ASU: COVID-19 cases decreasing because it reports active cases, plans to change reporting method

Reported COVID-19 cases at Arizona State University are decreasing because the university sends out "active" case numbers, not cumulative numbers. ASU President Michael Crow says this method of reporting will change, in a Sept. 9 press conference.

'It's going horribly': College towns fret about census count

The confusion has enormous implications for college towns, which may face severe shortfalls in federal dollars and a dilution of political power.

Members of ASU community criticizing university over handling of COVID-19 cases

A coalition of staff and students from Arizona State University are upset over how the university is handling the COVID-19 pandemic, saying information being released is hard to make sense of.

ASU's honors college drops SAT, ACT requirement

Incoming Arizona State freshmen will no longer be required to submit standardized testing scores from the SAT or ACT for enroll in Barrett Honors College.

Some ASU students reportedly attending parties over Labor Day Weekend despite suspension warnings

Parties reportedly being held by students and for students at Arizona State University are causing concern due to strict university rules against social gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Northern Arizona University reopened for in-person classes

Northern Arizona University has reopened for in-person classes, welcoming students for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic closed the Flagstaff campus in March.

ASU student group raising defense money for suspect in protest shootings hears from sheriff candidate

The Republican nominee for sheriff in metro Phoenix spoke on August 31 to a group of conservative Arizona State University students who have been criticized for their fundraising efforts for the legal defense of a 17-year-old who authorities said had fatally shot two protesters last week in Wisconsin.

ASU regents sues Facebook over Instagram account advertising 'ASU COVID parties'

The account claimed it would be holding parties at foreign consulates to avoid COVID-19 restrictions at ASU, although there has been no evidence that any person associated with the account has thrown any coronavirus-related parties.

Sexual assault incident reported at ASU dorm in Tempe

Classes began at ASU on August 20, and already, a sexual assault incident has been reported to campus police.

Tempe's Mill Avenue anticipates impact of college football cancellation

ASU and all other colleges have chosen to opt-out of this college football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and college towns will feel the financial impact of the choice.

Group urges ASU to reconsider plans to return to in-person learning

A group consisting of people from the Arizona State University community is urging the university's administration to reconsider their plans for the upcoming fall semester.

ASU student move-in continues with new rules due to COVID-19

With COVID-19, the annual college dorm move-in process is looking rather different for the fall 2020 semester at Arizona State University.

Arizona State’s Martin to return for senior season

A 6-foot guard, Martin is the Pac-12′s leading returning scorer after averaging 19.1 points in 2019-20. He also averaged 4.1 assists per game and helped put the Sun Devils in position to reach the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year before the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pac-12 sets Sept. 26 start for football schedule; ASU to open at Arizona

The Pac-12 announced three weeks ago it would eliminate nonconference games to give its 12 members a better chance to manage complications and disruptions caused by the health crisis. On Friday, university presidents approved a model that adds an additional cross-divisional game to each team’s slate and pushes the start back three weeks.