June 24: Match yourself and your students to real projects in Peoria
Scientists and scholars are invited to join Project Cities and the City of Peoria to co-develop class projects for the 2021-2022 academic year. Peoria staff from 9 departments will join
ASU engineering experts reframe infrastructure security
Sustainability scientists Mikhail Chester and Brad Allenby and their faculty peers believe broader perspectives need to be part of the current debate about improving America’s infrastructure systems.
Ariaratnam receives Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award
Ariaratnam is among the leading experts in the development of trenchless construction methods and technologies used in underground construction. He will deliver the Bechtel Lecture at the 2021 ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute Pipelines Conference.
June 15-16: Earth Archive LiDAR conference
The Earth Archive is an international, interdisciplinary initiative to create an open-access, high-resolution, digital archive of the earth's surface compiled from LiDAR scans, which can be used for a wide range of social and natural science, as well as environmental policy work.
Donkeys dig deep in the desert, benefiting overall ecosystem
According to a new study, equine species, which are seen as "invasive," actually help shape desert ecosystems, sniffing out water and digging wells that are used by other wildlife.
ASU project receives first place in 2021 Microgrid Greater Good Awards
The system powers a 40-foot container that was converted by an ASU team into a medical clinic in Northern Uganda that provides primary care to over 200 Sudanese refugees per day.
June 12-15: Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2021
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 is the world’s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability – it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship, innovation, collaboration and action.
New paper: Collaborative governance for the food-energy-water nexus
The social network analysis revealed challenges to collaborative governance of FEW nexus stakeholders, but the authors found that by leveraging bridging there are opportunities to increase collaborative governance between sectors.
Registration now open: Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Ed 2021
Attendees can register today to reserve their spot for a virtual event that saw over 6,800 registrants last year, bringing together more than 400 institutions from 36 countries.
June 24: Match yourself and your students to real projects in Peoria
Scientists and scholars are invited to join Project Cities and the City of Peoria to co-develop class projects for the 2021-2022 academic year. The program is designed to support most class formats and work across disciplines.
Earth Day AZ beautified the landscape and inspired residents
Earth Day was something special in Arizona this year: it was a united movement of celebration and action. 10 Mayors and communities across the state joined together for Earth Day

New research in protein sequencing poised to transform medicine
While DNA provides the genetic recipe book for biological form and function, it is the job of the body’s proteins to carry out the complex commands dictated by DNA’s genetic