The Graduate Education office, is housed in Interdisciplinary B. and includes Curriculum Development and Program Management, International Initiatives, Graduate Student Programs and Assessment, Diversity Initiatives, Graduate Academic Initiatives, and other Administrative Services and Financial Awards. For more information visit graduate.asu.edu
The Hispanic Research Center (HRC), located on the 2nd floor of Interdisciplinary A, performs basic and applied research on a broad range of topics related to Hispanic populations. The HRC also exhibits a wide variety of art pieces created by Hispanic artists.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Science Operations Center is housed on the first floor of Interdisciplinary A. The center displays highly-detailed images of the moon taken by the cameras currently onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and a Apollo 15 moon rock. Tours are available to the public.
Other university units occupying Interdisciplinary A & B include: Academic Senate, University Staff Council, Pan American Initiatives, Research Publications, the School of Transborder Studies and University Initiatives.
Interdisciplinary A and B
Latin@ History
⭐ Latin@ History
This campus location is notable for the Latin@ contributions to his history. This content has been developed by the Recovering ASU’s Latin@ History Working Group.
Simon Burrow Map Collection
Simon Burrow gifted over 100 historic maps and his book collection to the STS. These maps depict how the U.S. / Mexico borderlands has developed and changed over time. Some of these maps are on permanent display in Interdisciplinary B. The oldest map dates from 1597.
Hispanic Research Center
The second floor of the A wing of the Interdisciplinary Building houses the Hispanic Research Center (HRC). The HRC holds a vast collection of art(prints, paintings, and sculptures) by Chican@ artists from the Southwest United States. The art collection is displayed on a rotating basis, and is open to the public.
MEChA and MASO
In the grassy area next to this building, MEChA students in the 1970s-80s used to perform actos, with their acting/drama group known as Teatro Calmecac. MEChA was preceded by MASO: Mexican-American Student Organization and La Liga Pan-Americana. The very first Mexican American student organization at Arizona State College was Los Conquistadores, founded in 1937.
