programs inspire the

best-qualified graduates and have positioned the

university as a “top-tier” recruiting and hiring

institution by more than 50 of the country’s leading

corporations, according to professional recruiters and

rankings services around the world.

@ASU @ Arizona State University #1innovationasu.edu

Among the best graduate schools in the U.S. — U.S. News & World Report, 2018

A ‘Best Buy’ for excellence and value — Fiske Guide to Colleges 2018

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A differentkind of

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INSIDE ASU PREP DIGITAL

Highlights from another year of innovative breakthroughs

Year inreview

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Reinventing learning to help high school students excel

VOLUME 21 NUMBER 1

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

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PO Box 875011, Tempe, AZ 85287-5011

For three consecutive years, Arizona State University

has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as

the country’s “most innovative” school, ahead of No. 2

Stanford and No. 3 MIT. ASU is where students and

faculty work with NASA to develop, advance and lead

innovations in space exploration. This is where Nobel

laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners teach master

learners. ASU’s nationally ranked programs inspire the

best-qualified graduates and have positioned the

university as a “top-tier” recruiting and hiring

institution by more than 50 of the country’s leading

corporations, according to professional recruiters and

rankings services around the world.

@ASU @ Arizona State University #1innovationasu.edu

Among the best graduate schools in the U.S. — U.S. News & World Report, 2018

A ‘Best Buy’ for excellence and value — Fiske Guide to Colleges 2018

010118 ASU Thrive C4 AD University + Mailer.indd 1 12/14/17 3:56 PM

A differentkind of

school

INSIDE ASU PREP DIGITAL

Highlights from another year of innovative breakthroughs

Year inreview

2 0 1 7

Reinventing learning to help high school students excel

VOLUME 21 NUMBER 1

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Hacksfor Humanity

Sometimes changing the world involves fun and games — and innovative thinking. For the 36-hour hackathon in October called Hacks for Humanity, participants from all over the world gathered, utilizing their technology and teamwork skills to create apps and websites to better the community.

From left: Qi Wang of

Xian, China; 16-year-

old pre-med student Ty

Muhammad of Phoenix;

and industrial engineering

student Jeanbat Busisi of

the Democratic Republic

of Congo laugh as they

work on Gabby, an app

designed to monitor

the health of seniors by

tracking their motion and

heart rate and contact

emergency help if needed.

Left: Eddie Lai, a chemical engineering major, lies on

a table to rest his eyes while his long-time friend and

teammate, Gaurav Deshpande, works beside him.

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Left: Jacob Robinson, Julia

Cannon, Mohitn Doshi and

Anthony Nicholas gather around

team member Summer Gautier, a

16-year-old high school student.

Left: TJ Cuddy and Mohammad

Aldaaja work on their team's

application, "RecognizeWe,"

while relaxing on chairs made of

balloons and masking tape. The

team was awarded third place at

the hackathon.

Above: Participants at the Hacks

for Humanity event on Oct. 7

gather into groups and disperse

throughout the Stauffer Building

at ASU.

Above: After a long day of

hacking, teams take a break

and participate in a “silent

disco.” Each participant wore

wireless headphones and

danced to synchronized music.

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