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Reply April 7, 2021 Jacky Alling, the chief philanthropy officer for the Arizona Community Foundation, will depart the foundation after 17 years to join the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation this month as its first-ever senior fellow for philanthropy. Through this new role with the ASU Lodestar Center, an organization she has long served as a leadership council member, Alling will now bring her talents to the wider nonprofit and philanthropic sector. Subscribe In her...

January 5, 2021 With new projects and programs, outreach and options, ASU has ways to grow in every phase of life Editors note: This story originally appeared in the winter 2021 issue of ASU Thrive magazine.  When Kyle Ballard finishes his shift as a U.S. Navy linguist at Fort Gordon in Georgia, he goes home to log on to political science courses to move closer to his dream career in global security. Meanwhile, Shauntel Redhouse, a 2017 graduate of Kirtland Central High ...

January 5, 2021 An adjustment to grazing patterns can provide huge returns, both to farmers and the environment, says ASU documentarian Editors note: This story originally appeared in the winter 2021 issue of ASU Thrive magazine.  If there were ways to produce food with improved environmental outcomes, it would be worth doing everything possible, from education to incentives, to help farmers adopt the methods. That’s the aim of Peter Byck, professor of practice in the ...

January 15, 2021 TEMPE, Ariz. — January 14, 2021 — The Fashion and Business Resource Innovation Center (FABRIC) announced today that partners operating within its facility during the pandemic have collaborated to make 500,000 FDA-approved, reusable, level 2 and 3 isolation gowns for medical professionals. AZ Fashion Source, Falcon Engineering, Wulff Contracting, On Point Manufacturing and Katchina Apparel Manufacturing collaborated with FABRIC to produce the American-made and reusable isola...