Jan. 19, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin at UArizona As Pima County shifts to Phase 1B of its vaccination plan, UArizona will serve as a point of distribution for child care providers, K-12 employees, and university faculty and staff.
Jan. 19, 2021 UArizona Rolls Out Vaccinations, New Testing Requirements In addition to opening a drive-thru vaccination site this week, the university announced that it will ramp up COVID-19 testing, requiring dorm residents to get tested twice a week.
Jan. 11, 2021 UArizona to Serve as COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Site The university will serve as a point of distribution for COVID-19 vaccinations as Pima County moves into Phase 1B of its vaccine plan. Additional details will be announced as they become available.
Jan. 5, 2021 UArizona Will Start Spring Semester With Essential In-Person Classes The university will start the spring semester on Jan. 13 in stage one of its reentry plan.
Dec. 16, 2020 HSI Status Brings Additional $2.3M in CARES Act Funding to UArizona Much of the federal COVID-19 relief funding is being used to increase access to technology equipment and restore some student jobs lost early in the pandemic.
Dec. 16, 2020 UANow Will Return Jan. 14 UANow is going on hiatus for the holidays. There will be no newsletter on Dec. 24, Dec. 31 or Jan. 7. Publication will resume on Jan. 14. We wish our readers a safe and happy holiday season!
Dec. 14, 2020 COVID-19, Asteroid Dust and Crane Flies: UArizona's Top Stories of 2020 Preventing a COVID-19 outbreak through wastewater testing, tagging an asteroid and solving a longstanding Maya mystery were all in a year's work at the University of Arizona.
Dec. 11, 2020 'Freezer Farm' Ready to Store More Than 1.6M Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine at UArizona The University of Arizona's ultracold storage facility could play an important role in the state's plan for vaccine distribution.
Dec. 8, 2020 UArizona Professors Elected to the National Academy of Inventors Robert Norwood in optical sciences and Laurence Hurley in pharmacy are the latest UArizona faculty members to receive the prestigious designation.
Dec. 7, 2020 UArizona to Roll Out New COVID-19 Test, Enhanced Requirements in Spring Students who plan to live on campus or attend in-person classes in the spring will be required to test weekly for COVID-19. A new swish-gargle test will allow the university to ramp up its testing efforts.
