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Arizona is a “laboratory for the future of democracy,” and the Morrison Institute for Public Policy, as well as the university where it is based, are vital contributors to that laboratory, Arizona…
Greg Stanton didn’t need a historic drought and near collapse of the Colorado River to understand the importance of water security.
As a member of the Phoenix City Council and later as mayor,…
Editor’s note: This story is featured in the 2022 year in review.
Arizona State University has been recognized as a global leader in sustainability efforts, coming in second in the world and first…
Almost 11,000 homeless people live in Arizona. Almost 2,000 of them have chronic substance abuse issues, and more than 1,700 are seriously mentally ill.
It’s an issue that affects local economies,…
Spoiler alert: In the final scene of the 1973 movie “Soylent Green” actor Charlton Heston, who plays detective Frank Thorn, is being led off on a stretcher following a gun battle when he desperately…
The Colorado River — and the critical water it provides to Arizona — has long been a center of attention for communities and policymakers across the state. But it moved into the national spotlight in…
A majority of state residents polled by Arizona State University are in favor of establishing an independent agency to investigate law-enforcement shootings.
The survey, conducted last fall by the…
For most of eight decades, the Morrison family owned some of the largest tracts of real estate in Phoenix’s East Valley, totaling more than 3,000 acres.
The family’s farms within the boundaries of…
Faculty and student work may start in the classrooms at Arizona State University, but the commitment to innovation reaches far beyond brick and mortar buildings, spanning a variety of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has been distressing and disruptive, but many of the forced changes have revealed a silver lining. The annual State of the State conference captured that glass-half-full…
A few weeks ago, Arizona State University’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory received a pleasant surprise — a $5 million surprise.
The generous gift was one of four “surprise grants…
The ASU Foundation was among 71 Arizona nonprofit organizations to receive surprise grants from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.
The trust awarded $123 million to the Arizona nonprofits on…