{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"117846","title":"Arizona poet laureate delivers lyrical account on ancestry, power of language","body":"As Laura Tohe took the podium Tuesday night to begin her talk for the annual\u0026nbsp;Jonathan and Maxine Marshall Distinguished Lecture Series, she addressed students, faculty and community members in Navajo.\u0026nbsp;\u201cI am called Laura Tohe and I am Sleepy Rock People Clan born for the Bitter Water Clan\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-10-30T16:55:54-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/30\/2026-4:55pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU Emeritus Professor Laura Tohe recounted stories about her family\u0026#039;s Indigenous roots, the impact language had on her life and her experiences attending an Indian boarding school as the featured speaker of a lecture series that highlights nationally known scholars who work to promote culture through the humanities.","teaser":"As Laura Tohe took the podium Tuesday night to begin her talk for the annual\u0026nbsp;Jonathan and Maxine Marshall Distinguished Lecture Series, she addressed students, faculty and co","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-10\/20261027%20Marshall%20Lecture%20Laura%20Tohe%20822.jpg?h=3d7545d9\u0026amp;itok=BCbjyfMI","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20261030-arts-humanities-and-education-arizona-poet-laureate-delivers-lyrical-account-ancestry","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus, Online","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-10\/20261027%20Marshall%20Lecture%20Laura%20Tohe%20822.jpg?h=3d7545d9\u0026amp;itok=BCbjyfMI","image_alt":"Laura Tohe holding a microphone, smiling while sittign down and talking to her counter-part","image_caption":"Poet and author Laura Tohe (right) delivered the 2026 Jonathan and Maxine Marshall Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Armstrong Hall on the Tempe campus during ASU Humanities Week. 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Picture with your mind\u2019s eye the world\u2019s biggest Taylor Swift fan, who finds joy and a deeper expression of feeling in the pop star\u2019s lovestruck lyrics. Who do you see?\u0026nbsp;Did you envision a middle-aged man serving what could have been a life\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-10-21T14:39:35-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/21\/2026-2:39pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Who do you think of when you think of a Swiftie? Probably not Joe Garcia, who is the unlikely subject of \u201cDaylight,\u201d a short film inspired by an essay that Garcia wrote for\u00a0The New Yorker while serving time in a California state prison. The film debuted in LA at a screening event hosted by The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at ASU.","teaser":"Who do you think of when you think of a Swiftie? Picture with your mind\u2019s eye the world\u2019s biggest Taylor Swift fan, who finds joy and a deeper expression of feeling in the pop star\u2019s lovestruck lyrics. 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Extreme heat can drive up electricity demand, drought can increase wildfire risk, and flooding can disrupt transportation, water systems, housing and local economies. A new paper outlines the research needed to help communities prepare for these interconnected challenges.","teaser":"Arizona communities already understand that climate hazards rarely occur in isolation.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-10\/20240611%20PowerLineHeatPhotos_603-Enhanced-NR.jpg?itok=32sJ_iTD","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20261021-science-and-technology-preparing-cascading-climate-risks","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabriela Harrod","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","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\/2026-10\/20240611%20PowerLineHeatPhotos_603-Enhanced-NR.jpg?itok=32sJ_iTD","image_alt":"Sun setting behind a power plant","image_caption":"The cascading risk involving extreme heat and power delivery is an urgent issue for urban Arizona, says ASU Regents Professor Nancy Grimm, who contributed to a recent paper on interconnected climate challenges. 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But some of it leaks below streams and coastal communities to enter the ocean as submarine groundwater discharge.\u0026nbsp;Until recently, researchers weren\u2019t sure of how that hidden water moves from Hawai\u2018i\u2019s\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-10-15T16:11:13-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/15\/2026-4:11pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new study from ASU researchers reveals how underground water connects Hawai\u2018i\u2019s drinking water, streams and coastal reefs.","teaser":"When rain falls in Hawai\u2018i and soaks into the subsurface, some of it drains to streams. 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A new ASU pilot study called Guac and Grow is investigating the impact of avocados on infant development and the gut microbiome.","teaser":"Like many parents, Megan Rivas wants to give her 6-month-old daughter, Monroe, a healthy start, and one of the ways she\u2019s going about it could make a big difference for more than just her daughter.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-10\/260918_Avacado_Smashing_Baby28.jpg?itok=kM5qrXY3","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20261015-health-and-medicine-arizona-babies-take-bite-out-research","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Health","contributor-contact-information-name":"Jessica Carpenter","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\/2026-10\/260918_Avacado_Smashing_Baby28.jpg?itok=kM5qrXY3","image_alt":"Smiling baby reaching toward avocados on a high-chair tray while a woman in a blue dress holds the tray.","image_caption":"Megan Rivas (right) served her son avocado as a baby. 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It feels like the perfect partner.Yet there is a fundamental difference between\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-10-15T14:55:54-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/15\/2026-2:55pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"AI companions, once the stuff of science fiction, are now a multibillion-dollar industry. Can they be designed in a way that promotes human connection and improves human relationships? ","teaser":"Imagine coming home after a frustrating day. You open an app to chat with your AI companion, then vent about your boss, your commute and your soggy lunch. 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Her research helped inspire ASU\u2019s new Humanitarian Forensics Hub.","teaser":"Long before Gabriella Soto began studying what happens to migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, she saw evidence of their journeys scattered across the Arizona dese","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-10\/iStock-1438198415.jpg?itok=_dfTbrD4","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20261013-arts-humanities-and-education-something-unquiet-book-examines-what-happens-after-migrants","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\/2026-10\/iStock-1438198415.jpg?itok=_dfTbrD4","image_alt":"The U.S.-Mexico border wall at dusk.","image_caption":"The U.S.-Mexico border. iStock image","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Interdisciplinary Forensics|School of Transborder Studies|Barrett, The Honors College|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences","interests":"Forensic science|Humanities|Social justice|Social science","audiences":"Faculty|Media|Community","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 15 Life on Land|SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Arts, humanities and education"}},{"node":{"nid":"117381","title":"Arizona PBS\u0027 Ted Simons announces retirement","body":"Longtime host and award-winning journalist Ted Simons will be retiring from Arizona PBS, a community service of Arizona State University,\u0026nbsp;effective Jan. 1, 2027.An ASU alumnus, Simons has been informing viewers and listeners as a trusted broadcast journalist for more than four decades.In 2008\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-10-12T13:57:27-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/12\/2026-1:57pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"","teaser":"Longtime host and award-winning journalist Ted Simons will be retiring from Arizona PBS, a community service of Arizona State University,\u0026nbsp;effective Jan. 1, 2027.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-10\/Simons-12-preview.jpeg?itok=-zle4ukD","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20261012-arts-humanities-and-education-arizona-pbs-ted-simons-announces-retirement","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-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\/2026-10\/Simons-12-preview.jpeg?itok=-zle4ukD","image_alt":"A portrait of a man in a white button down shirt and red tie standing next to a large screen that says Arizona Horizon","image_caption":"Longtime \u0026quot;Arizona Horizon\u0026quot; host Ted Simons is retiring, effective Jan. 1, 2027. 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It\u2019s another thing to be moved to action.\u0026nbsp;Though scientists have been sounding alarm bells about climate change for decades, key institutions worldwide \u2014\u0026nbsp;governments, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations \u2014 have failed to reach their\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-09-28T09:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/28\/2026-9:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"It\u2019s one thing to know the climate is changing. It\u2019s another thing to be moved to action. That\u0026#039;s why ASU has helped produce a framework to provide member states of UNESCO with the tools they need to \u201cmake a difference\u201d on the ground in a variety of different communities. ","teaser":"It\u2019s one thing to know the climate is changing. 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