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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 23 NUMBER 2 Building resilience in the silicon ASU and industry desert partners are helping create and power a new Arizona economy THE FUTURE OF SOLVING THE HEALTH CARE IS WATER CRISIS WEARABLE DROP BY DROP Alumni, students Startup’s award- and researchers are winning technology creating devices creates sustainable that revolutionize drinking water the medical field WELCOME The official publication of Arizona State University Spring 2020, Vol. 23, No. 2 CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER, PUBLISHER Jill Andrews �97 BS, �03 MPA Contributors SENIOR DIRECTOR, EDITOR Designed Craig Guillot Lindsay Kinkade A business journalist, his SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Seize the day with work has appeared in The ASU® graduates have invested in themselves, Heidi Easudes Midfirst Wall Street Journal, Forbes, to launch and MidFirst Bank continues to find new ways Chief Executive magazine and PHOTOGRAPHER PRINCIPAL Jarod Opperman to invest in ASU®. This year, we are providing Entrepreneur. A team of engineering students and a professor, FEATURES STORY EDITOR working in the laboratory, conducts experiments that a new opportunity for the December 2019 and Kari Redfield Courtney Lively result in a discovery that prompts a new idea. The $ May 2020 graduating classes. An an event and brand DIRECTOR, NEWS AND STRATEGIC photographer, her clients COMMUNICATIONS, ASU NOW concept advances, is tested, retested and results in a Penny Walker include Deloitte, Google and product. Then, the product moves to the marketplace FPOFPO FullFull others. As a Sun Devil, she COPY EDITOR and generates demand. Leigh Farr was a Scholar All-Region Demand leads to the start of a company, either One graduating senior will be awarded $20,000 Athlete on the soccer team and PRODUCTION on a shoestring budget or fueled by a group of angel K ® graduated in ’07 with a BIS in Chris Myers to help launch the next phase of their life. 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ASU-Leonardo Initiative: Scientist honored for her lasting Big questions at the intersection of contributions to physics. 12 Transform art and science. 58 Understanding your dog. 13 Hayden Library, which hosts 2 million Building Founders’ Day: Honoring visitors annually, is reopened after a Advance your career resilience in the champions of innovation. 60 $90 million renovation. May Busch: The power of small wins. 18 silicon desert ASU, with industry Play like a Sun Devil 6 ways to manage your stress. 22 partners, venture capital Watch the NCAA golf and government backing, is championship in Scottsdale. 61 helping Arizona transform the ‘Unstoppable’: economy. 28 Anthony Robles turns Solving the world’s water crisis adversity into success. 62 drop by drop. 36 2020 Football Schedule. 63 Invent The future of health care Magnify is wearable Look up: Wilderness Alumni, students and astronomy. 64 researchers create OPPERMAN JAROD Travis Witzke carries his HemaPorter, a medical devices that revolutionize NCAA National Champion and storage container for the medical field. 44 Founders’ Day honoree Anthony challenging environments. Robles, whose story will be captured Power of the pitch. 51 ERIKA GRONEK; JEFF NEWTON in a new movie. youtube.com/ASU alumni.asu.edu/linkedin instagram.com/ArizonaStateUniversity twitter.com/ASU facebook.com/ArizonaStateUniversity pinterest.com/ArizonaStateUniversity youtube.com/ASUathletics linkedin.com/school/Arizona-State-University instagram.com/ASU_alumni twitter.com/ASU_alumni facebook.com/ASUalumni instagram.com/SunDevilAthletics twitter.com/TheSunDevils facebook.com/ArizonaStateSunDevils 2 SPRING 2020 ASU THRIVE MAGAZINE 3 GO Check for updates: information about event dates and times may have changed since the press date. Please check the provided websites for more information. What innovation looks like Learn what ASU engineering students are doing to tackle real- ‘America’s world challenges. Collaborating Storyteller’ with industry partners around the Colson globe, students at The Polytechnic School work on creating solutions Whitehead to tackle societal needs. The Pulitzer Prize- and Sharing heritage Innovation Showcase presents National Book innovations from undergraduate, Experience the Award-winning author graduate and faculty projects. ‘circle of life’ Colson Whitehead will and traditions Friday, May 1, 3–5 p.m., Winner of six Tony Awards, give this year’s Native American dancers and Let’s talk Sun Devil Fitness Complex including Best Musical, Jonathan and Maxine and Cooley Ballroom, The “The Lion King” brings to Marshall Distinguished singing groups from the U.S. and about the big Polytechnic campus life a story of the young Lecture. Author of “The Canada will share their heritage blue marble poly.engineering.asu.edu/ lion Simba whose father, Underground Railroad” In celebration of the 50th innovation-showcase King Mufasa, tells him May and many other and traditions with the community anniversary of Earth Day, the Julie Free Family that there is a balance to successful novels, at ASU’s 34th annual Pow Wow. Ann Wrigley Global Institute of all life. Simba’s evil uncle, Apr. Whitehead illuminates Sustainability Lecture Series Scar,