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New ASU laboratory and research facilities open on Phoenix Biomedical Campus

Student and faculty researchers in the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion moved into new laboratory and research facilities on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Monday.

Vintage shop on Sixth Street to close; new store plans to enter location in...

Butter Toast, a clothing boutique located on Roosevelt and Sixth streets, will close shop and put its name to rest in February to make way for another vintage shop in the spring.

Avir jewelry shop in Arizona Center offers unique accessories for both men, women

A new jewelry store in the Arizona Center opened earlier this month. Avir Jewelry is located between Cold Stone Creamery and Sports World. The owner said he hopes to create jewelry that reflects the buyer's view of the world.

Elephants Trunk store offers eclectic assortments of antiques, kitschy finds

Elephants Trunk, an eclectic antique store, offers a wide array of products including anything funny, bright or ugly as the owner describes it. The store opened earlier this month and is located at 5th and Garfield streets.

Local Fox anchor discusses meeting Obama in semester’s first Must See Mondays event

The Walter Cronkite School kicked off the spring 2013 installment of its Must See Mondays series with local news anchor John Hook of FOX 10, who spoke about interviewing President Barack Obama in November 2011.

Combine Studios sunflower art exhibit proves longevity of Valley of the Sunflowers project

ASU graduate students in the Herberger Institute School of Art’s printmaking program took the sunflower stalks grown during the last Valley of the Sunflowers season, turned them into paper and asked local artists to create artwork out of it.

ASU graduate named new Carnegie-Knight News21 program editor

Jacqueline Petchel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and ASU graduate, will be coming to the Walter Cronkite School next month as the new Executive Editor for the Carnegie-Knight News21 reporting program.

Phoenix Councilman Tom Simplot announces he will not seek re-election in August

City Councilman Tom Simplot announced Tuesday he will not run again for office after ten years of service in District 4.

USGD appoints new director of administration, approves bylaw revisions

USGD displayed their new post office space, nameplates and polos during their first meeting of the semester on Friday and discussed a vacant Senate seat, a new director of administration and an overhaul of their bylaws.

Craft store owner and property revitalist breathes life into lower Grand Avenue

If Grand Avenue were a street on the Monopoly board, Beatrice Moore would be its owner. But instead of identical, characterless little red and green plastic houses lining the roadway, each unique structure has an interesting story to tell, just like the woman behind their preservation.