Category: Academic News
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New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval
Medical students who want to specialize in primary care can take advantage of an accelerated pathway to residency training. The shortage of primary care physicians in Arizona affects the entire […]
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GenAI is here to stay—how are professors using it?
Everyone who’s done a round of physical therapy knows it is a tactile, hands-on—physical—discipline. So, what role could generative AI have in PT? More than you might think, suggests one […]
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Medical Nutrition alum uses the power of food to help children with autism
After over 20 years of specializing in children’s nutrition and neurological disorders, Medical Nutrition alum Julie Matthews has published her second book, The Personalized Autism Nutrition Plan in March 2025. Her goal? To tailor […]
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ASU to help target how cancer evades treatment
Up to $142M in funding announced for research group that includes MIT and Stanford Every year, about 2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer, and more than 600,000 of them […]
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ASU partners with biotech luminary to launch life science business program
Gift funds McKenna Life Sciences, Business and Entrepreneurship Program designed for health care leaders Mark and Sheri McKenna. Courtesy photo From driving research breakthroughs to bringing new treatments to market, […]
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Michael Yudell appointed dean of College of Health Solutions
Named interim dean in 2024, Yudell has positioned the college as a ‘vital contributor to the broader ASU Health vision’ Michael Yudell has been appointed dean of Arizona State University’s College of […]
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Accomplished ‘double devil’ completes doctorate early with novel gut-brain axis research
College of Health Solutions Outstanding Graduate Student Emily Dow — who earned her bachelor’s degree at ASU — completed her PhD in exercise and nutritional sciences in just three years. […]
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Health Sciences colleges merge art and humanities with science
The wealth of arts and humanities programs offered boost wellness and help create more empathetic health care providers. Yunjia Yang, PhD, couldn’t bear to watch her beloved grandmother slip into the […]
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A new university prototype for a thriving world
ASU’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory tackles some of the most important, complex problems of our time Editor’s note: This story was originally featured in a special edition of ASU Thrive magazine. […]
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Graduate students shine at annual 3-Minute Research Presentation finals
Brewing a cup of tea. Listening to a pop song. Doing 180 jumping jacks.What do these activities have in common? They each take roughly three minutes to complete. Typically, explaining […]
