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Neither could have known that the meal would become the first chapter of a partnership spanning continents, careers, classrooms and a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-09T14:19:51-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/09\/2026-2:19pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Two decades ago, an Ethiopian lunch at ASU sparked a partnership that would reshape how scholars understand love, technology and human connection. 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But beneath our feet, far beyond where drills can\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-29T13:15:41-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/29\/2026-1:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Despite decades of research, we may not understand the Earth as well as we think. 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The workshop, co-organized by\u00a0Impact Water \u2013 Arizona, a pillar of the\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, a statewide project led by ASU\u2019s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory in collaboration with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering,\u00a0was designed to address the unique situation in Willcox, where nearly all the water in the region comes from groundwater.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n. Co-hosted with the\u00a0Sulphur Springs Water Alliance, the workshop followed on the heels of related rural groundwater workshops in\u00a0La Paz,\u00a0Coconino and\u00a0Santa Cruz counties.","teaser":"Community leaders, farmers and ranchers,\u0026nbsp;homesteaders, agency staff and nonprofit partners gathered in Willcox, Ariz","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20header.jpg?itok=GmnUDOIw","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260116-environment-and-sustainability-conversation-action-advancing-groundwater-solutions","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\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20header.jpg?itok=GmnUDOIw","image_alt":"Collage of a photo of a man and a woman looking at a map and a photo of a high desert grassland valley with agricultural fields surrounded by mountains.","image_caption":"The Willcox area is a high desert grassland valley with agricultural fields surrounded by mountains. 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As their use expands, researchers are beginning to see that these drugs do more than suppress appetite; they are reshaping how people think about what\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-14T11:48:23-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/14\/2026-11:48am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"As GLP-1 weight loss drugs change how Americans eat, Arizona State University research is shedding light on what it means for the future of food. In a Q\u0026amp;A with ASU News, Justin Bina of ASU\u2019s W. P. Carey School of Business explains why protein is taking center stage \u2014 and how shifting consumer values could reshape the U.S. food economy.","teaser":"Weight loss medications have rapidly moved from the margins of diabetes care into the center of conversations about wellness and the future of food.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20260114%20GLP1.jpg?itok=JWdrP4GJ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260114-business-and-entrepreneurship-w-p-carey-professor-suggests-glp1-drugs-are-reshaping-food","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","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\/2026-01\/20260114%20GLP1.jpg?itok=JWdrP4GJ","image_alt":"syringes lined up on a surface","image_caption":"Photo illustration courtesy of iStock\/Getty Images","related_story":"","news_units":"Morrison School of Agribusiness|W. 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But a new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing \u2014\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-12T09:35:07-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/12\/2026-9:35am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing. The findings are important because the destocking of rangelands isn\u2019t just the reverse of overgrazing; it poses new ecological and land management challenges.","teaser":"For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260112-environment-and-sustainability-overlooked-decline-grazing-livestock-brings-risks-and","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Office of Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joe Rojas-Burke","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\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","image_alt":"A distant, small herd of cattle grazes in a lush grassland with hills rising behind them.","image_caption":"Livestock populations have declined by about 12% since 1999 in regions that held nearly half of the world\u2019s domestic grazing animals. 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They envisioned a place where people could work together while learning about sustainable food systems, and ASU Farm was born. The educational hub and laboratory was recently designated as a center and has big plans for growth.","teaser":"When Brennan Campbell took a Sustainability Virtues class in the 2025 spring semester, he never imagined it would lead him to a goat pen on a beautiful December morning, raking droppings into a pile.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20251213%20ASU%20Farm%20588.jpg?itok=MKUbSjBi","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260107-environment-and-sustainability-asu-farm-connects-students-sustainable-food-systems","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":"Tempe campus, Polytechnic campus, West Valley campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20251213%20ASU%20Farm%20588.jpg?itok=MKUbSjBi","image_alt":"A man wearing a coat and a bucket hat kneels down in front of a goat that is licking his hand","image_caption":"Recent sustainability graduate Brennan Campbell works in the goat pen at Maya\u2019s Farm in south Phoenix during ASU Farm Volunteer Day on Dec. 13. 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He reminded his\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-07T11:57:36-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/07\/2026-11:57am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An ASU-powered startup is solving real-world farm challenges with AI-driven tools \u2014 including autonomous weed control, cilantro harvesting and next-generation scarecrows.","teaser":"Raghu Nandivada was visiting family in rural south India in 2018 when, after a long day of work, his mother challenged him to invent a robot that removed weeds.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20Banner-01.png?itok=2LyNgM1K","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260107-business-and-entrepreneurship-farming-robots-tackle-labor-shortages-using-ai","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alicia Barr\u00f3n","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\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20Banner-01.png?itok=2LyNgM1K","image_alt":"A group of people stand next to a piece of farm equipment that has a red inflatable tube man attached to it","image_caption":"The Padma AgRobotics team (from left: Raghu Nandivada, Rajpal Singh, Vamsi Dudala, Kailash Ramahlingem and Vasuki Pulikonda) test one of their AI scarecrows at Blue Sky Organic Farms in Litchfield Park, Arizona. 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Now imagine that same pattern playing out in the highlands of Ethiopia among a crowd of wild monkeys.That is exactly what a team of Arizona\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-17T09:24:36-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/17\/2025-9:24am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"New research from ASU shows that, like human babies, the youngest gelada monkeys pick up the most adenoviruses early in life, telling us something important about immunity and how viruses move through social groups.","teaser":"If you have young kids or spend time around day care centers, you know the drill: Someone gets a cold, and soon the whole group is sniffling and sneezing.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/_MG_7685%20%282%29.JPEG?itok=N7e7qP4o","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251217-science-and-technology-findings-adenoviruses-baby-gelada-monkeys-provide-window-our-own","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\/2025-12\/_MG_7685%20%282%29.JPEG?itok=N7e7qP4o","image_alt":"baby gelada monkey clinging to an adult gelada monkey","image_caption":"A baby gelada monkey clings to an adult gelada monkey. 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They are a few of the 60 elements and minerals known as \u201ccritical minerals.\u201d These materials power our lives and are vital to the economy, energy systems and national\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-10T09:53:25-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/10\/2025-9:53am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Lithium, manganese, gallium, nickel and aluminum \u2014 used in products that affect our daily lives \u2014 are some of the many materials known as \u201ccritical minerals.\u0026quot; They are essential to U.S. economic, energy and national security applications, but have vulnerable supply chains. Researchers at ASU are innovating in areas that will help secure sustainable domestic supplies of these vital materials.","teaser":"You may never have heard of gadolinium, praseodymium or dysprosium, but you use them every day in your smartphone\u2019s display.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/26%20KE%20Story%20-%20Critical%20Minerals_Banner_R3.jpg?itok=IQyUTh6r","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251210-local-national-and-global-affairs-securing-americas-critical-minerals-supply","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Monique Clement","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\/2025-12\/26%20KE%20Story%20-%20Critical%20Minerals_Banner_R3.jpg?itok=IQyUTh6r","image_alt":"A graphic depicting the periodic table elements lithium, manganese, gallium, nickel and aluminum connected to their uses in batteries, microchips, steel, satellites, jets and common items like coins and soda cans.","image_caption":"Lithium, manganese, gallium, nickel and aluminum \u2014 used in products that affect our daily lives \u2014 are some of the many materials known as \u201ccritical minerals.\u0026quot; Critical minerals are essential to U.S. economic, energy and national security applications, but have vulnerable supply chains. Researchers at Arizona State University are innovating in areas that will help secure sustainable domestic supplies of these vital materials. Graphic by Andy Keena\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology|NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management|School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering|School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy|School of Earth and Space Exploration|School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering|Biodesign Institute|Knowledge Enterprise|School of Sustainability|W. P. 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From the ancestral O\u2019odham\u0026nbsp;canal systems that carried water from the Salt and Gila rivers to today\u2019s cutting-edge community projects that help bring water solutions to\u0026nbsp;rural homes, communities here have adapted and collaborated to sustain\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-04T12:43:09-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/04\/2025-12:43pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From the ancestral O\u2019odham\u00a0canal systems to today\u2019s cutting-edge community projects, water and innovation are inseparable in Arizona. That long legacy of creativity and cooperation is at the heart of\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation, a new exhibit led by\u00a0Arizona Water for All, a pillar of the\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at Arizona State University.","teaser":"In Arizona, water and innovation are inseparable.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/ASUNewsHeader.jpg?itok=kJx1n3ZZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251204-environment-and-sustainability-arizona-water-innovation-exhibit-highlights-thousand-years","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\/2025-12\/ASUNewsHeader.jpg?itok=kJx1n3ZZ","image_alt":"A man stands looking at a sign in a exhibition room with various Arizona water themes.","image_caption":"Visitors explore the Arizona Water Innovation exhibit at ASU\u2019s Innovation Gallery, which highlights more than 1,000 years of water ingenuity across the region. 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But then, they crossed paths with another creature that swept them off their feet: dung beetles.\u201cThey are super cute,\u201d Cortes Hernandez said, laughing. \u201cA classmate was telling me the story of how\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-01T16:00:39-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/01\/2025-4:00pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Having grown up in the lush green mountains of Veracruz, Alexis Cortes Hernandez spent much of their childhood playing outside and had always been drawn to insects. Now they\u0026#039;re graduating with a PhD in evolutionary biology from ASU, having dedicated their career to studying beetles\u0026#039; evolutionary relationships.","teaser":"When Alexis Cortes Hernandez was an undergraduate student, they were determined to become a botanist. But then, they crossed paths with another creature that swept them off their feet: dung beetles.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Apioninae%26Lupine_PacificOverlook_May10-2025.jpg?itok=T3ogDv19","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251201-environment-and-sustainability-asu-grad-dedicated-phd-uncovering-evolutionary","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Risa Aria Schnebly","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\/2025-11\/Apioninae%26Lupine_PacificOverlook_May10-2025.jpg?itok=T3ogDv19","image_alt":"An apioninae weevil on a lupine plant","image_caption":"A weevil from the genus Apioninae on a lupine plant that Alexis Cortes Hernandez photographed last May.","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Life Sciences|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Convocation|Life Science|Academics","audiences":"Graduate students","locations":"Tempe campus","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":"109331","title":"Scientists discover new turtle that lived alongside \u0027Lucy\u0027 species","body":"Shell pieces and a rare skull of a 3-million-year-old freshwater turtle are providing scientists at Arizona State University with new insight into what the environment was like when Australopithecus afarensis, the species that includes the famous \u201cLucy\u201d \u2014 lived.The fossils of the newly named\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-21T09:36:03-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/21\/2025-9:36am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Shell pieces and a rare skull of a 3-million-year-old freshwater turtle are providing scientists at Arizona State University with new insight into what the environment was like when Australopithecus afarensis, the species that includes the famous \u201cLucy,\u201d lived.","teaser":"Shell pieces and a rare skull of a 3-million-year-old freshwater turtle are providing scientists at Arizona State University with new insight into what the environment was like when Australopithecus afarensis, the species that includes t","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Untitled%20design%20%283%29.png?itok=kQd3P7wk","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251121-science-and-technology-scientists-discover-new-turtle-lived-alongside-lucy-species","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Nicole Pomerantz","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-0610","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Untitled%20design%20%283%29.png?itok=kQd3P7wk","image_alt":"Holotype skull of the extinct mud terrapin species Pelusios awashi graphic by Brenton Adrian.","image_caption":"Holotype skull of the extinct mud terrapin species Pelusios awashi. 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Established as a railroad and mining hub in the late 1800s, Patagonia has transformed over time into a community prized for its unique\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-19T14:54:37-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/19\/2025-2:54pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"At a recent workshop, community participants discussed the challenges Southern Arizona is facing in sustaining its most vital resource \u2014 water \u2014 and the actions they can take to meet them.","teaser":"In the small town of\u0026nbsp;Patagonia, Arizona, nestled in the rolling hills south of Tucson, water has long been both a defining feature and a pressing concern.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/ASUNewsheader.jpg?itok=XuuRIh6J","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251119-environment-and-sustainability-charting-shared-groundwater-future-rural-southern-arizona","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\/2025-11\/ASUNewsheader.jpg?itok=XuuRIh6J","image_alt":"Four people sit at a table talking and listening intently.","image_caption":"Community participants at a rural groundwater workshop in Patagonia, Arizona, listen intently to each other discussing possible actions they can take. 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But a sweeping\u0026nbsp;new study published in the\u0026nbsp;Journal of Mammalogy reveals that our understanding\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-05T13:48:20-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/05\/2025-1:48pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"After hundreds of years of discovering and cataloging thousands of mammal species, it would be easy to assume that by now, science has found and named every kind of mammal that exists in nature. 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