Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable fall 2020 graduates.

Arizona State University PhD graduate Charlene Poola’s hard work and dedication toward enhancing the lives of Native peoples won her recognition from the internationally recognized Heard Museum, which focuses on American Indian art.

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Arizona State University is conducting coronavirus testing for a vulnerable population — those who work with people experiencing homelessness — with help from a $45,000 grant from the BHHS Legacy Foundation.

The testing is funded as a result of the generous support of the BHHS Legacy Foundation, an Arizona charitable organization whose philanthropic mission is to enhance the quality of life and health of those it serves.

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Two professors in ASU’s Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions have received another grant to study homicide among intimate partners in two more states.

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Seven faculty members at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions received promotions for the 2020-2021 academic year. The college now has two new full professors, two new associate professors and three new senior lecturers.

Professors Jill Messing and Dustin Pardini were promoted from associate professor. Associate Professors Christopher Hayter and Justin Stritch were promoted from assistant professor and were granted tenure. Senior lecturers Cora Bruno, Katherine Crowley and Chandra Crudup were promoted from lecturer

• Read more about Watts College promotes 2 to full professor, 2 to associate professor, 3 to senior lecturer

Two faculty members at ASU’s Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions will use a new $1.3 million grant to study killings of one intimate partner by another to learn more about the factors that might increase the risk of these tragedies.

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• Read more about ASU researchers partner to help state end violence against Indigenous women, girls

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