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Lute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85

Aug 28, 2020 The Wildcats won a national basketball championship under Olson in 1997.

The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA wastewater testing finds COVID-19 cases in dorm

Aug 27, 2020 Two asymptomatic students tested positive and were sent to a quarantine dorm, the university said.

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

UA slowing its plan to return to campus

Aug 25, 2020 The administration is waiting longer to bring more students back to classrooms.

A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA: At least nine students test positive for COVID-19 on return to campus

Aug 19, 2020 Students must be tested before moving into on-campus dorms.

This courtesy image shows an example notification of the Covid Watch Arizona app.

UA launches Covid Watch Arizona app

Aug 19, 2020 Developers hope to push it statewide soon.

The Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona covers 2,532 square miles and is surrounded by the vast Navajo Nation Reservation. A UA program is working with seven clinics from the Navajo Nation and the Phoenix and Tucson areas to identify barriers to cancer screenings for Indigenous communities.

UA receives grant to improve access to cancer screenings in Indigenous communities

Aug 18, 2020 The program aims to identify why Indigenous people over 50 don't get screened for colorectal cancer as often their counterparts.

Students and instructors stage a "die-in" against The University of Arizona's COVID-19 re-entry policy, August 14, 2020.

'Die-in' protests UA reopening plans

Aug 14, 2020 Demonstrators want science-based plans and more transparency.

Still image from the Aug. 11, second rehearsal of the OSIRIS-REx mission’s sample collection event at the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx completes successful rehearsal above asteroid's surface

Aug 13, 2020 The mission is scheduled to collect a sample of material from the asteroid Bennu in October.

UA President Robbins optimistic about university COVID-19 test results

Aug 13, 2020 In a media briefing, Robbins also defended the UA's purchase of for-profit Ashford University.

Covid Watch app part of UA reentry plan

Aug 13, 2020 The smartphone app aids in contact tracing.

Mattea, Brian Lopez and Los Esplifs represented Arizona is "Arts Across America", an online showcase by the Kennedy Center.

Voices for change represent Arizona in "Arts Across America"

Aug 12, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Black in America - A Lived Experience" by Adiba Nelson; and Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 1: Parents Taking Pride.

News roundup: Biden picks Harris for VP, Pence visits Tucson, no UA football this fall

Aug 11, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 11.

Arizona stadium, home field for the University of Arizona Wildcats football team.

PAC-12 cancels fall sports

Aug 11, 2020 Member universities including the University of Arizona will shutter their programs until 2021.

UA will start furloughs Monday, despite pushback

Aug 7, 2020 President Robbins said other cost-cutting measures will be explored to deal with a potential $250 million deficit.

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.

Balancing personal freedoms with pandemic safety mandates

Aug 7, 2020 An essay by three University of Arizona professors says the U.S. Constitution offers guidance.

UA President Robbins says he doesn’t oppose a faculty union

Aug 6, 2020 Robbins said he is "all for it" after a campus coalition announced it plans to form a union.

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