USFWS Fellowship Opportunity Meeting
Join us tomorrow to learn about summer opportunities at United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Recruiters from the USFWS will be on campus at ASU to highlight their Summer 2015 Directorate
ASU partners with international network to improve lives worldwide
The Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives is the newest of 23 internationally renowned members belonging to Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) – a nonprofit committed to improving life through the development and implementation of USAID-funded programs focused on energy, water, agriculture and economic development across the globe.
Carbon Farming: Healthy soil and ecology go hand in hand
When we think about the main sources of greenhouse gases, we don’t typically consider dirt as being one of them. But, it’s true. Just by plowing their fields, farmers have
Morrison Institute launches new center for water policy
With a mission of reaching consensus for wise water policy and lasting solutions in Arizona, the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy was launched on Nov. 14.
First ASU charter serves as model for higher education
Presenting a paradigmatic shift in the way a university can act as a force for good, ASU announces its first official charter, a document that focuses the university’s mission on the inclusion and success of all its students, and on a responsibility to the communities it serves.
Sustainability scientists aid national effort to improve water quality
With the goal of eliminating water contaminants that present challenges to communities worldwide, engineers Kiril Hristovski and Paul Westerhoff will work as part of a new, EPA-funded center where they will develop and test sustainable, purifying technologies.
Students build sustainable communities through fellowship program
In its new phase within the ASU Wrigley Institute, the Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family continues its tradition of advancing inexpensive, safe and sustainable housing through a new student fellowship program.
Walton Initiatives further Albania's transition to sustainable education
Assisting Albania’s transition to sustainable national education, Walton Initiatives’ Global Sustainability Solutions Services will harness ASU’s extensive resources to complete a cost-benefit analysis of energy efficiency in the country's public schools.
CBO affiliates support call for inclusion in conservation
As CBO prepares to celebrate it's launch this week with the arrival of Dr. Georgina Mace, Nature publishes a call for broader participation in conservation. The call is signed by
New biodiversity center supports call for inclusion in conservation
Six scientists from ASU's new Center for Biodiversity Outcomes joined 240 leading conservationists in signing a letter, recently published in the journal Nature, calling for an ethic of inclusiveness that recognizes the merits of several approaches to conservation.
Parched Cities Share Water in West
October 30, 2014 Parched Cities Share Water in the West by Jim Carlton of the Wall Street Journal. University access or subscription required. A recent agreement by this city and
ASU water experts cited in Wall Street Journal article on drought
A Wall Street Journal article on a recent Phoenix-Tucson water agreement highlights the growing trend among drought-ridden regions of sharing natural resources, and includes insights from sustainability scientists Dave White and David Sampson.