ASU team helps Marine base prepare to stay strong in the face of disaster
When the Marine Corps decided it needed to update its base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to be more resilient in the face of modern challenges and disasters, it came to
Adjusting to an international career move
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Postdoctoral Research Associate Lars Iversen and his family were recently interviewed by Nature for an article titled “One couple, two cities: How to handle an
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation taps ASU to support sustainability initiative
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has announced the growth of its multistakeholder initiative, Beyond 34: Recycling and Recovery for a New Economy. The Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions
Team awarded ASU Morrison Prize for analysis of climate change’s impact on a critical conservation tool
Climate change is complicating land conservation practices because of how it alters land over time. Among other things, climate change is raising new questions about perpetual conservation easements — a
Protecting the hive: ASU scientists discover path to colony-level immunity in honeybees
Honeybees frequently make international news, as their global decline threatens the world’s food supply. Since honeybees pollinate the majority of crops that humans use for food, scientists have been searching for a way to maintain healthy bee populations.
Sand exploitation impacts
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Postdoctoral Research Associate Lars Iversen recently co-authored a paper called “Promises and perils of sand exploitation in Greenland,” published in Nature Sustainability. This article discusses
Preserving nature on a tight budget
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber’s work was highlighted in a recent The Economist article titled, “How to preserve nature on a tight budget: Saving species cheaply
Sustainability scientist wins prize for urban and regional planning
Ray Quay, a senior sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, was awarded the 2019 William R. and June Dale Prize for
Meet Global Locust Initiative's new interns
Please welcome our new Global Locust Initiative interns, Braedon Kantola (left) and Teddy Gonzalez (right), who began interning for GLI in January 2019. They cannot begin to describe how enthusiastic
Cultivating growth and experience: The Farm at South Mountain internship program
Originally studying to become a civil engineer, Matthew Waldman was so inspired by a sustainable neighborhoods urban development class that he changed his major to sustainability at Arizona State University.
Meet sustainability alumnus Nathan Gassmann
It took 10 years for Nathan Gassmann to get his bachelor’s degree — the “scenic route,” as he called it. But finally getting that diploma in 2014 from the School
Desert ecologist earns top faculty honor
Osvaldo Sala, an ecologist and distinguished sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, was named a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University. To be awarded the