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UA develops mobile crisis unit, other efforts to address campus safety and security concerns.

May 5, 2023 The announcement was made during Friday's campus safety briefing.
Cassandra Klos, mission commander, left, is greeted by Linda Leigh, right, one of the original eight Biospherians as the door is opened on the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars on Tuesday May 2, 2023 at Biosphere 2 in Tucson.

Four-person crew released from sealed habitat after week long journey

May 3, 2023 The crew studied what it would be like to live and work on another planet inside a pressurized habitat.
The west facade of Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona. From August, 2019.

UA police chief and provost step down

May 1, 2023 University President Dr. Robert Robbins made the announcement to the campus community on Monday morning.

Arizona’s veterinary medicine grads aid shortfall of vets in nation, state

Apr 30, 2023 Employment of veterinarians is projected to grow 19% from 2021 to 2031.
University associate professor and author, Tim Z. Hernandez, visits the headstone in Fresno where most of the 1948 airplane crash victims were buried.

Airplane Crash from 1948 is Revisited and Researched

Apr 28, 2023 A professor and author is trying to find the families of all 32 victims.
Mission medical officer Eiman Jahangir enters the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars as mission communications officer and accessibility officer Sheri Wells-Jensen walks up to the habitat at Biosphere 2 in north Tucson on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Jahangir is a two-time NASA astronaut candidate finalist.

Four-person crew sealed into pressurized habitat to learn about space living

Apr 28, 2023 The crew will be locked in for six days.
UA Geosciences professor Paul Kapp leads a regional structural geology class in the Orocopia Mountains of southern California, March 2023.

UA graduate programs ranked among nation's best

Apr 26, 2023 Management Information and Geosciences were singled out in top college survey.
Tucson students head to buses after getting out of class.

Catalina Foothills School District cancels meeting due to violent threats

Apr 25, 2023 The threats are directed at administration and governing board members.
Outside the R. Ken Coit Student Services Center at the College of Pharmacy on the University of Arizona campus.

Robbins announces changes to the future of UA's medical programs

Apr 22, 2023 The plan will adapt the original 100 year vision that was made in 1967 when the medical school was founded.
Transgender pride flags filled a Catalina Foothills School District Governing Board meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

Lawsuit aims to block Arizona's restrictions on transgender athletes in schools

Apr 19, 2023 The lawsuit claims the current state law that stops transgender girls from playing on girls' sports teams is unconstitutional.

UA holds first safety briefing, questions of accountability remain

Apr 14, 2023 The safety briefings will be held biweekly.

UA tech incubator expands to Sierra Vista

Apr 13, 2023 Projects aims to help one startup each quarter.
Transgender pride flags filled a Catalina Foothills School District Governing Board meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

Catalina Foothills School District faces concerns over its nondiscrimination policy

Apr 12, 2023 More than 130 people attended the Tuesday meeting.

UA announces organizational structure change in police department

Apr 11, 2023 The announcement comes shortly after the university announced the creation of the new "Chief Safety Officer" role.
Cell phones give users immediate access to intense debates and discussions.

UA bans TikTok on university-managed devices

Apr 4, 2023 The move comes after President Joe Biden issued an executive order banning the app from government devices.
Amy Guglielmo, Creative Director for "Reading Rainbow Live."

New Reading Rainbow comes to Tucson

Mar 31, 2023 The popular show is partnering with Literacy Connects

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