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It shapes how patients understand information, how teams collaborate and how health organizations engage the communities they serve.\u0026nbsp;But communication is rarely the primary focus of professional training. As\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-06-12T12:55:44-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/12\/2026-12:55pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Communication plays a critical role in nearly every aspect of health and wellness but is rarely the primary focus of professional training. ASU is addressing that gap with a new health communication concentration for graduate students.","teaser":"Communication plays a critical role in nearly every aspect of health and wellness. It shapes how patients understand information, how teams collaborate and how health organizations engage the communities they serve.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-06\/iStock-1277148425.jpg?itok=7s1ZaQEt","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260612-health-and-medicine-new-degree-focus-helps-health-professionals-boost-their-communication","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Hugh Downs School of Human Communication","contributor-contact-information-name":"Charles Najera","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\/2026-06\/iStock-1277148425.jpg?itok=7s1ZaQEt","image_alt":"A man giving a presentation to health care professionals","image_caption":"iStock photo","related_story":"","news_units":"Hugh Downs School of Human Communication|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Health care|Humanities","audiences":"Graduate students|Prospective students","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Health and medicine"}},{"node":{"nid":"114906","title":"A new twist in DNA","body":"What if a single sentence could carry two completely different meanings, one when read forward and another when read backward? In a new study, researchers at Arizona State University have discovered a biological version of this idea.Working with the mitochondria of a tiny insect called the citrus\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-06-11T11:25:21-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/11\/2026-11:25am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"What if a single sentence could carry two completely different meanings, one when read forward and another when read backward? In a new study, researchers at Arizona State University have discovered a biological version of this idea.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"What if a single sentence could carry two completely different meanings, one when read forward and another when read backward? 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But what you\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-06-09T13:34:18-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/09\/2026-1:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"When maps reveal the limits of their data, people trust them less. The finding exposes a troubling incentive to appear more certain than reality.","teaser":"On a Tuesday night in November 2026, millions of Americans will do the same thing at the same time: Stare at a map as it glows from televisions, laptops and phone screens.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-06\/SCAI-Varun-Srivastava-2026-EG-3720-a%201920x1080.jpg?itok=Dqh8redt","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260609-science-and-technology-showing-uncertainty-should-build-trust-new-research-shows-it-makes","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Ira A. 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Photo by Erika Gronek\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence|Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering","interests":"Engineering|Social science","audiences":"Faculty|Media|Graduate students","locations":"Tempe 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":"114841","title":"Growing Arizona\u0027s next generation of water leaders","body":"As Arizona faces increasingly complex water challenges, the state needs more than innovative technologies and new policies. It needs leaders who can work across sectors, communities and borders to build lasting solutions.That\u0027s the goal of the\u0026nbsp;Water Leadership Institute, a program supported by\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-06-08T15:53:18-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/08\/2026-3:53pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From the Arizona-Mexico border to the Colorado Plateau, emerging water leaders are building the relationships and skills needed to tackle Arizona\u0026#039;s water challenges together.","teaser":"As Arizona faces increasingly complex water challenges, the state needs more than innovative technologies and new policies. It needs leaders who can work across sectors, communities and borders to build lasting solutions.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-06\/header1.jpg?itok=v8sGoHF0","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260608-environment-and-sustainability-growing-arizonas-next-generation-water-leaders","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Arizona Water Innovation Initiative","contributor-contact-information-name":"Faith Kearns","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\/2026-06\/header1.jpg?itok=v8sGoHF0","image_alt":"A large group of people stand in a desert river learning how to monitor its health.","image_caption":"Water Leadership Institute participants from southern Arizona learning about river monitoring with the Arizona Water Watch Program from Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Friends of the Santa Cruz River. 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Onomatopoeia is a type of sound symbolism.\u0026nbsp;The sounds of other words,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-06-01T13:56:48-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/01\/2026-1:56pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new research study from ASU\u0026#039;s Department of Psychology has shown for the first time that children as young as 5 years old can recognize emotional sound symbolism, suggesting that a non-arbitrary sound-meaning correspondence might be important for understanding how language is used, learned and, perhaps, how it has evolved.","teaser":"\u0022Tick-tock.\u0022 \u0022Hiss.\u0022 \u0022Screech.\u0022 These words are examples of onomatopoeia because they imitate the sounds they represent: the rhythmic ticking of a clock; an angry cat, or a slowly deflating bike tire; a high-pitched scream.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/Viri1_0.jpeg?itok=w3HwFcST","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260601-science-and-technology-why-gleam-sounds-happy-and-glum-sounds-sad","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Psychology Department","contributor-contact-information-name":"Kimberlee D\u2019Ardenne","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-7598","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\/2026-05\/Viri1_0.jpeg?itok=w3HwFcST","image_alt":"Two women pose holding an award.","image_caption":"From left: Ye Li, a recent psychology graduate alumna, and Viridiana Benitez, assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University, recently published a study showing that children recognize emotional symbolism in the sounds that make up spoken words. 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In Arizona, the gap is already\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-29T21:16:45-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/29\/2026-9:16pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Mental health provider shortages are rising, but ASU\u0026#039;s new clinical psychology master\u2019s degree has been created to help meet that need. The program will combine in-person training with flexible online learning.","teaser":"The demand for mental health care in the United States is rising rapidly, but the number of trained professionals is not keeping pace.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/20260303_Karen-and-Izzy_RBHL324_Tempe_009.jpg?h=dd2e1c91\u0026amp;itok=nX6K03KA","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260529-science-and-technology-new-online-masters-degree-clinical-psychology-expand-access-mental","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Department of Psychology","contributor-contact-information-name":"Laura Fields","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Online","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/20260303_Karen-and-Izzy_RBHL324_Tempe_009.jpg?h=dd2e1c91\u0026amp;itok=nX6K03KA","image_alt":"An ASU clinical psychology student in professional attire takes notes while smiling during a therapy session with a client.","image_caption":"ASU\u2019s new, online clinical psychology master\u2019s degree offers flexible 7.5-week courses and real-world training. 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According to new research from Arizona State University, they also suffer a rapid drop in a core energy system that helps keep the cell alive and functioning.This is important because\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-18T12:40:40-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/18\/2026-12:40pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"When bacteria are suddenly hit with a salty or sugary shock, they do not just shrivel slightly and carry on. According to new research, they also suffer a rapid drop in a core energy system that helps keep the cell alive and functioning. Learning how they respond to sudden stress could help researchers better explain how microbes survive harsh conditions.","teaser":"When bacteria are suddenly hit with a salty or sugary shock, they do not just shrivel slightly and carry on.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/osmotic-pdf-ecoli-wadhwa.png?itok=eClK0mWZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260518-science-and-technology-asu-researchers-zero-how-sudden-stress-drains-bacterial-energy","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","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\/2026-05\/osmotic-pdf-ecoli-wadhwa.png?itok=eClK0mWZ","image_alt":"E. 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As a PhD student at Arizona State University, her curiosity led her from knocking on the doors of microbiologists and chemists, to sampling fog before sunrise in Pennsylvania, to\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-14T10:28:38-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/14\/2026-10:28am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An ASU research team found that bacteria floating in tiny droplets of fog are active, growing and breaking down pollutants in our air. 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