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

HEROES study: COVID vaccines 90% effective

First responders rank among workers with the highest risk

Scientists say sensor testing for COVID-19 can be an improvement over tests performed with nasal swabs or saliva.

Researchers developing sensor testing for COVID-19

New method could detect PCR test-evading COVID variants.

One of the UA-produced mirrors that will make up the Giant Magellan Telescope array.

Newest UA telescope mirror in cool down phase

Technicians are preparing to polish it for use in a mountaintop observatory

Bruce McGrew (photo from Joy Fox Mcgrew archive)

"Bend in the Wash: The Rancho Linda Vista Artist Community"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Searching for gamma-rays with a telescope array in the Santa Rita Mountains, and film essayist Chris Dashiell on the masterpiece “La Jetée”.

Rosa Parks is most famous for her peaceful protest on a Montgomery, Alabama bus on December 1st, 1955. This staged photo was taken later.

"Who Framed Rosa Parks?" - Brenna Wynn Greer on the history of Black imagemakers.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Geraldine Brooks reflects on her novel "Year of Wonders"; and a tale of love and loss written by a 6th grade student.

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

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

Scientists are theorizing why children avoid serious COVID-19 infection.

Child COVID cases starting to be studied

Researchers are asking why kids are less likely to contract serious COVID-19 infections.

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

The galactic phenomenon is more than 13 billion light years from Earth.

The proposed Aspera mission will chart the territory between galaxies from Earth orbit.

UA researchers receive grant to build new space telescope

The Aspera project is expected to launch in 2024.

A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner-Phoenix morgue overflows with COVID-19 dead

Hospital calls on refrigerated trucks as the pandemic grows.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Tucson

TMC, Banner-UMC giving vaccine to front line health care workers

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

COVID-19 vaccinations begin Thursday in Pima County

Most people will get theirs in spring or early summer.

Front-line health care workers will be the first to receive the vaccine.

Arizona health director outlines state vaccine plans

Front-line health care workers will be first in line.

A Tucson Original: Agnese Haury

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

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

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 Minke whale gets unloaded in Bisbee.

Minke whale skeleton comes to Bisbee

Students with the Bisbee Science Lab will clean and reassemble the whale for display.

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