Sustainability doctoral student wins AAAS student e-poster competition

Sustainability PhD student Wenjuan Liu has won first place in the AAAS 2021 student e-poster competition. Liu’s advisors are sustainability scientists Hallie Eakin and Datu Agusdinata.

Distinguished sustainability scientist Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy has been named ASU's new vice president for social advancement. His duties will include overseeing and implementing a variety of academic and social initiatives in Arizona and Hawaii.

Join us on International Women’s Day for the first in a series of events showcasing ASU’s initiatives and partnerships advancing Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls.

Walker, skeptical of applying concepts such as inoculation and herd immunity to disinformation, says the epidemiological approach risks overlooking the nuances and differences between online communities.

The editorial team is now asking for expressions of interest by March 20, with full papers due June 20. The publication will be part of the world´s leading peer-reviewed book series on matters related to sustainable development.

SolarSPELL worked with Empower Kids South Sudan to provide virtual educational learning materials to over 35,000 primary and secondary students learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ASU’s Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures, Peter Schlosser, was featured on the KAET news and current affairs program Horizon, where he discussed the current threat of climate change and the Biden administration’s prioritization of climate action.

Panelists will share their experience and leadership strategies in their work to confront systemic racism and promote inclusive practices and initiatives. This event is open to all ASU faculty, staff and students.

We are surrounded by charts, graphs, and dashboards that try to summarize and surveil the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; we haven’t seen this kind of explosion of data visualization since the advent of the Weather Channel. But these dashboards, none of which existed before March, are experiencing some growing pains.

Phosphorus: Past and Future, available from Oxford University Press, discusses emerging efforts and innovations to develop phosphorus sustainability solutions to protect our food supply and water quality.

According to experts from ASU's Decision Theater, the United States needs a Continuity of the Economy plan to ensure we can reconstitute the economy in the wake of a devastating cyberattack.

The primary purpose of the PESF is to increase regional militaries' understanding of environmental security issues and their environmental stewardship obligations, and to coordinate efforts with civilian agencies and NGOs for whole-of-government and whole-of-society solutions.