Sustainability master's student wins water research award
Sustainability master's student Veronica Horvath, who is a research assistant at the Decision Center for a Desert City, was a first-place awardee for her outstanding water research relating to the "Rio Reimagined" Salt River redevelopment project.
ASU researchers exploring how changes in snowpack impact water rights, policy
Mountain snowpack and rainfall are the primary sources of water for the arid western U.S., but earlier melting of mountain snowpack is causing complications. ASU researchers are part of a grant-funded team to address the challenges.
Meet sustainability alumnus Michael Herod
Michael Herod has two degrees from the School of Sustainability: a bachelor of science and an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership. But Herod didn’t enroll in sustainability because of a
Sustainability scientist connects politics with clean energy transitions
A new paper by Hanna Breetz, a senior sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and an assistant professor in the School of Sustainability, argues that
GLI Student Experiences: Balanding Manneh
Within all three of the Global Locust Initiative's pillars of facilitating fundamental and applied research, creating and maintaining a global network of locust practitioners, and developing local solutions to the global
Meet sustainability student Bridget Abraham
Bridget Abraham recently began pursuing a bachelor of science in sustainability at Arizona State University. She became interested in sustainability during her time at Chandler High School, where she was
Physicist joins ASU LightWorks to help solarize society
The Macedonian-born Ivan Ermanoski concentrates on making fuels and products using solar heat. He’s a recent arrival at Arizona State University LightWorks, where he’ll be working on solarizing our society
Science at the forefront at Biodesign C grand opening
The mission of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University started with the desire to replicate a single blade of grass. That’s what President Michael Crow told a crowd of about 450
A conservative case for a carbon tax
In this Thought Leader Series piece, economist Bob Litterman, an ASU Wrigley Institute board member and former Goldman, Sachs & Co. risk manager, describes why he believes a tax on producing carbon dioxide emissions is the solution society needs for curbing climate change.
ASU organ concert explores how the U.S.-Mexico border wall is an invasive species
Arizona State University’s School of Music launched the 2018-19 Organ Series with a multidisciplinary presentation, “Walls of Sound: The Ecology of the Borderlands,” addressing the ecological impact of a wall
ASU sustainability scientists aim to mitigate urban heat in Phoenix
Not only is Phoenix situated in the Southwest desert — the hottest region in the United States — it also happens to be the hottest major city in the country,
ASU is top performer in 2018 campus sustainability ratings
Arizona State University continues to make progress in sustainability ratings. ASU was recognized as No. 5 overall by the Sierra Magazine Cool Schools report and a top performer in the