At the Controlled Environment Agriculture Student Association, University of Arizona students manage their own student greenhouse, grow and sell crops — all without the help of soil, using a method called hydroponic farming. Read more
| Daily (10/16) | ||
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| 676 | 2 | 0.3% |
| Total (8/2) | ||
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| 39,754 | 601 | 1.5% |
White text dominates the homepage of Old Tucson Studio’s website, notifying visitors that it, too, has been a victim of the pandemic. The “Hollywood in the Desert” saw the production of more than 400 film and television projects over 75 years. But with COVID-19 still as a disruptive force, the future of its shuttered doors remains uncertain. Read more
A local annual tradition kicked off Oct. 1 with new virtual and socially distanced in-person formats. This year’s Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival has been “reframed” to safely serve the community without losing the element of entertainment. Read more
In this second installment of the Art is Activism miniseries, our columnist Selena Kuikahi talks to artist Etyana Leigh, a student at San Diego State University who published healing music to inspire and bring people together in a time of immense pain for BIPOC folks in the country. Read more
During National Coming Out Month, the 43rd annual Tucson Pride Parade and Festival will kick off this year's festivities a little bit differently with a virtual event hosted in place of a traditional parade and celebration on Saturday, Oct. 24, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Playing college sports is the dream of many athletes. College athletics give a platform for many student-athletes to perform and compete with some of the best of the United States and the world. Athletics departments have a responsibility to ensure that all student-athletes have a safe, inclusive and respectful environment where they can develop as students, athletes, people and members of society, regardless of their sexual orientation. Read more
A walk through Tucson Pride's history in Arizona as well as the LGBTQ+ community's journey at the University of Arizona. Read more
In 1993, a small group of graduate students and assistant professors started what would become the University of Arizona’s Institute for LGBT Studies. Almost thirty years later, the institute continues to work to provide resources, events and programs to LGBT+ students, faculty and staff at the UA. Read more
A review of "Boys State," a film which depicts 1,000 Texas high school boys organizing a bicameral government in a week from the perspective of a teenage girl. Read more
Groundworks, a local youth-oriented music and art organization, is making some noise in the Tucson area by providing Tucson’s young artists with a safe community space to get creative. Read more
For some, this quarantine period brought has been a time of reinvention and innovation. This fact has been especially true for best friends Itzel Herrera and Sandy Trieu, two recent University of Arizona graduates, who have launched online businesses amidst the pandemic. Read more
To mitigate declining profits, Pima County partnered with the Downtown Tucson Partnership to offer a reimbursement program aimed at developing outdoor spaces. Read more
Students can feel confident at the polls this election with the help of Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections Commission.The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is non-partisan commission that helps implement the Citizens Clean Elections Act, which was passed in 1998, according to the CCEC’s website. Read more
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