April 8, 2020 Medical Students Rally to Help Tucson's Homeless Amid Pandemic Students in the College of Medicine – Tucson are screening the local homeless population for COVID-19 symptoms, while also providing meals and supportive care.
April 8, 2020 UArizona Makers Race to Provide Personal Protective Equipment In response to shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff are designing and manufacturing face shields, intubation hoods, respirators and more.
April 8, 2020 Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union to Track Coronavirus The newly formed Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, or ACGU, which includes UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey, will use genomic sequencing to track the new coronavirus.
April 6, 2020 UArizona Fashion Students Share Ideas for Mask-Making With the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control advising people to wear cloth masks in public settings, some UArizona fashion students are sharing their ideas for homemade masks. The fashion minors used materials ranging from hair ties to reusable shopping bags.
April 6, 2020 What Makes Saturn's Upper Atmosphere So Hot Analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft found a viable explanation for what keeps the upper layers of Saturn so hot: auroras at the planet's north and south poles.
April 6, 2020 4-H Students Offered Virtual County Fair Experience With this year's county fairs canceled, 4-H agents, volunteers and UArizona Cooperative Extension employees across Arizona have come together to offer 4-H youth the opportunity to show off their projects virtually.
April 3, 2020 UArizona Health Sciences Ships COVID-19 Collection Kits to Navajo Nation UArizona Health Sciences shipped 250 COVID-19 sample collection kits to the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, which has been particularly hard hit by the new coronavirus.
April 2, 2020 UArizona Tracking Coronavirus Through Wastewater Across US UArizona researchers are testing wastewater across the country to trace coronavirus prevalence in communities and help public health officials better prepare for the future.
April 1, 2020 UArizona Cooperative Extension and 4-H Join Fight Against COVID-19 The Blue Ridge UArizona 4-H Fab Lab is joining the fight against COVID-19 by making personal protection equipment and prototypes of new designs for ventilator parts.
April 1, 2020 UArizona Invention May Help COVID-19 Patients Breathe Easier Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson have invented a new respiratory-assist device that provides fast, safe relief to those who experience difficulty breathing.