The importance of African-Americans to the executive kitchen

At an October 5 Food and Thought event sponsored by Arizona State University College of Health Solutions, Author Adrian Miller spoke about the importance of African-Americans to the executive kitchen. Miller, a James Beard Award winner, signed copies of his new book at the event, which also featured food tastings an an audience question-and-answer session.

Ember Van Vranken, right, with Amanda Ellis, ASU Wrigley Institute director of strategic partnerships, at the UN Solutions Summit

A life-changing journey to the United Nations

Arizona State University Juris Doctor candidate Ember Van Vranken traveled to New York for the U.N. Global Engagement Summit as part of her volunteering as a student judge for the

The inconvenient consequences of a culture of convenience

Single-use plastics — such as cups with straws, takeout containers and water bottles — are so common in our culture of convenience that we often don’t give them a second

Students put their education to work with sustainable city planning and policy

From low-carbon systems and LEED-certified building construction to water and land conservation techniques, there are many ways to promote and practice sustainability within the community. While it can be easier

Recent Webinar: Learn more about the Central American Locust

To successfully realize our work at the Global Locust Initiative (GLI), we engage globally with collaborators living and working with locusts and grasshoppers locally in their communities. Among our list

The inconvenience of single-use plastics

An ASU Now story titled “The inconvenient consequences of a culture of convenience” was published today. In this article, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Director of Biodiversity Valuation and

Biodiversity conservation needs new partnerships

If conservation science is going to save the myriad species under threat in the world today, it’s going to have to go about it more efficiently, according to a paper

2018 Awardees at the UN Global Goals Week in New York.

Female entrepreneurs strengthen sustainable businesses through WE Empower Challenge

Awardees of the inaugural WE Empower UN SDG Challenge — a global business competition for female entrepreneurs who are advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — recently spent several

Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber recently co-authored a paper titled “Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management for Social-Ecological System: Renewing the Focus in the United States with Next Generation

ASU researcher innovates solar energy technology in space

Experts predict that by 2050 we’re going to have global broadband internet satellite networks, in-orbit manufacturing, space tourism, asteroid mining and lunar and Mars bases. More than a gigawatt of

Can all biodiversity be saved?

If not all species can be saved, how do we decide which ones to save? This question is more relevant than ever, as we live in the Anthropocene, a geological

Arizona university researchers collaborate to forecast, track flooded infrastructure

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.5 million Smart and Connected Communities grant to a team of researchers at Arizona’s three public universities to develop a network that integrates