COVID-19, Asteroid Dust and Crane Flies: UArizona ' s Top Stories of 2020
COVID-19, Asteroid Dust and Crane Flies: UArizona's Top Stories of 2020
Nick PrevenasPreventing a COVID-19 outbreak through wastewater-based epidemiology, tagging an asteroid and solving a longstanding Maya mystery were all in a year ' s work at the University of Arizona.
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The University of Arizona generated major international media attention with its plan to resume in-person learning in 2020.
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Senior News Writer / Media Relations Analyst, University Communicationsnprevenas@arizona.edu520-621-2194It was a year that changed everything.In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Arizona responded swiftly to the challenges presented by an unprecedented public health crisis. The entire Wildcat community – from virologists to public health experts to psychologists and everyone in between – contributed their time, energy and expertise to help the university and the nation with life-saving safety efforts and long-term mitigation strategies.In between, the world watched as UArizona researchers " tagged " an asteroid, explored previously unanswered questions about the Maya civilization and, yes, figured out what ' s up with all those crane flies.These are the top 10 stories of 2020:President Robbins: UArizona Plans to Resume In-...
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