Wednesdays from Washington: Meet the press

After a week full of meetings on and off Capitol  Hill, students of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems gathered back at the ASU D.C. headquarters to hear from expert agricultural journalists, Jerry Hagstrom of The National Journal and The Hagstrom Report, and Liz Crampton and Catherine Boudreau* of Politico.

Study sheds new light on mitochondrial disorders

To perform myriad operations essential to life, cells require an energy source. They get it from the molecule ATP, produced through cellular respiration within specialized structures—the mitochondria. The production of

Neal Woodbury

Woodbury named CEO of Science Foundation Arizona

Neal Woodbury, interim executive vice president of Arizona State University's Knowledge Enterprise and chief science and technology officer, has been named chief executive officer of Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz). SFAz

COVID-19 Diagnostics Commons: A data-driven collaboration

The College of Health Solutions partners with the World Economic Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation on an initiative to help companies get back to work safely.

SCN Weekly Emailer – Info of Interest 7/23/2020

View the latest newsletter from the Sustainable Cities Network: SCN INFO OF INTEREST: 7/23/2020 (PDF)

Call for proposals: Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education

This year's theme is "Mobilizing for a Just Transition." Become a presenter and have your voice heard on vital topics such as the global pandemic, widespread protests against racism and the upcoming 2020 U.S. Election. Proposals are due August 14.

Podcast: Morris discusses the Native American digital divide

In a recent interview with the Cisco TechBeat podcast, sustainability scientist Traci Morris, director of ASU's American Indian Policy Institute, talks about her work studying the impact of the digital divide in Indian country.

Virtual launch party: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

July 30: You're invited to participate in the ASU Mastcam-Z team Live Zoom webinar of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch. Mastcam-Z is an advanced camera system with panoramic and stereoscopic imaging capability with the ability to zoom. The instrument also will determine mineralogy of the Martian surface and assist with rover operations.

NAS establishes James Prize to recognize interdisciplinary work

Nominations for the inaugural prize will be accepted through Monday, October 5, 2020. This prize will recognize researchers who integrate knowledge from two or more disciplines in order to solve a major contemporary challenge.

Skysong Innovations translates ASU research into tangible, scalable solutions

A new article from ASU Now features the work of dozens of ASU faculty, whose impacts reverberate sometimes thousands of miles from ASU campuses. Learn about the work and about Skysong Innovations, ASU's intellectual property management company.

Meet sustainability student and researcher Caitlyn Finnegan

Caitlyn Finnegan is a junior in the School of Sustainability who has spent her summer conducting research on fisheries with Assistant Professor Kailin Kroetz. Fisheries have always been a model

Two women researchers in lab, wearing masks.

Undaunted: ASU Science forges ahead, despite worldwide crisis

The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has affected nearly every aspect of daily life in Arizona and across the nation, putting many summer activities on pause in the