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VAUD, a School of Theatre, Film & Television original production created by Wolfe Bowart in collaboration with BA Theatre students.

VAUD: UA theater students bring new stories to light from shadows of the past.

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Flowers, candles and letters lay in front of the Harshbarger building sign following the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner on Wed. Oct. 5, 2022 at the University of Arizona. Meixner was killed by a former student on campus.

The Buzz: UA students talk about the events leading to their professor's death

Three students detail months of harassment and threats that were reported, but they feel received inadequate response.

Where's the new money in the state budget going?

We look at a handful of areas that will see a notable increase in funds this fiscal year
Program director Rudy McCormack (center) and staff at UA College Academy for Parents.

New state grants help point families to higher education goals

University of Arizona College Academy for Parents encourages parents to start quest for college early.
Organic marijuana being grown at an Arizona farm for processing into medical marijuana.

Cannabis courses offered by University of Arizona

Voters made the recreational marijuana business legal, but they didn't make it easy.
Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

Tuition increases OK'd for Arizona's 3 public universities

University of Arizona is boosting tuition by 2% to $11,525 a year for undergrads.
File photo of a pedestrian crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales.

University of Arizona border research center receives $1.5 million grant from Mellon foundation

The Confluencenter, which focuses much of it resources on the arts and social sciences, plans to continue backing student-run research along the U.S.-Mexico border
Robert Robbins at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting where his contract was approved, April 7, 2017.

Robbins says University of Arizona will 'fully integrate' Global Campus

Faculty have concerns about the troubled online school.
A sculpture outside of the University of Arizona's Main Library is donned with a face mask.

University of Arizona officials sticking with in-person classes

University testing shows a COVID positivity rate of close to 11%.
A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

University of Arizona will require masks indoors

ASU, NAU also announce mask requirements amid rising number of COVID-19 cases statewide.
Sama Alshaibi at Artpace in San Antonio, Texas, surrounded by her project "The Cessation".

The vision of Sama Alshaibi.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Two American Muslim teens share the practice and meaning of Ramadan; and a mother and son talk about applying positive autism strategies during the pandemic.
The University of Arizona Administration building.

UA deal to purchase for-profit Ashford University approved by accreditor

The new entity, dubbed University of Arizona Global Campus, would be independent of the UA.
The University of Arizona campus.

UA Pres. Robbins says economic impact of pandemic 'is dire'

The university anticipates a shortfall of at least $250 million, largely due to tuition losses.
UA President Robert Robbins speaks with AZPM, May 2019.

UA president proposes furloughs, pay cuts for 16,000 employees

Robbins says he and senior vice presidents have already taken pay cuts.
Students follow a lecture at the University of Arizona.

Enrollment continues to rise at Arizona's Public Universities

The growth is strongest in online program enrollment
The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center says people should stop using e-cigarettes while an investigation into respiratory illnesses continues.

State board to consider banning sale of vaping products at universities

Regent says it's the board's responsibility in the wake of vaping-related illnesses and deaths in the U.S.

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