The West campus kicked off a month of open-house events at Arizona State University's campuses during Night of the Open Door on Feb. 6. From fitness to food, there was fun for the whole family. The event featured events and interactive activities in mathematics and natural sciences, humanities, arts, social sciences, education and business.
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New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Dean Marlene Tromp shows her fortitude at the Army ROTC pull-up challenge at the West campus Night of the Open Door on Saturday, Feb. 6. The open house featured events and interactive activities in mathematics and natural sciences, humanities, arts, social sciences, education and business.
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Karma Nelson, 9, of Phoenix, looks at a local compost sample with her aunt, Harmony Begay, in the environmental sciences lab at the West campus Night of the Open Door.
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Four-year-old Noah Weisenberg of Mesa plays with Minecraft building blocks Feb. 6 in at the West campus in Glendale.
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Prescilla Wawrzyniak (left), 11; her sister, Dana Wawrzyniak, 10; and Sorren Anderson, 10, ham it up for a group picture at the West campus Night of the Open Door.
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Shadikshya Nepal, 8, of Phoenix, gets a little help at the Army ROTC pull-up challenge Feb. 6 in Glendale.
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Environmental chemistry professor Thomas Cahill shows off his hobby of rocks that glow under black lights, at the West campus Night of the Open Door.
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Black widow spiders draw in a large web of viewers Feb. 6 at ASU's West campus in Glendale.
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The black widow spiders at the West campus are part of Chad Johnson's lab. The research that Johnson, an assistant professor of the New College Division of Mathematical and Natural Science, and his students are conducting focuses on how spiders survive urban and desert environments.
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Garric Gordon, 9, of Phoenix, looks over a list of possible suspects in the case of who stole Sparky's pitchfork, in the forensic science exhibit at the West campus Night of the Open Door on Feb. 6. The whodunit's culprit could have been one of the mascots from UA, NAU or Grand Canyon University. Garric is home-schooled, and his mother is using this as one of his lessons.
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Lauryn Drake, 13, of Scottsdale, roasts a marshmallow on Fletcher Lawn, as she prepares to make a s'more at the West campus Night of the Open Door.
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Humanities professor Duku Anokye demonstrates making gumbo Feb. 6 on the West campus in Glendale. According to Anokye, "A gumbo is whatever your mama makes," but it always has okra in it. She made the Louisiana dish in honor of upcoming Mardi Gras.
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(From left) Arizona Rubik's Cube Competition winners Lauren Aoyama, 13, Grace Xu, 12, and Claire Xu, 9, all of Glendale, show their skills at the West campus Night of the Open Door. The two older girls competed in the middle-school event and were part of an eight-person team that solved 25 cubes in 2:18 minutes. Claire's elementary school team solved the same number in 2:37.
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If you missed the fun, don't worry: There are four more free Night of the Open Door events this month:
- Downtown Phoenix campus: 4-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12
- Polytechnic campus: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19
- Thunderbird campus: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20
- Tempe campus: 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27
Read more about what's in store at each campus here and here.
Check ASU Now after each event for photo galleries, and follow along as our crew shows all the fun on Snapchat (search for username: ASUNow).
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