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Jude Udeozor, the Executive Vice President for Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC), paricipates in an interview at the Student Union Memorial Center on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Udeozor just got the position of President of GPSC after current President, Zachary Brooks, stepped down.

Incoming GPSC president hopes to build campus relationships

Michelle Jaquette
September 22, 2016
Ashley Brock, Diamond Children’s newly hired education specialist, discusses plans for the hospital school program with University of Arizona graduate student Jackie Picton on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Brock’s office in the Diamond Children’s Center at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson. Picton was instrumental in getting the hospital school program started at Diamond Children’s.

UA teams up with Diamond Children’s to create hospital education program

Michelle Jaquette
September 16, 2016
Pre-Business sophomore Trey Kerns searches advisors and professors on the UA Profiles website on Monday afternoon. The new directory will offer the public more access to UA faculty's academic history and research.

UA creates new directory to further display the history

Michelle Jaquette
September 12, 2016
(From left to right) Zachary Brooks, Jude Udeozor, Wei-Ren Ng and Ezra Smith listen during discussion at the Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting in the Pima room at the Student Union Memorial Center on Thursday, Aug. 25. Udeozor will be stepping in as GPSC president after Brooks' resignation goes into effect.

Jude Udeozor, GPSC EVP, to step in instead of joint presidency with AVP

Michelle Jaquette
September 11, 2016
Associate Professor Jianjun Yin answers questions about his research about Pacific Ocean water levels in the Gould-Simpson Building on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Yin has been at the University of Arizona for six years.

UA research shows sea levels predict global temp changes

Michelle Jaquette
September 9, 2016
Jasmine Sears takes discusses an issue at a GPSC meeting in the Pima Room of the SUMC on Thursday, August 25th.

Future of GPSC up in the air after president resigns

Michelle Jaquette
September 6, 2016
(From left to right) Zachary Brooks, Wei-Ren Ng and Ezra Smith listen during discussion at the GPSC meeting in the Pima room at the SUMC on Thursday, Aug. 25. At the meeting the GPSC officers discussed their budget concerns.

GPSC reacts to Zach Brooks’ resignation

Michelle Jaquette
September 2, 2016
Arizona Now looks to hit $1.5 billion benchmark ahead of schedule

Arizona Now looks to hit $1.5 billion benchmark ahead of schedule

Michelle Jaquette
September 2, 2016
(From left to right) Zachary Brooks, Wei-Ren Ng and Ezra Smith (talk or listen) in the Pima room at the SUMC on Thursday, August 25th.

GPSC talks budget woes at first meeting of the fall

Michelle Jaquette
August 27, 2016
UA students walk down Highland Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 22.

UA’s newest freshmen class set to be most diverse ever

Michelle Jaquette
August 24, 2016
Co-Curator of the USS Arizona exhibit Trent Purdy shows the different historical items that were recovered from the ship after the bombing of the ship in pearl harbor.

UA exhibit gives glimpse of life on the USS Arizona, commemorates Pearl Harbor attack

Michelle Jaquette
August 22, 2016
Joe Previte stands as Wilbur with his bike in McKale Center on Thursday, April 21.

UA grad, former Wilbur completes cross-country bike ride for charity

Michelle Jaquette
August 22, 2016
Headshot of Kat Hermanson, lead graphic designer of the LGBTQ Affairs.

Q & A: The LGBTQ Resource Center’s Kat Hermanson talks what the university could do to better serve its LGBTQ community

Michelle Jaquette
June 27, 2016
Construction sight of the new nine story Diamond Childrens Medical Center patient building.

$500 million by 2019: Find out what projects are in the works at the Banner University Medical Center

Michelle Jaquette
April 29, 2016
A view of Banner University Medical Center on Dec. 20, 2015 in Tucson. Banner is hosting several events that are free for the public during the month of July including a diabetes and wellness fair and a presentation about cancer clinical trials. 

A look at the financials behind the Banner UMC merger

Michelle Jaquette
April 22, 2016
Protestors hold up Sailormoon-themed signs during the Take Back the Night March on Tuesday, April 12.

Survivors share stories of sexual assault in effort to raise awareness at Take Back the Night

Michelle Jaquette
April 14, 2016
Dr. Kirsten Engel, Environmental and Administrative Law professor at UA James E. Rogers College of Law spoke against the Arizona Board of Regents proposal to increase tuition rates for in-state and out­ of ­state students. The hearing took place in the Gallagher Theater in the 2nd floor of the Student Union on March 29, 2016.

Meet the law professor running for AZ House of Representatives

Michelle Jaquette
April 10, 2016
A wallet sits displaying a current Arizona driver's license. Arizona just relesed its newest iteration of license that complies with new federal standards.

Trust is biggest hang-up at first meeting of new Diversity Task Force

Michelle Jaquette
April 6, 2016
UA graduate student Matthew Matera speaks to President Ann Weaver Hart and Rick Myers during a hearing in Gallagher Theater on March 29. Matera, among others, attended the hearing to speak against the Arizona Board of Regents proposal to increase tuition rates.

Arizona Regents hold talk for proposed tuition increase

Michelle Jaquette
March 30, 2016
The Tech Parks Arizona sign on Jan. 24. The park will take to Germany this April to partake in one of the largest international technology trade shows in the world, Hannover Messe 2016.

UA will take to Germany in international technology trade show

Michelle Jaquette
March 29, 2016
Alex Karaman, one of the organizers of the demonstration against President Ann Weaver Hart's appointment to the DeVry Education Group Board of Directors, holds a sign in protest on Friday, March 11. Karaman addressed the crowd that gathered outside of Hart's office at Old Main.

Hart forms team to support diversity

Michelle Jaquette
March 23, 2016

UPDATED: Protest for marginalized students a ‘PR event’ to raise awareness of demands

Michelle Jaquette
March 8, 2016
Community members ask questions about tuition, state finances and other matters at a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 5. A group of legislators visited the UA on Saturday during a tour of Arizona discussing tuition and the state's budget.

AZ lawmakers visit UA, give predictions for fiscal year 2017

Michelle Jaquette
March 8, 2016
"Rape on the Night Shift" producers Andres Cediel and Daffodil Altan, join clinical professor of law, Nina Rabin, and equal opportunity comission attorney Gina Carillo answer questions after the screening of the film on Wednesday, March 2. The film's purpose is to raise awarness about sexual assault against female custodial workers.

UA holds screening, discussion about sexual assault on custodial workers

Michelle Jaquette
March 6, 2016
Business mogul and presidential candidate, Donald Trump speaks to the crowd in Mesa, Arizona, on Dec. 16, 2015. Trump won the vote in the Nevada caucuses on Feb. 23 taking 14 of the state's 30 delegates.

Trump, Clinton power through Super Tuesday

Michelle Jaquette
March 2, 2016
UA preacher Brother Dean stands in the crowd in front of the Administration building on the mall on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

UA students call for removal of campus preachers in recent petition

Michelle Jaquette
February 28, 2016
Business mogul and presidential candidate, Donald Trump speaks to the crowd in Mesa, Arizona, on Dec. 16, 2015. Trump won the vote in the Nevada caucuses on Feb. 23 taking 14 of the state's 30 delegates.

Rubio and Cruz got Trumped in the Nevada Caucus

Michelle Jaquette
February 25, 2016
Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) introduces Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to a crowd at the A Future To Believe In Rally at Bonanza High School on Feb. 14, 2016 in Las Vegas. The gym was filled with supporters. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Trump comes out on top in the South Carolina primary

Michelle Jaquette
February 21, 2016

UA graduate students talk climate change and Supreme Court decisions

Michelle Jaquette
February 19, 2016
Director of the UA School of Government and Public Policy Brint Milward poses for a photo in his office on the third floor of the Social Sciences building. Milward analyzes terror networks and says that more often than not, terror groups are decentralized and cellular.

UA professor says that terrorists are ‘quite a lot like businessmen’

Michelle Jaquette
February 17, 2016
Potential Congress candidate James Villarreal poses outside the Student Union Memorial Center on Friday, Feb. 5. Villarreal recently filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission to form an exploratory commission.

UA professor puts in his papers for Congress

Michelle Jaquette
February 8, 2016

What happened in Iowa: Cruz bested Trump and the Democrats are locked in a dead heat

Michelle Jaquette
February 3, 2016

Sugar Daddies give ‘financial aid’ to students in exchange for companionship

Michelle Jaquette
January 22, 2016
University of Arizona Police Chief, Brian Seastone, addresses officers and the public about the incorporation of body cameras within the police department. Along with the body cameras, there have been other measures proposed to protect civilians and officers alike.

Proposed AZ bill wants to place restrictions on civilians recording police activity

Michelle Jaquette
January 15, 2016
GOP candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters and protestors during his rally at Mesa-Phoenix Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona on Wednesday, Dec. 16. 

GOP leader’s dominance is a reality, but nothing trumps First Amendment rights

Michelle Jaquette
December 23, 2015

Trump talks national security among other issues in a visit to Arizona

Amanda Oien and Michelle Jaquette
December 18, 2015
Members of the UA Black Student Union present their grievances to UA President Ann Weaver Hart on the steps of Old Main on Friday, Nov. 13. The students were demonstrating in solidarity with student activists at the University of Missouri.

Cultural groups demand to be heard, university listens

Michelle Jaquette
December 4, 2015
Protestors stand and hold signs during the Arizona Board of Regents meeting Friday, Nov. 20. The protestors were there to show their support for the GSOC and others who were voicing their opinions on the mistreatment of graduate teaching assistants, non tenure-track faculty and adjunct professors by the universities.

Graduate student workers demand better wages, better benefits

Michelle Jaquette
November 30, 2015
Omar Phanivong and Mohammad Adlan Fauzi of the UA's Muslim Student Association educate students about Islam on Thursday, Nov. 19 on the UA mall. The club set up a booth on the Mall to answer questions about the Islamic faith, which they will continue to do every Thursday.

Muslim students take to the UA Mall to shatter stereotypes

Michelle Jaquette
November 25, 2015
Mechanical engineering junior Dario Andrade Mendoza chooses a book in the UA Main Library on Sept. 1. Mendoza is an undocumented immigrant with lawful presence under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

AZ DACA students face challenges from the Attorney General

Michelle Jaquette
November 22, 2015

Doctors in the digital age, medicine takes a turn towards technology

Michelle Jaquette
November 12, 2015
Second-year law student Jaycie Gibney exits the law building after finishing her day of classes Thursday, Oct. 29. Arizona Supreme Court justices will present an open discussion on two cases at the William H. Rehnquist Center on Nov. 10.

Arizona Supreme Court to hold oral arguments at UA on Nov. 10.

Michelle Jaquette
November 4, 2015
Students feeling overwhelmed or suffering from other sorts of mental stressors can seek counseling at Counseling and Psych Services on the third floor of the Campus Health Center. Among preventative services such as those offered at Campus Health, the university and UAPD have laid out a protocol for what happens if there is an active shooter on campus.

Diligence is on you too: what to do about suspicious activity

Michelle Jaquette
October 28, 2015

How to prepare for the upcoming elections

Michelle Jaquette
October 27, 2015
McClelland Hall is home to the Eller College of Management at the UA. Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Buisness will offer free MBAs starting in the fall semester of 2016.

ASU’s school of business to offer free MBAs starting Fall 2016

Michelle Jaquette
October 26, 2015
Alex Ross, vice president of VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood works with other members on decorations at Pink Out on the UA Mall on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Pink Out was a nationwide event to stand in solidarity with Planned Parenthood.

Decreasing rate of reported abortions calls for a look at women’s healthcare

Michelle Jaquette
October 21, 2015

UA works to improve salaries of non-tenure track faculty

Michelle Jaquette
October 17, 2015
Courtesy of CNNU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Democratic Party's presidential debate on Oct. 13. Five candidates faced off Tuesday night for the first Democratic debate of the 2016 presidential race.

Hottest moments from the first Democratic debate of the 2016 elections

Michelle Jaquette
October 14, 2015

Sanders urges Tucson crowd to ‘stand together’

Michelle Jaquette
October 10, 2015

Family Weekend: Then and now

Michelle Jaquette
October 9, 2015
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to campaign in Tucson

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to campaign in Tucson

Michelle Jaquette
October 8, 2015

College of Optical Sciences partners with Uber to develop automobile project

Michelle Jaquette
October 2, 2015
Navy and Marine ROTC students take turns carrying sandbags on their shoulders in a running drill during the 6 a.m. bi-weekly physical training session on the Mall on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Every Monday and Thursday morning the company does stretches and circuit workouts up and down the Mall from Old Main to Campbell Avenue for an hour. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat

A morning in the life of the NROTC members

Michelle Jaquette
September 30, 2015

Cartoon artist: more than his jokes

Michelle Jaquette
September 25, 2015
Two Tucson Police Department officers talk while manning a traffic cone roadblock on Euclid Avenue just south of Speedway Boulevard. The officers responded to a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle. The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover.

UPDATE: Pedestrian hit and injured near Main Gate Garage

Brandi Walker and Michelle Jaquette
September 24, 2015
Arizona Board of Regents chairman Mark Killian concludes the meeting on budget cuts in the Grand Ballroom in the Student Union Memorial Center on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.

President Hart hopes for growth and partnerships in trying year

Michelle Jaquette
September 22, 2015

Celebrate hispanic heritage month at the UA

Michelle Jaquette
September 21, 2015
Melinda Burke, president of the Alumni Association, explains the details of the Wildcat Pride Scholarship to a reporter. The Wildcat Pride Scholarship is the first scholarship in UA history to be offered exclusively to LGBTQA undergraduate students.

UA Wildcat Pride Scholarship makes it rain-bow

Michelle Jaquette
September 18, 2015

As technology changes, so does transportation on UA’s campus

Michelle Jaquette
September 12, 2015
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