June 17, 2020 Black Lives Matter and Pandemic Bring Juneteenth Into Focus UArizona historian Tyina Steptoe discusses the history of the holiday that recognizes emancipation, and why more people than ever may celebrate it this year and in the future.
June 16, 2020 Alumni Startup Pivots During COVID-19 with Support from UArizona Incubator The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has helped a culinary mushroom producer retool its business model after the pandemic tool its toll.
June 15, 2020 Shining a Light on COVID-19 Detection The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded a $1.5 million Air Force contract to build devices that can quickly detect COVID-19 in virus test samples.
June 15, 2020 UArizona to Offer New Degree in Bilingual Journalism Bilingual journalism is more than being able to ask questions in two different languages. "It's important to understand the history, the economics, the politics, the culture of diverse groups," says associate professor Jessica Retis.
June 12, 2020 ABOR Confirms Five New UArizona Regents Professors The Arizona Board of Regents confirmed the appointments of Roberta Diaz Brinton, Judith Brown, Peter Chesson, Jeff Greenberg and Connie Woodhouse as Regents Professors.
June 11, 2020 UArizona Climbs to 39 in Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Tech Launch Arizona has helped the university community report more than 1,600 inventions, file more than 1,800 patents, execute upward of 600 licenses and launch 82 startups.
June 11, 2020 UArizona Earns Strong Marks in Two International Rankings The University of Arizona was named one of the top 30 public universities in the U.S. by the Center for World University Rankings and QS.
June 11, 2020 Ingredients for Life Appear in Stellar Nurseries Long Before Stars are Born Astronomers probed a vast, cosmic cloud of gas and dust for traces of organic molecules that form building blocks for life. They found that such molecules appear hundreds of thousands of years before stars start to form.
June 10, 2020 Balancing Individual Rights, Public Health During a Pandemic While stay-at-home orders are lifting nationwide, quarantine and isolation orders can still be issued due to emergency declarations that remain in effect, says Leila Barraza, who teaches public health law and ethics.
June 10, 2020 From Social Distancing to Disinformation, COVID-19 Shows How History Repeats Three scholars in the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences see several parallels between today's pandemic and ones from centuries past.
