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To work or not to work: What Mom wants is best The center of a mother’s life tends to be her family, but if Mom is unhappy about staying home with the kids or about working outside the home, then she may suffer, according to new ASU research published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues. The study showed that the best-adjusted mothers were the ones who pursued the lifestyle they wanted and that mothers who regretted staying at home consistently fared the worst psychologically. 6
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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine opens in Valley The Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care, aimed at transforming medical education and health care, celebrated an important next step this summer, as the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Scottsdale welcomed its first cohort of 50 students. The school’s curriculum includes courses on the science of health care delivery, jointly developed by experts at the Mayo Clinic and ASU.
Fresh water pumps through the newly installed solar lift irrigation system.
Students help farmers solve irrigation problem In the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, approximately 210 million smallholder farmers engage in a practice known as rain-fed agriculture. However, 80 percent of the annual rainfall in the area occurs during the annual four-month monsoon, so costly infrastructure is required to transport water from distant sources during the rest of the year. A group of ASU students implemented solutions-based projects to help local farmers support their farms beyond the monsoon, including a solar-powered lift irrigation system.
ASU/WALTON SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS INITIATIVES/GLOBALRESOLVE; COURTESY: MAYO CLINIC
For the third straight year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked ASU No. 1 on its “Most Innovative Schools” list, ahead of No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 MIT. ASU again topped the list based on a survey of peers: College presidents, provosts and admissions deans around the country nominated up to 10 colleges or universities that are making the most innovative improvements to curriculum, faculty, students, campus life technology or facilities.
