ASU to use $27.5M Walton investment to accelerate sustainability efforts
Investment to ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability will educate future leaders The Rob and Melani Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation is providing $27.5 million to Arizona State University’s
Sustainability waits: Doomsday clock ticks forward
A Thought Leader Series Piece By Lawrence M. Krauss Shortly after the end of World War II, Albert Einstein uttered his now famous warning about the new global danger of
CAP collaborates with Dance Initiative
CAP LTER’s Ecology Explorers program has begun a collaboration with Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts on an exciting new youth project that blurs the boundary
Sabo to direct research development for GIOS
John Sabo, an expert in ecohydrology and water resource management, has been named director of research development for the Global Institute of Sustainability, a transdisciplinary unit in the Office of Knowledge Enterprise
Help us identify nesting site locations for birds of prey
The Central Arizona Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER) is conducting a nest site study of the various birds of prey (raptors) that choose to nest in and
ASU researchers, Nobel laureate have stake in ‘Planet under Pressure’ forum
The future of the oceans, poverty alleviation, global trade, biodiversity and food security are among research areas that will be at the core of the “Planet under Pressure” (PUP) conference
Spatial optimization nodels for water supply allocation
Authors: Alan T. Murray (1), Patricia Gober (2, 3), Luc Anselin (1), Sergio J. Rey (1), David Sampson (3), Paul D. Padegimas (1), Yin Liu (1)in Water Resource Management, DOI
Observatories for integrated water basin science
An Eos FORUM article by L. Douglas James, via Eos, Vol. 93, No. 10, 6 March 2012. For more than 30 years, with the last 20 years at the U.S.
What’s the big deal about “resilience”?
From Slate.com, this interview with Torie Bosch features Sustainability Scientist Sander van der Leeuw, dean of the School of Sustainability. Van der Leeuw will be a panelist at this weekend’s
Fundamental steps needed now in global redesign of earth system governance
32 leading experts from around the world argue for immediate ambitious reforms TEMPE, Ariz. – Some 32 social scientists and researchers from around the world, including a Senior Sustainability Scholar
2012 Leveling the playing field: Bringing development of biomarkers and molecular diagnostics up to the standards for drug development
George Poste, David P. Carbone, David R. Parkinson, et al. Clin Cancer Res 2012;18:1515-1523. Published online March 14, 2012. Abstract: Molecular diagnostics are becoming increasingly important in clinical research to
Reach for the Stars fellows excel in research, interdisciplinary environment
Six Arizona State University masters students in diverse fields of study are participating in Diversity across the Curriculum (DAC), a class that equips them with the skills for transdisciplinary collaboration