New technology fused with photosynthetic life offers path to green energy

The quest for sustainable energy has become a central challenge for society. In order to meet ever-expanding energy demands without further damaging the global climate, researchers are tapping into natural

Western rangeland management and conservation at Arizona’s Bar Heart Ranch

Increasingly, ranching and conservation are viewed as mutually exclusive practices. One is centered on resource consumption while the other advocates for the protection of wildlife, wild lands, and natural habitats. As wild species worldwide continue to lose vital habitat to suburban and exurban development, sprawl, and agriculture, the relationship between ranching and conservation grows more complicated.

Efrem Lim

Lim’s tireless SARS CoV-2 sequencing work advances Arizona public safety, earning him ASU Alumni’s faculty research award

Efrem Lim is the recipient of the ASU Alumni Association’s 2022 Faculty Research Achievement Award for sequencing and tracking SARS CoV-2 variants for the state since the start of the

Duncan Family Farms: From feeding people to feeding the soil

On December 7, the Food Policy and Sustainability Leadership students visited Duncan Family Farms during a week-long immersive exploring farms, ranches, food processors, and gardens around Arizona. 

An eye-opening journey through the vibrant desert

The ASU Farm Immersive was a journey through the desert to meet some of the innovative and hardworking people who are growing and processing our food, conserving our natural resources, and managing land in Arizona.

The potential of pulses

Can you envision the value and versatility of a food that can grow in any climate, is highly nutritious, requires low water input, can self-fertilize, and has a long shelf-life? These are the prominent advantages of an ancient food called pulses.

From Here to Eternity: Astrocytes are harbors of long-term neurotropic infections

Join us for a seminar presented by Professor and Associate Chief Academic Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Glenn F. Rall, Ph.D. This seminar is part of Viroholics, a weekly seminar series hosted by the Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy.

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Meet Swette Center staff member, Tucker Larson

systems, what they are currently working on, and their vision of food systems transformation. Read on for an interview with Tucker Larson, Student Worker.

Dr. Jensen

Prof. Jensen named outstanding

This month, the ASU Graduate College has named Jeffrey Jensen as the 2021-2022 Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor. Dr. Jensen, associate member of the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, works in

SheTrades and the Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator event  

The virtual launch of SheTrades and Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA) on January 18, 2022 was moderated by Amanda Ellis, the lead for global partnerships at Arizona State University’s Julie Ann

Water Tower at the Polytechnic Campus

ASU names 3 faculty as 2022 President's Professors

Arizona State University names 3 faculty from across the university as 2022 President's Professors.

Treatment for autism symptoms earns ASU researchers patent

A new treatment for autism, created by Arizona State University researchers and their colleagues, has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent Office. The therapy, called Microbiota Transplant Therapy