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Tamales from the annual Tamal Festival at AVA Ampitheater at Casino del Sol. The 13th annual festival will be held on Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Five Things to do in December

Ava Garcia
November 28, 2017
Maya Lowney, an undergraduate choreographer and one of the dancers of the "UnBarred" event, poses in the courtyard of the Environment and Natural Resources 2 building.

Four things to do this November

Ava Garcia
October 30, 2017
This year's Tucson Humanities Festival begins Oct. 3 and has events until Nov. 7.

College of Humanities hosts month-long festival

Ava Garcia
October 3, 2017
Hotel Congress, located downtown on the corner of Toole Avenue and Congress Street, will be hosting HOCO Fest starting Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

HOCO Fest is expected to bring international talent to Tucson

Ava Garcia
August 29, 2017
Hotel Congress, located downtown on the corner of Toole Avenue and Congress Street, will be hosting HOCO Fest starting Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

Wildcat Picks of the Week: Aug. 28-Sept. 3

Ava Garcia
August 28, 2017
ZonaZoo cheers on the football team during the Beanie Bowl in August 2016 at the Arizona Stadium. This year's Beanie Bowl will be held Friday, Aug. 25, at 6 p.m.

Wildcat Picks of the Week: Welcome to UA

Ava Garcia
August 20, 2017
Pancakes being served at the Edible Shade event. The event will offer mesquite pancakes, non-gluten pancakes and vegan pancakes.

Edible Shade event to celebrate local food with mesquite pancakes

Ava Garcia
March 24, 2017
Musicology Across Boundaries Conference

Musicology Across Boundaries Conference

Ava Garcia
February 22, 2017
Dylan Cruikshank weighs weed at the Downtown Dispensary on Thursday, Feb. 9. The dispensary cultivates about 10 different strains of marijuana.

Q&A: Medical Marijuana, a budding industry for patients

Ava Garcia
February 10, 2017
A festival attendee uses a Tibetan singing bowl during a past Gem and Jam. This year's festival has moved to a new location, the Pima County Fairgrounds. `

Gem and Jam Fest brings music and art to Tucson

Ava Garcia
February 1, 2017
Mckenzie Dryden, a nutritional sciences sophomore, and Lauren Thompson, nutritional sciences and MCB junior, prepares ingredients for the cooking on campus class on Jan. 24, 2017. The class is hosted by the UofA Rec center in Outdoor Adventures.

Cooking on Campus brings healthy eats

Ava Garcia
January 25, 2017
Amos Carver loads his pistol before performing in the Hotel Congress Incident Re-enactment. The re-enactments are part of the two-day annual Dillinger Days event.

Hotel Congress hosts Dillinger Days event

Ava Garcia
January 20, 2017
A fresh pepperoni pizza comes is sliced into pieces at Magpie's Gourmet Pizza on 4th Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Magpie's has three locations throughout Tucson.on 4th Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.

Restaurants on Fourth Avenue talk about what makes a meal memorable

Ava Garcia
January 12, 2017
The poetry group reads poetry with UA Poetry Center docents on Saturday, Jan. 7 in front of Herring Hall. The Poetry Center is working with the UA Campus Arboretum on this series of poetry discussions.

Pō é tree appreciates nature

Ava Garcia
January 11, 2017
Afternoon early rush hour traffic on Interstate 10 in Los Angeles. A team of researchers from several institutions are investigating how to improve safety and efficiency on a stretch of the road.

This week in science: Nov. 27—Dec. 3

Ava Garcia
December 4, 2016
The Tucson Police Department officers are now carrying Narcan, but University of Arizona Police Department officers will not, since they haven't had any reported narcotic overdoeses in the last 6-12 months

TPD to carry Narcan for opioid overdoses

Ava Garcia
December 2, 2016
UA Community Garden for Sustainability located on 1400 E. Mable St., is a completely student-run, and is managed between a group of 10-15 students. The members work to maintain the garden and educate the about the preservation of nature. 

Sustainability projects vie for a piece of $400,000 in Green Fund grant monies

Ava Garcia
November 30, 2016
The environmental club fair was hosted on Wednesday, Nov. 30 on the UA mall.

UA environmental clubs host fair on the Mall

Ava Garcia
November 30, 2016
POBEAT: 11/28/16

POBEAT: 11/28/16

Ava Garcia
November 27, 2016
Leslie Tolbert, professor of neuroscience, and cellular and molecular medicine, poses in her office on Tuesday, Nov. 22 in Tucson. Tolbert, who has been a professor at the University of Arizona since 1987, was recently elected as a fellow for American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This week in science: Nov. 19—Nov. 26

Ava Garcia
November 26, 2016
A woman enters the College of Engineering building on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture has collaborated with the UA College of Engineering Civil Engineering department to create a new architectural enginerring degree program.

Pending committee approval, UA to create three new degree programs

Ava Garcia
November 26, 2016

PO BEAT: 11/23/16

Ava Garcia
November 23, 2016
The Arizona Republic named 19-year-old UA graduate Viputheshwar Sitaraman in their "35 Entrepreneurs 35 and Younger."

19-year old UA grad in Arizona Republic’s ’35 Entrepreneurs 35 and Younger’

Ava Garcia
November 19, 2016
A forest service helicopter assess the smoke rising over the Catalina Mountains on Monday, Nov. 14.

This week in science: Nov. 12—Nov. 18

Ava Garcia
November 18, 2016
Tucson Water, through their Agua Dulce Santa Cruz River Heritage Project, is proposing to move reclaimed water discharge sites in the river closer to Downtown Tucson to restore river flow in the next few years.

Tucson Water hopes to have Santa Cruz River flowing within two years

Ava Garcia
November 18, 2016
Alana Levine (center), Arizona State University's assistant director in facilities development and management, shows off Sun Devil Stadiums' recycling and compost bins UA campus sustainability program coordinator Julia Rudnick (left) and student Celeste Colmenares (right) Thursday, Nov. 10 in Tempe. Sun Devil Stadium recycles 50 percent of its waste.

UA sustainability groups tour the green facilities of Sun Devil Stadium

Ava Garcia
November 12, 2016
The UA Bookstore at the Student Union Memorial Center will have its grand reopening after undergoing a nearly $1-million rennovation on Thursday, Nov. 10.

UA Bookstore celebrates grand reopening

Ava Garcia
November 5, 2016
Chet Phillips , Coordinator of Students for Sustainability and Compost Cats, speaks before the ribbon cutting for the new cistern at the UA Community GArden on Thursday, Nov. 3. The cistern helps save $100s on the water bill drastically lowering its final cost at around $70.

Community Garden water cistern benefits sustainability while cutting costs

Ava Garcia
November 4, 2016
POBEAT: 10/31/16

POBEAT: 10/31/16

Ava Garcia
October 30, 2016
A homeland security patrol boat patrols the Colorado River at Imperial Dam on May 27, 2015 near Yuma, Ariz. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

UA scientists study effects of 2014 ‘pulse flow’ in the Colorado River delta

Ava Garcia
October 29, 2016
(Courtesy Julia Rudnick) Inga Kalvaitis builds one of the sorting tables on Monday Oct. 17 that will be used to compost trash after the zero-waste Homecoming football game.The construction process took three-and-a-half hours and was funded through a mini-grant provided by the UA Green Fund.

Sustainability groups host zero waste Homecoming game

Ava Garcia
October 26, 2016
Members of Students for Sustainaibility gather together at the community garden during the Students for Sustainability retreat on Sept. 10.

Office of Sustainability receives grant funding for upcoming trips

Ava Garcia
October 25, 2016

POBEAT: 10/19/16

Ava Garcia
October 19, 2016
(Courtesy Jeff Smith Photography/Fotosmith) Elliott Cheu, the associate dean of the UA College of Science, was recently chosen as the interim honors dean.

Elliot Cheu named interim honors dean

Ava Garcia
October 18, 2016

POBEAT: 10/17/16

Ava Garcia
October 17, 2016
The Arizona Cancer Center celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month with basket raffles on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

UA professors receive grant for breast cancer research for Latinas

Ava Garcia
October 12, 2016
UA sustainability organizations headed to Baltimore to attend a sustainability in higher education conference to present and attend workshops.

UA green groups to present at major conference

Ava Garcia
October 9, 2016

POBEAT: 10/7/16

Ava Garcia
October 7, 2016
First-year architecture student Cameron Bird works on a project for his studio class in the evening on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture recently received accreditation for eight years.

UA School of Architecture receives eight year accreditation

Ava Garcia
October 5, 2016
Kindenga is an app created by the University of Arizona, with support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to help detect illnesses in the community.

UA researchers creates Kidenga: crowd sharing app for viruses

Ava Garcia
October 2, 2016
A new bicycle program was created in Ajo, Arizona as a result of a partnership between the UA College of Public Health and the UA Department of Mexican-American Studies. The program provides bikes and safety classes to Ajo.

UA collaborates to bring bikes to Ajo

Ava Garcia
September 29, 2016
UAPD Chief Brian Seastone swears in Trigger, UAPD's newest K9 officer, on Thursday, Sept. 22 outside the UAPD Police Department.

UAPD swears in dope dog for K-9 patrol

Ava Garcia
September 23, 2016
The Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building was completed just last year in 2015 and serves as a space for classrooms, faculty offices, and gathering rooms, as well as many other functional uses. The building is designed to look like a canyon, making students, faculty, and other visitors feel as if they are a part of nature.

ENR2 goes platinum with LEED certification

Ava Garcia
September 21, 2016

POBEAT: 9/21/16

Ava Garcia
September 21, 2016
J.D. Gibbs head of software development and Cody Sheehy, head of video production, put together their drone as the get ready to use it for their new program on Friday, Sept. 2016. The UA created Filmstacker, a new video and social media platform to be an educational resource.

UA creates Filmstacker, new educational resource, video and social media platform

Ava Garcia
September 16, 2016

POBEAT: 9/19/16

Ava Garcia
September 16, 2016
Portrait of Dr. Sahne Syder who was elected fellow if the International Water Association. WateReuse Arizona named the Potable Water Reuse pilot tested in Tucson as the 2016 Project of the Year award winner.

UA contributes to potable water reuse pilot program, 2016 project of the year

Ava Garcia
September 14, 2016

Community Chatter: What do you think of banning E-cigarettes on campus?

Ava Garcia
September 14, 2016

POBEAT: 9/11/16

Ava Garcia
September 11, 2016
Ramses Sepulveda, a coordinator for academic success and achievement at the Office of Student Engagement, helps a student find the quickest route to her classes on Monday, Aug. 29. Sepulveda says that his favorite thing about his job is passing on everyday campus advice and experiences.

Support. Opportunity. Success: UA program offers students answers to just about anything

Ava Garcia
September 11, 2016
A sign for the Steele Children's Research Center in the Banner University Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. The research center is the first in the Southwest to conduct research on a family of acute-onset neuropsychiatric disorders.

UA opens new research center focused on treating pediatric autoimmune disorders

Ava Garcia
September 8, 2016

POBEAT:9/07/16

Ava Garcia
September 7, 2016
Neuroscience and cognitive science sophomore Joshua Hoeft points out a clue on the computer screen to neuroscience and cognitive science and molecular and cellular biology sophomore Konner Kirwan, center, and psychology sophomore Marissa Guinta, right, while trying to escape the Zombie Lab room at Fox in a Box on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. The trio attempted a pirate-themed escape room last December at Phoenix Escape Room in Tempe and were unsuccessful, but managed to escape the Zombie Lab at Fox in a Box with about four minutes to spare.

UA grad Caitlin Sing opens escape room, Fox in the Box with Husband

Ava Garcia
August 29, 2016
Criminal justice junior Marcus Tutoatasi performs a sobriety test for UAPD Officer George Eppley on Friday, Aug. 19. Officer Eppley used to work for the Tucson DUI unit for the city of Tucson, in which he made over 7,200 DUI Arrests.

Arizona ranks No. 1 nationally for DUI enforcement

Ava Garcia
August 26, 2016
UAPD to collaborate with TPD's Red Tag Unit

UAPD to collaborate with TPD’s Red Tag Unit

Ava Garcia
August 25, 2016

POBEAT: 8/22/16

Ava Garcia
August 22, 2016
UA Surplus Property Storekeeper Luis Martinez helps out mechanical engineering junior Ben Mathews at the Wildcat Welcome Week Rummage Sale on Friday, Aug. 19. The majority of items at the UA's inaugural rummage sale soldout within three to four hours.

UA’s first sustainability-based rummage sale brings in $9,000

Ava Garcia
August 21, 2016

Tuition isn’t the only cost of attending the UA

Ava Garcia
May 23, 2016
Junior Abby Hill leads the Pride of Arizona down the UA Mall during the 2015 Homecoming Parade.

Meet Abby Hill: The Pride of Arizona drum major hoping to make a difference

Ava Garcia
May 1, 2016

Police Beat: April 27, 2016

Ava Garcia
April 27, 2016
A crowd surrounds a preacher on the Arizona State campus in Tempe.

Preachers, students get physical on the UA Mall

Ava Garcia
April 27, 2016
UA President Ann Weaver Hart addresses the ABOR at the UA Student Union on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.

Legislators back Hart’s DeVry appointment amid regents President Eileen Klein’s recent doubt

Ava Garcia
April 27, 2016
Arizona Board of Regents President, Eileen Klein addresses the regents on April 7 at the UA. Klein recently showed her displeasure with Hart's position with the DeVry Education Group. 

Regents President Eileen Klein calls Hart’s DeVry position ‘a distraction’

Ava Garcia
April 25, 2016

Police Beat: April 25, 2016

Ava Garcia
April 25, 2016

POBEAT: 4/22/16

Ava Garcia
April 22, 2016
Newly chosen interim Dean of the School of Architecture, Mary Hardin, poses for a photo outside the school on Thursday, April 21. Hardin is filling in after former Dean Janice Cervelli accepted a position as president at St. Mary's College, Indiana.

Mary Hardin named interim dean of CAPLA

Ava Garcia
April 22, 2016
Arizona Regent Jay Heiler speaks at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting in Tucson on Thursday, April 7. The regents moved to accept the tuition proposal set forth by UA President Ann Weaver Hart.

Board of regents approves three UA appointed regent professors

Ava Garcia
April 18, 2016
A look at the UA Foundation office located on 1111 N. Cherry Ave. on Thursday, April 14.

Fast Facts on the UA Foundation

Ava Garcia
April 15, 2016

UA’s medical school up north gets a new interim dean

Ava Garcia
April 15, 2016
Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky sit and talk with Edward Snowden over the Internet in front of a crowd at an event hosted by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences on March 25. Members of the panel voiced their concerns about putting personal privacy at risk in the name of security.

A linguistics legend makes his rounds at the UA

Ava Garcia
April 13, 2016
The Lohse Family YMCA, located in downtown on 60 W Alameda St on Thursday, April 7. The facility recently held a new program that helps prevent diabetes for kids.

UA takes on new partnership to combat childhood diabetes

Ava Garcia
April 8, 2016

POBEAT: 4/8/2016

Ava Garcia
April 8, 2016
Coordinator of Sustainability Olympics, Idrian Mollaneda, tables for Sustainability Olympics registration on the UA Mall on Friday April 1.

Sustainability Olympics changed gears this spring

Ava Garcia
April 4, 2016

Community Chatter: UA students weigh in on sexual assault awareness

Ava Garcia
April 3, 2016
Photo courtesy of Alexus Ka'iulani Dudoit/Arizona Model United NationsElizabeth Porter, a political science senior and Secretary General of conference services, delivers a speech at the opening ceremonies of the annual Arizona Model United Nations Conference on Friday, March 18. The Arizona Model United Nations Conference is just one of the many conferences and competitions that AZMUN attends during the year.

The Arizona Model United Nations is attempting to create the next leaders of the free world

Ava Garcia
March 27, 2016
A UA student blows glass during a workshop on the second floor of the Chemical Sciences building on Friday, March 25. The UA Deparment of Chemistry and Biochemistry manufactures its own glass lab equipment.

UA research spending reaches new highs, $600 million in fiscal year

Ava Garcia
March 27, 2016

Police Beat: March 7, 2016

Ava Garcia
March 7, 2016
"A" Mountain on Sentinel Peak on Friday, Feb. 27. The whitewashed "A" on the mountain's top celebrates its 100th birthday on Friday, March 4.

‘A’ Mountain of a birthday: One of UA’s oldest symbols turns 100 today

Ava Garcia
March 4, 2016
Runners prepare to start the Lute Olson Cancer Center Run along the UA Mall on Sunday, Feb. 28. The UA Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity sponsored event has been raising money to help cancer research since 2001.

UA fraternity holds run for former basketball coach, Lute Olson

Ava Garcia
February 28, 2016
The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health on Martin Avenue and Helen Street on Feb. 23. The Center for Rural Health was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant that will be used to provide assistance in rural hospitals across Arizona for the next three years.

Center for Rural Health gets $1.5 million grant

Ava Garcia
February 25, 2016

Arizona gets hit hard this flu season, see what UA doctors have to say

Ava Garcia
February 20, 2016
An empty bench on the steps of Old Main on UA campus on Sunday, Feb. 14. A new bill, HB 2615, proposes to do away with specific free speech zones on public universities and colleges in Arizona.

HB 2615 hopes to do away with ‘free speech’ zones on college campuses

Ava Garcia
February 14, 2016
Yezan Hassan, a sophomore resident assistant at Arbol de la Vida, doing his part and recycling empty plastic bottles for Recycle Mania on Feb 13. In addition to the competition between Arizona and other colleges, Recycle Mania includes a contest between residence halls at the UA to see which hall will recycle the most.

UA competes with universities around the nation in the annual RecycleMania tournament

Ava Garcia
February 14, 2016

Princeton Review’s says UA is a college that pays you back

Ava Garcia
February 11, 2016
The Administration building on Friday, Feb. 5. Enrollment processes may differ from average students if one enrolling is a sex offender.

Sex offender enrollment, a UAPD officer and UA official talk protocol

Ava Garcia
February 5, 2016
The Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch Building, also known as BIO5, on Helen St. and Cherry Ave. on Feb 1st.

Collaboration is the name of the game for UA’s highly ranked BIO5 Institute

Ava Garcia
February 1, 2016
The U.S. side of the fence defining the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 6, 2015. Studies have shown that permanent U.S. citizens living near the border sometimes face discrimination from local authorities.

Tensions remain between citizens in border communities and immigration enforcement

Ava Garcia
January 27, 2016
Dr. Stuart D. Flynn

UA Phoenix medical school dean might be on his way

Ava Garcia
January 24, 2016
The Mexico-U.S. border fence can be seen by visitors to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Border Patrol is being sued due to inhumane and "unconstitutional conditions" in which detainees are allegedly held.

New progress is made in lawsuit against AZ Border Patrol

Ava Garcia
January 20, 2016
Antique and used pistols sit on display at Frontier Gun Shop at 3156 E. Grant Rd. in Tucson on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Frontier Gun Shop has been open for 42 years and sells a variety of pistols, shotguns and rifles.

Students chime in with their take on Obama’s gun control

Ava Garcia
January 15, 2016
The West University neighborhood lies directly adjacent to the University of Arizona campus on Thursday, Jan. 7.

Classically high home theft rates subside for this year

Ava Garcia
January 14, 2016
Mathematics and Economics Senior Shilu Feng works on her homework on Friday, Dec. 4 in the Mathematics building.

News flash: UA’s math department is NOT on probation

Ava Garcia
December 8, 2015
The UA College of Medicine on Thursday, Dec. 3. The Mobile Medical Unit, run by the college, travels to Southern Arizona offering medical services to areas that are deemed "medically underserved."

For those in areas that are “medically underserved,” the College of Medicine will bring the clinic to you

Ava Garcia
December 4, 2015

Gov. Ducey is seeking funding to create a new border law enforcement force: the Border Strike Force Bureau

Ava Garcia
November 30, 2015
Students walk by the Gould Simpson building on Tuesday, Nov. 24. UAPD arrested Zachary M. Figueroa on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in response to the Oct. 27 burglary of the building.

UAPD makes arrest in on-campus burglary case

Ava Garcia
November 25, 2015
UAPD collects toys for kids during the holiday season

UAPD collects toys for kids during the holiday season

Ava Garcia
November 21, 2015
The University of Arizona Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Filbert Barrera stands proudly in front of the UAPD logo Nov. 11. Barrera began his career in 1998, and he said that the community and the pride of the school have contributed to him staying with UAPD for over 18 years.

After 18 years, UAPD’s Sgt. Fil Barrera is at home at UA

Ava Garcia
November 20, 2015

Sexual assaults plague areas surrounding the UA

Ava Garcia
November 15, 2015
Uber driver Plutarco Padilla picks up a student outside of Park Student Union on Nov. 9. A recent assault by an imposter Uber driver has prompted an investigation by the Tucson Police Department. A UAPD officer and an Uber spokeswoman urge customers to be safe when it comes to public transportation.

Assault by an Uber driver impostor prompts UAPD and Uber spokeswoman to talk safety with public transportation

Ava Garcia
November 12, 2015
Mansfield Middle School sits on 6th Ave on the edge of campus. This is just one of the many Arizona K-12 public schools affected by the lawsuit filed for inflation funding back in 2010.

A lawsuit finally resolved, the governor’s office mediates a plan for K-12 inflation funding from the AZ government

Ava Garcia
November 9, 2015
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