University of Arizona in the News

"Unfortunately, that kind of decline in the unemployment rate does not signal an improvement in our labor market,” said George Hammond, director of the economic and business research center at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management. "In fact, it suggests that the state is still really struggling with the economic fallout from the pandemic."

"There are generations of people all over the world growing up using video games informally to teach themselves English," said Jonathon Reinhardt, an associate professor at the University of Arizona and president of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, traveled on Air Force Two for for a meeting with University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins and other university officials.

Tucson Electric Power is recognizing nine local businesses and organizations with Go Green Awards this month for their partnership in promoting greater sustainability. The University of Arizona received the Big Picture Partner Award.

Molecular clock analysis showed no widespread community distribution of the highly contagious coronavirus disease in Arizona until mid-February.

University of Arizona researchers have been busy building a test bed that essentially consists of a miniature-sized active stand-in for the Giant Magellan Telescope's seven-piece primary mirror.

John-Paul "JP" Roczniak, president and CEO of the University of Arizona Foundation, is interviewed about the university's fundraising efforts to address pandemic-related expenses.

By the end of the month, tens of thousands of rapid-response antigen tests will be delivered to athletic departments across the Pac-12. One school – the University of Arizona – began using the tests months ago. The university has run 25,000 Quidel tests on students, athletes, staff members and ICU patients since the spring. David Harris, who oversees the program, said the results have been impressive. "It only seems to get better the more you do it," he said.

Colleges and universities across the U.S. are looking into using wastewater-based epidemiology to track the spread of COVID-19.

Colleges and universities across the U.S. are looking into using wastewater-based epidemiology to track the spread of COVID-19.