Counselors, teachers, and leaders from industry and the community recently met at a conference sponsored by ASU's Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET).

The passion of fans for their teams is the stuff of family lore and Hollywood scripts, and it's that emotional charge that makes the business of sports distinct. What other business can claim that its customers are in love with its product?

A new breed of entrepreneur is combining for-profit ventures with non-profit social causes to create a hybrid brand of philanthropy. Pittsburgh-based leader William E. Strickland, Jr. could be considered the grandfather of the movement.

Bill Swanson, the chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Company, needs a continual supply of people highly educated in mathematics, science and engineering.

In an early morning speech recently, attorney Mark Belnick recounted his career as a litigator at a powerful New York firm, and the events that made him a defendant in one of the Tyco corruption cases.

The chair reserved for the president and CEO at Herman Miller, a successful and innovative office furniture maker, must have appeared comfortable when Brian Walker took the helm in 2000, but it soon became a hot seat.

Cognizant of the way information ricochets through the media these days, companies need to redouble efforts to be sure that the information they release about themselves is the right data at the moment, and that it's accurately transmitted.

Today's health care leaders are constantly challenged with the seemingly incompatible goals of improving patient care while developing strategies to reign in skyrocketing costs.

People who work in service positions — police officers, hair stylists, dentists, real estate agents &mdahs; are aware that they are on stage, playing a role, while on the job.

Two-thirds of all bills introduced in state legislatures are filed at the request of state or local government agencies, business associations, social activist groups, companies, or individual citizens. Most of those are brought to the legislature by legislative advocates, or lobbyists.