The Arizona Republic reports that Dr. Jonathan Fink will take over as ASU's "chief of sustainability" and Director of the Global Institute of Sustainability on July 1. He is former chair of the ASU geology department, and for the last 10 years has been ASU Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs. (http://ovprea.asu.edu/bios/jfink/)
The Republic says ASU is the first university in the country to start a School of Sustainability.
http://www.asu.edu/news/stories/200705/20070501_fink.htm