Westerhoff, Herckes combine for COVID decontamination solution

Westerhoff leads research on using ultraviolet light to decontaminate water. Herckes investigates aspects of PPE use in semiconductor fabrication clean rooms. With an NSF RAPID grant, they had a fully developed device ready for deployment by the beginning of April.

Crow: Face coverings required in campus buildings

Effective immediately at ASU, face coverings will be required for all employees, students and visitors while in buildings. Face coverings will also be required in outdoor community spaces where social distancing isn’t possible.

Hodge: Economy, public health in tug-of-war

The director of ASU's Center for Public Health Law and Policy has fielded more than 500 inquiries seeking guidance on public health law and policy issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read his interview with ASU Now.

Mishra awarded Publication of Lasting Impact award

With his 1997 publication, agribusiness professor Ashok Mishra changed agricultural policy around the world and initiated several government-wide projects for the well-being of self-employed farm family businesses

June newsletter on social justice and sustainability

In our June Sustainability Strategist newsletter, we highlight the interconnection between social justice and sustainability, introduce our new Sustainability Strategist Snippets video series, and the launch of a free, online

June 2020 newsletter on social justice and sustainability

In our June Sustainability Strategist newsletter, we highlight the interconnection between social justice and sustainability, introduce our new Sustainability Strategist Snippets video series, and the launch of a free, online

Sustainability scientists forecasting the future of mobility

The success of technologically advanced means of automated movement of people, products and services depends on public attitudes, values, perceptions and willingness to embrace new and different things, more so than innovation.

Wednesdays from Washington: Agricultural research with Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young

We walked through numerous hallways and seemingly endless offices to finally arrive at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) headquarters in the USDA’s Whitten Building in Washington, DC and meet with Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, the administrator of the ARS. As an agricultural scientist myself, it was the meeting I was most looking forward to all week!

NSF solicitation: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems

Full proposals are due November 16, 2020. This solicitation is an update of the program previously known as CNH and CNH2. In the last five years, ASU sustainability scientists have received two CNH/CNH2 awards.

Philosophers of science and sustainability scientists unite!

Sustainability scientist Tyler DesRoches is among several authors of an article on the nature and significance of sustainability science, forthcoming in the journal Sustainability Science.

Amplifying Black Lives Matter for a sustainable future

This article was written by William Walker VI, a junior in the School of Sustainability As environmentalists and caretakers of the earth, it is our duty to ensure the prosperity

Project Humanities launches new podcast club

Next discussion: June 18. “Talking, Listening and Podcasting with ASU Project Humanities” is a new series that invites individuals to experience a podcast independently, then come together to talk about and learn from it.