Two short films explore sustainable food and water harvesting

Two new short films Holding on to the Corn and Plant the Rain, produced by students in the School of Sustainability and Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Now emerging from a sustainable business incubator: “Together We Brew”

From his experiences in the beverage business, Master of Sustainability Solutions student Nicholas Shivka was painfully aware of how hard it is for local businesses to compete with the global

Virtual showcase recap, spring 2020

On April 29, 2020, ASU Project Cities hosted our first-ever entirely virtual Student Showcase for the Spring 2020 semester. Over one hundred attendees appeared on Zoom throughout the day to

Chickens in chicken house poking their heads out of their cages

Memories of home

Genes are more than blueprints for building organisms. They are also vessels of memory. In new research published in Science Advances, Wei Chin Ho, a researcher in the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms

Collins elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Collins, an evolutionary ecologist, was chosen for his studies of the role of host-pathogen interactions in species decline and extinction. The American Academy of Arts and Scienceswas formed in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock and other leaders of the time.

Wednesdays from Washington: A Visit with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree

Welcome to Wednesdays from Washington! Week 1 - Featuring Congresswoman Chellie Pingree It may be ~2,300 miles from the Sun Devil Stadium to the National Capitol building in Washington, DC,

5/27: COVID-19 and the Mission of the U.S. Public University

Join President Michael Crow and the presidents of Purdue and University of Washington for a virtual town hall discussion hosted by the National Academies and Issues in Science and Technology.

UREx partner calls for survey responses

Scientists from the Urban Systems Lab, part of The New School located in New York City, is calling for survey responses in their study of public parks, open spaces and COVID-19.

New videos available: CBIE webinar series

A webinar panel series reflecting on resilience and the commons as revealed by COVID-19 has been organized by sustainability scientists Marco Janssen, Marty Anderies, and Mike Schoon can be viewed on the IASC Youtube channel.

Empowering women to become their own superhero

My name is Lina, and when I was a kid, I used to believe that I am a superhero, [this is] because I am meant to be one,” Lina Khalifeh

Vegetation shifts can outweigh climate change in desert rangelands

Grasslands across the globe, which support the majority of the world’s grazing animals, have been transitioning to shrub lands in a process that scientists call “woody plant encroachment.” Managed grazing

The Blockchain Series, Part 2: The Digital Carbon Warehouse

The Digital Carbon WarehouseAn EarthX talk by Bill BrandtApril 24, 2020 Common sense tells us that “in the long run, it will be more profitable to save the planet than