Kent Richter was only 13 when his 10-year-old sister died suddenly of a brain aneurysm.

As Charlotte Thrall sat anxiously waiting in the emergency room at Mayo Clinic for news of her husband’s condition after a pickleball accident left him unconscious and unresponsive, her mind spun w

Less than a mile south of the Loop 101 in northeast Phoenix, on a plot of land that just two years ago was nothing but dirt, a new silhouette that represents the future of health care in Arizona ha

This week, Nika Gueci, executive director at the Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilie

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Arizona State University has played an integral part in the state’s public health response to the novel coronavirus.

As reports of anti-Asian hate crimes have escalated across the country in recent months, nearly two dozen students, faculty and staff in the Scho

Editor’s note: This story was developed in partnership with TGen and written by Steve Yozwiak, senior science writer at TGen. 

Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the spring 2021 issue of ASU Thrive magazine.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hardest on the most vulnerable people, and Arizona State University students have been working to help one group in downtown Phoenix.

Dementia research. Coronavirus testing. Revitalizing communities. Giving more students access to education through scholarships.

​With two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States and more in development, vaccination efforts are well underway worldwide. 

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COVID-19 cases in Maricopa County are three to four times higher than testing efforts indicate, according to a recent antibody study.

More than $300,000 from the Charlene and J. Orin Edson Initiative for Dementia Care and Solutions was awarded to three Arizona State University research teams for innovative research projects.

By all accounts, Jennifer Bonilla was incredibly successful.

Arizona State University offers more than 800 fully accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs — not to mention more than 270 minors and c

Nearly an hour before labs began, students started lining up outside the Grace Center for Innovation in Nursing Education, anxiously awaiting their first in-person courses

This spring Dan Crawford completed the

Each May nurses are recognized nationally as part of a weeklong celebration and awareness ca

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Long before there was COVID-19, there was health care worker burnout. Dealing with the daily stresses that arise from taking care of people in the best of times is demanding enough.

As cases of COVID-19 rise in Arizona, it’s essential to take a closer look at the current hospital resources that are available in our state.

As the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation continues the transition to all online classes for the remainder of the semester, we know students have questions about how thi

Nearly a year’s worth of work led up to a single event for a group of five Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing and Healt

Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is among five recipients selected from across the country to receive an award to conduct a 2020 National Endowment for t

The hard part of setting goals for the New Year isn’t necessarily deciding what resolutions to make — it’s keeping them.

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An Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia diagnosis impacts more than just the person receiving it.

What the food industry needs now is more players in a circular food economy — one that improves rather than degrades the environment.

Roughly 5.8 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, and by 2050, that number is expected to increase to roughly 14 million.

ASU faculty members are pretty smart — and we don't just mean being experts on carbon c

Editor's note: July 3 marked the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year.

Health wasn’t something Maza Wasi ever thought about.

Editor’s note: This Q&A is the first in a two-part series about how ASU's Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and Phoenix Children's Hospital are working together

Who doesn’t love a garden? Turning the soil and planting seeds or seedlings just so, then watering and witnessing subtle, then significant growth over time.

An innovative idea, the right pitch and an affiliation with Arizona State University may be the winning combination for two companies participating in the InvestU pitch event on May 20.

Arizona State University representatives from across campuses attended a symposium April 17–18 in Phoenix to gain insight into the veteran space, network with local and military veteran community l

A giant, grinning inflatable Sparky marked the spot Thursday morning on a soon-to-be-bustling-with-construction dirt lot where Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic broke ground on the new Healt

Floods, fires, earthquakes and hurricanes.

By the time Berta Carbajal found herself in a conference room, shoulder-to-shoulder with state legislators, members of a city council and heads

The Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards bring attention to a crucial component of graduate education — the many hours faculty invest in nurturing and developing the academic identiti

The

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

Later this month some of the brightest minds in health care tech will be gathering at Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus for Hacking the Human: Digital Healthcare

Dignity Health and Arizona State University have announced the 2018 awardees of the Collaborative Strategic Initiatives Program, which offers grants to ASU faculty and Dignity Health investig

The gloom of Saturday’s rainstorm did nothing to dampen the spirit of the roughly 30 volunteers gathered at Sixth Street Park in Tempe for the first annual

As the opioid epidemic in America rages on, many treatment facilities struggle to meet the health needs of freshly sober individuals, leaving them no option but to seek medical care outside the fac

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles of fall 2018 incoming ASU students.

An Arizona State University emerita professor is working with Mexican academics to help fight obesity by exposing a rarely talked about, sneaky and harmful contributor to weight gain: bad sleep.

Congratulations to Diane Nunez, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, FNAP, on receiving the 2018 Daisy Faculty Award.  The DAISY Foundation, as part of its service to the nursing profession’s role in patient care, est

Each year Arizona State University makes it a point to recognize and celebrate Golden Graduates, those who are marking their 50th anniversary since graduation, and 2018 was no excep

The Doctor of Nursing Practice stands as one of the most advanced degrees available for nurses, serving to propel careers forward and hone nurse leadership skills. 

A portrait of Florence Nightingale hangs on the wall in the nursing education building at Eastern Arizona College’s campus in Thatcher, Arizona, about 170 miles southeast of Phoenix.

This spring more than 400 College of Nursing and Health Innovation students are eligible to graduate, completing years’ worth of hard work and taking the next step in their lives and careers.

For the third year in a row, Arizona State University has been named a Gold Level Award recipient by the Healthy Arizona Worksites

It’s been almost 30 years since Salt-N-Pepa implored Americans to set their puritanical misgivings aside and talk about sex, and yet we sti

By day Katie Tucker is a hard working, honors student pursuing a degree in nursing but during her free time, she’s pursuing a passion in photography.

According to recent reports, diabetes is on the rise among youth in America, with minorities at particular risk.

Some of Arizona State University's best and brightest professors are headed back to the classroom. Kind of ...

Arizona State University's Open Door continued at the West campus in Glendale on Saturday, where visitors learned about forensics, toured the biomedical research lab, played games, hung out with Sp

To be mindful is to be prepared for how to ‘be’ while doing real work, whether is it nursing or any other discipline.

On Dec. 14, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to eliminate net neutrality.

In Silicon Valley, investors flock to back potentially disruptive new technology and apps — even if they are still in development.

Up until the moment Becca Tobin’s heart stopped for seven minutes in an airport food court two years ago, there had been no signs that there was anything wrong with her.

A $7 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), of the National Institutes of Health, will fund a specialized research “Center for Excellence” at A

Taking her message on the road, Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation Assistant Professor Samantha C

Service, professionalism and mentorship.

As a University that assumes fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves, Campaign ASU 2020 has set an ambitious goal to increase

Going to college is all about making connections — to professors, mentors and new friends.

As a way to highlight student achievement and inspire future outreach, Arizona State University's ASASU Council of Presidents sponsored the first-ever Students Shine contest this spring. 

At the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, ensuring student access and excellence is at the core of who we are.

One ASU student and two influential Arizonans were selected as the 2017 Community Servant-Leadership awardees as a part of Arizona State University's 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr.

The Executive Fellowship in Innovation Health Leadership, a year-long cohort-based executive program from ASU’

When Danielle Wofford graduated with her associate degree in nursing, she did what many new grads do: She took an RN job at a local hospital and saved up some money.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Felipe González Castro, PhD, MSW to the position of Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar beginning August 15.  Dr.

An important milestone has been reached with joint efforts between Mayo Clinic and ASU regarding Cancer Survivorship.