Arizona Daily Star March 5, 2023 Accessible curriculum helps blind U of A student ace chem course The University of Arizona Disability Resource Center helps find academic accommodations for around 4,000 students on campus. DRC associate director Dawn Hunziker said some of their more popular services for students include allowing extra time for taking exams, converting PDFs into Word documents to allow for better text-to-speech capabilities and providing ASL interpreters for deaf students.
CSPAN March 5, 2023 Tucson Festival of Books The 14th annual Tucson Festival of Books brought an estimated 125,000 people to the University of Arizona campus over the weekend.
Inverse March 5, 2023 One overlooked office design trick could make you happier at work University of Arizona professor of psychology Matthias Mehl is the senior author of a new paper that finds extroverts in an office setting may thrive in an open seating layout, while introverts may do better in private spaces.
NBC News March 4, 2023 The West just got blanketed in snow, but its water problems aren't over A wet winter and hearty snowpack will somewhat ease drought concerns in parts of the drought-stricken western U.S. when summer comes. But many regions, such as the Colorado River Basin, have racked up such dramatic deficits that a single season can't forestall dire concerns about the water supply.
The New York Times March 3, 2023 Justin O. Schmidt, entomologist known as 'King of Sting' dies at 75 University of Arizona entomologist Justin Schmidt – known affectionately as the "King of Sting" – died Feb. 18 following a battle with Parkinson's disease. Schmidt is best known for allowing himself to be bitten or stung by creatures such as bees, wasps and ants to develop the Schmidt Pain Scale, the official rating scale for the pain inflicted by those stings.
The Conversation March 2, 2023 Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secrets David Cuillier, an associate professor in the University of Arizona School of Journalism, writes that the U.S. has an overclassification problem, which, experts say, ironically threatens the nation's security.
Gizmodo March 2, 2023 Robots using Hansel-and-Gretel strategy could map Martian caves Inspired by the breadcrumbs left by "Hansel and Gretel" of folklore, researchers at the University of Arizona have developed technology that would allow robots to explore subsurface environments on other worlds.
The Washington Post March 1, 2023 Opinion: Worried about our democracy? College debate competitions offer hope. Columnist Henry Olsen, a moderator and judge at the Regents' Cup, won by students from the University of Arizona, explains why the competition offers "a ray of hope for our democracy."
NPR Feb. 28, 2023 What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? University of Arizona professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Michael Worobey explains the evidence that indicates the original epicenter of the COVID pandemic was a market in Wuhan, China.
Good Morning America Feb. 28, 2023 James Bond novels being reworked to avoid offending readers The James Bond franchise of novels written by Ian Fleming will be reissued in April after editors remove some racist and offensive language, with the blessings of Fleming's estate. "It's inevitable that books reflect the author's social context, and the beliefs that were prevalent at the time, especially when it comes to race and gender," said University of Arizona associate professor of education Sybil Durand. "I think those books can serve as archives of the past.
