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Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA rolls out new protocols to guard against pandemic

How the university plans to minimize the risk of COVID-19 spreading on campus.

The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA to have full-size classes after Labor Day

Classes will begin online but quickly transition.

Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Arizona universities preparing to reopen amid pandemic

The chair of the Board of Regents says all campuses are prepared to respond if new outbreaks happen.

View from the north end zone at Arizona Stadium.

Delays, some spectators possible as UA plans for fall sports

The athletic director said further announcements on the fall sports schedule can be expected in the next few weeks.

Deciding whether to return schoolchildren to in-person learning is a major source of stress for parents.

High stress, loss of routine slow return to normal from coronavirus

COVID-19 unknowns are keeping people from forming new daily habits.

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.

University of Arizona President Robert Robbins and Richard Carmona hold an online briefing about restarting classes on campus. July 16,2020.

Mandatory COVID-19 tests await UA students in dorms

Before moving in all students would have be tested for the novel coronavirus.

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

Image of Comet Neowise.

Interplanetary visitor sweeps past Earth

Bright Neowise comet surprises space scientists in Tucson.

The University of Arizona campus.

UA joins lawsuit over international students

The lawsuit aims to prevent the federal government from targeting international students for possible deportation

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."

A smart ring is one type of wearable technology that can monitor health in real-time.

Researchers developing wearable technology to fight coronavirus spread

For now, the technology can collect data about vital signs and "augment" a diagnosis, though researchers have bigger goals.

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.

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