UArizona President to Provide Update on Campus Reentry Plan - May 26

May 26, 2020

UArizona President to Provide Update on Campus Reentry Plan

What: Update on campus reentry plan from University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, Reentry Task Force Director Dr. Richard Carmona and Provost Liesl Folks
When: Wednesday, May 27, 10 a.m. (PT)
Where: Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center, 640 N. National Championship Drive
Parking: Parking will be reserved for media in Lot 6097 on the northwest corner of National Championship Drive and Sixth Street, west of the sports center's west entrance and south of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.
Online: https://www.arizona.edu/live

TUCSON, Ariz. — University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins, Reentry Task Force Director Dr. Richard Carmona and Provost Liesl Folks will give the second in a series of regular briefings designed to provide timely and important information to the campus community and the interested public about ongoing efforts to prepare for the fall semester.

Robbins and Carmona will introduce leaders on the campus Reentry Task Force and provide an update to the Test, Trace and Treat strategy to bring students, faculty and staff back to campus in the fall semester:

Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean and professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Kacey Ernst, associate professor and program director of epidemiology at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Katherine Ellingson, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Joyce Schroeder, department head and professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of Arizona

Media are invited to attend the briefing, which also will be streamed live.

The university's weekly updates, which will also feature other senior leaders, faculty members and guests in the future, will be posted to the University of Arizona YouTube page.

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Media contacts:
Nancy Montoya
University Communications
520-248-1050
nancymontoya@arizona.edu
Pam Scott
University Communications
Office: 520-621-1951 | Cell: 509-570-4610
pscott@arizona.edu

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