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2022-23 Tuition and Fee Proposals

March 11, 2022

I am pleased to submit the University of Arizona’s tuition and mandatory fees proposal for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Update: COVID-19 Mitigation Protocols

Feb. 28, 2022

The CDC issued new masking guidance across the country on Friday. Today the COVID-19 transmission level in Pima County remains high, although levels are waning in the rest of the state, and I am hopeful we will see the same in southern Arizona. Considering the high transmission levels, we are keeping our face covering protocols in place across campus. When we return to campus after Spring Break on March 14, we will determine whether to make changes to our protocols.

Invasion of Ukraine

Robert C. Robbins

Feb. 25, 2022

The University of Arizona stands in support of those in our community affected by the unprovoked attack and invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine by Russian military forces this week.

Assistant Vice President & Chief of Police Search Complete

President Robert Robbins and CFO Lisa Rulney

Feb. 3, 2022

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Paula Balafas as the next University of Arizona Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police following a national search. She will assume the role in early March.

University of Arizona and University of Arizona Global Campus Planning Team

Robert C. Robbins

Jan. 25, 2022

Yesterday, we shared with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee an update on the plans for acquiring UAGC and coordinating the operations of UAGC with UArizona. This change will be beneficial to the University and to the current and future students enrolled at UAGC.

University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins on the university's role in space exploration

Jan. 14, 2022

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins discusses the strengths of the university’s role in space exploration and technology and Tucson's emergence as the "Space City of the Southwest."

Colleges prepare for unknowns with omicron variant

Dec. 3, 2021

College officials were already bracing for a potential rise in coronavirus cases when students returned to campus after Thanksgiving break. Then the world learned of the omicron variant, with its troubling mutations and a host of unknowns. "I think we've got to wait and see," said University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins. "We're thinking strategically about how to address all these very daunting issues over the next semester. We take it sort of semester at a time, but frankly, we take it a day at a time."

State of the University: ABOR Update

Robert C. Robbins

Nov. 19, 2021

Thursday, November 18, 2021, the University's leaders gave an update to the Arizona Board of Regents. It was my privilege to share with them the good work that is happening here in Arizona and around the world every day, and I was joined by Dr. Betsy Cantwell, Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation, and Dr. Michael Dake, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences.

Native American Heritage Month

Robert C. Robbins

Nov. 1, 2021

PROCLAMATION:

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

WHEREAS, Native Americans were the original inhabitants of what is now Arizona as evidenced in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848; and

'No one's getting hurt:' Boosters, businesses getting bigger and bolder in deals with college athletes

Oct. 7, 2021

University of Arizona president Robert C. Robbins said there is a distinction between team-wide name, image and likeness deals and those with athletic incentives – like a bonus for touchdowns scored or 3-pointers made. While the latter deals wade into "some very dicey territory" for universities, he said, he's all for team-wide NIL arrangements.