Empowering a community through industry
Roselyn Musaruwa is a 2019 finalist in the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge from Zimbabwe and a pioneer in South Africa’s cleaning industry. WE Empower Intern Jacqueline Blisse elaborates on
Spring 2020 projects preview
Visionary Springtime Projects Project Cities is proud to kick off a total of five projects with the City of Peoria and the Town of Clarkdale for the spring 2020 semester.
2020 Welcome: Three things to know
The new year brings exciting changes for our Sustainability Scientists, Scholars and Fellows program, including this email bulletin and some new points of contact. Click through to find out more!
Nominate a new innovator in food and agriculture research
Nomination deadline is March 4, 2020. Pictured is Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative, who was a new innovator awardee in 2018.
Just follow the 'butterfly'
Have you ever wondered what Earth was like in its distant past? It was indeed very different from today. For one, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, so none of us
ASU professor leading international effort to improve urban resilience
NATURA, which stands for ‘Nature-based solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene,’ will link early-career scholars and practitioners who are working on solutions for climate change resilience around the world. We will create opportunities to share knowledge from one region or city with another.
ASU conservation scientist on a mission to save sea turtles
Propelled by his long-time love for sea turtles, ASU marine biologist and conservation scientist Jesse Senko dedicated his life to saving the creatures. To reduce turtle bycatch from fishing nets, he developed effective solar-powered lights that attach to the nets and deter the turtles.
Funding opportunity for an innovative approach to conservation and landscape connectivity
The inaugural Conservation Impact Prize is a $100,000 grant for an interdisciplinary team that will think outside the box. Register by March 19. Apply by April 16.
President’s Professor leads first international discussion about the best ways to teach environmental humanities
Arizona State University Department of English President’s Professor Joni Adamson, an internationally renowned professor in environmental humanities and director of the Environmental Humanities Initiative at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global
Food Tank 2020 summit: You and your students are invited
The event is the Wisdom of Indigenous Foodways at SkySong, Wednesday, January 22, 4:00 to 6:30 pm, followed by a reception. Tickets are required but are free with code.
NSF mandates new formats for current and pending documents, biosketches and CVs
To create compliant documents, researchers now must use Science Networks Curriculum Vitae, a tool that automatically compiles info from existing systems.
Closing education gaps in Lebanon
Rana El Chemaitelly is a 2019 finalist in the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge and a pioneer in the education industry. WE Empower Intern Jacqueline Blisse elaborates on how Rana’s