Recreational fisheries need new management, says sustainability scientist

Senior Sustainability Scientist Joshua Abbott is a principal author of a new opinion paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled “Governing the recreational dimension of global fisheries.”

LaBaer start-up selected for Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

Ordinatrix, a startup company launched by Biodesign Institute Executive Director Joshua LaBaer, is one of six bioscience firms from Phoenix and Tucson selected to participate in the Flinn Foundation’s 2019 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Ordinatrix, a

ASU students developing off-grid tech to help small farms build resilience to climate change

With a growing global population coupled with climate change challenges, farmers are working hard to feed the world. SolarSENSE, an ASU student capstone project using solar-powered technology, is working on a solution to help small, rural farms thrive.

The power of narratives in climate change action

A panel at the Future of Humane Technology event Thursday at the Barrett and O’Connor Washington Center in Washington, D.C. explored the power of narratives to shape what we do

Job opportunity: FAO Team Leader of locusts and transboundary plant pests and diseases

Rare opportunity to lead the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations' efforts in this important area. FAO is encouraging individuals to apply who have experience with IPM, transboundary pests

Should you eat fish from community ponds?

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcome Deputy Director Beth Polidoro and her team recently took part in a study investigating the health implications of eating fish from stock ponds around Phoenix.

Recreational fisheries need new management, says sustainability scientist

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Senior Sustainability Scientist Joshua Abbott is a principal author of a new opinion paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled “Governing the

Postdoctoral researcher Marion Le Gall reviews summer 2018 fieldwork

This post was written by Marion Le Gall, a postdoctoral researcher in Arizona State University's Cease Lab. Last summer, with Master of Science in sustainability student Mira Word having brilliantly defended her

Meet affiliated faculty Chrissie Bausch

Read on for an interview with Julia (Chrissie) Bausch, postdoctoral scholar with the Kyl Center for Water Policy at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

The vegan event of all vegan events

The vegan smorgasbord on Aly Stoffo’s plate might be overwhelming for anyone else, but that is exactly what she’s cooking up. The food feast in her academic oven is a plant-based food event called: Eat Well Live Well.

A spark to start the fire

Sparking new ideas is the goal of the new Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems research grant program. Ten grants of up to $5,000 each will be awarded to Arizona State University faculty-led research teams proposing interdisciplinary food systems work.

ASU-STRI call for grant proposals

The ASU-Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is excited to announce its spring 2019 call for grant proposals. There are two research foci: (1) Resilience, adaptive evolution and the effects of changing