How community land trusts can advance racial equity in our cities

According to sustainability scientists Mark Roseland and Chris Boone, community land trusts keep housing affordable and benefit minority communities who have suffered for decades from unfair lending practices and discrimination.

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Cutting-edge academic building tops out in Arizona

McCarthy Building Cos. has topped out Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7. Located on the southwest corner of University Drive and Rural Road near the 350-acre Novus Innovation Corridor, ISTB

2020 closes out with a promising nod to future carbon markets

As the year 2020 nears its inevitable end it’s nice to reflect back and take note of things that worked, things that didn’t work and stuff to just plain, avoid.

Sunset with smokestack in the foreground emitting pollutants.

Can we fix climate challenges without hurting the economy?

During a Dec. 2 Future Tense event, five climate and economy experts talked about what it will take to solve this wicked problem.

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Applications open: Energy, environment, and climate policy fellowships

Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is accepting applications for fellowship positions in the following research areas: Energy Innovation and Decarbonization, Low-carbon Development in China and India, and Technological Systems and Innovation Policy.

ASU to begin construction on new sports complex in January

Arizona State University announced that it will begin construction on a new multi-purpose arena in January. “This venue will not only provide an elite student-athlete experience, but will be an

Australian Plague Locust Resurgence

By Douglas Lawton, PhD Candidate in ASU School of Life Sciences, December 14, 2020 After a record-breaking drought for the past two years, Australia is experiencing a resurgence in Australian

Researchers working to restore desert’s vital ‘biocrust’

Ferran Garcia-Pichel, a member of the Global Dryland Center’s executive committee board, is one of many researchers volunteering to study and resore biocrust in the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy. This work

Study shows proximity to convenience stores affects kids’ weight

In a new study, sustainability scientist Punam Ohri-Vachaspati and co-authors found that children who live in an environment with a higher prevalence of unhealthy food sources, such as convenience stores, are more likely to gain weight over time.

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Bliss part of drive to create cybersecurity change

Sustainability scientist Nadya Bliss is urgently calling for change in the way new technologies are designed. She says that while security measures such as encryption and authentication have been widely adopted, security tends to be secondary to application capability.

Request for proposals: ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference

Socially embedded faculty and staff, or those who are interested in community-university partnerships, are invited to submit proposals to present at the 2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference. Proposal deadline is Jan. 8.