Walton Sustainability Solutions Service delivers three new sustainability solutions
Projects addressed technologies to extract ocean plastics, efforts to increase the baseline recycling rate in the U.S., and solutions to divert island research station waste and ocean debris for recycling or repurposing.
NASA awards Planetary Systems Biochemistry project
Sustainability scientists Hilairy Hartnett, Everett Shock and Ariel Anbar, with their colleagues Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert and Michael Line are co-investigators on a new NASA astrobiology program research team, one of eight in the agency’s new Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research program.
Shape the future of learning in the digital age
Spend January 5-7, 2021 engaged in a breadth of activities designed to surface the best in emerging approaches for shaping the future of smart campuses, cities and education — and life during and after the pandemic.
Infosys, ASU partner to accelerate learning experiences for engineering students
Arizona State University and Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a strategic partnership to enhance the learning experience for engineering graduate students in both on-campus and
Fri through Sun: Devils Invent: ASU / Devex Global Hackathon
The hackathon calls on students to create solutions to five real-world development challenges aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). One winning team in each challenge category will showcase its solution at Devex World and receive opportunities to further develop their idea.
Algae engineering: A stepping stone to sustainable solutions
Among ways being explored to combine biology and engineering to remedy a range of growing global environmental problems, algae-based solutions look especially promising. Some of the research findings have been the result of efforts based at ASU.
Infrastructure and the Anthropocene 2020 Virtual Forum
Sign up for this free, three-day forum Dec. 7-9, with presentations on the future of infrastructure. Each day will consist of a live and unscripted conversation with a leading expert, followed by time for audience questions. Moderated by sustainability scientist Mikhail Chester.
Nov 12: Systemic changes for Arizonans with disabilities
Meaghan K. Kramer, staff attorney with Arizona Center for Disability Law, will present this lecture as part of SST’s Seeking Justice in Arizona Fall Lecture Series. The talk will take place via Zoom, with livestream on YouTube, Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Decision Center for a Desert City is featured in OECD report
The examines how transdisciplinary research can be used to address complex societal challenges, and is based in large part on analysis of 28 case studies to identify the key obstacles to effectively implementing transdisciplinary research and make recommendations for best practices.
Academic Personnel must complete ASU Vita profile by Dec. 31
The ASU Vita is an electronic curriculum vitae builder that supports the reporting of teaching research and service activities. ASU Vita maximizes the quality of personnel data, and streamlines the collection and reporting process.
Graduate and postdoctoral fellowships with The Nature Conservancy
During the past few years, we at the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes have had the pleasure of collaborating with The Nature Conservancy’s NatureNet Science Fellows Program and various ASU units to fund two postdoctoral
Stories of our shared climate future: San Juan
The StoryMap platform includes syntheses for coastal, riverine, and urban flood scenarios as well as the three transformative visions developed during the UREx San Juan 2080 scenario workshops.