• Read more about My Favorite Movie: 'Arrival' with Shane Harris and Katherine Mangu-Ward

When 12 mysterious spacecraft arrive to Earth in the 2016 film Arrival, they bring with them an eerie question: Why are they here? To answer that question, the U.S. military enlists the help of a top linguist, played by Amy Adams, who is tasked with deciphering the extraterrestrial’s language.

• Read more about Space Intersections Symposium

How do leading experts view the intersection of religious and political ideologies in relation to human expansion into space?

The Space Intersections symposium, led by Jack Traphagan, ASU Interplanetary Initiative's 2023-2024 fellow, will explore how political and religious ideologies are employed in relation to space expansionism.

ASU Barrett and O’Connor Washington Center
1800 I St NW
Washington, DC 20006

• Read more about North Carolina Sustainable Textiles Innovation Engine

In recent years, place-based innovation has attracted renewed attention from policymakers and major new funding, including over $80 billion in current federal support for historically overlooked regions. Awarded an NSF Regional Innovation Engine grant in early 2024, the North Carolina Textile Innovation and Sustainability Engine (NCTISE), along with its key partners, is developing technologies for manufacturing advanced fibers and recycling waste textiles into new fibers. These innovations hold promise for various sectors, including construction, advanced materials and healthcare.

• Read more about ASU’s Milo Space Science Institute: Increasing the World’s Access to Space

The prospect of space exploration has forever captivated the human imagination, but opportunities to do so are still limited to a select few countries despite decades of advancement in spaceflight technology and infrastructure.

• Read more about Public Funding, Patents and Technology Transfer: Learning from the Contrasting Oxford and Texas Models of COVID-19 Vaccine Production and Distribution

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred substantial debate over how to rapidly develop new vaccines, produce billions of doses, and distribute them globally. Central to these debates are the roles of intellectual property, technology transfer, and public funding.

• Read more about Assessing Innovation Hubs and Regional Innovation Engines: New Methods

In recent years, place-based innovation has attracted renewed attention from policymakers and major new funding, including over $80 billion in federal support for historically overlooked regions.

• Read more about Cronkite Global Conversations 2023

We invite you to join us for the Global Conversations taking place in Washington D.C. highlighting 11 award-winning journalists and communication professionals who are part of the prestigious Humphrey Fellowship program, based at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The session will go over the following topics:

• Read more about The Zomia Center’s Redress Project: A Virtual Information Session with Joanna Naples-Mitchell

This is a virtual information session for both IRLS Fellows and ASU Law Students who would like to learn more about working with Joanna Naples-Mitchell from the Zomia Center’s Redress Project. Please follow the URL link below to register, and you will receive the Zoom link for this event.

• Read more about IRLS Lunch Series: Fighting Corruption and Promoting Financial Integrity Internationally

ASU’s International Rule of Law and Security program invites you to join Richard Gordan, former senior staff member of the International Monetary Fund, Valentina Lana, professor of law at SciencesPo and Jean-Pierre Brun, senior financial sector specialist at the World Bank, to discuss international anti-corruption law and global financial integrity.

Lunch will be provided for all attendees.

• Read more about New Tools for Science Policy: Quantity over Quality - How to Solve Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

This event will take place both in-person and online via livestream.