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The ASU research center SkySong developed a user-friendly mobile application that can track bicycle lanes and GPS to help bicyclists navigate downtown Phoenix.

After its summer hiatus, Roosevelt Tavern will remain permanently closed, according to owner Matt Poole. The tavern on Third Street near Garfield Street had been open since 2006.

Michelle Beaver, a Walter Cronkite School faculty associate, published her book about gay rights and Mormonism in late July this year. The topic developed out of an in-depth reporting class that she took while a student at ASU.

Truce, a local cleaning-product vendor, makes its appearance at the Open Air Market on Saturdays. The company boasts environmentally friendly products.

Downtown Phoenix was used both an example of bad city planning and a model for redevelopment in a discussion among the mayors of Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe that centered on sustainability efforts.

Downtown musicians Tobie Milford and Henri Bernard provide the soundtrack to "The Immigration Paradox," a movie that will premiere at Phoenix's Orpheum Theatre on Thursday. The movie's subjects range from undocumented immigrants to "tea party" activists, and the film touches on Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 and the DREAM Act.

Joseph Grossman, student government president on the Downtown campus, relinquished his role in the Arizona Students' Association on Tuesday, along with Tempe's USG president. Grossman said the decision was based largely on the presidents' inability to speak out against ASA.

At the first Downtown Devil Discussion of the semester, five panelists weighed in on public-transit issues and focused heavily on the light rail's strengths and shortcomings.

Phoenicians converged at monOrchid Monday to join more than 30,000 global citizens in streaming Mashable’s Social Good Summit, carrying the international conversation to downtown Phoenix.

The College of Nursing and Health Innovation added a new concentration this year to its Doctor of Nursing Practice program for post-masters students.