12 BPRI graduate student opportunities to start Fall 2021!

BPRI is an NSF-funded virtual institute consisting of a group of like-minded teacher-scholars with diverse disciplinary expertise from six institutions. The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) uses locust phase polyphenism

Universities collaborate to create new Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)

ASU to join six other universities to create an institute to better understand locust phase change. As a formidable ecological force, locusts have a long history of devastating crops and

Arizona Wellbeing Commons finds answers for COVID-19, hope for future

After battling on the front lines of the global coronavirus pandemic for nearly a year, Arizona’s health care community paused last Friday to evaluate what we’ve learned about COVID-19, what

Voices from the Future shares stories from the front lines of climate change

Within these stories, you’ll learn how people responded to disaster and how these experiences have affected their lives and visions of the future. The collection is a product of ASU's Narrative Storytelling Initiative.

Taming locusts in Senegal: Working with communities, empowering women

Locusts are a major pest in many parts of the world, damaging plants and livelihoods. Senegal is one such place; farmers constantly battle migrating swarms of the local Senegalese grasshopper.

SkySong becomes home to new, dramatic piece of public art

SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center is now home to a new and spectacular public art installation. Sunburst has been installed approximately 20 feet above the ground just outside of SkySong 5,

Danielle Sharaf

Switch: Connecting lives through technology

Danielle Sharaf - CEO, Switch, Pakistan 2020 WE Empower Awardee, Greater MENA When it comes to staying connected, Danielle Sharaf dedicates herself to ensuring that people receive the information they

Oct. 23: Speed Networking Event

Join ASU's Operational Excellence Community of Practice (OECoP) for this speed networking event. You will leave the event having practiced your skills, learned something about other areas in ASU, and expanded your network.

Free virtual NSF grants conference Nov. 30

Registration opens October 29 for this annual event, perfect for those interested in applying for NSF grants or whose funding is from NSF. This event is designed to give faculty, researchers and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF.

Oct. 15: How Vulnerable is our Infrastructure in a Changing Climate?

Join us via Zoom as sustainability scientist Mikhail Chester discusses the vulnerability of infrastructure to climate change and the challenges of designing systems for deep uncertainty. Sustainability scientist Margaret Garcia will moderate the audience Q & A following the presentation.

Abhishek Singharoy

Tiny pumping stations play outsized role in cellular health and disease

In order to carry out their astonishingly varied tasks, living cells make use of a range of micro-machines. One of the most crucial of these— known vacuolar ATPase or V-ATPase—is responsible

Six steps to fix our public health agencies’ testing capabilities in the pandemic

The following piece is adapted from a panel discussion on Day 2 of the 2020 Future Security Forum: Reimagining National Security in the Age of COVID-19, featuring remarks from ASU’s Chief