COVID-19 dashboards offer incomplete pictures

We are surrounded by charts, graphs, and dashboards that try to summarize and surveil the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; we haven’t seen this kind of explosion of data visualization since the advent of the Weather Channel. But these dashboards, none of which existed before March, are experiencing some growing pains.

Feb 23: Phosphorus: Past and Future book launch

Phosphorus: Past and Future, available from Oxford University Press, discusses emerging efforts and innovations to develop phosphorus sustainability solutions to protect our food supply and water quality.

Who gets their lights back first if a cyberattack brings down the grid?

According to experts from ASU's Decision Theater, the United States needs a Continuity of the Economy plan to ensure we can reconstitute the economy in the wake of a devastating cyberattack.

Feb 22-26: Virtual Pacific Environmental Security Forum

The primary purpose of the PESF is to increase regional militaries' understanding of environmental security issues and their environmental stewardship obligations, and to coordinate efforts with civilian agencies and NGOs for whole-of-government and whole-of-society solutions.

Merck invests in Tempe, Ariz. production facilities

Merck KGaA announced an investment of $22 million at its site in Tempe, Arizona. The facility houses more than 180 employees who support the Semiconductor Solutions business in the areas

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, strengthens site in Tempe, Arizona as key strategic production and R&D hub for semi-conductor materials in the US

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, announced an investment of $22 million at its site in Tempe, Arizona. T

Call for Proposals: Reimagining Leadership Together

Global Futures Laboratory will co-chair this year's International Leadership Association annual conference. The call for proposals is open. Submit by February 28.

Center directors share recent highlights

A selection of highlights shared by center directors affiliated with the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation. Submit your center or initiative's highlights for possible inclusion in this Bulletin to [email protected].

Video: Narrative has power in driving clean energy revolution

ASU and the American Resilience Project premiered a new film documenting the closing of the Navajo Generating Station, part of the "Current Revolution" series.

Feb 10: Carbon negative tech innovation event

Webinar will feature innovative technologies from the United States, Japan, and internationally that are capable of reducing and sequestering carbon across the built and natural environments.

Future Cities episode 40: Black History Month Spotlight - Dr. Prentiss Dantzler

Host Jason Sauer (PhD candidate, ASU) talks with researcher Heidy Correa (Master of Science, Universidad Austral de Chile) about a grassroots community organization in Valdivia, Chile, that was instrumental in

The role of various USDA agencies in Arizona

The Food Policy and Leadership gathered for an immersive week of learning from food policy leaders and met three excellent leaders at the USDA. We met Mike Stevens from Farm Service Agency, Jack Smith from Rural Development, and NRCS state conservationist Keisha Tatem. Everyday, these three leaders help farmers across the 15 counties in Arizona.