Future Agenda: Rethink the tax credit on electric vehicles

Sustainability scientist Ryan Cornell has contributed to Future Agenda, a series from Future Tense in which experts suggest specific, forward-looking actions the new Biden administration should implement. The article is entitled It’s Time to Rethink the Tax Credit on Electric Vehicles.

Ascentris and Cypress buy 777 Tower at Novus Innovation Corridor

Developer and builder, Ryan Companies, along with joint venture partner University Realty LLC, announced the sale of 777 Tower at Novus Innovation Corridor to a joint venture between Ascentris, a

Meerow: Framing affects public support for local action

Sustainability scientist Sara Meerow has co-authored a paper using survey experiments to show how people conceptualize different terms used to frame environmental policies and how this affects public opinion.

2021 Conference: The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture

Religion and Environment: Relations and Relationality. Conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. February 18-28, 2021.

Resilience Alliance offers short course on resilience

Post-graduate students (Masters and PhD) and early-career researchers are invited to apply by Feb. 21 for a one-week course, Resilience Foundations from Theory to Practice, designed to facilitate collaboration among a broader network of students and researchers.

Ferran Garcia-Pichel

4 top ASU scholars named Regents Professors

They are the best and brightest and have brought honor and distinguishment to their disciplines. They’re considered the top researchers that Arizona State University has to offer, and they’re getting

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.

Michael Lynch

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