Mar. 24: ASU Fulbright Day 2021

Want to take your research or teaching abroad? Thinking about applying for Fulbright? Join the Office of the University Provost on March 24 for ASU’s Fulbright Day.

In this talk, one of the Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science Monthly Seminars, Hein will review the status and trends in the field of coral reef restoration and present results from her research on its long-term effectiveness.

The book compiles reporting from the previous year and includes diverse thought leaders in climate, health, politics, water, smart growth, and racial justice. Authors include ASU sustainability scientists Ann Kinzig and Shade Shutters.

npj Urban Sustainability is dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the significant and ground-breaking research covering urban environments through the lens of sustainable development, studied across a broad range of research topics.

Throughout April, the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes invites the ASU community and the entire state of Arizona to participate in a citizen science project to help us document flowering plants and pollinators on ASU’s Phoenix-area campuses.

Dave White, deputy director of ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, was featured March 8 on the KAET news and current affairs program Horizon, where he discussed the dependability of electricity, gas and water in times of extreme and/or unexpected weather.

In this inaugural Distinguished KAITEKI Lecture, Stratos Pistikopoulos will present the foundations of a Circular Economy Systems Engineering framework and highlight the advantages, limitations, and open questions of this framework as seen through multiple case studies.

Last month's winter storms proved Texas' utility systems are not prepared to persevere through extreme weather, but what about the rest of the nation? Or the planet?

In this exchange, Dirks shares ASU's history in energy research and why this pandemic has shined a brighter light on the need to transition fuel sourcing and production away from fossils and to renewables.

Sustainability scientist Clark Miller was a member of the committee that wrote the report, which recommended a portfolio of near-term policies to ensure equitable access to benefits generated as a result of this transition, mitigate harms to vulnerable populations, engage public participation in decision-making, and revitalize the U.S. manufacturing sector.

ASU hosts a series of Our Commons Future conference events to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers for the purpose of improving governance and management, advancing understanding, and creating sustainable solutions for commons, common-pool resources, or any other form of shared resources.

ASU was well represented at the 2021 AAAS meeting, with a showcase of more than 50 virtual tours, live chats, scientific sessions, student presentations and poster sessions, and special plenary sessions by world scientific leaders.