COVID-19

The university also will conduct a travel survey and testing blitz prior to the Thanksgiving holiday in an effort to reduce travel-related spread of COVID-19.

The contribution will allow UArizona researchers to continue developing better, more efficient and effective COVID-19 tests for people across the state.

A biomedical engineering professor's technology detects ultra-low levels of disease particles, performance-enhancing drugs, contaminants and "anything worth sensing."

UArizona researchers developed one of the most accurate COVID-19 antibody tests available and now have shown antibodies persist for months after infection, providing long-term immunity.

With public health metrics improving, the university has expanded in-person instruction for classes of 30 or fewer. The decision brings about 1,500 additional students to campus.

On Oct. 12, the university hopes to resume in-person instruction for classes of 30 or fewer students that were designated as in-person courses at the time of registration.