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ASU event to highlight importance of urban climate research

Jan 27, 2025 - Megan Neely

ASU's Urban Climate Research Center is set to host Timon McPhearson for the annual Anthony J. Brazel Lecture on Monday, Feb. 3.

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February 14, 2024
Call for abstracts for UCRC Poster Event now open
March 24, 2022
2022 Brazel Lecture – Cities and Climate Change
January 16, 2022
Ariane Middel elected President of IAUC!
January 1, 2022
Cool Pavement Pilot Project – Year 2!
November 12, 2020
UCRC 2020 Poster Event Winners!
November 5, 2020
ASU Carbon Sink and Learning Forest is coming soon!
September 28, 2020
UCRC Poster Event 2020–RSVP required!
September 21, 2020
UCRC Exploring Cool Pavements in Phoenix
September 18, 2020
The motley drivers of heat and cold exposure in 21st century US cities
June 22, 2020
New opportunities for graduate students in the UCRC!
March 26, 2020
UCRC Faculty Affiliate Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grant
January 3, 2020
Urban Climate Session at European Geophysical Union
December 29, 2019
Tony Brazel named Fellow of AAG!
November 6, 2019
2nd Annual Anthony J. Brazel Urban Climate Lecture Series
October 17, 2019
Global KAITEKI Center Launch at ASU
October 10, 2019
UCRC Student to Represent ASU at COP-25
July 1, 2019
Presentation: Professor Francisco Salamanca Palou at the MPAS/WRF Workshop
June 25, 2019
Urban Living Laboratory Session at AGU in December
June 20, 2019
Research Update: Lance Watkins
April 19, 2019
Please take an Urban Heat Island Survey
April 15, 2019
2019 Poster Event Results
February 22, 2019
UCRC Pilot Funding Opportunity – Due March 15 2019
February 4, 2019
2nd Annual UCRC Poster Event — 2019
November 17, 2018
New UCRC Publication in Nature Climate Change
October 12, 2018
Award Winning Presentations at ICUC-10/14th Urban Symposium
August 28, 2018
Jannik Heusinger gives first SGSUP Colloquium of year
August 17, 2018
UCRC Pilot Funding Opportunity for AY 2018-19
June 13, 2018
Mike Chester to give closing keynote address at the 2018 ISSST Meeting
April 18, 2018
UCRC 2018 Poster Event Award Winners
April 15, 2018
Qunshan Zhao wins Nystrom Award!
March 26, 2018
Research Highlight: Dave Sailor receives Best Paper and Editor’s Choice Awards...
February 22, 2018
Challenge Accepted!
February 8, 2018
UCRC Student Poster Competition
January 30, 2018
Anthony J. Brazel Urban Climate Lecture Series 2018
November 11, 2017
ICUC-10 Call for Abstracts
October 1, 2017
Upcoming Seminar of note – Vanos on “Healthy Spaces in Hot Places”
August 15, 2017
UCRC Students to kick off new year with Fall Social
May 5, 2017
Urban Climate Summer School
May 3, 2017
Urban Climate Student wins ISSR Poster Award!
April 18, 2017
George Denise of Oracle to give Sustainability Series Lecture – April 14
March 10, 2017
Tony Brazel Awarded Jeffrey Cook Prize!
March 3, 2017
Featured Research – Chester
February 28, 2017
Harvey Miller to give Comeaux Lecture, March 14
January 17, 2017
Featured Research – Georgescu
December 22, 2016
Follow UCRC Researchers at 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment at AMS
December 14, 2016
Faculty Affiliate Ariane Middel Elected to Board of the IAUC
December 1, 2016
Urban Climate Research Center Launches!

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