Proposed committee restructure, new bylaws would simplify USGD operations
The current Senate bylaws are only a couple pages in length, while the document being proposed Friday is roughly 22 pages. The most significant change of policy deals with committees, Senate President Joey Amonett said.
Video: Organist brings booming music to Sunday mass at downtown basilica
Originally from Scotland, Gordon Stevenson is the choir director for St. Mary's Basilica, located on Third Street in downtown Phoenix.
Downtown community revitalizes vacant lots with new businesses and events
Due to high vacancy percentages in Phoenix’s past, the city, businesses and community organizations are creating new venues and events to fill the unused spaces.
Restaurant slated to open in Grand Avenue’s Bragg’s Pie Factory
A new restaurant will be taking over the small retail space inside Grand Avenue’s Bragg’s Pie Factory mid-February, bringing with it familiar vegan and vegetarian food and for the first time, pie.
Historic U.S. Post Office now home to finalized ASU Downtown campus student center
After two years of planning and construction, the ASU Downtown campus student center is finally unveiled for students and faculty.
Entrepreneurial journalism workshop brings together professors, professionals
The Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute brought university professors together to the Walter Cronkite School to discuss practices, tools and ideas to teach entrepreneurial journalism.
Councilman has vision of transforming First Street into pedestrian walkway
Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski has a vision for a pedestrian-only First Street that would feature grassy walkways, cultural centers and an area devoted to sports legends.
Board of Regents approves funding for UA clinical-research cancer center
The Arizona Board of Regents approved funding recently for a six-story, $100 million dollar cancer center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, set to open by 2015.
Valley medical, research facilities team up with UA to create childhood-cancer institute
The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and the Phoenix Children’s Hospital are partnering with TGen to announce plans for a $50 million research institute. The Ronald A. Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine [will work to develop new therapies for the treatment of childhood, adolescent and young-adult cancer.
Slide show: Construction progresses at new downtown recreation center
The new student recreation center at the Downtown campus, which broke ground in August, has been an ongoing construction project this semester.