University of Arizona in the News

A new University of Arizona microcampus will serve the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, giving tribal members what leaders called a "homecourt advantage" to complete college degrees and certificates and access university technology, research and tutoring services.

Although reported COVID-19 case levels in the U.S. are still falling after a viral resurgence over the summer, there are preliminary indicators that infection rates may be back on the rise across the country. A photo of an undergraduate student processes wastewater samples from dorm sewage lines while testing for COVID-19 at the University of Arizona Water and Energy Sustainable Technology Center is included in the story.

In a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, investigators from Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University have pinpointed the point-sources of 40% of the worst methane emitters across the U.S.

Limited access to active learning spaces may disproportionately hurt historically excluded groups, and institutions should build more of these spaces in the name of equity, according to a new study. An American Association of Universities-related pilot program at the University of Arizona involved converting pre-existing campus spaces – such as library rooms – into collaborative, active learning environments for students in large STEM courses. Lisa K.

From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, community healthcare workers – also known as "promotoras" – have been key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations during the pandemic. Jill Guernsey de Zapien, a community-based public health expert at the University of Arizona in the mid-1980s, designed a 13-lesson plan for promotoras on topics including reproductive health and pregnancy, and where to seek prenatal care.

Willem de Kooning's "Woman Ochre" finally returned to the University of Arizona Museum of Art Wednesday under the protection of Homeland Security, University of Arizona Police, and museum staff and security.

Woman Ochre finally returned to the University of Arizona under the watchful eyes of the Department of Homeland Security, Tucson Police, and museum staff and security on Sept. 14.

A new modeling study has found that, while the two planets may have once been in sync, Saturn has since escaped Neptune's pull. A missing moon may be responsible for this planetary realignment. William Hubbard, a professor emeritus at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, is a study co-author.

The body of a woman buried in a 17th-century Polish graveyard has been unearthed with a sickle placed carefully across her neck, a folk practice intended to stop her rising from the dead. Poles used such supersitious burial practices over fears of vampires returning from the grave. "Locally, they're calling it the 'Vampire of Lugnano.' I've never seen anything like it. It's extremely eerie and weird," said University of Arizona professor of anthropology David Soren.

University of Arizona first-year student Mohajeri Norris and his mother, Emily, will go head-to-head against 11 two-person teams as contestants on season the of the Fox Television competition series "Lego Masters," which puts competitors in ambitious brick-building challenges with a trophy, a cash prize of $100,000 and the grand title of Lego Masters on the line.