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Flowers, candles and letters lay in front of the Harshbarger building sign following the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner on Wed. Oct. 5, 2022 at the University of Arizona. Meixner was killed by a former student on campus.

Interim faculty report denounces UA's response ahead of deadly on-campus shooting

Feb 1, 2023 The Committee's 30-page report says that the university’s response was a reaction from a “systemic oversight failure” and did not “address a known chronic trust problem.”
Electrical trade student Nora Marshall, 18, wires a light switch in her electrical class at West-MEC in Buckeye on Sept. 16, 2022.

Building the future: Trade occupations encouraged as demand for skilled labor grows

Jan 29, 2023 The Arizona Commerce Authority estimates that by 2030, the number of people employed in construction and manufacturing jobs in the state are expected to rise 30% and more than 20%, respectively.
Artist’s conception of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

NASA grants UA space facility $3,000,000

Jan 27, 2023 The funding will support researchers' search for clues from the earliest days of the solar system
File image of a row of lockers in a school.

Cochise County working on school communication system

Jan 27, 2023 State dollars could pay for the secure system.
The Nogales Buffalo Soldiers tribute was held for the first time in 2022, when this photo was taken.

Honoring African American soldiers from last century

Jan 27, 2023 Descendants and others gather for 2nd Annual Nogales Buffalo Soldiers Salute
Cochise College in Sierra Vista.

Cochise College public safety program expanding facilities

Jan 24, 2023 Funding for the projects came from multiple sources.
Measuring shoes and cataloging their treads are tasks Grand Canyon University students do as they add shoes to a shoeprint database they’re working on with the Phoenix Police Department. The photo was taken at GCU in Phoenix on Nov. 3.

Student gumshoes at GCU collaborate with Phoenix police to create shoeprint database

Jan 22, 2023 Forensic scientists can identify shoeprints left at crime scenes, including what type of shoe and what size the suspect wears.
NASA illustration of cubesats in orbit.

UA students prepare to put their own cubesat into space

Jan 21, 2023 The cereal box-sized "CatSat" will transmit data to UA's Biosphere 2.
Senior Adrina Wilder works on an electric vehicle during class at Cactus High School in Glendale on Oct. 31, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News)

High school students build a road-worthy electric vehicle

Jan 21, 2023 All the parts for the roadworthy EV the students are constructing this semester came from Switch Vehicles in California.

Bill that restricts student's pronouns moves past committee

Jan 20, 2023 The bill would require teachers to gain parental permission to use a pronouns that are different from a student's biological sex.
Flowers, candles and letters lay in front of the Harshbarger building sign following the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner on Wed. Oct. 5, 2022 at the University of Arizona. Meixner was killed by a former student on campus.

UA announces new safety strategies months after deadly shooting

Jan 18, 2023 The changes include expanded background checks, new security access to buildings and trainings.
9-year-old Jody cuts the ribbon of the new African American Museum of Southern Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Jody sparked the idea of creating the museum when he found out there was not a spot in Tucson that shares Black history.

African American Museum of Southern Arizona opens

Jan 16, 2023 The museum officially opened on Saturday, Jan. 14 and is located at the University of Arizona.
Two of Arizona's new elected officials, Republican Congress Member Juan Ciscomani (left) and Governor Katie Hobbs (right).

The Buzz speaks with two newly-elected officials: Juan Ciscomani and Katie Hobbs

Jan 13, 2023 Both have been on the jobs for several days, but have been confronted by the politics of their new positions.
Students and families receive packaged meals from Tucson Unified School District workers who are distributing meals along the district's bus routes during closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona schools plan major budget cuts, if spending limit is not lifted

Jan 10, 2023 The state has until March 1, 2023 to override the spending cap.
When Amanda Johnson visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland, she didn’t take photos of the heart-wrenching scenes at the memorial. Instead, she bought books to help her students learn about the millions of Jews and others who were exterminated during the Holocaust.

Empathy and humanity are at the center of Holocaust education in Arizona

Jan 8, 2023 Under a bill signed by Gov. Doug Ducey in 2021, schools must teach the events of the Holocaust and other genocides twice from grade 7 to grade 12.

Arizona judge delays trial in fight over education funding

Jan 7, 2023 A judge granted a request for a delay by the state’s incoming attorney general.

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