Category: In the News
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ASU’s undergraduate nursing program ranks in top 8% nationally
Addressing Arizona’s nursing shortage while improving health outcomes and access to care is a driving force of ASU Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s Bachelor of Science in nursing programs. And these efforts are getting national attention. In the newly released U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, Edson College’s undergraduate nursing program tied…
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Edison Awards announces Michael M. Crow as 2025 Achievement Award honoree
ASU president recognized for pioneering leadership in innovation and higher education “As someone with deep admiration for Edison’s commitment to finding use-inspired solutions through imagination, hard work and perseverance, I have aspired to those ideals in my efforts to advance learning, discovery and impact. With the aid of many talented and equally dedicated colleagues, I…
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NAU announces the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering
Northern Arizona University is renaming the College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering, thanks to a generous $10 million cash gift—the largest gift of its kind in NAU’s 125-year history—from Maria and Steve Sanghi. Steve Sanghi, who previously served as president and CEO of Arizona-based Microchip Technology, is an…
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Turning data into knowledge: How Health Observatory at ASU aims to educate public
New Executive Director David Engelthaler wants to build health planetariums across university This is how David Engelthaler described his first couple of months on the job as executive director of the Health Observatory at Arizona State University: “It’s been a little bit of drinking from the fire hose,” he said. Engelthaler expected nothing less when he decided…
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HonorHealth named primary clinical affiliate for new ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering
Arizona State University and HonorHealth, a locally owned nonprofit health system, announced today that they have finalized an agreement for HonorHealth to serve as the primary clinical affiliate for ASU’s School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, a central component of ASU Health. Driven by a mutual desire to advance health care through technology and humanity,…
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TGen Launches Center For Spatial Multi-Omics (COSMO): A Service Center Dedicated To Transforming Biomedical Research Through Spatial Biology
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, today announced the launch of the Center for Spatial Multi-Omics (COSMO), a service center dedicated to transforming biomedical research through spatial biology. COSMO offers an unparalleled suite of services designed to help scientists visualize and map molecular data at the single-cell level directly within tissues. COSMO focuses…
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New Research Suggests Synaptic Plasticity is More Autonomous than Previously Thought
Aaron McGee, PhD, and fellow researchers investigated the functions of synaptic plasticity in brain vision circuitry How is the development of the brain altered by the absence of microglia — immune cells that reside in the central nervous system? That is the central question Thomas ‘Chris’ Brown, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Translational…
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New technology developments to help surgeons save lives
Sui Yang and Hamid Marvi earn support from 2024 ABRC New Investigator Award to build innovative health care tools for Arizonans’ well-being Sui Yang, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, recently won the…
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Three NAU programs in the College of Health and Human Services were ranked best in the state of Arizona by US News and World Report
Each year, US News and World Report releases a list of the top graduate programs in the country. Rankings are computed based on peer assessment, using data gathered from deans and other faculty from accredited degree programs. This year, three NAU programs in the College of Health and Human Services were ranked best in the state of…
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PBC Startup Crystal Sonic receives SBIR grant from NASA
Phoenix-based Crystal Sonic recently announced it was awarded a Phase II SBIR grant from NASA to advance its materials processing technology, which reduces waste and costs in the semiconductor industry.
