Category: In the News
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AI for action
A new grant will create a visionary program designed to empower high school students to drive real change in their communities. With funding from the National Communication Association’s 2026 Communication Pedagogy Grant , NAU associate professor Zhan Xu and professor of practice Janice Sweeter, along with collaboration from K. Hazel Kwon from Arizona State University and Young Eun Moon from the University of Mississippi, are developing an innovative curriculum to show teens how…
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Research expenditures ranking underscores ASU’s dramatic growth in high-impact science
University officially surpasses $1 billion in research, leading to advances in dementia care, cancer detection, defense and AI Biochemistry PhD student Saborni Chowdhury looks at samples in an incubator at a coral research lab in the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health in Tempe. Photo by Samantha Chow/Arizona State University Arizona State University…
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HonorHealth Desert Mission leads Produce Prescription Program to improve health and food security
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2026) – HonorHealth, a leading Valley-based nonprofit healthcare system serving more than five million people in the greater Phoenix area, is expanding its approach to community health with the launch of its new Produce Prescription Program led by HonorHealth Desert Mission. The initiative is funded by a nearly $500,000 grant from the U.S.…
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From lab to startup: ASU researchers drive health innovation
Engineering faculty members are taking their inventions to market through entrepreneurial ventures Jessica Weaver, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, holds a device in a lab. Weaver is one of many faculty members in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, part…
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ARx 2 Spotlight: Message in a Bottle Reaches Global Audience
The PBC is proud to announce the publication of Anne Titelbaum, Mary Lucking, and Cynthia Stadley’s article, “An arts-based approach for communicating paleopathological research to public audiences: the Phoenix Bioscience Core’s Artist + Researcher (ARx) program” in the STM-based database ScienceDirect for their collaboration in the Artist x Researcher cohort 2 (ARx2). Their artwork, Message in…
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HonorHealth expands primary care access across the Valley with acquisition of Evernorth Care Group locations
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 2, 2026) – HonorHealth, a leading Valley-based nonprofit healthcare system serving more than five million people in the greater Phoenix area, has officially finalized the acquisition of 11 Evernorth Care Group locations from Cigna Healthcare of Arizona. This milestone expands convenient access points to high-quality care and reinforces HonorHealth’s commitment to providing compassionate,…
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Distinct protein signatures for liver fat found in postmenopausal women
Analysis of extracellular vesicle cargo finds differences between Black and White women Extracellular vesicles (EVs), tiny, naturally occurring packages that help cells share proteins, metabolites, and other materials, have distinct protein signatures related to liver fat in postmenopausal women, according to a new study led by researchers from Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City…
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Arizona Physiological Society Annual Meeting Spotlighted Groundbreaking Research
Chris Glembotski, PhD, Shanna Hamilton, PhD, Leslie Leinwand, PhD, Shirin Doroudgar, PhD, Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA, professor and department head of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson, and Tobias Jakobi, PhD, at the symposium. The 18th annual meeting showcased developments in physiology research The 18th Arizona Physiological Society Annual Meeting, hosted…
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Collaboration key to future of ASU Health, President Crow says
Government, health care and academic leaders gather for annual State of the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix ASU President Michael Crow speaks to government, health care and academic leaders during the annual State of the Phoenix Bioscience Core event. Photo by Riester Arizona State University President Michael Crow spoke to a room of leaders from Arizona…
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Robert Stone Recognized as Top Healthcare CEO in 2025
City of Hope’s CEO was included in both Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review’s 61 CEO Influencers to Know lists. LOS ANGELES — City of Hope® CEO Robert Stone, who leads one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, has been recognized as…
