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Erica Clevenger excelled in the UA College of Engineering while racking up victories on the cycling circuit. Now she's on a pro team and looking toward a job in research.

Coach Chad Berman and his players are as serious about community outreach as they are about scoring goals, and the American Collegiate Hockey Association has taken notice.

If Arizona gets past Xavier in tonight's rematch of a 2015 West Region semifinal, the Wildcats will face the winner of Gonzaga vs. West Virginia on Saturday. At stake: the UA's fifth trip to the Final Four — and the first for coach Sean Miller, who has been to the Elite Eight three times at Arizona.

Fifty years after the UA marching band performed at the halftime show of the hype-free first Super Bowl in Los Angeles, the Pride of Arizona is still going strong. With UANews video.

The donation by the former UA star and current Cleveland Indians manager will help build an indoor hitting facility for the Wildcats at their Hi Corbett Field home.

UA researcher Russell Toomey has developed a scale to measure college athletes' engagement in LGBT ally behaviors. Toomey says that student-athletes can be highly effective allies because they often serve as role models on campuses, and he hopes his study will start a nationwide conversation.

With support from the NCAA, UA researchers Michael Grandner and Amy Athey developed Project REST to help student-athletes improve their sleep and, in turn, their athletic performance. The findings were presented at last week's NCAA annual convention.

Tucson community leader Ginny L. Clements has committed funds for the new Arizona Athletics academic center, which houses tutoring rooms, study areas, a computer lab and other student-athlete amenities. "This is a game-changer for us," says John Mosbach, UA associate director of athletics.

Led by the Office of Sustainability, partners from across campus are working to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills after Homecoming, one of the UA’s largest events of the year.

A group of current and former UA athletes is competing for gold during the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, which is currently open and continues through Sept. 18.