ASU gathers experts for international urban sustainability workshop

Guided by the principle that today’s cities are laboratories and their leaders are researchers in the new science of urban sustainability, Arizona State University’s (ASU) Jonathan Fink, along with two

High school student earns place in ASU lab

It's considered an exceptional achievement when college undergraduates earn opportunities to conduct research under the guidance of top professors. That makes Rahul Mitra especially exceptional. He’s only a junior at

Quarterly message from CAP Co-Director Nancy Grimm

I am very pleased to inform all of my CAP LTER colleagues that our renewal proposal to the NSF has been recommended for funding! This is a tremendous accomplishment that

ASU experts grapple with gene-based medicine questions on PBS

Sooner than we think, we will have access to our own genetic codes. Are we ready to join the DNA generation? Two ASU researchers, Gary Marchant and George Poste, will

Kendra Busse's thesis defense

Kendra Busse will be defending her thesis Effect of Residential Landscape Design on Undercanopy Microclimate on Monday, May 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM in Room 330, Wanner Building, Arizona State

Survey 200 underway

In February 2010, CAP LTER began collecting data once again at 204 sites in metropolitan Phoenix and the surrounding desert. This effort, Survey 200, takes place every five years at

Global Institute of Sustainability Leadership Directorate created

Shangraw appointed Director; van der Leeuw appointed Dean; Melnick continues as chief operating officer and executive dean ASU President Michael M. Crow today announced R.F. “Rick” Shangraw, Jr. has been

Graduate combines passion for trolleys and sustainability

When Margaret Dunn decided to return to ASU two years ago, she was fulfilling a 25-year-old promise. What she found was a life's passion. > Read more

International authority on sustainable engineering

Q&A with Christopher Boone Dr. Boone demonstrates the rapid expansion of urbanized areas in Phoenix and the resulting land use changes. Carefully managed urban vegetation in the Phoenix area can

Tempe's A Mountain undergoes restoration

A popular preserve in the middle of downtown Tempe was treated to a makeover on Saturday as part of Earth Day events. About 100 volunteers participated in a path restoration

ASU among the first green class according to The Princeton Review

Arizona State University is one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The nationally-known education services company selected ASU for inclusion in a unique resource

Earth Day 2050

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an opinion-editorial article and the concluding piece to the ASUNews' Earth Week 2010 series that pays tribute to the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. By Jonathan