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Three women, one using a walker, laugh in a hallway

University news

Record year for ASU faculty Fulbrights

Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei, an assistant professor of civil, environmental and sustainable engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, holds up a biocemented soil sample to be tested in his laboratory at Arizona State University. Photographer: Lisa Irish/ASU

Stabilizing soils sustainably

September 30, 2026

Researchers monitor workers’ wearable biosensors and environmental conditions at an Achen-Gardner Construction site to send workers personalized, real-time alerts before they experience symptoms of fatigue and heat stress.

Science and technology

How AI is changing construction from classroom to jobsite

September 09, 2026

A man in a bright orange vest kneels in a freeway median with paper and a data collection unit.

Environment and sustainability

ASU ranks No. 1 in the US for impact with UN Sustainable Development Goals

September 08, 2026

Engineering student working on a robotics project in a research lab.

9 Fulton Schools students named ARCS Scholars for 2026–27

August 21, 2026

Man climbing an eddy covariance tower.

Science and technology

How ASU researchers are measuring what really cools Arizona cities

August 14, 2026

Cornfield in Guatemala

Health and medicine

Ancient cooking technique offers modern defense against dangerous food toxin

July 27, 2026

The ASCE at ASU leadership team pose with the Spirit Bell award on the steps of Old Main, located at Arizona State University on the Tempe campus. Eighty ASCE at ASU team members attended and took part in competitions at the ASCE Intermountain Southwest Student Conference and Symposium in Salt Lake City on April 16-18, 2026. Photo courtesy of ASCE at ASU

ASU civil engineering students earn 14 awards at regional ASCE conference

July 22, 2026

Willow Springs Lake is a 150-acre cold-water reservoir located atop Arizona's Mogollon Rim in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Groundwater recharge rates range from less than 1% in some Arizona groundwater basins to more than 10% of annual precipitation along the Mogollon Rim. Photo courtesy of Zakhari Volk (Creative Commons).

Environment and sustainability

ASU researchers contribute to Arizona’s quest to sustain aquifer

July 22, 2026

ASU Vice President of Innovation Luna Lu

New vice president of innovation to shape new paths at ASU

July 01, 2026

Two men in white coats, gloves and goggles work together in a lab.

Science and technology

Using electricity to remove hard-to-treat water pollutants

June 22, 2026