Communities, Culture & Engagement

The use of masks has not improved during the evening, the University of Arizona says.

OPINION: The senior VP Research and Innovation at UA asks for more masks up on Tumamoc Hill

After tours were halted due to COVID-19, visitors will once again have the opportunity to visit Biosphere 2 – from the safety of their personal vehicles.

The pandemic has given some businesses, including Carlotta Flores’s year-old Charrovida restaurant on the northwest side, time to rethink their game plan.

Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes, and more

For ages, the shadow of a volcano has hung over the fall of the Roman Republic. Ancient historians told of the Sun’s mysterious disappearance after Julius Caesar’s murder in 44 B.C.E., which was followed by bouts of cold and crop failures. Now, a team of scientists and historians has discovered that one of the largest known eruptions in history struck in 43 B.C.E.—potentially contributing to 2 years of weird weather and famine as the republic dissolved and the empire took shape.

University of Arizona history professor, UNESCO chair in Environmental History and former director of the UA's Global Studies Program David Pietz is in a class of his own, winning three prestigious titles rewarding him for his seminal research in Chinese water conservation. 

The strike against Tucson-based copper producer Asarco by unions representing about 1,800 workers in Arizona and Texas is in its eighth month, with no talks underway or planned.