Air filters help wildfire survivors

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Jan. 29, 2025

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Air filters delivered to LA wildfire survivors

Over the last two weeks, ASU Professor Megan Jehn and colleagues at the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation quickly designed a rapid response initiative to build and distribute more than 1,000 DIY air filters to those impacted by wildfires in Los Angeles.

Plus: Watch ASU students put together air filters for a previous response team

Former NBA player inspires students during fireside chat

“The real power of sports is bringing people together from all walks of life,” Grant Hill told law, business and journalism students as he discussed his career on and off the court.

Study finds surprising role cerebellum plays in cognition

An ASU assistant professor studied the part of the brain that was mainly thought to control motor skills and discovered it has another function, which works differently for males and females during adolescence.

Mathematician’s latest gambit is new chess AI

Long before Dimitri Bertsekas became a luminary in mathematics and computer science, he was an undergraduate with a passion for chess. Now, he has found a way to combine that passion with his expertise for developing new forms of AI.