In recognition of his outstanding leadership in promoting interdisciplinary research between the microbial ecology and water/wastewater treatment fields, ASU Regents' Professor Bruce Rittmann receives the 2014 ISME/IWA Bio Cluster Award. Rittman

ASU researchers from the Center for Integrated Solutions to Climate Challenges and Decision Center for a Desert City found that increasing tree canopy cover from the current level of about 10 percent to 25 percent could reduce the temperature of a typical Phoenix neighborhood by 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean & Professor, Ferran Garcia-Pichel finds evidence of climate change impact on microbes. Article in the New York Times. A Microscopic Issue of

ASU has made it a priority to further its relationship with neighboring Mexico. ASU President Michael Crow has led two trips to Mexico in 2013 and 2014 to help deepen

ASU has made it a priority to further its relationship with neighboring Mexico. ASU President Michael Crow has led two trips to Mexico in 2013 and 2014 to help deepen

To elevate ASU’s efforts to meet its outlined 2020 research goals, Paul Westerhoff - an ASU engineering professor and senior sustainability scientist - has been appointed vice provost of academic research programming at the university.

Dave White was invited to speak as a distinguished lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan's Breakthroughs in Water Security Research: The Global Institute for Water Security Distinguished Lecture Series on

In an effort to confront the challenges of product sustainability, The Sustainability Consortium and the Product Environmental Footprint World Forum are joining forces at a combined summit meeting in Germany to address supply chain hotspots.

The August 2014 issue of College Planning & Management magazine includes the feature article, “Greening the Desert,” about some of the operational procedures and programs that Arizona State University employs in pursuit of its climate-neutrality goals.

via EPA Did you ever stop to wonder how we get our information on the condition of our Nation's streams, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters? Or whether these waters are

In recognition of his work in solar thermal energy and energy efficiency in buildings, sustainability scientist T. Agami Reddy has received the 2014 Yellott Award from the Solar Energy Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

School of Sustainability alumna Christa Brelsford returns home after dominating her division in the Paraclimbing World Championships, but the mission that inspired her to study sustainability and travel to Haiti in 2010 remains unchanged: to do good in the world.