University of Arizona in the News

Site Selection Magazine April 8, 2021
Nuturing the continuum

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins discusses the university's role as an economic driver and workforce developer.
The Christian Science Monitor April 6, 2021
'First Person Singular' delves into lost love and strange happenings

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami offers a collection of imaginative short stories with skewed elements. In this story collection, Murakami continues his partnership with University of Arizona professor Philip Gabriel, one of Murakami's preferred translators.
Inside Higher Ed April 5, 2021
Ensuring LGBTQ inclusion in sports

Athlete Ally, an advocacy group for LGBTQ equality in sports that grades Division I athletic departments' policies and practices, is raising awareness about inclusion of transgender athletes. The group released its third Athlete Equality Index today, which rates the policies of all 353 institutions in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and how they treat LGBTQ students. Thomas Harris, assistant athletic director for diversity, inclusion and engagement at the University of Arizona, which received a perfect score on the index, said Athlete Ally's standards for LGBTQ inclusion are "foundational" for every college athletic department and do not require significant investment of resources.
The New York Times April 4, 2021
The confidence, speed and shooting of Aari McDonald

Aari McDonald carried No. 3 seed Arizona to the NCAA tournament final against top-seeded Stanford, beating UConn in the semifinal. "The world is finally noticing what I can do," she said.
The Washington Post April 2, 2021
Five myths about guns

Jennifer Carlson, an associate professor in the School of Sociology in the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, writes about common myths that surround gun ownership.
CNN April 1, 2021
Don't freak out if you get these side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine. They can actually be a good sign

Experts say side effects from COVID-19 vaccines won't last long and they are actually proof that your immune system is working the way it's supposed to. "With the first dose, you are having to generate an immune response from the ground up," said Michael Worobey, head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. The body produces antibodies, but also starts to generate immune cells called B cells to make targeted antibodies – and that takes time, Worobey said.
Arizona Daily Star April 1, 2021
Commemorate your COVID-19 vaccine in poetic fashion with University of Arizona project

The Global Vaccine Poem, a collaboration between the University of Arizona Poetry Center the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, aims to create meaning from hardship, spread vaccine awareness and build on Wick's Traveling Stanzas project that fuses poetry with everyday life.
The New York Times March 26, 2021
We have spent over a decade researching guns in America. This is what we learned.

Jennifer Carlson, an associate professor in the School of Sociology in the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, writes that we can find real solutions to gun violence if we recognize the trauma it causes.
The Arizona Republic March 26, 2021
University of Arizona's mobile health clinic vaccinates farmworkers at Rousseau Farming in Waddell

About 1,100 agricultural workers received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as part of the University of Arizona's mobile health clinic at a Rousseau Farming facility on Thursday and Friday, according to officials.
The Washington Post March 26, 2021
As states expand vaccine eligibility, universities make a push to inoculate all students

As states expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility to include younger adults, universities are planning to inoculate students to make it safer to reopen fully by the fall.  The University of Arizona is on track to vaccinate its student body and will open appointments on Friday mornings. New, wider, eligibility guidelines in the state will allow the university to get closer to its goal of vaccinating every student before the semester ends. The university has distributed more than 80,000 doses of the vaccine at its state-run site. Officials expect to deliver 4,000 shots daily now that students and other adults are eligible to receive the medicine.