| Daily (12/8) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 669 | 11 | 1.6% |
| Total (8/2) | ||
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| 66,070 | 1,065 | 1.6% |
As we begin the third year of the pandemic this week, we look back on the impact its first two years have had on the University of Arizona community, including staffing shortages, increased sanitization practices, ever-evolving mask mandates, and more. Read more
By Madison McCormick from El Inde Arizona | 03/23/2022 10:50am
Students traveling to Mexico and California for this spring break can expect two big things: sticker-shock gas prices topping $5 a gallon in California and COVID-19 protocols that might give you a funky facial tan line.
By Avery Martinez | 02/28/2022 5:08pm
The Associated Students of the University of Arizona announced online the cancellation of their annual carnival Wednesday morning. When the Daily Wildcat asked why the event was canceled, ASUA representatives refused to comment.
By Ari Koslow | 02/25/2022 12:10pm
It is safe to say the Arizona women's tennis team is in good hands. Head coach Ryan Stotland is back in Tucson and is now running the show after he was hired by Athletic Director Dave Heeke back in 2018. Four years later, he has now helped turn in back-to-back top-20 recruiting classes for the program.
By Alexandra Pere, Mandy Loader, Yasmin Acosta and Clara Migoya | 05/03/2022 10:02pm
In “Of Power and Pandemics,” UA School of Journalism students delve into the challenges that many essential workers during the 1918 influenza pandemic faced living in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands. The podcast series was supported by the University of Arizona Libraries and an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant.
By Sean Meixner | 02/22/2022 5:17pm
The University of Arizona’s virtual status update team met on Monday, Feb. 21 to discuss the COVID-19 public health situation on campus and in Pima county.
By Sean Meixner | 02/08/2022 6:40pm
University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins reemphasized his belief that the return to in-person classes was a good plan for the spring 2022 semester after discussing the school's recent decline in positive COVID-19 cases at the Feb. 7 virtual status update meeting.
By Sean Meixner | 01/24/2022 11:45pm
The University of Arizona’s virtual status update team met on Monday, Jan. 24, to discuss the COVID-19 public health situation on campus.
By Sean Meixner | 01/18/2022 10:01am
With the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and a spike in the number of cases on campus, University of Arizona faculty and members of the United Campus Workers of Arizona have written a series of letters to UA leadership addressing their concerns about the handling of the current public health situation at the UA.
By Sean Meixner | 01/11/2022 9:54pm
The University of Arizona’s virtual status update team met on Monday, Jan. 10, to discuss the COVID-19 campus reentry plan for the spring 2022 semester, the public health situation in Pima County and address concerns regarding the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
By Sam Parker | 01/05/2022 2:51pm
The first cases of the Omicron variant at the University of Arizona were detected by researchers on Dec. 21.
By Sean Meixner | 01/05/2022 2:52pm
The University of Arizona’s virtual status update team met on Monday, Nov. 29, to discuss the COVID-19 health situation at the University of Arizona and in Pima County, as well as to address concerns regarding vaccination and the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
By Annabel Lecky | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
Over 42,000 disposable masks have been handed out since the University of Arizona rec center’s mask mandate on Sept. 6, according to Troy Vaughn, the director of Campus Recreation. This total is shared between both the north and south rec centers and averages out at about 900 disposable masks per day.
By Sam Parker | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
Pima County has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases this month. This increase in cases comes right as Pima County opens up booster shot ability to all people above the age of 18. The University of Arizona currently offers booster shots at Campus Health for all eligible students and faculty.
By Sean Meixner | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
The University of Arizona’s virtual status update team met on Monday, Nov. 15, to discuss the COVID-19 health situation at the school and announce that the deadline for university employees to get vaccinated has been extended to Jan. 17.
By Sam Parker | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
Isolation dorms are just one example of new policies and practices that University of Arizona residential housing put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of students and faculty. In isolation dorms, where students who test positive for COVID-19 live until they are cleared by a Campus Health professional, there are also many protocols made to guarantee the safety of students living within those facilities.
By Susan Barnett | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
For many students who graduated in 2020, finding out that they would not be able to walk across the stage to receive their degree was heart crushing. But after months of waiting, the class of 2020 were finally able to celebrate at the 2020 Graduation Celebration on Nov. 5 at the University of Arizona Mall.
By Jane Florance and Sam Parker | 11/05/2021 9:59pm
The Associated Students of the University of Arizona, the university’s undergraduate student governing body, met on Wednesday, Nov. 3 to discuss allocating $5,000 to the Student Union Memorial Center to provide free meals to students on Thanksgiving.
By Sohi Kang | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
An in-person graduation ceremony will be held for the University of Arizona’s class of 2020 on Friday, Nov. 5, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced last year’s commencement online. The event will start at 4 p.m. and take place in front of the Old Main building — marking it the first time in over 100 years that the ceremony was held at this iconic location.
By Sam Parker | 01/05/2022 2:57pm
Kids ages five to 11 will now be able to receive the Pfizer vaccine after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their recommendation Tuesday. This news comes one day after the global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 5 million.
