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University of Arizona president, Dr. Robert Robbins announced in April his plans to resume in-person classes Aug. 24, bringing back 45,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff for fall 2020.

The University of Arizona ? State of Arizona antibody testing initiative will include 31 sites across the state as it expands to all 15 counties.

Dr. Marlon Guerrero grew up in an underserved neighborhood in Ecuador and immigrated to San Francisco when he was eight years old. In his Diversity & Inclusion Spotlight, he discusses how the challenges he faced fuel his daily resiliency and have instilled in him a passion for mentorship of aspiring surgeons from backgrounds under-represented in surgery.

UArizona Cancer Center, Banner ? University Medicine continue state-of-the-art cancer care and cutting-edge clinical research during COVID-19 pandemic since ?Cancer doesn?t sleep, so neither can we.?

Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through funding from the state and University of Arizona BIO5 Institute.

Concerned about how the pandemic will impact the homeless population, University of Arizona Health Sciences students are screening Tucson?s homeless for symptoms of COVID-19.

With the uncertainty COVID-19 brings, you may be wondering how you can give back and help prevent the pandemic from continuing to spread. Have you thought about helping a healthcare worker? Here's how.

More than 70 University of Arizona medical students are helping health care professionals during the COVID-19 crisis by volunteering to provide child care, pet care, grocery shopping and more.

In coordination with the University of Arizona and College of Medicine ? Phoenix, the College of Medicine ? Tucson is offering early graduation to the Class of 2020. This option is for qualified students who wish to serve as new physicians to meet the unprecedented health needs that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.

One-third of the UA College of Medicine ? Tucson Class of 2020 will remain in Arizona to practice medicine and pursue their residency training. Nearly 50 percent of the class will pursue primary care ? a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.