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UA wants rural COVID-19 vaccines

Mar 1, 2021 The university is ready to expand operations to other counties.

The Cherry Avenue Garage is beside the University of Arizona McKale Memorial Center.

2 more teens arrested in fatal shooting of UA student

Feb 27, 2021 Both face first-degree murder and drive-by shooting in the killing of sophomore Forrest Keys.

Tucson police make an arrest in the murder of UA student Forrest Becker Keys

Feb 26, 2021 The suspect has been booked into Pima County Jail

JaVonte' Marquez dancing in a scene from "Retrograde Lemonade".

"Retrograde Lemonade": Move like no one is judging.

Feb 24, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Playwright Elaine Romero is recognized for her body of work; and how the murder mystery podcast "Tucson Heat" came to be.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA gives Pima County COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 24, 2021 The Moderna doses will allow community outreach.

A view of the mall at the University of Arizona taken from the Student Union.

University of Arizona IDs student killed over the weekend

Feb 22, 2021 The sophomore was shot and killed on campus Saturday night.

A Tucson Fire Department vehicle and gear.

Research looks for links between COVID-19 and 'forever chemicals'

Feb 18, 2021 The chemicals, which have been found in Tucson's groundwater, may impact vaccine efficacy.

Arizona tourist sites were flooded over the Memorial Day weekend with visitors, leading health officials to fear that they will spread the coronavirus and there will be a spike in COVID-19 cases in a few weeks.

Alcohol abuse soars in lockdown

Feb 16, 2021 Severe alcohol use jumps 400% in lockdown, according to UA researchers

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

UA worried party could become COVID-19 super spreader

Feb 15, 2021 A near campus Super Bowl party has officials worried.

A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

State registration open for UA COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 15, 2021 The university opens as the third state-run vaccination site this week.

UA wildcat sculpture sports a mask, July 2020

No positive COVID-19 tests at UA

Feb 11, 2021 The university has had a positivity rate below 1% for weeks.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA readies for more in-person classes

Feb 8, 2021 Officials are hoping all students are vaccinated by the end of the semester.

Jelani Cobb: "Whose Vote Counts?"

Feb 5, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Chris Dashiell recommends standout shorts from the "What's Up Docs?" online film festival; and the uncertain future of the Chiricahua Leopard Frog.

Civility researchers think the aftermath of the Jan. 6 U. S. Capitol riot will take a long time to resolve.

Political strife, pandemic causing public discourse to plunge even lower

Feb 4, 2021 UA researcher says civility suffered a setback during the January insurrection.

A microscopic image of the sample being captured through the phone using Professor Jeong-Yeol Yoon's smartphone-based COVID-19 test.

UA has developed a smartphone based COVID-19 test

Feb 1, 2021 The testing method was first created to detect norovirus in 2019.

Former Arizona legend and NFL star Tedy Bruschi

Bruschi returns to Arizona as senior football advisor

Feb 1, 2021 Former All-American and NFL star returns to Tucson

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