Last week the ASU community lost an incredible thinker and activist, School of Sustainability Ph.D. student Arijit Guha. Arijit passed away March 22nd after what his family describes as a “spirited, graceful, and inspirational bout with cancer.” Diagnosed with Stage…

By Miles Brundage, Should we expect technological innovations to cure society’s problems? The media are filled with reports of cutting-edge breakthroughs in health, energy, computing, and other technology areas, often accompanied by the explicit or implicit hope that such breakthroughs…

Student Pugwash USA is a social benefit organization that promotes social responsibility in science and technology. Contrary to the misperceptions of occasional callers, we’re not in the business of washing animals or cars.  Instead, we connect students and young people…

By Alaina George, Traditionally, nearly every Diné interaction requires a prayer of some sort. When hunting, there are prayers sung before and after the kill. There are offerings given to fire when cooking. And each morning, a Diné person is…

Video 5: Light Switch This is Video 5 of a seven part series. Click for Video 1, Video 2,  Video 3 and Video 4. About the videos: To be an informed citizen one must not only follow the obvious social…

I was born too early. Not in the sense of premature.  My mother will attest to that fact that I was definitely a full term baby.  No, I was born “in the wrong century,” too early.  For as long as…

Video 4: Speed Bump  This is Video 4 of a seven part series. Click for Video 1, Video 2 and Video 3. About the videos: To be an informed citizen one must not only follow the obvious social issues like…

This essay, by an ASU undergraduate, explores the human dimensions of socio-technical systems, and their contradictions, as seen through a single life. The writer, LaTasha Ball, grew up and was educated on the Navajo reservaton in northern Arizona. She is…

Video 3: Cell Phone Rules  This is Video 3 of a seven part series. Click for Video 1 and Video 2. About the videos: To be an informed citizen one must not only follow the obvious social issues like taxes,…