ASU hosts AAAS annual meeting Feb. 8-11

Arizona State University is proud to host this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, the world’s largest general scientific gathering, Feb. 8–11. This year’s virtual meeting is

Center for Imagination in the Borderlands awarded $4.2M

The Mellon Foundation grant will aid a mentorship program designed to reconfigure traditional academic structures and offer support to Indigenous scholars.

The Earth League launches 10 New Insights of Climate Science with UNFCCC

Unaccounted emissions from permafrost, threats to the land sink, impacts on mental health and freshwater, COVID-19 outcomes and rights-based litigation to address climate change are some of the most recent findings in climate change science summarized in the new report.

Feb 16: The Critical Role of Gender Equality in Leadership

In a YouTube livestream event hosted by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland, Amanda Ellis will discuss the critical role of gender equality in leadership. The 40-minute session will take place Tuesday, February 16, from 12:05–12:45 p.m. MST.

CCG Catalyst Consulting, Arizona Bankers Association announce the Arizona Fintech Council

CCG Catalyst Consulting and the Arizona Bankers Association have partnered to create the Arizona Fintech Council to spur economic growth in the state and bring viable and promising fintech companies to Arizona's Fintech Sandbox.

Seeking ASU student applicants for TechCongress program

Informational call Jan. 27. Nominations are open for the TechCongress Congressional Innovation Scholars Program. The program pays an $60,000 annual-equivalent stipend and other benefits. Please nominate students and encourage them to apply by Feb. 5.

Jan 27: Ellis presents on Gender Equality and Governance Index

Sustainability scholar and GFL director of global partnerships Amanda Ellis will present about the Index and other tools for accelerating women’s empowerment and ensuring equal rights.

Feb 18: Black and Indigenous Relations of Doing and Being

Author Tiffany King will present the 2021 Environmental Humanities Initiative Distinguished Lecture, a keynote address of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) Conference.

ASU’s unsung heroes

Workers on one of the front lines of the pandemic keep ASU's campuses safe and running Everything the rest of us have tried to avoid for the past nine months

NASEM seeks experts to advise on US global change research program

The National Academies is seeking approximately 10 new members for a 20-person standing committee. Self-nominations are welcome. Members typically serve 3-year terms with an option to reappoint after the first term. Nominations are due by February 12, 2021.

Stephanie Forrest

Cyber-evolution: How computer science is harnessing the power of Darwinian transformation

From a pair of simple principles of evolution—chance mutation and natural selection—nature has constructed an almost unfathomable richness of life around us. Despite our scientific sophistication, human design and engineering

Jan 27: Learn effective methods to get published in Slate and others

Editors from two ASU-affiliated publications - Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, New America and ASU, and Issues in Science and Technology, published by ASU and the National Academies - will discuss what makes a good idea for their outlets and how to pitch them.