You are invited to join the fourth seminar of the Monthly Seminar Series on Mining Innovation, which will be held on December 19. Please see the details below and use the link provided to RSVP if you are interested in attending. Thank you!

Margaret Garcia led chapter 7 focused on droughts. Other ASU authors include SSEBE PhD candidate Burcu Tezcan as chapter 7 co-author, Maura Allaire as Chapter 2 co-author, Jay Famiglietti as chapter 3 co-author, and Marty Anderies and Patricia Gober as editorial board members. 

Engineering professor Ellie Fini was recognized on Sept. 29, 2025, by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, which promotes research, education and public awareness about the impacts of transportation investment.

Ellie Fini, associate professor, Del E. Webb School of Construction in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, is corresponding author on Algae Asphalt to Enhance Pavement Sustainability and Performance at Subzero Temperatures, a new publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

ASU and Canon are offering $10,000–$50,000 seed grants for research using Canon’s prototype volumetric capture system at the MIX Center. Open to ASU affiliates partnering with Herberger Institute faculty. Apply by Feb. 5, 2026.

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law invites submissions for the 13th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies and Sciences (GETS) Conference, taking place May 21–22, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, January 30, 2026.

Submit an event for this free, open-to-all international festival that unites learners, educators, artists, researchers, and change-makers across the world to celebrate the International Day of Education (24 January).

This call seeks multidisciplinary teams of scientists, practitioners, and stakeholders to co-develop, test, and deploy solutions that overcome technical, social, economic, and regulatory obstacles to NCS implementation. LOI by Jan. 15.

Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Weekly minimum stipend $700. Travel reimbursement up to $1,000. Visit website for current opportunities.

The book, titled Channeling Nature: Plants, Animals and Water in Italian Poetry, comes out May 19, 2026, from University of Toronto Press.

With this gift, Cavalier and team will leverage expertise developed over the previous decade to expand and sustain a network of public libraries engaged in citizen science and a program of volunteer ambassadors supporting these local libraries.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) invites you to apply as a poster judge for the Student E-poster Competition at the upcoming AAAS Annual Meeting conference (February 12th-14th).