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Tucson City Hall at 255 W. Alameda St. Tucsonans will elect three of six city council seats and decide the fate of four propositions this Nov. 7.  

What the government is doing about COVID-19

Quincy Sinek, Claude Akins, and Jake Toole
March 20, 2020
The Oscars had 24 award categories this year and were held on Feb. 26 at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The winner of Best Picture was "Moonlight."

What in the world is going on?

Quincy Sinek
January 13, 2020
Savannah Douglas / The Daily Wildcat Yabber is a new app that allows roommates to communicate about money spent on bills and groceries as well as their location. This allows roommates to stay in contact and manage finances.

The lucky 7 apps that will save you your freshman year

Quincy Sinek
May 13, 2019
The UA Bookstore at the SUMC sells a variety of UA apparel and products. During the first few weeks students buy textbooks, technology and Wildcat paraphernalia.

Here’s three places on campus to rent equipment instead of going broke

Quincy Sinek
May 12, 2019
Yuma Residence Hall on James E. Rogers Way.

Graduating seniors discuss what it’s like to live in the dorms all four (or five!) years

Quincy Sinek
May 5, 2019
Jessica Suriano will graduate with her master's in journalism in May. This will be her second graduation in two year

Second time’s the charm: Commencement for a graduating graduate student

Quincy Sinek
May 5, 2019
Graduating senior Patricia Wilson-Everett poses in her graduation gown and stole. Wilson-Everett is majoring in French and psychology.

The history and meaning of the stole of gratitude

Quincy Sinek
May 5, 2019
Courtesy of Catherine Patton Camp Wildcat aims to mentor underprivileged children in the Tucson area. This weekend the Camp will be celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Upcoming Camp Wildcat auction will raise money to get kids out into nature

Quincy Sinek
April 20, 2019
(left to right) Tod Lauer, Feryal Özel and Dimitrios Psaltis all presented at “Bringing Black Holes into Focus with the Event Horizon Telescope" on Wednesday, April 17, in the ENR2 Building. The lecture was to explain the methods used to capture the first image of a black hole.

Baffled about the black hole image? UA scientists behind it explain

Quincy Sinek
April 19, 2019
Dr. Andrew Weil is the founder and director of the UA Center for Integrative Medicine. He recently donated $15 million to the center in order to help secure its financial stability in the future.

Q&A: Who is the man who donated $15 million to the UA?

Quincy Sinek
April 15, 2019
Claire Tomkins is the founder and CEO of Future Family, a fertility treatment company. She graduated form the University of Arizona in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in systems industrial engineering and public policy.

UA alumna’s experience with fertility issues leads her to help others conceive children

Quincy Sinek
April 13, 2019
The Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium located on University Boulevard near the University of Arizona Mall. The building hosts many events including laser shows and interactive exhibits.

Flandrau screening dives into mystery of black holes, including first-ever image

Quincy Sinek
April 13, 2019
Marie Teemant and Dustin Tran were elected to Graduate and Professional Student Council as president and vice president, respectively.

Q&A with the leaders of the Graduate and Professional Student Council

Quincy Sinek
April 9, 2019
Klearchos Papas, a UA professor in the department of surgery, is working on a new way to treat Type 1 diabetes. The treatment would release insulin into a person when it senses that their glucose level is too low.

New Type 1 diabetes treatment aims to automatically control blood sugar levels

Quincy Sinek
April 3, 2019
UA College of Nursing professor Terry Badger will be one of 24 new inductees into the Sigma Foundation for Nursing's 2019 International Researcher Hall of Fame. Badger has over 30 years experience as a nurse.

College of Nursing professor to be inducted into Sigma Foundation Hall of Fame

Quincy Sinek
March 27, 2019
Marcia Reed, Ann Fessler and Emily Weirich (left to right) discussing how to make edits and insert citations on Wikipedia pages. The Art + Feminism event, organized at UA by Weirich, to teach people how to incoporate feminism into Wikipedia edits took place on Friday, March 22, on the second floor of John P. Schaefer Center for Creative Photography.

Event at CCP aims to empower female Wikipedia editors

Quincy Sinek
March 23, 2019
The Loft Cinema screened "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004) as a part of the Science on Screen series. Before the movie, UA Anesthesiology professor Dr. Stuart Hameroff spoke about the medical realities of possibly deleting memories, as they do in the film.

UA anesthesiologist provides scientific insight on classic movie

Quincy Sinek
March 21, 2019
McClelland Hall is home to the Eller College of Management. Remy Arteaga is the new directer of Eller's McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship after more than 20 years working with startups and corporate innovation initiatives. 

Eller program ranks No. 1 among public universities for second year in a row

Quincy Sinek
March 20, 2019
At the  second annual "Walk a Mile in a Refugee's Shoes" simulation event workers like Imani Cruz (right) educated people on the refugee experience. Te event took place Thursday, March 14, on the University of Arizona Mall. 

Simulation event offers insight into refugee experience

Quincy Sinek
March 15, 2019
For the 28th Annual Holocaust Vigil, the UA Theater Department worked with Hillel to have these Thecattle car replicas where people were held and transported in made. They have photos on them of people in the camps and each pod tells a different part of the story of Jewish life both before and during the holocaust

28th annual Holocaust Vigil honors those who died

Quincy Sinek
March 14, 2019
Karl Eller graduated from the university of Arizona in 1952, where he played football and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Eller passed away on Sunday, March 10, at the age of 90.

The late Karl Eller’s legacy lives on at UA

Quincy Sinek
March 14, 2019
UA professor of Mexican American Studies Roberto Rodriguez (left) and Mayan musician and educator Yazmin Novelo (left) attend the Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona Mall.

Maya artist and educator comes to Tucson

Quincy Sinek
March 3, 2019
A section of the Sharks: Magnificant and Misunderstood about the techniques for researching Sharks. The exhibit is located at the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium and opened on February 22.

New shark exhibit swims into Flandrau

Quincy Sinek
February 26, 2019
Festival-goers walk around to different booths at the Tucson Festival of Books on the UA mall on March 12, 2016. The festival attracts authors and patrons from all 50 states, as well as many international locations.

The Tucson Festival of Books: Brought to you by thousands

Quincy Sinek
February 23, 2019
David Maraniss is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and an associate editor at the Washington Post. He will be speaking on panels at the Tucson Festival of Books.

Two authors discuss the power of books

Quincy Sinek
February 22, 2019
Upcoming presentation to address how to make style sustainable

Upcoming presentation to address how to make style sustainable

Quincy Sinek
February 20, 2019
Ramon Moreno, an officer for the University of Arizona Police Department, talks about active shooter trainings that the department gives and the importance of being prepared in an emergency. Moreno will be giving an active shooter information session to the School of Theatre Film and Television on Friday, Feb. 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Marroney Theatre.

UAPD to go over what to do in case of shooter

Quincy Sinek
February 18, 2019
The former Office of Student Engagement in the Student Union Memorial Center has since been converted to the LifeLab.

Job Shadow Program provides opportunity to get a taste of industry

Quincy Sinek
February 7, 2019
Minjun Dong after finishing his piano piece during the 46th annual President’s Concert at the University of Arizona. Dong’s piece was conducted by Yudai Ueda.

Four School of Music students take center stage in President’s Concert

Quincy Sinek
February 4, 2019
Dr. Donata Vercelli explains her research on human microbes in her office on Jan. 25 at the BIO5 Institute in Tucson, Ariz. Vercelli is speaking to the community at UA's College of Science Lecture Series in Centennial Hall on Feb. 12th.

Science Lecture Series speakers discuss experiences as Women in STEM

Quincy Sinek
January 27, 2019
John Milbauer, a professor at the school of music, plays a classical piece on the piano, as part of the Henry Koffler Tribute on Nov. 19 in Crowder Hall. Koffler is the only alumnus president and he expanded many programs in the school during his 9 years.

The UA community paid tribute to the first alumnus president of the University of Arizona, Henry Koffler

Quincy Sinek
November 20, 2018
Venus Star Moon during her solo performance at the Divas in the Desert drag show at the University of Arizona. The LGBTQ fraternity hosts the show once a year to raise money for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation.

Divas in the Desert proves fundraising can be fierce

Quincy Sinek
November 10, 2018
A view of the LGBTQ Resource Center on the fourth floor of the Student Union Memorial Center on Monday, June 27. UA LGBTQ Affairs was established in 2007 to support the LGBTQ community.

Name & Gender Marker Change Clinic provides legal aide to transgender and gender-nonconforming community

Quincy Sinek
November 8, 2018
The annual bonfire ignites at the University of Arizona Homecoming Bonfire and Pep rally at Old Main on October 26, 2018. This is the 50th bonfire that has been lighted at the University of Arizona.

Homecoming King and Queen crowned at annual bonfire in front of Old Main

Quincy Sinek
October 27, 2018
A wheelchair racer lining up at the start line before the race begins. The Jim Click’s Run n Roll race raises money for the University of Arizona Disability Resource Center.

The annual Jim Click’s Run ‘N’ Roll promotes health and fitness, supports a good cause

Quincy Sinek
October 15, 2018
University of Arizona Engineering students test and demonstrate low-cost solar ovens they designed and built from scratch on the UA mall on Friday, Oct. 10, 2018. Faculty and industry judges selected winners and award prizes.

UA Engineering Freshmen compete and test out solar ovens made from scratch

Quincy Sinek
October 11, 2018
This month, a brand new version of the University of Arizona’s Scholarship Universe will be available to all students. 

Scholarship Universe to undergo a technological makeover

Quincy Sinek
October 6, 2018
 Senior public health student Olivia Sandhu is examining the arm of Jimbo, a 59-year-old homeless man who has an abscess from injecting the "Smurf" form of methamphetamine. Sandhu and students like her spent Sunday, Sept. 16 at Z Mansion in Downtown Tucson. 

“Street medicine” class teaches students how to treat the homeless

Quincy Sinek
September 12, 2018
Fruiting bags of mushrooms at the last stage of the growing process on an off-campus facility at the UA. The MycoCats are a student club as well as a larger organization who work to grow mushrooms sustainably.

From Zombies to eroticism in the Middle Ages: 10 unique gen-ed classes at the UA

Quincy Sinek
September 9, 2018
Bill Gates from the "Collecting Innovation Today" interview in June 2009, as a part of The Henry Ford's "OnInnovation" project that celebrates the contributions of today's innovators. Gates recently argued that companies utilizing increasing automation should pay a tax.

Last week in science: refreezing the Arctic and matrilinial families

Owen Zerambo
February 27, 2017
The Lumineers performing at Sasquatch in 2013.

The Lumineers latest album “Cleopatra” may not take over the airwaves but still delivers the goods

Alec Kuehnle
April 9, 2016
Savannah Douglas / The Daily Wildcat Bernard Fierro displays his art of two horses on his ranch. The art piece is titled "Friends" and will be featured at the Rodeo Day Arts Celebration on Sunday at Plaza Polimono.

Rodeo and southwestern art celebrated at festival

Cali Nash
February 21, 2014
Matthew Fulton / Arizona Daily Wildcat The El Rio Health and Safety fair on Saturday March 23rd consisted of College of Pharmacy grad students offering free health screenings to the public. Screenings that were offered were for cholesterol, asthma, heartburn, vision, and others.

Arizona softball earns first win over ranked team

James Kelley
March 25, 2013

Who’s asking for public records?

February 20, 2011

Why old novels are still relevant

Justyn Dillingham
December 2, 2009

Arizona Football: They said it

Brian Kimball
November 10, 2008
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