Morton to lead ASU's Knowledge Enterprise

Statistician uses data to change lives for the better, was drawn to university's mission of inclusion. When she joins ASU on Feb. 1, Morton will be the first woman to take the reins of Arizona State University’s Knowledge Enterprise.

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.

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.

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.

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.

According to an October 22 article in the Washington Post, Tesla is forging ahead with new self-driving technology, despite skepticism among some safety advocates about whether Tesla’s technology is ready — and whether the rest of the world is ready for cars that drive themselves.

The Global Futures Research Accelerator launched on September 4, 2020. The inaugural cohort includes 28 faculty participants representing 13 college-level units across all four metropolitan ASU campuses. The faculty have diverse expertise across the sciences, engineering, humanities, and social sciences.

The following opportunity may be of interest to School of Sustainability faculty and students: Ethical engineering for sustainability, wicked problems and beyondAn online interdisciplinary undergraduate conference for tomorrow’s leadersDecember 11—12,

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.

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.

Join by Zoom August 11. Engineers today are increasingly asked to produce sustainable designs, products, and infrastructure. But what is meant by sustainability, and what is the role of the engineer in this domain?

In many places around the world supply chain gaps prevent goods from reaching their intended market and the people who need and rely on them. Supply chains include the system