Your top ten from 2020
Happy holidays, scientists and scholars far and wide. Wishing you a peaceful and bright 2021. In case you missed it, here’s a list of your most-read stories from last year.
Can higher education be transformed to better serve society?
Arizona State University President Michael Crow, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr, and California State University Chancellor Joseph Castro visit Zócalo for an in-depth discussion of how to make American higher education a stronger force for equity and innovation.
Global Futures hosts climate policy discussion with Obama administration's John Morton and GFL fellow Frank Sesno
The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory hosted a special discussion with Emmy-winning journalist Frank Sesno and former Obama Administration climate policy advisor John E. Morton for a comprehensive conversation
How community land trusts can advance racial equity in our cities
According to sustainability scientists Mark Roseland and Chris Boone, community land trusts keep housing affordable and benefit minority communities who have suffered for decades from unfair lending practices and discrimination.
The far-reaching effects of mutagens on human health
In order to survive, flourish and successfully reproduce, organisms rely on a high degree of genetic stability. Mutagenic agents, which can threaten the integrity of the genetic code by causing
Scientific Teaching in Higher Education, certificate
The School of Life Sciences partnered with the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University to offer the Graduate Certificate in Scientific Teaching in Higher Education. Associate Professor
Restaurants, Covid, and community
It isn’t quite the same to meet with Danielle Leoni and Dwayne Allen, owners of The Breadfruit and Rum Bar, over a Zoom screen. The Breadfruit and Rum Bar, opened in downtown Phoenix in 2008, is on such a small side street – you’ll miss it if you do not know what you are looking for – offers a vibrant, tropical, welcoming, warm feel.
Impacts of whale watching on humpback whales' behavior
Faculty and students from the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes and the Conservation Innovation Lab co-authorized a paper published yesterday in Frontiers in Marine Science, presenting their pilot study conducted
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How and why microbes promote and protect against stress
More than half of the human body is not actually human: The body hosts approximately 100 trillion microbes. These bacteria, yeast and viruses, which make up the human microbiome, affect
Cutting-edge academic building tops out in Arizona
McCarthy Building Cos. has topped out Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7. Located on the southwest corner of University Drive and Rural Road near the 350-acre Novus Innovation Corridor, ISTB
2020 closes out with a promising nod to future carbon markets
As the year 2020 nears its inevitable end it’s nice to reflect back and take note of things that worked, things that didn’t work and stuff to just plain, avoid.