ASU's sustainability plan serves as model for Harvard
The director of Harvard's Office of Sustainability recently shared that ASU’s holistic approach to sustainability, which encourages faculty involvement in sustainability research and teaching, served as a direct model for Harvard's new five-year plan.
The Risks of Cheap Water
October 14, 2014 by Eduardo Porter of The New York Times. This summer, California’s water authority declared that wasting water — hosing a sidewalk, for example — was a crime.
Technology to Market: What’s holding us back?
From the invention of the computer mouse to the world’s first video game console, the 1960s marked a time of huge technological achievements. The animated sitcom “The Jetsons” spurred whimsical
Symposium promotes sustainability through sound
The Listen(n) Symposium, co-hosted by the ASU Art Museum and ASU Wrigley Institute, is a series of panel discussions, musical performances and art installations that aims to open our eyes to sustainability issues by opening our ears to the sonic environment.
Former SCENE student to attend Nobel Prize ceremonies
ASU freshman Sarah Galvin's award-winning research on next-generation electronics was made possible through the ASU Wrigley Institute's Southwest Center for Education and the Natural Environment and secured her a ticket to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm.
ASU scientist researches desert urbanization with NASA support
Using diverse analytical techniques like remote sensing and numerical modeling, ASU Senior Sustainability Scientist Soe Myint is leading an interdisciplinary study to further understand the impacts of urban infrastructure and vegetation on local and regional climate.
Sustainability scientist awarded for humanitarian efforts
ASU engineering professor Mark Henderson was presented the Making a World of Difference Award for his humanitarian work as director of GlobalResolve, an organization that engages engineering faculty and students with developing communities to improve their living conditions.
ASU scientist comments in National Geographic on sustainable food
A National Geographic article detailing the findings of its latest Greendex report featured insights from School of Sustainability Professor Nicole Darnall, who shared that she was not surprised by the slow adoption of sustainable food in the U.S. given current subsidies.
Groundbreaking conference examines indigenous sustainability
Inspired in part by the leadership of the ASU Wrigley Institute, the "Conference on Indigenous Sustainability" gathered indigenous scholars, sustainability scientists and tribal leaders in Tempe, Arizona to discuss the sustainability challenges facing indigenous communities.
Sustainability scientist appointed to national advisory council
Sethuraman Panchanathan, senior vice president of ASU's Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship where he will advise the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
Light Technology Wins Nobel Prize for Physics
This year, three researches from Japan and the U.S. were deemed to be no dim bulbs in the science and research community. Professors Isamu Asaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
ASU conference explores green growth approach to sustainability
A transcontinental conference taking place, in part, at ASU has assembled the brightest minds in the arena of systemic solutions to global problems in an effort to test the robustness of a new approach to sustainability termed "green growth."