Community initiatives led by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU have opened up engaging higher education options to senior citizens, and enrollment in courses offered by OLLI is expected to increase.

The Phoenix Mayor's Commission on Disability Issues recognized six community players for their inclusive work in an awards ceremony on Tuesday. Three employers and three organizations received awards.

Deputy Phoenix City Manager Rick Naimark attends Sunday night jam sessions at The Nash jazz club because jazz has been a passion of his since childhood.

USGD held a town hall meeting Monday to discuss the proposal of an athletics fee of $75 per semester. The fee would replace athletic funding currently apportioned from student tuition, freeing up approximately $10 million of tuition funds. The new fee will be exactly the cost of season tickets, meaning students will not have to purchase season tickets but will also no longer have the option of opting out.

On Oct. 19-20, people of all ages gathered in Steele Indian School Park for the seventh Arab American Festival. By its third year the festival had gathered an average of 35,000 people and became one of the largest multi-cultural events in the country.