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Aia Abul-Haj, 2022 WE Empower Finalist, Greater MENA Aia Abul-Haj is an award-winning engineer in water treatment, solar energy, and the environment. She graduated from Jordan University with a degree

 Have you ever wondered how the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee carry out their mandate to guide and shape agricultural policies that maintain the welfare of farmers, ranchers, and consumers?

During our DC Immersive, my Sustainable Food Systems MS cohort had the pleasure of sitting down and listening to General Counsel Janie Hipp. Janie Hipp is the General Counsel in USDA’s Office of the General Counsel and was appointed by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate.

We are thrilled to introduce Arizona State University’s 2023 cohort in the Food Policy & Sustainability Leadership graduate certificate program and Sustainable Food Systems MS program. This marks our 5th cohort of students, and by far the largest and most diverse.

In a novel approach, Scott Collins et. al. have recently published a paper in Functional Ecology on how drought and post-drought periods affect plant communities. Factors such as seed size,

During our immersive week in Washington, D.C., my graduate cohort had the privilege to meet with Alexis Taylor, USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA), and her chief of staff, Jamal Habibi. Under Secretary Taylor is only the second official to hold this position. 

Mon. Nov. 20, 2023: 5:30P Dinner; 6:30P DebateCardiac Amyloidosis Research Seminar Series (CARS) Seminar #2CEI LabForce (850 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004) Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative (formerly IFH), hosted a virtual and in-person meeting

The halls of the USDA Whitten Building in Washington, D.C. were filled with chatter as our group of sustainable food systems graduate students headed to hear from the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP), Jennifer Lester Moffitt, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator, Bruce Summers, and AMS Associate Administrator, Melissa Bailey.

Read on for an interview with Jan Stanley, Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Executive  Coordinator in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Secretary of the University, and Contributing Editor for the ASU Alumni Association. 

Read on for an interview with Steven Zuiker, Senior Global Futures Scholar and Associate Professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. 

Graduate students from the ASU Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems got a taste of policy in action this spring as part of a weeklong immersive experience in Washington, D.C., focused on food policy.  Among the tools and tactics shared by experts, ranging from rulemaking to media and advocacy, a common theme shared throughout the week was the importance of networks and relationships.

The Institute for Future Health at Arizona State University hosted our first Comparative Medicine Symposium on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at ASU's Skysong Complex in Scottsdale, Arizona. This event was a one-day symposium will focus on how veterinary