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Local combat veterans working to heal wounded warriors through fitness at Crossfit ETP (ABC 15)
Daniel Neild, an undergraduate student in the therapeutic recreation program, and high school friend Travis McQuade, are hoping to start a nonprofit, Wounded Wodders, to provide comfort and healing to fellow veterans.
ASU public affairs school chief draws on lessons learned watching Detroit's meldown (Arizona Capitol Times - subscription required)
Karen Mossberger gained inspiration from watching the decline of the city of Detroit. She wanted to understand and address on a larger scale the issues plaguing Detroit. She is taking research on how individuals use information technology and apply it to larger communities in a national survey on information technology and its impact on civic engagement. She views technology as key to getting younger people involved. As director of ASU's public affairs school, she says she has a great pool of students to craft into the civic leaders of tomorrow.
Sustainability: Phoenix-Tucson Water Agreement (Arizona Horizon)
Dave White, director of Decision Center for a Desert City and professor in the School of Community Resources and Development, discusses an agreement for Phoenix to store its excess Colorado River water in Tucson.
President Barack Obama appoints Latinas Dr. Nancy Rodriguez, Victoria Espinel to key administration posts (Latin Post)
Nancy Rodriguez, professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has been appointed as director of the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice.
Can $100,000 in Prize Money Help Arizona Cope with Water Scarcity? (Inside Philanthropy)
The Arizona Community Foundation, Republic Media and the Morrison Institute have teamed up to launch the Water Consciousness Challenge, with a $100,000 reward for the best strategy to raise public consciousness.
ASU civic-action event brings in political candidates to discuss voting and education (Downtown Devil)
Secretary of State candidates discussed their qualifications and issues including transparency and low voter turnout among college-age students. The event was followed by town hall sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Association with superintendent of public instruction candidate David Garcia.
Arizona Secretary of State candidates Goddard, Reagan debate at ASU (The State Press)
Arizona’s candidates for Secretary of State debated student voting at the Downtown campus at an event hosted by the College of Public Programs, The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Graduate and Professional Student Association and Undergraduate Student Government Downtown, and supported by the Arizona Capitol Times.
ASU student resea rches victimization, ways to help (The State Press)
Criminology and criminal justice fourth-year doctoral student Jillian Turanovic is studying the effect of victimization at different ages to develop new ways of helping.
Arizona Redistricting Case & Vote 2014 & Sustainability (Arizona Horizon)
Andrea Whitsett, special projects manager for the Morrison Institute, discusses the inaugural Citizens' Initiative Review, a citizen-participant project to help voters better understand complex ballot issues.