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Annual immunizations against COVID variants might be necessary.

Virus variant challenge could mean more shots

Feb 1, 2021 COVID-19 mutations might require annual immunizations as with the flu.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Lauren Redniss on "Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West".

Jan 27, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: The hidden history of Tucson's Barnum Hill; living with dementia during the pandemic; and a short story read by Aurelie Sheehan.
Scientists often compare the landscape of Iceland to that of another planet, like Mars.

UA scientists testing drones for Mars...in Iceland

Jan 26, 2021 Concept designs are being developed for exploration in future NASA missions.
A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA increasing rate of vaccine rollout

Jan 25, 2021 Up to 800 people a day could get vaccinated at the university this week.
Composed of images taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1995 and 1998, this reprocessed image of the icy Jovian moon Europa shows cracks, ridges, “microchaos,” and more. We now believe that Europa, like several other moons in the solar system, is an ocean world. Due to heat caused by Jupiter’s gravitational push-and-pull, there is liquid salt water beneath the ice, water that may contain life.

"Beyond Earth's Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight".

Jan 22, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: "DUSTWUN", a film about life, death and trust on the U.S. / Mexico Border.
A health care worker holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Banner - University Medicine North on Dec. 17, 2020.

UA vaccine site opens

Jan 19, 2021 The site will serve the education community in Pima County.
Quasars are the very bright centers of distant galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes.

UA astronomers observe far-away quasar for clues to universe's early years

Jan 19, 2021 The galactic phenomenon is more than 13 billion light years from Earth.
Too often, extra screen time before sleeping is incompatible with quality rest. "See Me Serene" is designed to be used as a relaxation tool.

Measuring Loneliness

Jan 15, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: "See Me Serene" can add free positivity to your phone; The Cooper Center expands both online and in the desert; plus a song from Stories That Soar!
Dr. Christian Bime, medical director of the ICU at Banner - UMC Tucson, receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17, 2020.

UA to start vaccinations Jan. 22

Jan 11, 2021 The university will be the primary place for educators to get vaccines in Pima County.
The proposed Aspera mission will chart the territory between galaxies from Earth orbit.

UA researchers receive grant to build new space telescope

Jan 11, 2021 The Aspera project is expected to launch in 2024.

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.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

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.

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