CBO welcomes two new postdoctoral fellows
The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is excited to welcome Danica Shaffer-Smith, the second NatureNet Science Fellow hired in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, and Gwen Iacona who will be
ASU-STRI partnership call for student applications
The ASU-Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute partnership is currently accepting applications from graduate students interested in learning about tropical science in Panama. Students can apply to attend the Tropical Ecology and
Sharing a vision
ASU is not my first university rodeo. I spent 8 years as the Director of the MS/PhD Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. I spent 4 years at George Washington University as the Executive Director of Sustainability and of the GW Food Institute. At both universities I was a member of the faculty and active in the classroom, offering a variety of courses.
ASU sustainability scientist developing energy-saving solution for frozen-food storage
Sometimes something sweet requires serious smarts.
New institutional models needed to close research-action gap
A new publication by ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director and Professor Leah Gerber and Conservation International’s Americas Field Division Senior Vice President Dr. Daniela Raik calls for cross-sector
Future Cities podcast episode 14: Resilience in Infrastructure
In this episode, UREx postdoctoral researcher, Sam Markolf, interviews Dr. Dan Eisenberg about resilience from an engineering perspective. When is being more robust the solution? When is flexibility preferred? Dan
ASU sustainability scientist creates climate data visualization tool that reveals real-time changes in atmosphere
PolarGlobe is a large-scale, web-based four-dimensional visualization tool allowing climate data access to anyone with an internet connection. It’s capable of illustrating changes in the atmosphere vividly in real time.
How to improve economic growth? Empower women
A high-level panel event at the 2018 United Nations General Assembly discussed the importance of gender equality to the world economy. Empowering women, the panelists said, would contribute 28 trillion
Meeting the UN's Global Goals village by village
In 2015, world leaders agreed to establish 17 goals to achieve a better world by 2030. An end to poverty and hunger. Clean water and energy. Gender equality and decent
ASU scientists explore carbon’s next frontier with Keck Foundation funding
Arizona State University sustainability scientist Peter Buseck is part of a team that recently received a $1 million award from the Keck Foundation with additional ASU matching funds to lead
Project Cities acts as mutually beneficial partnership that engages arts students
Working for the benefit of our community is central to the mission of Arizona State University, but it’s actually a pretty radical idea, according to a professor who teaches students
Sustainability students plant seeds for new semester
Sustainability students are growing into the new semester — along with a new crop of vegetables in their revamped community garden. Students of all grade levels gathered in the S-cluster