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COMIC: Primeval Minds #5

COMIC: Primeval Minds #5

Jamelle Texeria
November 17, 2022
A University of Arizona Police Department car sits just off of Park Ave. on Oct. 1, 2015.

Student dies after falling from dorm walkway, UAPD reports

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 12, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 10/2/2019: Vehicular Crime Blotter

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 28, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 9/18/2019: Budding Heads

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 15, 2019
A University of Arizona Police Department car sits just off of Park Ave. on Oct. 1, 2015.

Report for racially-charged assault released with alleged assailants’ names

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 14, 2019
On Friday September 13, members of the Black Student Union walked from the MLK building to the Administrative building to protest the injustice that occurred on Tuesday in front of University Boulevard and Park Avenue. Six BSU members spoke in front of more than one-hundred students, faculty, and community members, sharing their personal experiences and their feelings towards how the university treats students of color.

Hundreds gather and call for accountability after Tuesday’s reported assault

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 13, 2019
Old Main is the original building from the University of Arizona.

BREAKING: Two students allegedly connected to Tuesday’s assault arrested

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 13, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 9/11/2019: Something’s Off

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 7, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 9/4/2019: Boy Band-its

Vanessa Ontiveros
August 29, 2019
University of Arizona mascots Wilma and Wilbur Wildcat show off their dance moves at the Main Gate Square watch party for the lighting of A mountain on Sunday. The "A" on Sentinel Peak was constructed in 1916.

What to do on your first week back to school

Pascal Albright, Vanessa Ontiveros, Claude Akins, Sam Burdette, and Nicholas Trujillo
August 20, 2019
UA Alumnus Paints Tucson's Largest Mural

UA Alumnus Paints Tucson’s Largest Mural

Jamie Donnelly
July 2, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Best!: The Best of Police Beat 2018-2019

Vanessa Ontiveros
May 4, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 5/1/2019: Double double trespassing trouble!

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 28, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 4/24/2019: State Your Case

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 21, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 4/17/2019: A Snapchat Catch

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 14, 2019
Students and other members of the campus community gathered on April 11 to protest at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting regarding the students who are being criminally charged after an incident with Border Patrol on March 19. After several of the  protesters spoke to ABOR, all the protesters left the meeting holding their posters in the air. 

Protesters rally before Regents meeting, speak during call to audience in support of ‘Arizona 3’

Vanessa Ontiveros and Maya Noto
April 11, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat: Spring Fling Edition

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 6, 2019
 GymCat Kennedi Davis strikes a pose after completing her routine on the balance beam and set a career-high score of 9.775. The balance beam event was Davis' only routine at the UA vs. California meet on Jan. 26 in McKale Center. 

GymCats ready for regionals

Eileen Kerrigan
April 3, 2019
The University of Arizona's Old Main building on campus.

Threat leads to partial evacuation of Chavez Building

Eddie Celaya
April 3, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 4/3/2019: Special Delivery

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 30, 2019
Q&A with your new student body president, Sydney Hess

Q&A with your new student body president, Sydney Hess

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 26, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 3/27/2019: A jarring discovery

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 23, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 3/13/2019: Pranks a lot!

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 9, 2019
 Photograph by Griffin Riley 

Photo Essay: The SUMC Rooftop Greenhouse blooms at its opening ceremony

Vanessa Ontiveros and Griffin Riley
February 28, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 2/27/2019: Smoke and mirrors

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 24, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Pobeat 2/20/2019: Sign shenanigans and room rascality

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 17, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 2/13/2019: Don’t Look Behind You

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 9, 2019
If you know the University of Arizona, you probably already know that Old Main is the heart and soul of campus. But here’s some facts about this historic building you may not know. Video by Jasmine Demers, Vanessa Ontiveros, Beau Leone and David Skinner Music Credit: Bensound "Creative Minds"

UA Minute in History: Old Main

Vanessa Ontiveros, David Skinner, Jasmine Demers, and Beau Leone
January 29, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 1/30/2019: Caught in the Act

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 27, 2019
Past, present and potential future participants in the Undergraduate Biology Research Program united at the program’s 30th annual conference on Saturday, Jan. 26, in ENR2. Video by Vanessa Ontiveros, Alana Minkler, Marissa Heffernan, Nagisa Tsukada and Mekayla Phan Music Credit: Purple Planet - "Positive Motivation"

Past, present and potential future ‘UBRPers’ gather at the program’s 30th annual conference

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 27, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 1/23/2019: Half Court Shot

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 21, 2019
A group that consisted of women and a man marching during the Women's march in Downtown Tucson, on Jan. 20, 2019. They wanted to encourage women to raise their voice and vote.

The Women’s March returns to Tucson with hundreds gathering in solidarity

Vanessa Ontiveros and Shannon Sneath
January 21, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 1/16/2019: Charges of the Night Brigade

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 12, 2019
Vending machine bandit wanted by UAPD, public encouraged to help

Vending machine bandit wanted by UAPD, public encouraged to help

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 11, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 1/9/2019: Teeth and Creeps

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 3, 2019
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 12/5/2018: Crimes, Signs and Bad Times

Vanessa Ontiveros
December 2, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 11/28/2018: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 24, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 11/21/2018: Crack the Case

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 18, 2018
The Arizona Board of Regents meets in the student union on Nov. 16 about degree programs, the capital development plan, tuition, and other things.

Arizona Board of Regents fall 2018: Day one recap

Vanessa Ontiveros, Rocky Baier, and Kaali Roberts
November 16, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 11/14/2018: Answering the Call

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 10, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 11/7/2018: Honestly, officer

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 3, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 10/31/2018: On the Outside Looking In

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 27, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat: Homecoming 2018 Edition

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 20, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 10/17/2018: Student Union Special

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 14, 2018
Promises, propositions and potential: education in the election

Promises, propositions and potential: education in the election

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 13, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat 10/10/2018: Love, Lies and Campus Crime

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 6, 2018
A UAPD officer patrols campus in their squad car on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Burglaries up, drug and alcohol violations down according to 2018 Campus Safety Report

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 1, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat: Family Weekend Edition

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 28, 2018
Journalism sophomore Emily Gauci searches for spring classes on UAccess on Sunday. Students have already begun the process of registering for classes in the spring semester.

Priority registration date changes unlikely to affect student enrollment process

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 27, 2018
University of Arizona Police Department officers on the UA campus. 

Police Beat Special Report 9/26/2018: Harassment on Campus

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 23, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 9/19/2018: Come Clean

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 15, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 9/12/2018: Fight club OR We’re breaking the first rule of Fight Club

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 9, 2018
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, enclosed in a payload fairing, is lifted at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft will pass by the Earth on Sept. 22 before heading to Bennu to collect asteroid samples.

One small step, no small feat: UA’s long history with NASA

Vanessa Ontiveros and Sharon Essien
September 6, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 9/5/2018: The Case of the Bracelet Bandit!

Vanessa Ontiveros
September 2, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 8/29/18

Vanessa Ontiveros
August 26, 2018
A rendering of the new apartments and retail plaza that will be built on University Boulevard. The project will start Fall 2018 and is estimated to be finished by 2020.

14-story hotel and apartment building to be built near Main Gate Square

Vanessa Ontiveros
August 18, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 8/20/2018: Horseplay

Vanessa Ontiveros
August 17, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 6/2/2018: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Police Beat

Vanessa Ontiveros
May 30, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT: Best of Police Beat 2017-2018

Vanessa Ontiveros
May 7, 2018
Shooting your shot: inside the busy season for graduation photographers

Shooting your shot: inside the busy season for graduation photographers

Vanessa Ontiveros
May 7, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEST 05/02/2018: The Unusual Suspects

Vanessa Ontiveros
May 1, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 4/25/2018: Feeling on top

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 23, 2018

Regents’ professors profile: Cutting edge surgeon Dr. Allan Hamilton

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 20, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 4/18/2018: Smokey and the Damaged

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 16, 2018
A customer orders his food from IQ Fresh at the Student Union Memorial Center on April 4.

Tapping into the lives of Tapingo couriers

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 10, 2018
A pool of rubber ducks at one of the game booths at Spring Fling 2016.

Spring Fling offers family fun at Kids Korner

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 9, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT: Spring Fling edition

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 8, 2018
The Pima County Courthouse (pictured above). A lease between the UA and Pima County includes 11,960 square feet on the first floor of the courthouse for exhibit space.

UA Gem and Mineral Museum to move to the historic Pima County Courthouse

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 6, 2018
The Arizona Board of Regents met on April 6 at the north ballroom in the Student Union Memorial Center to discuss topics such as Sean Miller's contract.

Arizona Board of Regents: Day 2

Jordan Williams and Vanessa Ontiveros
April 6, 2018
Professor David D. Breshears (pictured above) was recently named a board of regents of professor.

Regents’ Professor Profiles: Ecohydrology expert David D. Breshears

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 6, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 04/04/18: You’re out!

Vanessa Ontiveros
April 3, 2018
Brennen Feder, a freshman at the University of Arizona, breeds sugar gliders for tuition money. Feder applied for a license with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at age 14. Inspectors came to assure that both the home and the sugar gliders were suitable for breeding.

UA student raises sugar gliders and the bar

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 30, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 03/28/18: Wining and Whining

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 26, 2018
Professor Rebecca Soci gives a speech at the Chaco Canyon Conference about cultural sovereignty on March 24.

Conference on international trade seeks to mix Native American ways with Western business models

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 26, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 3/21/2018: Might as well jump

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 20, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 03/14/18: The Tale of the Piñata Thief

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 14, 2018
Allison Gabriel is the Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations for the Eller College of Management.

Work is a battlefield: new study reveals high rates of female-on-female workplace incivility

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 13, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT: SPRING BREAK EDITION: Tool cool for school

Vanessa Ontiveros
March 5, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat 2/28/2018: It’s All Greek to Me

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 26, 2018
An Arizona player holds a football prior to the UA-ASU rivalry game on Nov. 25 at Sun Devil Stadium.

Modern football born out of the Carlisle Indian School

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 25, 2018
Kids making crafts at the Tucson Festival of Books on the UA Mall. Families can explore the intersection of art and science at the UA Museum of Art's Family Day on Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.

From STEM to flower: Science City brings public-friendly science to the Festival of Books

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 25, 2018
Officer Moreno of the Tucson Police Department looks on over the Tucsonans Against Racism Protest and Rally on Congress Street in downtown Tucson on Aug. 22, 2017.  CATS is a traffic initiative that was launched by UAPD at the beginning of 2017 with the intention of altering driver, pedestrian and bicyclist behavior 

POLICE BEAT 2/19/2018: Hazed and Confused

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 18, 2018
Rice has been used by many cultures to sustain their populations. According to Dr. Rod Wing, research being done today could help different varieties of rice feed even more of the worlds population.

Looking for genetic variation in all the rice places: Researchers complete the sequencing of thirteen rice genomes

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 18, 2018
Officer Moreno of the Tucson Police Department looks on over the Tucsonans Against Racism Protest and Rally on Congress Street in downtown Tucson on Aug. 22, 2017.  CATS is a traffic initiative that was launched by UAPD at the beginning of 2017 with the intention of altering driver, pedestrian and bicyclist behavior 

POLICE BEAT 2/13/18: Strangers in the Night

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 13, 2018
The UA College of Pharmacy is located on Martin Ave.

UPDATE: Regents approve $26 million renovation plan for Skaggs Building

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 10, 2018
Frank Olea, a third-year University of Arizona Law student, is in the running to be the next CEO of Casino Del Sol Resort.

UA Law Student in the running to become the next CEO of Casino Del Sol

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 9, 2018
Publicity photo of Kirk Douglas and Joan Tetzel in stage play, One Flew Over the Cuckoos's Nest.

Loft panel examines mental illness on screen and in life

Vanessa Ontiveros
February 8, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 01/29/18: Jeepers, a Creeper!

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 29, 2018
NSA members gather for a photo.

National Stuttering Association teaches self-acceptance for all

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 24, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT 1/24/2018: Breaking and no exiting

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 22, 2018
The way to a shark’s heart is through his sliced-open belly. The UA’s Marine Awareness Conservation Society shows off their dissected Spiny Dogfish Shark.

Annual Undergrad Biology Research Program conference brings together minds, bodies and souls

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 21, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

POLICE BEAT: Jan. 10, 2018

Vanessa Ontiveros
January 10, 2018
A University of Arizona Police Department officer makes a call while standing by near the Koffler building on the UA campus.

Police Beat: 12/06/17

Vanessa Ontiveros
December 3, 2017
Olive his life has been leading up to this: UA professor to have olive named after him

Olive his life has been leading up to this: UA professor to have olive named after him

Vanessa Ontiveros
December 3, 2017
A view of the James E Rogers College of Law, located on the corner of Speedway Blvd and Mountain Ave.

UA Law School Students have their day in court to argue mock murder trials

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 19, 2017
Dr. Dipti Mehta, Ph.D., performs in her one-woman play, "Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan," which raises awareness and breaks down the social stigma that exists around sex workers.

UA alum Dipti Mehta brings the world of an Indian brothel to Tucson

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 19, 2017
A protestor holds up their sign at the 2017 SlutWalk, an annual event that protests against rape culture and sexual harassment.

UA Slutwalk 2017 deliver’s bare message against slut shaming

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 13, 2017
A protester holding a sign reading "consent is a human right" walks down  University Boulevard during the 2016 SlutWalk on Nov. 19, 2016. The UA  SlutWalk march will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Old Main. 

WRC and FORCE bring the Slutwalk Back to the UA for 2017

Vanessa Ontiveros
November 8, 2017
A protester holding a sign reading "consent is a human right" walks down University Boulevard during the 2016 SlutWalk on Nov. 19, 2016. 

U of A Consortium on Gender-Based Violence Launches Their First Annual Conference

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 27, 2017
Officer Moreno of the Tucson Police Department looks on over the Tucsonans Against Racism Protest and Rally on Congress Street in downtown Tucson on Aug. 22, 2017.  CATS is a traffic initiative that was launched by UAPD at the beginning of 2017 with the intention of altering driver, pedestrian and bicyclist behavior 

POLICE BEAT: Homecoming Edition

Vanessa Ontiveros
October 23, 2017
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