Cronkite students share challenges, lessons learned from Olympics reporting trip

Five Walter Cronkite School students discussed their experience covering the Olympics last summer as part of Must See Monday. Read story

Mayor highlights downtown development in second State of the City Address

Mayor Greg Stanton discussed the need for Phoenix to break out of its traditional economic cycle to create a new, thriving economy during his second State of the City Address Thursday at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel. Read story

Take Back the Night to raise abuse awareness with performances, vigil and First Friday rally

Take Back the Night, a global event to raise awareness of domestic violence and share stories of survival, will be held Friday in Civic Space Park. The event will features personal stories, a vigil and a rally. Read story

Panel discusses art as potential for rejuvenating, preserving downtown culture

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There needs to be a balance between embracing density in downtown Phoenix and preserving the integrity of the arts community, panelists said Tuesday at the semester’s second installment of Downtown Devil Discussions. Read story

University of Arizona Cancer Center breaks ground on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus

Officials from the University of Arizona, city of Phoenix and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center broke ground on the new University of Arizona Cancer Center Thursday. Read story

Knight News Challenge awards eight grants totaling $2.4 million to mobile innovators

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The Wikimedia Foundation received a $600,000 grant Friday from the Knight News Challenge competition at the Walter Cronkite School to fund a project that would provide access to Wikipedia from basic mobile phones around the globe. Read story

New lifelong learning program downtown opens ASU to older adults

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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU offers a variety of classes and lectures to adults ages 50 and over. To register for classes, members pay a $15 fee per semester plus an additional $35 per four-session class or $10 per one-time lecture they wish to take. Read story

UA medical students to travel to Dominican Republic for medical mission trip

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Tanner Jugler is one of the students traveling on the medical mission trip over winter break. (Alexis Macklin/DD)

Eight students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine’s Phoenix campus will travel to the Dominican Republic over winter break Read story

Revival Art Collective looks to mix tattooing, fine art in Phoenix

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The Revival Art Collective, a cooperative gallery, studio and tattoo shop, is described by a co-owner as a way to combat the separation between the type of art found in a gallery and the type of art found on someone’s skin — a tattoo. Read story

Phoenix lawyer has an unusual specialty: Keeping flash mobs legal

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Ruth Carter is anything but an ordinary lawyer: Her specialties include flash-mob law. She works with Improv AZ and is in charge of making sure the flash mobs that the group organizes are legal. Read story