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The future of farming is growing in a white shipping container on a tucked-away corner of Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus. Inside the container is Yujin Park’s vertical farm, where racks of lettuce and strawberries grow under exotic lighting right out of a rave. The Economist recently named vertical farming one of 22 technologies to watch in 2022.
Arizona's five Cs — cattle, cotton, copper, climate and citrus — have worked well for the state's first hundred years, but the 21st century requires coders and engineers for Arizona to stay competitive and resilient. That's where the New Economy Initiative comes in.
ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change Director Chris Stojanowski shares the experience he had on an important dig site in the Saharan desert, what he learned from it and what he hopes to teach his archaeology students.
What do you do with a degree in interdisciplinary studies? Everything, as it turns out. A showcase highlighting interdisciplinary majors' projects last week also featured a panel discussion with four alumni from the College of Integrative Arts and Sciences at ASU who discussed how the degree has affected their careers.
By integrating approaches of philosophy, politics and economics, a new ASU certificate offers a holistic understanding of complex social issues.