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Hacking the University: Will Tech Fix Higher Education?
If 2012 was the year of the Massive Open Online Course, according to the New York Times, 2013 was something of a reality check. MOOCs were meant to...
From Nowhere to Nobels: Pathways to Success for Women in STEM
Women now hold more than half of all American jobs, but they still make up less than twenty-five percent of the science, technology, engineering, and...
Putin's Russia: Time for Containment?
On Tuesday, April 15th, the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University hosted the debate: "Putin's Russia: Time for...
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
A decade ago, Russell Gold noticed something going on in Fort Worth, Texas-oil drillers were suddenly afire with talk of a strange new phenomenon....
Designing Transitions in Energy Systems: The Human Dimensions
Energy systems are changing rapidly around the world, with increasingly deep consequences for society, the economy, and geopolitics. These transitions...
Google+ Hangout: Russian Propoganda and Russian Minorities in Eastern Europe
Propaganda has always served as a useful tool for authoritarian regimes to shape perceptions, manipulate events, create false narratives, and justify...
Iran Nuclear Deal: Breakthrough or Failure?
On Tuesday, March 11th, 2014, The McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University hosted the debate: "Iran Nuclear Deal:...
Now I Know Who My Comrades Are Event: Voices From the Internet Underground
In Now I Know Who My Comrades Are, former State Department policy advisor and Wall Street Journal writer Emily Parker provides on-the-ground accounts...
Ethics and the New Engineer
Reports from the National Academy of Engineering have visualized The Engineer of 2020 (2004) and delineated Grand Challenges for Engineering (2008)....
Design Thinking, Sustainability and the Future City
The perceived future impacts of emerging technologies, including nanotechnology, hinge largely on the conventional risk-benefit paradigm. This...
Universities as Partners in Global Development: A Conversation with Arizona State University President Michael Crow
On February 10, 2014, President Crow shared lessons learned from Arizona State University's global partnerships with leading universities, ministries...
Cryptocurrencies: The New Coin of the Realm
In 2009, the mysterious and pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin, the world's first online cryptocurrency. Backed by no government or hard...