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POBEAT: 3/8/17

POBEAT: 3/8/17

Lauren Renteria
March 8, 2017
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POBEAT: 2/8/17

Lauren Renteria
February 8, 2017
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POBEAT: 2/3/17

Lauren Renteria
February 2, 2017
At a ceremony on September 1, 2016 at the American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP), the University of Arizona announced that it will be opening a “micro campus” in Phnom Penh, becoming the first U.S. university to establish a physical presence in Cambodia

UA opens new “micro-campus” in Cambodia

Lauren Renteria
October 7, 2016
Arizona Board of Regents announces presidential search committee to help find Hart's successor

Arizona Board of Regents announces presidential search committee to help find Hart’s successor

Lauren Renteria
September 21, 2016
(From left to right) Joe "Skip" Garcia, Mike Jonen, Senior Ass VP for Finance and Strategy for UA Health Sciences and David Elmer, Assosciate Dean for Finance and Business Affairs for UA College of Medicine Tucson .

Regents hold meeting in Tucson to discuss UA Colleges of Medicine

Lauren Renteria
August 12, 2016

Mike Pence answers questions about veterans affairs and being a part of a ‘dynamic duo’ at Tucson rally

Lauren Renteria and Shaq Davis
August 3, 2016
The setting sun shines through the Biosphere 2. The structure, resembling a greenhouse, once supported a materially-isolated system of life, including an ocean, rainforest, savanna, and more.

UA’s Office for Research and Discovery granted control over Biosphere 2 research, gets new VP

Lauren Renteria
July 27, 2016
A blank FOIA request on Tuesday, July 12. David Cuillier, director of the UA School of Journalism, testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee to advocate for changes to the Freedom of Information Act.

UA journalism director David Cuillier heads to congress to improve FOIA

Lauren Renteria
July 12, 2016

Trump in Phoenix: The GOP nominee talked about the border, the Orlando shooting and foreign trade

Lauren Renteria and Shaq Davis
June 18, 2016
Tempest DuJour, host of the vigil, conducts the prgram in front of the LGBTQ flag on Sunday, June 12.

Downtown vigil remembers victims of Orlando shooting

Lauren Renteria
June 13, 2016
Arizona Regent Greg Patterson engages in discussion during the Arizona Board of Regents Meeting in Tucson on Thursday, April 7.

ASA vs. ABOR lawsuit reinstated by higher court

Lauren Renteria
June 12, 2016
UAPD officers cluster near a police vehicle outside of the Thomas W. Keating Building/BIO5 after responding to a call of shots fired on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. UAPD and Tucson Police Department S.W.A.T. team made an arrest connected to the shooting Monday morning. 

UPDATE: Second suspect in Bio5 shooting turns self in

Lauren Renteria, Sam Gross, and Dominic Baciocco
April 28, 2016
Ron Blake holds a signed poster board on the UA Mall on Tuesday, April 12. Blake suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and is using signatures from strangers in support of mental health awareness.

Arizona man looks to combat mental illness with love, Colbert

Lauren Renteria
April 13, 2016
GPSC executive board tied to improperly allocated funds

GPSC executive board tied to improperly allocated funds

Lauren Renteria
March 27, 2016
The Sustainable CAPLA: From curriculum to the building itself one college sets a new bar for sustainability

The Sustainable CAPLA: From curriculum to the building itself one college sets a new bar for sustainability

Lauren Renteria
March 25, 2016
UA President Ann Weaver Hart addresses the ABOR at the UA Student Union on Thursday, Nov. 19. Her speech covered many topics which would head off the day's discussions.

Hart introduces a new tuition plan for the upcoming school year

Lauren Renteria
March 21, 2016
Donald Trump brought his campaign to Tucson on Saturday, March 19 for a final rally before the March 22 Arizona primary. Trump rallied up support for his platforms, which included strict immigration laws and lower level gun control.

Trump takes center stage in Tucson

Lauren Renteria
March 19, 2016
Sanders 'berns' Tucson for the second time

Sanders ‘berns’ Tucson for the second time

Lauren Renteria
March 18, 2016
Dildos and contraceptives lie on a table on the UA Mall for the Spring Break Safety Fair on Wednesday, March 2. Libby Valdez, a public health graduate student, was in charge of the table advocating for sexual health and safety over spring break.

The UA wants you to remember to be safe during spring break

Lauren Renteria
March 5, 2016
A new study wants to teach you how to shop sustainably

A new study wants to teach you how to shop sustainably

Lauren Renteria
March 4, 2016

Two UA women hope to inspire and empower others through the Internet

Lauren Renteria
March 2, 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)

Clinton takes Sanders by a large margin in South Carolina Primary

Lauren Renteria
February 28, 2016

Scholars take to the UA to talk free speech and the First Amendment

Lauren Renteria
February 27, 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)

Clinton tops Sanders in tight lead at Nevada caucus

Lauren Renteria
February 21, 2016
ASUA primary elections results are in

ASUA primary elections results are in

Lauren Renteria
February 19, 2016
Protesters take the street and march west on Congress Street from the Ronstadt Transit Center in downtown Tucson on Thursday, Feb. 11. The group demonstrated in response to the recent killing of Kayden Clarke, a transgender man, by Mesa, Ariz. police, according to a flier distributed by the protesters.

Demonstrators take to the streets in protest for transgender man killed by police

Lauren Renteria
February 12, 2016

BREAKING: Campus groper at large

Lauren Renteria
February 6, 2016
Officer Ugalde stands guard inside a door to the Koffler building on the UA campus that was cordoned off on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Police were responding to an incident in which a body was found near the building.

UPDATED: UAPD investigating student ‘suicide’ outside Koffler building; official statement released

Lauren Renteria and Sam Gross
January 26, 2016

Police Beat: Jan. 20, 2016

Lauren Renteria
January 20, 2016
A purple snap pea flower blooms in the UA Community Garden on January 15. UA students aided in the construction of community gardens for six schools across Yuma County provided with by project grants for education.

UA helps make garden dreams come to fruition

Lauren Renteria
January 15, 2016
UA President Ann Weaver Hart addresses the ABOR at the UA Student Union on Thursday, Nov. 19. Her speech covered many topics which would head off the day's discussions.

State of the UA: Hart outlines how the university is performing

Lauren Renteria
November 19, 2015

SlutWalk 2015, protesters walk against sexual assault and victim blaming

Lauren Renteria
November 15, 2015
Jay Patrick, an undeclared freshman, shares his concerns to President Ann Weaver Hart during a protest on the steps of Old Main on Friday, Nov. 13. The protest, organized by the Black Student Union, was done in solidarity with black activists at the University of Missouri.

Black Student Union holds protest, discussion outside of Old Main in solidarity with Missouri students

Lauren Renteria
November 14, 2015
Inside the Geoscience building in the Gould Simpson Building on UA campus on Thursday, Nov. 5.

The earthquake that shook central Arizona last weekend may be less of a fluke than you’d think

Lauren Renteria
November 6, 2015
Courtesy of UA Arizona Health Sciences CenterUA College of Pharmacy Dean Jessie Lyle Bootman poses in a banner for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Bootman has been indicted on several felony sexual assault charges.

UA Pharmacy Dean indicted on sex charges, Sheriff calls it “premeditated”

Lauren Renteria
November 1, 2015
Courtesy of UA Arizona Health Sciences CenterUA College of Pharmacy Dean Jessie Lyle Bootman poses in a banner for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Bootman has been indicted on several felony sexual assault charges.

UA pharmacy dean indicted on sexual assault charges

Lauren Renteria
October 28, 2015

Cops, administrators recall 2002 College of Nursing shooting

Lauren Renteria
October 28, 2015
Plants grow inside the greenhouses located on top of the Sixth Street Parking Garage. The Life Sciences Student Association uses the greenhouse as a tool to teach about sustaining a green environment.

Gardens and greenhouses feed the UA

Lauren Renteria
October 19, 2015
A participant and her child in the Pride on Parade 2015 procession down Fourth Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 10. The Pride Parade was a part of Tucson Pride's Coming out Week 2015.

Campus LGBTQ groups want equality at the UA

Lauren Renteria
October 14, 2015
Arnoldo Bautista, the relations and management secretary for Centro de Estudios Mexicanos – Tucson, stands with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico flag for a photo in the new Center for Mexican Studies building on the UA campus Monday, Oct. 5. The new center is part of UNAM's mission to strengthen ties with host universities in the U.S. and other countries.

Center connects UA and Mexico through international partnership

Lauren Renteria
October 7, 2015
University of Arizona Police Chief Brian Seastone addresses officers and the public about the incorporation of body cameras within the police department at a UAPD Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 1. The new body cameras will begin use in November.

UAPD gets more transparent with body cameras

Lauren Renteria
October 2, 2015

Presidents of all three state universities receive raises amid budget cuts

Lauren Renteria and Sam Gross
September 26, 2015
The Arizona Board of Regents hold their annual meeting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. on Thursday, Sept. 24.

ABOR day one: What you need to know

Lauren Renteria and Sam Gross
September 26, 2015
A close look at campus crime trends

A close look at campus crime trends

Lauren Renteria
September 21, 2015
Sun Tran employees on strike with Teamsters Local Union 104 walk the 4400 block of Park Avenue outside of Tucson City Council Ward 5 office on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat

Tucson bus strike has come to a close

Lauren Renteria
September 17, 2015
Empty desks fill Room 118 of the Social Sciences building on Sunday. UA professors are not required to accept a doctor's note for an absence, though flu season can cause many to miss class.

Got the flu? At the UA, a doctor’s note isn’t always enough

Lauren Renteria
September 14, 2015

Consent: by the numbers

Lauren Renteria
September 8, 2015
Campus Health Service is located in the Highland Commons. Results from a Campus Health Service survey from spring 2015 asked students questions about sexual activity. The results indicated that there isn't as much sexual activity on campus as previously thought.

Survey results highlight the sex life of UA students

Lauren Renteria
September 8, 2015
Cars drive through a crosswalk on Euclid Avenue just south of Sixth Street on Thursday, Sept. 3. The hit and run collision Saturday, Sept. 5, in which four UA students were struck, was close to where the new lighted crosswalk is being constructed.

Suspect in hit-and-run collision near UA campus has been found

Lauren Renteria
September 6, 2015
Chief Seastone poses for a photo in his office at the University of Arizona Police Department on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. He became chief of police in 2014.

Meet the UA chief of police

Lauren Renteria
August 28, 2015
Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Manny Felix talks about his stance on Gov. Doug Ducey's budget cuts during the ASUA Presidential Candidate Debate in the Student Union Memorial Center on March 9. Felix officially secured his position as president after an ASUA Supreme Court ruling denied the opposing candidate's appeal on March 29.

Big shoes to fill for new ASUA president

Lauren Renteria
May 13, 2015
Hub at Tucson, Level and Next, new student apartments on First Street, on May 12. The buildings shelter approximately 1,000 people combined who are mainly students. The bottom floor of the buildings are occupied by a variety of restaurants and businesses.

What’s new at the U?

Lauren Renteria
May 13, 2015
Muslim Zionist Kasim Hafeez speaks at an event held by Christians United for Israel at the Hillel Center on Wednesday. He talked about how he once held anti-Semitic judgements.

Muslim Zionist discusses his beliefs

Lauren Renteria
April 30, 2015
Ari Shavit speaks on the topic of making Israel relevant to younger generations at the Hillel Foundation on Tuesday. Shavit is an acclaimed author; his work "My Promised Land: The Tragedy and Triumph of Israel," which was published in 2013, was featured by The New York Times on its best seller list.

Journalist explains Middle East issues

Lauren Renteria
April 29, 2015

Climate survey ending

Lauren Renteria
April 23, 2015
Without an appropriate parking pass, vehicles are ticketed for defying parking laws on the UA campus. Parking and Transportation Services will now be providing students with the opportunity to avoid parking fines by going through a diversion program.

Diversion program offers second chance

Lauren Renteria
April 22, 2015
Graphic by Joey Fisher

FCC, church or cult?

Lauren Renteria
April 15, 2015
Courtesy of Robert AlvarezUA graduate student Robert Alvarez is one of 24 students from several hundred applicants chosen for Humanity in Action. Alvarez will travel to South America to instill change for humanitarian causes.

Graduate student awarded diplomacy to enact change

Lauren Renteria
April 14, 2015
President Ann Weaver Hart (left) speaks with dietitian Christy Wilson during the Hart Walk on Wednesday around the UA campus and Old Main. The afternoon stroll marks the third year of the annual walk series "Walks with Campus Leaders."

UA President Hart Walks the Campus with Community

Lauren Renteria
April 2, 2015
Courtesy of ANCHOR ProjectThe ANCHOR project aims to help at-risk LGBTQ adults in Tucson. The program was just given a $400,000 grant that will allow it to operate for the next three years.

Program helps at-risk LGBTQ adults

Lauren Renteria
March 31, 2015
Courtesy of Dr. Albert WelterThis fall, the UA will start a Buddhism studies minor. The minor will allow students to gain better insight into other cultures and lifestyles from around the world.

Studying Buddha

Lauren Renteria
March 31, 2015
Courtesy of Steve Reitz Elizabeth Evans is a creative writing professor at the UA and the author of six novels. Her newest novel, "As Good As Dead," was recently released and Evans is on tour, including a stop at the UA Poetry Center this evening.

UA Professor publishes her sixth novel

Lauren Renteria
March 26, 2015
Courtesy of Jesus Barerra / Rillito Park Race TrackJockies rush out of the gates to begin the last race of the day at the Rillito River Race Track. The racetrack was almost closed an turned into a strip mall in the past.

UA aids in return of local racetrack

Lauren Renteria
March 11, 2015
Shane Bekian / The Daily Wildcat Protestors against the recent education budget cuts stand together on the corner of Granada Ave. and Congress St. in Downtown Tucson on Thursday, March 5, 2015.

Protesters take the streets over proposed budget cuts

Lauren Renteria
March 6, 2015
Courtesy of Patricia DuenasMiss Tucson Desert Rose Patricia Duenas is crowned by former Miss Tucson Desert Rose Rachel Dyckman on Jan. 17 at the Pima Community College Center for the Arts. Duenas is a pre-nursing sophomore and a veteran of pageantry competition.

She’s beauty, grace

Lauren Renteria
March 3, 2015
Members of the Wildcat Running Club begin their daily run in front of the Student Recreation Center on Wednesday. The club is preparing for a 5K run this Sunday at Reid Park, with proceeds going to the UA Steele Children's Research Center.

Students running with a purpose

Lauren Renteria
February 26, 2015
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