Training program for advocates of domestic-violence victims to receive ASU Presidential Medal

Survivor Link, a team of Arizona State University educators, students, faculty and community members who work to promote healthy relationships and provide domestic violence interventions, will receive the 2020 President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness.

Protecting biodiversity can prevent future pandemics

ASU Now I June 17, 2020 As a follow-up to her recent article, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber presented a webinar to address the link between

New paper uses ASU as case study in interdisciplinary research

The study by Fulbright Scholar Paul Bolger provides robust evidence for the powerfully beneficial role that research institutes can play as enablers on interdisciplinary research within their university.

Wednesday from Washington: Tackling advocacy with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

During our Food Policy Immersion in DC, my classmates and I had the opportunity to visit “the Hill,” speak to legislators, learn about the inner-workings of different agencies at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and get a better understanding of the overall ecosystem of lawmakers, researchers, lobbyists, advocates, constituents and more, who shape policies that affect us all.

Forrest and co-authors discuss a paper’s impact 24 years on

In 1996, Stephanie Forrest, director of the Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society, co-authored the first paper to present a practical approach to automatically detecting cyber attacks against executing computer systems. Twenty-four years later, co-authors of the landmark paper—Steven Hofmeyr, Anil Somayaji, Thomas Longstaff along with Forrest—received the Test of Time Award at the virtual 41st IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. The paper, titled A Sense of Self for.

June 17: Thinking about Poverty as an Innovation Problem

Tomorrow, join a real-time conversation on re-imagining the social safety net. It's a live "ask me anything" with Dr. Lenore Ealy. To participate, you must sign in to Polyplexus.com and

Elisamaria Torres is a 2019 WE Empower finalist and the founder of Froggin English for Kids

Bringing fun back to learning English

Elisamaria Torres is a 2019 WE Empower finalist and the founder of Froggin English for Kids, the first Mexican franchise focused on teaching English as a Second Language to children

Westerhoff, Herckes combine for COVID decontamination solution

Westerhoff leads research on using ultraviolet light to decontaminate water. Herckes investigates aspects of PPE use in semiconductor fabrication clean rooms. With an NSF RAPID grant, they had a fully developed device ready for deployment by the beginning of April.

Crow: Face coverings required in campus buildings

Effective immediately at ASU, face coverings will be required for all employees, students and visitors while in buildings. Face coverings will also be required in outdoor community spaces where social distancing isn’t possible.

Hodge: Economy, public health in tug-of-war

The director of ASU's Center for Public Health Law and Policy has fielded more than 500 inquiries seeking guidance on public health law and policy issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read his interview with ASU Now.

Mishra awarded Publication of Lasting Impact award

With his 1997 publication, agribusiness professor Ashok Mishra changed agricultural policy around the world and initiated several government-wide projects for the well-being of self-employed farm family businesses

June newsletter on social justice and sustainability

In our June Sustainability Strategist newsletter, we highlight the interconnection between social justice and sustainability, introduce our new Sustainability Strategist Snippets video series, and the launch of a free, online