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A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA: At least nine students test positive for COVID-19 on return to campus

Students must be tested before moving into on-campus dorms.
Mattea, Brian Lopez and Los Esplifs represented Arizona is "Arts Across America", an online showcase by the Kennedy Center.

Voices for change represent Arizona in "Arts Across America"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Black in America - A Lived Experience" by Adiba Nelson; and Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 1: Parents Taking Pride.
Arizona stadium, home field for the University of Arizona Wildcats football team.

PAC-12 cancels fall sports

Member universities including the University of Arizona will shutter their programs until 2021.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Biden picks Harris for VP, Pence visits Tucson, no UA football this fall

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 11.
Christopher Johnson as Armand and Carley Elizabeth Preston as Désirée in "Désirée's Baby", based on the short story by Kate Chopin.

Rogue Radio presents Kate Chopin's “Désirée's Baby”

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "I DREAM IN WIDESCREEN" 2020 has NOT been cancelled; and a look back at Tucson's drive-in history from Chris Dashiell.
The University of Arizona Administration building.

UA group critical of university's pandemic response wants a union

A group of faculty, staff and graduate students say it is time to push back against the administration.
File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Education Notebook: Kindergarten to university, Arizona back-to-school plans emerging

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state, Aug. 1.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA to have full-size classes after Labor Day

Classes will begin online but quickly transition.
The University of Arizona campus.

UA announces phased plan for bringing students back to campus

Students will return to the classroom in 4 stages
A University of Arizona briefing on plans for the fall semester, July 23.

University of Arizona officially announces in-person classes

Officials said that could change if COVID-19 spikes.
Steve Roach in his adopted home, the desert.

Composer Steve Roach believes "The music is the medicine".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How the podcast "Epilogue" tells the story of one woman's suicide, and the family she left behind; plus a very short story about love adrift at sea by Aurelie Sheehan.
Yvonne Montoya

How the arts survive challenging times.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Meet the new director of the Arts Foundation for Tucson & Southern Arizona; how the mother & son collaboration "Stories from Home: Covid-19 Addendum" came to be; and fostering creativity in a virtual space.
The University of Arizona campus.

UA applauds repeal of ICE ban on online study for foreign students

The agency announced the policy last week
University of Arizona Head Football Coach Kevin Sumlin oversees his first spring training practice in 2018.

UA athletic director supports PAC-12 decision to cut schedule to conference-only

Fall sports are still on for now, but the conference commissioner says the move allows for "maximum flexibility."
Dr. Richard Carmona and University of Arizona President Robert Robbins sit at a news briefing on opening the UA campus, May 20, 2020

UA President Robbins says if he had to reopen the university today, he wouldn't

The surge of COVID-19 cases is concerning University of Arizona officials.
The University of Arizona campus.

UA still grappling with how to 'return' in August

Officials are still working to figure out how to bring students safely back to campus.

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