Year: 2012

Frankenstein Graduate Position at ASU
Attention prospective Arizona State University graduate students! ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination and Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes are seeking a Graduate Research Assistant as part of

First Principles
Newly released: American Dreamers, a collection of “dreams from optimists, inventors and mavericks with ideas for a brighter future.” My essay (online here) leads off the book with a look at the combustible, illuminating nature of good ideas and the unique optimism of the American Dream. It’s also a pretty good declaration of principles for what we are trying to accomplish at the Center for Science and the Imagination.
How tall can we build?
One of our Hieroglyph collaborations.

Future is Now at ASU with New 293k-Square-Foot Science, Tech Hub
The Launch
Video: Tomorrow Project

Center for Science and the Imagination to Launch at ASU’s Newest Interdisciplinary Building, ISTB4
Tomorrow Project: Humanities – Imagining Our Future (And Yes, Tweeting Cows!)
Ron Broglio, Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University, discusses how philosophy, aesthetics and literature can help us rethink the relationship between humans and the environment.
