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The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA working on plans for spring semester

Nov 23, 2020 COVID-19 numbers will determine how the university teaches classes in the spring.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

UA crime stats show increase in sexual assault reports

Nov 19, 2020 Officials said a jump in the numbers is due to an increase in reporting, not necessarily an increase in crimes.
A voter turns in his ballot at a polling site set up at Tucson's Temple Emanu-El on the day of Arizona's primary election, Aug. 4, 2020.

Overcoming Post-Election Partisan Hostility

Nov 19, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: The VOTE Program uses conversation to defuse political conflict, and a pair of personal reflections on Election 2020 from Adiba Nelson and Fenton Johnson.
The University of Arizona Administration building.

UA deal to purchase for-profit Ashford University approved by accreditor

Nov 18, 2020 The new entity, dubbed University of Arizona Global Campus, would be independent of the UA.
A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

UA leaders praise students as COVID-19 numbers stay low

Nov 9, 2020 Most days see only single-digit numbers of new cases at the university.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Parties up, masks down at UA

Nov 2, 2020 Halloween was marked by student parties.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stows the TAGSAM collection head after gathering samples from the surface of the asteroid Bennu, Oct. 29, 2020

OSIRIS-REx stows its asteroid sample earlier than planned

Oct 29, 2020 The decision was made when the team determined they had plenty of material, which was leaking from the collection head.
An epidemiologist says a new method of COVID-19 sampling uses salt water to collect material from the back of the throat, the same place where a nasal swab would capture cells.

New COVID sampling method as easy as gargling mouthwash

Oct 29, 2020 The newly developed method is in its preliminary stages and has been tried on the UA campus.
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: Pima County struggles with contact tracing, vote-by-mail deadline arrives

Oct 26, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 26.
A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA president urges caution over Halloween

Oct 26, 2020 Robbins also says the financial hit from COVID-19 has not been as bad as expected.
California Sen. Kamala Harris (L) and Vice President Mike Pence in a televised debate, October 7, 2020.

Do political debates still have value?

Oct 22, 2020 A UA expert on civil discourse insists voters have the final say.
Still image from Oct. 20 video of the OSIRIS-REx sample collection event, with rocks flying around the arm of TAGSAM after it makes contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

Preliminary data suggests OSIRIS-REx sample event a success

Oct 22, 2020 The first pictures back from the asteroid Bennu have been welcomed as good news by mission scientists.
Artist’s conception of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx touches an asteroid

Oct 21, 2020 The UA-led project is a first for NASA.
Tohono O'odham Nation Legislative Council Chairman Timothy Joaquin, Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr., and University of Arizona President Robert Robbins at the press conference announcing the nation's donations to the UA and Arizona State University to further COVID-19 research Oct. 19, 2020.

Tohono O'odham Nation donating $1 million to UA for COVID-19 research

Oct 20, 2020 The tribe also said it will donate another $1 million to Arizona State University.
University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Tucson Council asks UA to test all students

Oct 19, 2020 President Robbins says it's not possible now.
First image of a black hole in galaxy M-87

Nobel committee cites UA astronomy breakthrough in prize award

Oct 19, 2020 Nobel Prize-winners in physics built on the success of the Event Horizon imaging project.

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