If the public funds science and gives it autonomy to govern itself, then benefits such as economic growth, innovation, and national security will follow “almost automatically.” This unwritten social contract was long thought to underpin policymakers’ relationship to the scientific enterprise, but the administration’s cuts to science funding and mass federal agency layoffs suggest the pact’s days are over.
Susanna Campbell will discuss the current challenges and opportunities facing the measurement and communication of the societal impacts of research. Her talk will range from a discussion of research methods that can be used to capture impact to an overview of the challenges and opportunities of communicating research findings in the current environment.
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School is hosting a day-long convening for investigative journalists focused on the application of AI in investigations. This event will take place the day before the Investigative Reporters and Editors 2026 annual conference begins.
Highlights of the convening include:
On October 22, 2025 Arizona State University(ASU) and New America will host the 11th annual Future Security Forum in collaboration with Security & Defence PLuS, a partnership between ASU, King’s College London, and the University of New South Wales.
Just after turning forty, Steve Grove left Silicon Valley as a Google executive to move to his home state of Minnesota. Gone from the Midwest for two decades, Grove traded his career at Google for a position in state government with Governor Tim Walz. In How I Found Myself in the Midwest, Grove tells a story of reinvention that took on new urgency when crisis struck, as the coronavirus pandemic and the tragic murder of George Floyd unfolded just miles from his newfound home, thrusting Grove’s work into an unexpected spotlight.
For most of the past half century, Americans of both parties expressed high levels of trust in science, coinciding with bipartisan support for investment in scientific research. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, however, that dynamic has shifted, with Republicans reporting declining trust even while Democrats planted lawn signs reading “In this house we believe in science.”
Competitive and recreational sports alike are changing faster than ever thanks to innovations ranging from helmets to footwear to ball tracking to adaptive wheelchairs. This accelerating pace of new technology is spurring debates about fairness, safety, and the importance of traditions.
On February 7, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it would cap indirect cost payments on its grants at 15 percent. The policy has faced strong criticism from universities, the scientific community, and others, who argue it would place unsustainable financial strain on research universities, undermine biomedical research, and ultimately delay or reduce the development of new drugs, treatments, and other valuable health research. At the same time, many critics of the change concede that the current indirect cost recovery system is flawed and in need of reform.
Professor Garth Paine and his team at ASU need your help recording sounds all around the ASU campuses.
Why? Because sound is a critical environmental indicator.
It is virtually impossible to turn on CNN, read the Wall Street Journal, go to a hospital, attend a university, or browse a bookstore without encountering a sea of Indian names and faces. In her new book Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America, author and journalist Meenakshi Ahamed examines the story of Indian immigration to the United States.