Arizona Daily Star Sept. 24, 2020 'Much-needed morale boost': Wildcats to open football, basketball seasons in November The Pac-12 will play a seven-game conference football season beginning Nov. 6, the league announced Thursday.
Psychology Today Sept. 24, 2020 New study cites causes and hazards of helicopter parenting Perfectionists often have high standards, not only for themselves but for their children. Yet, in their quest for perfection, they might find themselves with a less-than-ideal label: helicopter parent.
Politico Sept. 24, 2020 U.S. lawmakers raise concerns as border restrictions turn transit hubs into 'ghost towns' Restricted tourism and recreation travel along the U.S.-Mexico border has caused economic decline in border towns. A University of Arizona study found that in 2014, Mexican tourists contributed about $2.5 billion to Arizona's economy, supporting around 30,000 jobs.
Mashable Sept. 24, 2020 3 big wildfire questions, answered "The more kindling you have, the better your fire is going to burn," said Valerie Trouet, a paleoclimatologist who researches forest ecosystems at the University of Arizona. "And the drier it is, the better it's going to burn."
NBC News Sept. 24, 2020 'Sewer sludge' detects coronavirus outbreaks days faster than contact tracing, study finds Cities and universities across the U.S. are looking into using wastewater-based epidemiology to track the spread of COVID-19.
KJZZ Sept. 23, 2020 How University of Arizona's president would like to expand COVID-19 testing on campus The University of Arizona continues to be one of the more aggressive institutions when it comes to testing for COVID-19, and that has been a consistent message from University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins.
The Associated Press Sept. 23, 2020 Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. Asteroid 2020 SW, as it is known, was discovered last Friday by the Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona.
KJZZ Sept. 22, 2020 Tourist cities like Sedona struggle to balance growth, affordable housing A new study examines the planning challenges that residents and officials in the rural mountain American West have been watching unfold for years. The researchers specifically looked at over 1,500 "gateway communities" – rural communities adjacent to national parks, forests, rivers and other outdoor recreational amenities.
Des Moines Register Sept. 22, 2020 White House calls for ramped up COVID-19 testing, transparency at Iowa universities Leaders in Iowa should "dramatically increase testing at universities to quickly find and quarantine on-campus cases and prevent spread" in the surrounding community, according to a report published Sunday from the White House coronavirus task force and made public Tuesday afternoon. The report also urges the universities to implement wastewater surveillance to track community transmission, and to follow the University of Arizona's lead in "transparently tracking COVID cases" and publishing them on a dashboard.
KJZZ Sept. 22, 2020 Pima County, UA see early success with shelter-in-place recommendation While the University of Arizona campus has seen a spike in cases over the last few weeks, Friday's positivity rate was down from last week, and no new students were admitted to isolation housing over the weekend.
