ASURE awarded contract to advance unmanned and robotic technologies

2020-accomplishments

ASURE awarded contract to advance unmanned and robotic technologies

ASURE has been awarded a contract that could total as much as $42.4 million over the next five years to advance unmanned and robotic technologies; it is the largest contract the nonprofit organization has been awarded.

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Takamura teaches empathy as a path to beautiful universal design

On the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Associate Professor John Takamura says true universal design makes the world more accessible for everyone.

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Bertoni, Christen named Fulton Entrepreneurial Professors fellows

These ASU engineering fellowships help innovative faculty commercialize their technology startup ventures. Bertoni’s startup, Crystal Sonic, cleaves expensive semiconductor materials using sound and without any waste.

COVID-19 Diagnostics Commons: A data-driven collaboration

The College of Health Solutions partners with the World Economic Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation on an initiative to help companies get back to work safely.

Podcast: Morris discusses the Native American digital divide

In a recent interview with the Cisco TechBeat podcast, sustainability scientist Traci Morris, director of ASU’s American Indian Policy Institute, talks about her work studying the impact of the digital divide in Indian country.

Island and indigenous youth voices: Building back better and fairer

Video available: ASU, Hawaii Green Growth and Local2030 Island Network convened a panel of island and indigenous youth for a solution-oriented conversation on “building back better” after COVID-19.

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Center for Global Health research focuses on food insecurity during crisis

The center identifies a key theme each year, one that they believe can reinvent and reimagine global health. This year’s focus is on the human experience of food insecurity, and how it is worsened by illness and other crises.

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Announcing the 2020 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Awardees

The Global Business Challenge honors women who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and inspiring entire communities to act to create the world we want by 2030 The WE

Antiracist Resources curated by the IHR

A list of antiracist resources is now available on the Institute for Humanities Research website for use in humanities courses and for the community.

Diana Bowman

Bowman helping Phoenix become a top tech-driven “smart region.”

Although the work is inherently multifaceted and complex, The Connective’s overarching goal is simple: to work together in implementing technology to improve the quality of life for people living and working in the Greater Phoenix region.

Mapping the nexus of economic growth, inequality and environment

There is a clear pattern on the role of reduced inequality in positively affecting environmental and economic trajectories, according to a new paper by sustainability scientists Datu Buyung Agusdinata and Rimjhim Aggarwal.

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Hsueh awarded AAUW American Fellowship

The fellowship supports sustainability scientist Lily Hsueh’s work on her book-in-progress, which examines the demand for, and supply of, global businesses’ climate action, across levels of governance, sectors, and in developed and developing countries.