Nov. 16, 2020 UArizona COVID-19 Testing up 34% in Pre-Holiday Blitz The university's pre-holiday testing blitz, which continues through Nov. 25, is succeeding in its goal to test large numbers of students before they head home for Thanksgiving.
Nov. 13, 2020 Choose Your Own Adventure at Reopened Biosphere 2 After temporarily closing due to COVID-19, Biosphere 2 is now welcoming visitors to tour the world-class research facility safely and at their own pace, using the updated Biosphere 2 Experience app.
Nov. 10, 2020 'Flexibility is the Key': A Q&A with Dr. Stephen Paul With Arizona Football set to play its first game on Saturday, Dr. Stephen Paul, one of the leaders of Arizona Athletics' reentry efforts, discusses the team's resilience.
Nov. 9, 2020 Life on Ancient Earth and Alien Planets: UArizona to Lead NASA Astrobiology Projects NASA awarded approximately $12 million to UArizona astrobiology researchers to establish research teams tasked with advancing our fundamental understanding of early Earth.
Nov. 9, 2020 UArizona to Expand COVID-19 Student Testing in Spring The university plans to test all students who attend in-person classes in the spring, President Robert C. Robbins said during his weekly briefing on the campus reentry progress.
Nov. 9, 2020 Pharma Company Licenses UArizona Method for Treating Parkinson's Disease with Ketamine UArizona researchers have developed a method of using ketamine in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The discovery has been licensed to Pharmather Inc. for development and commercialization.
Nov. 2, 2020 UArizona Plans for Holidays, Spring Semester Amid National COVID-19 Spike The university is currently allowing courses of up to 50 students to meet on campus. After Thanksgiving, all courses will transition to being fully online.
Nov. 2, 2020 Physician-Scientist Leads Program to Tackle COVID-19 Health Disparities in Arizona Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy is one of 11 principal investigators for the National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities.
Oct. 30, 2020 Asteroid's Scars Tell Stories of its Past Impact craters in the boulders on asteroid Bennu allowed researchers to reconstruct the history of the near-Earth object in unprecedented detail.
Oct. 29, 2020 OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu NASA's UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu.
