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Honda gave ASU robotics students a helping hand this September. Literally.

Heni Ben Amor and his students spent three weeks inside Honda Research Institute USA working with a dexterous multi-fingered robot hand built to take on one of robotics’ toughest challenges: helping machines manipulate the world with human-like skill.

Cool hardware? Yes.
Big AI questions? Also yes.
A rare hands-on experience for the next generation of roboticists? Absolutely.

The future of robotics is in good hands.

https://news.engineering.asu.edu/2026/10/honda-lends-a-helping-hand-to-the-next-generation-of-roboticists/

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We’re continuing National Community #PlanningMonth with a spotlight on undergraduate student Olaf Rosas Rios, who is majoring in urban planning with a minor in sustainability and a certificate in GIS at #SGSUP. 🌎⭐️

This fall semester, Olaf is a planning intern with @MaricopaCounty Planning & Development, where he assists with code enforcement cases, property development inquiries and land-use compliance.

His advice to students: Network with professionals, ask questions, seek new opportunities and explore different ways of thinking. 🔱

#ItTakesaPlanner #UrbanPlanning #ASU

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Meet Lorena Figueroa, a second-year Master of Urban and Environmental Planning student at #SGSUP. 🌎⭐️

Lorena serves as a fellow and a project manager with @RUMBOPHX, a community-led nonprofit initiative in Maryvale that partners with #ASU to research extreme heat mitigation, energy and climate resilience.

Her advice to students: Stay true to your values, advocate for yourself and build meaningful relationships that create lasting community impact. 🔱

#ItTakesaPlanner #PlanningMonth #UrbanPlanning #HispanicHeritageMonth

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“I feel better now than I felt 10 years ago.”

Chris Clifton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease seven years ago. Today, she continues to hike, walk and attend spin classes while navigating the disease’s changing demands.

At ASU, researchers are studying how strenuous exercise may support brain health, along with new ways to detect Parkinson’s earlier and replace the dopamine-producing neurons it destroys.

Swipe to explore the research bringing new hope to people with Parkinson’s disease, then read the full story at biodesign.asu.edu/news.

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PHX-DUST records the 15th dust storm of the year and first of the post-monsoon season!

A short-lived Category 1 dust storm moved through Phoenix on Saturday afternoon ahead of a line of thunderstorms, making it an isolated, short-duration, high-wind-gust event.

📍 Dust concentrations peaked at 1,021 µg/m³ southwest of downtown Phoenix.
📡 The storm was recorded at one monitoring site.
⏱️ Elevated dust concentrations lasted one hour at the monitoring site.
💨 A gust front moved through the valley with strong winds and rain.

📸 Footage by Reagan Cawley, Mike Olbinski, Ariana Pup and ADOT.

⚡ The Phoenix Dust Storm (PHX-DUST) Scale classifies dust storms after they occur, ranking them from Category 1 to Category 5 based on dust concentrations. Subcategories describe each storm's geographic extent, duration and wind gusts.

⛈️ Explore the data and submit your monsoon footage at PhoenixDust.asu.edu.

⚠️ Follow @NWSPhoenix for real-time weather alerts.

#PHXDust #AZWX #ASU #Monsoon2026 #Haboob #DustStorm

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An ASU Pathway to Tiny Chips and Medical Device Technology!

Tamara Gligoric shares how workforce programs are helping shape the future of the microelectronics industry. 💡 She explains what microelectronics are, why they matter, and how students are being connected with exciting STEM career pathways. 🔬

🎥 Watch the full Industry Spotlight (Program Manager, Tamara Gligoric, ASU Microelectronics)
Link in Bio.

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#Microelectronics #WorkforceDevelopment #STEMCareers #Education #Industry

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Welcome to ASU, Cheng-Kai ("Kai") Hsu! 🔱 🎉

Kai joins SGSUP as an assistant professor bringing expertise in urban climate, transportation and public health. His research explores how extreme heat, air pollution and urban environments influence travel behavior, road safety and human health across Latin America, the U.S. and Taiwan.

Kai is also the recipient of the 2026 ACSP Gill-Chin Lim Best Dissertation in International Planning Award! His dissertation, “Extreme Heat and Road Safety in the Era of a Changing Climate and the Precariousness of the Gig Economy—Evidence from Taiwan and Latin America,” exemplifies superior scholarship in international planning. Kai will present his award-winning research at #ACSP2026 in Pittsburgh.

👉 Read more at the link in our bio.

#ItTakesaPlanner #PlanningMonth #UrbanPlanning #ASU

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ASU is taking a major step toward helping communities prepare for #ExtremeHeat with the launch of its new Center for Heat Preparedness. 🌡️

Led by Patricia Solís, the center will connect nearly 170 #ASU researchers with community leaders, health officials, energy experts and policymakers to turn heat research into real-world solutions.

📺 At our link in bio, read more about this important work in @arizonasfamily.

#HeatPreparedness #UrbanResilience #Geography #Phoenix

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Please join us in congratulating Ben Trumble, professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change on being recognized by the AAAS Section on Anthropology (H) with the 2027 Robert H. Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to Anthropology!

Trumble, who is also a research scientist with ASU’s Institute of Human Origins and core faculty with the Center for Evolution and Medicine, studies how evolutionary history impacts human health today and how it can be used to inform strategies for improving human health.

Read more about his recognition at the link in our bio!

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We're going a little batty over the ASU-led @earthbiogenome's contributions to a breakthrough on bats. 🦇

Scientists have struggled for decades to answer some of the most fundamental questions about bat evolution, but a massive new study involving @arizonastateuniversity researchers shines some light on their mysterious origins.

The results? Bats most likely originated in Europe about 65 million years ago before spreading across the world.

Read more about this fang-tastic research at the link in our bio. 🦇🦇

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Congratulations to doctoral students Leonardo Brandao Do Prado, Aurelie Knecht and Yichi Zhang, who were selected as Community Advocate Peer Mentors for the 2026–27 academic year through ASU’s Office of Inclusive Excellence. The program helps guide, support and connect first-year graduate students.

🔱 Leonardo Brandao Do Prado will co-mentor “Rainbow Grads: Cultivating community and connection across the spectrum.”
🔱 Aurelie Knecht will co-mentor “Scholars for Change: Building community and a more sustainable future.”
🔱 Yichi Zhang will co-mentor “From Practice to PhD: There is no single timeline to academia.”

🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio.

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Arizona scientists are advancing the future of Alzheimer’s research.

A renewed grant expected to total nearly $22.5 million from the National Institute on Aging will support the Arizona Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center for the next five years.

ASU is proud to be part of this statewide collaboration, which brings together six leading Arizona institutions to advance early detection, prevention, care, community engagement and education.

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