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It is the first mission dedicated to long-term\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-12T09:00:33-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/12\/2026-9:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, has captured its first images of stars from space, marking the start of its science operations in orbit. The mission, led by ASU and funded by NASA, is dedicated to long-term ultraviolet monitoring of nearby low-mass stars, the most common in our galaxy that often have Earth-sized, possibly habitable planets.","teaser":"The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, has captured its first images of stars from space. 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Red flags stacked on red flags. Automated scanners screaming about code injections, memory corruptions and compliance violations. Somewhere in that digital haystack\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-06T10:47:57-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/06\/2026-10:47am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Wil Gibbs has parlayed his doctoral research into a $1.5 million tech startup that will provide cybersecurity solutions powered by artificial intelligence to industry and enterprise clients. 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Fulton Schools of Engineering","contributor-contact-information-name":"Kelly deVos","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"602-534-6578","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/SCAI-Hackademic-Wil-Gibbs-2026-EG-7928-a%201920x1080.jpg?itok=mVOvdlYI","image_alt":"A portrait of Wil Gibbs with a laptop posing in front of a screen that displays computer code.","image_caption":"As Wil Gibbs \u2014 a computer science doctoral student in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at ASU \u2014 wraps up the work for his degree, he has parlayed his doctoral research into a tech startup that will provide cybersecurity solutions powered by artificial intelligence to industry and enterprise clients. Photo by Erika Gronek\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations|School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence|Advanced Capabilities for National Security Institute|Ira A. 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Photo by Charlie Leight\/ASU News","related_story":"","news_units":"Core Research Facilities|School of Interdisciplinary Forensics|School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences|Barrett, The Honors College|New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences","interests":"Forensic science|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Students","locations":"West Valley campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"111856","title":"New flood-mapping tool has the potential to save lives during deadly floods","body":"Flooding is the most common and most expensive natural disaster in the United States.Nationally, it costs billions of dollars each year, in addition to the number of lives lost. In 2024 alone, there were\u0026nbsp;145 fatalities reported due to national floods, up from 79 the year before.When floods\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-05T12:09:41-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/05\/2026-12:09pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researchers have developed an AI-powered flood-mapping tool that improves the ability for emergency responders to understand where water has spread and where help is needed most.","teaser":"Flooding is the most common and most expensive natural disaster in the United States.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/iStock-2099562948.jpg?itok=MPsawC82","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260305-environment-and-sustainability-new-floodmapping-tool-has-potential-save-lives-during","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Dolores Tropiano","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/iStock-2099562948.jpg?itok=MPsawC82","image_alt":"Map of the Mississippi River in New Orleans","image_caption":"iStock illustration","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Artificial intelligence|Environment","audiences":"Faculty|Graduate students|Policymakers","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 15 Life on Land","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"111851","title":"ASU English professor wins NAACP Image Award for fiction","body":"Nnedi Okorafor can\u2019t imagine writing a book that wasn\u2019t personal to her.In fact,\u0026nbsp;Okorafor, a professor of practice in Arizona State University\u2019s Department of English, knows she wouldn\u2019t be capable of such a thing.\u201cIf someone asked me to write something that was not connected to me, I couldn\u2019t\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-05T11:40:54-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/05\/2026-11:40am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Nnedi Okorafor, a professor of practice at ASU, has been honored with the 2026 NAACP Image Award for fiction for her novel \u201cDeath of the Author,\u201d which explores fame, the Nigerian diaspora, disability, writing, AI and robots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"Nnedi Okorafor can\u2019t imagine writing a book that wasn\u2019t personal to her.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/nnedi-okorafor_photo_by_colleen_durkin.jpeg?itok=5Fq0ez9q","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260305-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-english-professor-wins-naacp-image-award-fiction","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/nnedi-okorafor_photo_by_colleen_durkin.jpeg?itok=5Fq0ez9q","image_alt":"A black and white portrait of a black woman wearing glasses and large earrings with her hair gathered in a traditional African style on top of her head","image_caption":"This February, ASU Professor of Practice Nnedi Okorafor was honored with the 2026 NAACP Image Award for fiction and released the latest book in her trilogy series. 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