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Released: 6-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
How sports analytics is changing the game
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With expertise in basketball and football analytics, as well as sports revenue generation and economic impacts of events, Daniel McIntosh has assisted with economic impact studies and shares how sports analytics has changed the NBA.

Newswise: ASU experts share mindfulness tips for the holiday season
Released: 21-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
ASU experts share mindfulness tips for the holiday season
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We all know the holidays can be hectic — and even science backs this up. A 2020 study by the American Psychological Association found that a quarter of all Americans consider themselves "extremely stressed" during the holiday season. Triggering that stress? According to the study: things like not having enough time, money and the incessant pressure to give or receive gifts.

Newswise: ASU professor says Phoenix is ground zero for study of heat-related illnesses
Released: 24-Jul-2023 1:15 PM EDT
ASU professor says Phoenix is ground zero for study of heat-related illnesses
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When it comes to examining health risks associated with extreme heat, Phoenix is ground zero.That’s the conclusion of Pope Moseley, a research professor in Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions.For more than 30 years, Moseley, a lung and intensive care physician, has led National Institutes of Health-funded research groups focused on heat-related illness.

   
Newswise: World registers hottest day ever recorded; what’s to come?
Released: 12-Jul-2023 1:30 PM EDT
World registers hottest day ever recorded; what’s to come?
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Randy Cerveny, the keeper of the world’s records of weather for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and a President’s Professor in ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning shares insights about trends of extreme heat, the consequences of record-breaking temperatures and what the future may look like if current trends aren’t stalled or reversed.

Released: 20-Apr-2023 5:45 PM EDT
ASU expert says executive actions to support caregivers a step in the right direction
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A set of executive actions by the Biden-Harris administration include directives to reduce childcare and long-term care costs, improving access to home-based care for veterans, addressing care workers’ rights and expanding support for family caregivers, among others.

Newswise: Do the math: ChatGPT sometimes can't, expert says.
Released: 21-Feb-2023 5:05 PM EST
Do the math: ChatGPT sometimes can't, expert says.
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ASU Associate Professor Paulo Shakarian details results of a study in which he tested ChatGPT on 1,000 mathematical word problems. He's not sold on its reasoning ability.

Released: 13-Feb-2023 12:05 PM EST
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways … and the money
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ASU expert says Valentine's Day spending to increase in U.S., Arizona this year — despite talks of recession.

   
Released: 12-Dec-2022 5:20 PM EST
Holiday humbug hits workforce this year
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The holiday season is upon us once again. That means gift purchases, time with family and friends, and good tidings all around. But thousands of workers are part of a year-end trend that seems to be emerging: mass layoffs.

   
Newswise: ASU Expert outlines plausibility of Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implants
Released: 9-Dec-2022 10:05 AM EST
ASU Expert outlines plausibility of Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implants
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Restoring natural vision is far in the future. But Neuralink's technology, which will assist the blind to navigate in their world, is on the verge of attainability.

Released: 1-Nov-2022 2:30 PM EDT
Is Transparency the Right Path to Equal Pay?
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An Arizona State University business professor examines how a new law in the United Kingdom deals with gender pay gap, and whether it can benefit the American workforce.

   
Newswise: Are Fake Reports of Active Shooters Desensitizing Children?
Released: 25-Oct-2022 4:35 PM EDT
Are Fake Reports of Active Shooters Desensitizing Children?
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In addition to a rise in school shootings, students, parents and teachers are dealing with another threat to the classroom: False shooting reports across the U.S. have become a recent trend in school safety.

Released: 25-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Where AI and disinformation meet
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ASU business professor says cyber adversaries will look to midterm elections to stir the pot with voters, with most of the hyperbolic chatter coming from malicious bots spreading racism and hate on social media and in the comments section on news sites.

Newswise: Financial Planning Tips for Holiday Inflation
Released: 20-Oct-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Financial Planning Tips for Holiday Inflation
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Arizona State University faculty member Debra Radway discusses how inflation will play a role in consumer spending and how families can prepare for this holiday season and beyond.

Released: 12-Oct-2022 4:40 PM EDT
Holiday shopping deals in October?
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Is it really about inflation; and who benefits the most: retailers or consumers? ASU expert explains why online retailers are pushing holiday deals even earlier this year.

Released: 11-Oct-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Will we see a recession?
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ASU economist explains how experts crunch the numbers, make the call whether the U.S. is in a recession.

Released: 18-Mar-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Food prices will continue to rise, likely through next year
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An agribusiness professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University explains the factors causing prices to go up at the grocery store, and why the worst may not be behind us just yet.

Newswise: Social media shopping: Why it won't take off in the US yet
Released: 10-Mar-2022 4:20 PM EST
Social media shopping: Why it won't take off in the US yet
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A recent report by a company that specializes in information technology services predicted social commerce worldwide will grow into a $1.2 trillion business by 2025. We talked to Pei-yu Sharon Chen about how realistic this prediction is. Chen is the chair and professor in the Department of Information Systems and co-director of the Actionable Analytics Lab in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Newswise: How to talk to children about war in Ukraine
Released: 10-Mar-2022 4:00 PM EST
How to talk to children about war in Ukraine
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How should parents address the Ukraine war with their children? ASU News talked to Abigail Gewirtz, a Foundation Professor in Arizona State University’s Department of Psychology whose research examines ways to strengthen families affected by traumatic stressors.

Newswise: Professor: How TikTok can affect marginalized communities
Released: 10-Mar-2022 2:40 PM EST
Professor: How TikTok can affect marginalized communities
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Sarah Florini, an associate professor of film and media studies in the Department of English at Arizona State University, and Elizabeth Grumbach, director of digital humanities and research at the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics talk about how TikTok treats marginalized communities.

Newswise: What is Web 3.0?
Released: 9-Mar-2022 11:20 AM EST
What is Web 3.0?
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Web 1.0 is when the internet began. Web 2.0 is characterized by interactivity. Web 3.0 is about data ownership, enabled by blockchain technology.

Released: 10-Dec-2021 4:20 PM EST
Has winter blown off course? ASU professors discuss how a lack of snow is impacting drought, water supply, and tourism in the West
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ASU News enlisted the state’s climatologist and a tourism expert to discuss this year’s cause and effects of snow, or lack thereof, and the impacts to our water supply and economy.

Released: 22-Nov-2021 2:55 PM EST
The ethical implications of facial recognition technology
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Ethics experts weigh in on Facebook’s move to halt facial recognition

Released: 16-Nov-2021 5:55 PM EST
The rent is due ... now what do we do?
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Between the reported uptick in eviction filings and rising rent prices, families are struggling to find an affordable place to live. Mark Stapp, the director of the Master of Real Estate Development program at ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business explains why policy changes are needed to address this emerging crisis.

Released: 4-Nov-2021 1:45 PM EDT
Supply chain strategy: The challenges that persist and the best way to move forward
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Hitendra Chaturvedi, a professor of practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University warns about a rising trade deficit; discusses whether onshoring/nearshoring can streamline the supply chain; and provides insight into the "Great Resignation" and explains why there will be a "Great Homecoming" in the workforce in the near future.

Released: 28-Oct-2021 3:30 PM EDT
Punishment alone isn't the deterrent many think it is, ASU professor says in new book
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Adam Fine, an ASU assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, has co-written a book on misbehavior.

Released: 22-Oct-2021 8:45 AM EDT
Where's my package? ASU expert finds kinks in global supply chain
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Associate Professor Robert Wiedmer from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University has researched two disruptive disasters, including the 2011 tsunami in Japan, and he sees parallels to what's happening now. He explains that there will other global supply chain disruptors in the future.

Released: 9-Sep-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Engineering students still learning from collapse of World Trade Center
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We study the lessons we learned in terms of the design of structures. The forensic analyses from the World Trade Center are a window to the importance of evaluating all potential modes of failure.



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