Aug. 24, 2020 UArizona Welcomes its Most Diverse Class in History Preliminary numbers indicate that nearly half of this year's first-year students come from diverse backgrounds. The university also set a new record for first-year and transfer student applications, even amid the pandemic.
Aug. 21, 2020 Student EMTs Find New Home in Rowhouse Designed and Built by Architecture Students The house, designed and built by students in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, proved to be the "perfect fit" for the student EMS team.
Aug. 19, 2020 Sneeze Guards, Shade Tents and Testing All Part of Campus Reentry Preparations As the University of Arizona prepares for the start of classes on Monday, a number of measures have been implemented to help mitigate the risk for COVID-19.
Aug. 19, 2020 UArizona and Covid Watch Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification App UArizona students, faculty and staff can now download the Covid Watch exposure notification app, which allows users diagnosed with COVID-19 to anonymously notify others who may have been exposed.
Aug. 18, 2020 Researchers Work to Ensure Accurate Decoding in Fragile Quantum States An electrical and computer engineer at the University of Arizona is developing error correction technology for high-speed quantum computing.
Aug. 13, 2020 UArizona Prepares to Test Thousands for COVID-19 The university is administering antigen tests to thousands of students and employees in preparation for the start of the fall semester on Aug. 24.
Aug. 13, 2020 To Understand the Machinery of Life, a UArizona Scientist Breaks it on Purpose By tinkering with some of life's oldest components, researchers made an unexpected discovery: Evolution isn't very good at multitasking.
Aug. 12, 2020 Successful Second Rehearsal Puts OSIRIS-REx on Path to Asteroid Sample Collection During its final practice run in preparation for sample collection at asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the surface closer than ever before.
Aug. 12, 2020 Does a VP Pick Change the Race? Probably Not, UArizona Expert Says Presidential nominees have gotten to choose their running mates since the mid-20th century, says political scientist Barbara Norrander. But the top of the ticket still matters most.
Aug. 12, 2020 Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Past with New International Carbon Dating Standard To assess the age of historical objects, scientists rely on radiocarbon dating – a technique that is now set to become more accurate than ever, thanks to an international team of researchers.
