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Is the pandemic changing our dreams?

Jan 6, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson faces down 'Rona in 2020; and a profile of Flor de Nopal, an emerging star of the Tucson music scene.

UA basketball coach Sean Miller agreed to forfeit $1 million if charged in federal investigation.

University of Arizona men's basketball self-imposes 1-year postseason ban

Dec 29, 2020 Move seen as preemptive

Jedd Fisch addresses the media via Zoom after being introduced as the new head football coach at the University of Arizona.

UA names Jedd Fisch new football head coach

Dec 23, 2020 The announcement came less than two weeks after the university fired head coach Kevin Sumlin.

UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine came quickly, but not at the expense of safety, expert says

Dec 18, 2020 A conversation with Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the University of Arizona.

Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

UA project assists tribal college students in STEAM majors

Dec 18, 2020 A grant will help foster Diné College student success after transferring to the university.

UA receives gift to promote medical knowledge of other cultures

Dec 11, 2020 The $50,000 donation aims to support education pairing mainstream medicine with alternative healing traditions.

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

Exploring unions in Arizona

Dec 11, 2020 A growing number of white-collar workers are forming unions in industries like higher education and journalism.

A Tucson Original: Agnese Haury

Dec 10, 2020 Listen to an oral history of Agnese Haury's remarkable life, as told by those who knew and loved her.

The state says health care workers are at the top of the priority list for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Patience advised for coronavirus vaccine distribution

Dec 10, 2020 A UA immunobiologist notes procedure can trigger more questions about controlling the virus.

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 to require mandatory COVID-19 testing

Dec 7, 2020 The university will roll out a new test in January.

Mask use spotty at Tumamoc, officials weigh need for closure

Dec 4, 2020 The hill's director says more people who walk in the evening need to put their masks on.

The east facade of the University of Arizona College of Nursing.

UA creates online skin cancer prevention training for massage therapists

Dec 3, 2020 The goal is that the training can one day be made available as a free tool.

The University of Arizona Administration building.

UA acquires for-profit Ashford University, launches new online 'campus'

Dec 1, 2020 The new UA Global Campus will start off with over 35,000 students.

A sign notifies people masks are required in order to enter a polling site set up at Tucson's Temple Emanu-El on the day of Arizona's primary election, August 4, 2020.

University researchers recommend 3-week shutdown, mask order

Nov 28, 2020 UA COVID Modeling Team warn of potential disaster from current surge

Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

Attorney General Brnovich can challenge ABOR over DACA tuition

Nov 25, 2020 The state Supreme Court allows a tuition suit to go forward.

Rillito River flows after a monsoon storm, July 2020

Major changes in environmental policy expected under Biden

Nov 25, 2020 Reclassifying Arizona waterways is among the items on the new administration's agenda

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