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Where inquiry meets action

Tackle grand social challenges with the Humanities Lab.

The Humanities Lab is honored to be the awardee of the 2024 ASU President's Award for Innovation.

The Humanities Lab provides students with the opportunity to engage in hands-on research on compelling social challenges of interest to today’s students while working with others who are also invested in making a difference

Arizona State University continues to be the most innovative university in the country, and the Humanities Lab lives up to that ranking. Our program changes the way faculty and students approach instruction and research. 

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ASU students participate in the Justice Through School Gardens Humanities Lab.

Collaborate on local and global challenges in real-time.

Lab students amplify their educational aptitudes, build real-world connectivity and make a positive difference in communities worldwide while earning their degree at ASU.

 

Take on pressing social challenges

in sustainability, social justice, health and wellbeing and more.

 

Co-taught by two faculty from different disciplines,

creating enriching, engaging, student-directed and passion-driven academic opportunities.

 

The only program of its kind in the U.S.,

and recognized by prestigious academic journals.

 

Students from across ASU,

from more than 211 unique undergraduate majors and 52 graduate programs.

 

Open to all learners from ages 18 to 85,

first-year students to PhD to Mirabella, all in a single (or virtual) classroom.

 

Strategic partnerships

that have expanded access to more than 100 national and international communities.

Explore our current, future and past labs.

If there is a social challenge you’d like to see addressed in the future, send us your suggestion. Contact the Humanities Lab.

Current and upcoming Lab courses  Past Lab courses

What's happening in the Lab.

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How the humanities play a crucial role in current conversations

ASU experts explain why humanities degrees can prepare students for a range of pertinent careers.

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ASU researchers awarded $1M grant to cultivate civic virtues in Arizona public universities

Principled Innovation is the backbone behind a recent $1 million dollar grant award to a team of Arizona State University researchers for their project, Cultivating Civic Virtues Through Action.

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Students host gun culture storytelling event with an intergenerational audience

According to Bobbie Reed — a resident of Arizona State University's senior living retirement community center, Mirabella — guns were much less prevalent in society when she was growing up.

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