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An epidemiologist says a new method of COVID-19 sampling uses salt water to collect material from the back of the throat, the same place where a nasal swab would capture cells.

New COVID sampling method as easy as gargling mouthwash

The newly developed method is in its preliminary stages and has been tried on the UA campus.
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: Pima County struggles with contact tracing, vote-by-mail deadline arrives

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 26.
A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA president urges caution over Halloween

Robbins also says the financial hit from COVID-19 has not been as bad as expected.
California Sen. Kamala Harris (L) and Vice President Mike Pence in a televised debate, October 7, 2020.

Do political debates still have value?

A UA expert on civil discourse insists voters have the final say.
Still image from Oct. 20 video of the OSIRIS-REx sample collection event, with rocks flying around the arm of TAGSAM after it makes contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

Preliminary data suggests OSIRIS-REx sample event a success

The first pictures back from the asteroid Bennu have been welcomed as good news by mission scientists.
Artist’s conception of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx touches an asteroid

The UA-led project is a first for NASA.
Tohono O'odham Nation Legislative Council Chairman Timothy Joaquin, Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr., and University of Arizona President Robert Robbins at the press conference announcing the nation's donations to the UA and Arizona State University to further COVID-19 research Oct. 19, 2020.

Tohono O'odham Nation donating $1 million to UA for COVID-19 research

The tribe also said it will donate another $1 million to Arizona State University.
University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Tucson Council asks UA to test all students

President Robbins says it's not possible now.
First image of a black hole in galaxy M-87

Nobel committee cites UA astronomy breakthrough in prize award

Nobel Prize-winners in physics built on the success of the Event Horizon imaging project.
The Mars 2020 rover is among the planetary explorers set to make news in 2021.

Trio of Mars missions to follow OSIRIS-REx on space exploration calendar

Planetary spacecraft from three countries are en route to the Red Planet.
UA antibody testing, June 2020

UA researchers find longer-lasting immunity for COVID-19 patients

The discovery shows antibodies were still being produced months after infection.
OSIRIS-REx depicted in orbit around Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx closing in on asteroid sampling attempt

The UA-backed mission is one week away from its crucial maneuver.
A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA officials worried about holidays

COVID-19 numbers are dropping on campus and are not to blame for a local increase in numbers.
Simulation of M87 black hole showing bright blue thin ring — the edge of the black hole shadow.

Black hole study narrows leeway for tweaks to Einstein's gravity theory

The theory of general relativity remains hugely successful, but it leaves open some enduring questions surrounding the origins of dark matter.
Minority journalists brought stories and images of social justice demonstrations worldwide in 2020.

UA School of Journalism starting diversity scholarship

A fundraiser forum discussed how minority journalists covered 2020 social justice movements.
Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA ready for more in-person classes

The university will move to Phase Two beginning Oct. 12.

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