Abby Johnson

Student Engagement

Designing for access: My UX internship with SolarSPELL

By Sean Anthony, UX Intern When I began my User Experience (UX)…

Abby JohnsonOctober 15, 2025

Africa Agriculture Impact Milestones Rwanda Success Stories

SolarSPELL libraries yield big wins for Rwandan farmers

Supplementing hands-on training in sustainable farming methods with multimedia resources from the…

Abby JohnsonOctober 1, 2025

Agriculture Education Hardware Health Milestones Student Engagement

ASU SolarSPELL & Next Lab pioneer offline AI

Generative AI is already reshaping our collective future — transforming the nature of…

Abby JohnsonMay 27, 2025

Hardware Impact Milestones

SolarSPELL wins SXSW’s top innovation award

As the applause fell away, and the crowd hushed in anticipation of…

Abby JohnsonMarch 20, 2025

Education Events Hardware Impact Middle East Northeast Syria Student Engagement

SolarSPELL expands to eight more schools in NE Syria

Last school year — amidst a flurry of school repairs, curriculum expansion and…

Abby JohnsonNovember 27, 2024

Health Student Engagement

Student reflection: Helping patients make informed decisions

"I have always been interested in the brain and improving health outcomes…

Abby JohnsonSeptember 4, 2024

Student Engagement

Student reflection: Inspiring students near & far to fight for our planet

“This summer I applied the skills I learned in SolarSPELL to my…

Abby JohnsonAugust 22, 2024

Rwanda Success Stories

Rwandan library amplifies community impact with SolarSPELL

Overlooking Rwanda’s Lake Burera sits a library — though ‘sits’ may be…

Abby JohnsonJune 25, 2024

Africa Agriculture Rwanda Student Engagement

Students contribute fresh graphics, library content & training tools

Students are the glue that holds the ASU SolarSPELL Initiative together. We…

Abby JohnsonMay 21, 2024

Africa Agriculture Hardware Student Engagement

Student spotlight: Meet SolarSPELL’s industrial designer

For the last two years, our team has had the great pleasure…

Abby JohnsonMay 9, 2024

Designing for access: My UX internship with SolarSPELL

SolarSPELL libraries yield big wins for Rwandan farmers

ASU SolarSPELL & Next Lab pioneer offline AI

SolarSPELL wins SXSW’s top innovation award

SolarSPELL expands to eight more schools in NE Syria

Student reflection: Helping patients make informed decisions

Student reflection: Inspiring students near & far to fight for our planet

Rwandan library amplifies community impact with SolarSPELL

Students contribute fresh graphics, library content & training tools

Student spotlight: Meet SolarSPELL’s industrial designer

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