As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) issued three reports emphasizing why the United States should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change. Read more »
GIOS News
ASU gathers experts for international urban sustainability workshop
May 21st, 2010
Guided by the principle that today’s cities are laboratories and their leaders are researchers in the new science of urban sustainability, Arizona State University’s (ASU) Jonathan Fink, along with two British colleagues, will lead Comparative Urban Genetics: Towards a Common Methodology for Pragmatic Analysis of Cities. The workshop event takes place this weekend, May 21-23, at University College London (UCL) in London, England. Read more »
High School Student Earns Place in ASU Lab
May 20th, 2010
It’s considered an exceptional achievement when college undergraduates earn opportunities to conduct research under the guidance of top professors.
That makes Rahul Mitra especially exceptional.
He’s only a junior at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, and already he’s working with an engineering research group at Arizona State University.
Global Institute of Sustainability Leadership Directorate created
May 4th, 2010
Shangraw appointed Director; van der Leeuw appointed Dean; Melnick continues as chief operating officer and executive dean
ASU President Michael M. Crow today announced R.F. “Rick” Shangraw, Jr. has been appointed director of the Global Institute of Sustainability, a key all-university research initiative. Shangraw also serves as ASU’s senior vice president for Knowledge Enterprise Development.
Simultaneously, ASU Provost and Executive Vice President Elizabeth D. Capaldi announced the appointment of Sander van der Leeuw as dean of the School of Sustainability. He will also continue as director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and co-director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative.
Rob Melnick continues as GIOS chief operating officer and executive dean. He, along with Shangraw and van der Leeuw, form the institute’s new directorate providing overall leadership to GIOS and its School of Sustainability. Read more »
Graduate Combines Passion for Trolleys and Sustainability
May 3rd, 2010
When Margaret Dunn decided to return to ASU two years ago, she was fulfilling a 25-year-old promise. What she found was a life’s passion.