New pillars of education to serve community in multiple ways

Broadening access to higher education, advancing research that helps people, and taking responsibility for the communities we serve are the three “pillars” around which the university will organize its efforts going forward.

The Sustainability Consortium releases 2021 impact report

The consortium's THESIS tool helps consumer goods companies have a positive impact: Manufacturers' scores improved 38% from 2016 to 2020.

Pursuing the goal of safe-yield isn't saving our groundwater

A new report by the Kyl Center for Water Policy explores what stands in the way of safe-yield and the limits of safe-yield. It offers new strategies and actions that should be considered to secure the long-term sustainability of groundwater in some of Arizona’s most populous regions.

Sefair secures half-million NSF CAREER award

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes facul affiliate Jorge Sefair, an assistant professor in the School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career

Housing is Health Care: New Morrison Institute report

It's considerably less costly to provide permanent supportive housing to people with chronic mental illness than if they experience frequent homelessness, a Morrison Institute report released May 12 concludes.

Johnson joins USEA board of directors

USEA's mission is to enhance energy access and energy security for developing countries, and the relationship with ASU will allow both organizations to provide greater innovation to the energy sector and increase solutions research delivered globally.

Untangling the brain: New research offers hope for Alzheimer’s disease

Since the discovery of Alzheimer’s disease over a century ago, two hallmarks of the devastating illness have taken center stage. The first, known as amyloid plaques, are dense accumulations of

ElectraMeccanica breaks ground on first U.S. based assembly facility and engineering technical center

ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp., a Canadian designer and manufacturer of environmentally efficient electric vehicles (EVs), broke ground on its first U.S. based assembly facility and engineering technical center in Mesa.

Closes May 29: Art in Focus gallery highlighting women artists from the museum's permanent collection

A recent study of the artists represented in the collections of eighteen major American art museums found that only 12.6% are women. Reserve your free timed-entry tickets and learn more about the museum's new guidelines before visiting.

May 20: Global Accessibility Awareness Day at ASU

This virtual conference is a great introduction to accessibility for faculty, staff and students who create online content. Topics include accessible course design, inclusive pedagogy and ASU accessibility resources.

May 17-19: IASC 2021 Conference on Polycentric Governance

This event aims to bring together scholars and practitioners from various sectors, disciplines, and epistemological traditions to advance our understanding of how polycentric governance works in practice and share knowledge as a diverse research community.

Three sustainability scholars named 2021-22 IHR fellows

Research Accelerator participants Serena Ferrando, Daniel Gilfillan and Natalie Lozinski-Veach are among eight ASU faculty members who were awarded fellowships by the Institute for Humanities Research.