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Hands holding the Earth

Overcoming stone age logic

An op-ed calling for shift from old-fashioned thinking focused on traditional disciplines working on short-term goals to collaborative efforts dedicated to solving real world challenges.

Myth & Fact Blackboard

How Science, Wedded with Good Policy, Has Created a Better World

An article about the critical role science plays in understanding humanity as the means by which society progresses.

Trust Fall

In This I Trust: Don't Take Progress For Granted

An article about the faith of Americans in major institutions and the habit of taking our national progress for granted.

Psyche Mission

How Studying a Metal Asteroid Can Rock Our World

An article about the potential impact of NASA's first ASU-led mission to a metal asteroid.

Physician with iPad

Forget the Silver Bullet, Finding Solutions to Tough Problems Takes an Arsenal

An article about the need to better connect scientific research and socially useful outcomes through the thoughtful redesign of organizations.

PLuS Alliance

PLuS Alliance: Universities Tackle Global Issues

A look at the PLuS Allance, a partnership between ASU, King's College London and the University of New South Wales.

Erich Bloch

Erich Bloch Tribute

A special message from IBM pioneer Erich Bloch to President Michael Crow.

Michael Crow and William Harris

2nd Annual Erich Bloch Lecture

A presentation on university innovation on the occasion of the 2nd Annual Erich Bloch Lecture hosted by Science Foundation Arizona.

Michael Crow Maxwell School Syracuse

Science and Higher Education Policy

A speech on the evolution and challenges of scientific, higher education and administrative policy.

Michael Crow and J. Craig Venter

How Will Synthetic Biology Change the Way We Live?

A conversation about the biology of human life, and how science and technology is changing our understanding.

NIH structure

Time to Rethink the NIH

An op-ed calling for a dramatic restructuring of the National Institutes of Health in order to better align the organization's research funding with the society's most pressing issues.

Earth and leaf in two hands

The challenge for the Obama administration science team

An op-ed about the critical role of science and technology policy in government and the urgent need for the creation of new insights to the complex issues challenging the future quality of life.