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After weeks of tumult over protests, many college administrators prepared themselves for disruptions. But several ceremonies unfolded without major incident.

The move came hours before the school’s graduation ceremony was scheduled to be held.

A crackdown on demonstrators at Columbia University in New York spawned a wave of activism at universities across the country, with more than 3,100 arrests or detainments.

Dante Lauretta, the planetary scientist who led the OSIRIS-REx mission to retrieve a handful of space dust, discusses his next final frontier.

The public university, the largest employer in the Tucson area, says it’s facing a $177 million shortfall. Critics worry that lower-tier workers and Arizona students will be hit hardest by efforts to cut back.

The Big Ten booms to 18 schools with the move, powered by TV money, and the once-great Pac-12 dwindles to four after three more schools leave for the Big 12.

In 1996, Princeton dropped U.C.L.A. in one of the most stirring N.C.A.A. tournament upsets. This year, it downed No. 2 seed Arizona.

No. 15 Princeton toppled Arizona, a No. 2 seed that was one of the favorites in the field, while No. 13 seed Furman knocked down No. 4 Virginia.

The University of Kansas said Self, its men’s basketball coach, would miss four games. An N.C.A.A. panel is still reviewing allegations stemming from a federal probe into corruption in the sport.

She lost her only son, a former N.F.L. player. A settlement would have provided some solace, but even that was taken away.

Fifth-seeded Houston eliminated Arizona after No. 4-seeded Arkansas upset Gonzaga, opening the field for a surprise team to make the Final Four. Duke and Villanova also advanced.

Arizona’s march through the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament is powered by an international roster dedicated to unselfish basketball. Coach Tommy Lloyd wouldn’t have it any other way.

Even with some surprises, all the teams left in the tournament have good cases to make that they can make a run toward the Final Four.

Two new studies say the virus was present in animals at the Huanan seafood market in 2019.

Decades ago, he demonstrated that cancer could be diagnosed remotely. It was a pivotal step in the evolution of telemedicine.

Increasing parity in women’s college basketball, and a slew of coronavirus interruptions, makes the regular season less predictable. But the Gamecocks still stand out.

The Wildcats football team needs help, so it sought out reinforcements on campus.

With forfeits possible this year, teams see vaccinations as competitive advantages, prompting locker room campaigns to drive rates higher.

How “pandemic boredom” led to an internet sensation and a battle royal (with pool noodles) of many Joshes.

The Cardinal survived a game against in-conference rival Arizona and a season that left them without a home for nine weeks amid the pandemic.

McDonald has carried No. 3 seed Arizona to the N.C.A.A. tournament final against top-seeded Stanford, beating UConn in the semifinal. “The world is finally noticing what I can do,” she said.

Stanford will fight for its first title since 1992, while Arizona hopes for another stunner in its championship debut.

The Wildcats dominated the top-seeded Huskies and advanced to their first appearance in the women’s final. They will meet Stanford on Sunday.

Two No. 1 seeds, South Carolina and Stanford, face off in one semifinal. Another No. 1, UConn, takes on a No. 3 seed, Arizona, in the other game of the Final Four.

Seeking its first title since 2016, UConn faces an Arizona team making its debut in the national semifinals. Two more No. 1 seeds, Stanford and South Carolina, will play in the other matchup.

A head-to-head comparison of lab and rapid coronavirus tests drew mixed reactions from experts, who raised concerns about accuracy.

A network of freelance correspondents provided a rare glimpse into how schools were handling the pandemic.

Faced with soaring coronavirus caseloads, some universities told students to “stay put” for 14 days. College journalists report from their quarantined campuses.

He led the Wildcats to 23 consecutive appearances in the N.C.A.A. tournament, winning the championship in 1997. Earlier, he took Iowa to the Final Four.

Unpacking a complicated deal between the University of Arizona and a scandal-plagued online education company.

In Washington State and Italy, the first confirmed cases were not linked to the outbreaks that followed, the analysis found. The epidemics were seeded later.

With the Wildcats on course for an N.C.A.A. tournament berth, Coach Sean Miller was happy to sit down for an interview. Until he heard the questions.

Schools often use different jargon for the same types of aid or loans. Student advocates offer suggestions on how to figure out what you’ll pay.

U.C.L.A. and Arizona appear to be strong again for a conference that put only three teams in each of the past two N.C.A.A. tournaments.

A hustle play in Hawaii showed why you always play to the whistle — a lesson Oklahoma, Georgia and the Big Ten champ should heed no matter how long the odds get.

A prospective agent and a former shoe company consultant were found not guilty on multiple charges, but were convicted of conspiring to funnel money to college coaches.

In mob trials, prosecutors flipped the underlings to nail the bosses. In college basketball’s corruption trial, the small players are taking big hits.

Studying the historical data stored in centuries-old trees is a burgeoning field, with labs around the world learning more about historical patterns of weather and climate and the effects on humans.

Two low-level operators will stand trial for bribery this month, but prosecutors have yet to expose “the dark underbelly of college basketball” as promised.

The students were charged with misdemeanors related to what the university called a “disturbance” at a presentation Border Patrol officers were giving in a campus building.

The hummingbirds were dying. Cockroaches were everywhere. And then Steve Bannon showed up.

Times are tough in the Pac-12, but the teachings of Lute Olson are carried on with the Warriors thanks to Steve Kerr, Andre Iguodala and Bruce Fraser.

Miller, 49, is among several coaches and basketball players who have been linked to a vast federal investigation into recruiting improprieties in college basketball.

State lawmakers created new college programs focused on Western thinkers, drawing the ire of longtime faculty members who called the courses unnecessary.

The university said it could not substantiate claims of harassment made against Rodriguez, but that it had uncovered other information during the investigation that led to the firing.

A painting that was stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art more than 30 years ago resurfaced in an antiques store — and was returned.

Many schools are casting wider nets to attract students who would not otherwise set their sights on a legal education.

The only double-digit seed remaining in the tournament, Xavier stunned Arizona behind the strong play of the junior guard Trevon Bluiett.

If applying gets easier, legal education as an uninspired default could become even more common.

Arizona is doomed by two errors on the same play in the sixth inning.

The Law School Admission Council refrained from penalizing the James E. Rogers College of Law in Arizona after most of the nation’s law school deans rallied to support the school.

The University of Arizona law school is accepting GRE scores for admissions consideration, much to the chagrin of the LSAT council.

Several of the initial games unfolded anticlimactically, with the higher seeds winning. Then Yale and Arkansas-Little Rock took the court for their games against fifth-seeded opponents.

A rule that allows some graduating college players to transfer and play without sitting out for a year is great for midmajor players seeking the big time — and tough on the programs they leave.

The Jayhawks are the overall No. 1 seed, but in contrast with past seasons, there are several teams capable of winning it all this year.

Tensions are high over persistent harassment the Islamic Center of Tucson has faced since hundreds of students moved into a neighboring apartment complex.

The coach’s ground-and-pound style on offense plays to the strengths of the Cardinal, who are 4-1 this season.

Scientists looked at dark streaks that form each summer on the slopes of Martian mountains, craters and canyons.

U.C.L.A.-Arizona, Utah-Oregon and T.C.U.-Texas Tech are among some of the best games.

Falling one game short of the Final Four for the third time in four years, the Wildcats were inconsolable but didn’t feel the need to apologize.

For the second year in a row, the Badgers beat the Wildcats in the West Regional and advanced to the national semifinals.

Each man came from a basketball family in the Pittsburgh area and became a pass-first team leader.

T. J. McConnell had 17 points, helping the second-seeded Wildcats avoid an upset and earn a chance to avenge last season’s painful loss to the Badgers.

Miller has been reconnecting with familiar faces during the tournament, and all the meetings are connected to Xavier.

The game’s star freshmen were overshadowed by a couple of long-bombing guards for the Wildcats.

The Wildcats turned the game into a bench-emptying exhibition of their depth.

Arizona State’s Curtain of Distraction has taken student-section antics to a new level — and it appears to be costing visiting teams one to two points per game.

Write about your feelings. But not too much.

Oregon is 0-2 against Arizona in the last two seasons and 22-1 against everyone else, but another victory over the Ducks will be a tall order for the Wildcats.

Though over one million people are thought to use marijuana to treat ailments, there are few studies on its effectiveness. A major reason: The federal government puts tight restrictions on research.

The teams traded the lead several times in the later stages of the game, but Wisconsin prevailed when Arizona failed to make a shot as time ran out.

The relationship between Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan and Arizona’s Sean Miller goes back to the 1970s, when Ryan was an assistant coach and Miller was a 9-year-old dribbling prodigy.

Held scoreless for 37 minutes, Johnson erupted for 15 points down the stretch to lead the top-seeded Wildcats into the Round of 8.

Nick Johnson’s blocked shot against David Stockton was emblematic of the way the No. 1-seeded Wildcats overwhelmed eighth-seeded Gonzaga to advance to the Round of 16.

Arizona did not play with the sharpness of a top seed, struggling with 16th-seeded Weber State in its opening game of the N.C.A.A. tournament.

Nick Johnson was taught by his father, a celebrated leaper, to cultivate the all-around abilities that took his uncle, Dennis Johnson, to the N.B.A. Hall of Fame.

President Obama predicted that Michigan State would face Louisville in the final, as part of an ESPN segment called Barack-etology.

These freshmen have been billed as making up the best rookie class since Greg Oden and Kevin Durant arrived on campus.

Arizona, Wichita State and Virginia joined the Gators as top seeds in a draw heavy on legacy conference teams.

Arizona, seeded first in the West, will take big-name talent to the N.C.A.A. tournament, but if it wins its first national title since 1997, it will be on the strength of its man-to-man defense.

The matchup between Duke’s Jabari Parker and Arizona’s Aaron Gordon was highly anticipated, but in the end the play of the Wildcats’ veterans proved the difference.

A release of the facsimile of W. Eugene Smith’s informally titled “Big Book,” which sometimes paired iconic images with family snapshots, invites a reassessment of the photographer as artist.

Retro Report revisits an experiment in the Arizona desert in 1991 that sought to test the limits of sustainability. Deemed a fiasco, the project had a surprising afterlife.

In her final post, Candice Childress, a high school senior in Las Vegas, discusses her goal for a “subtle shift in concern, one that gives Dana Andrews his cultural due and highlights how William Holden came to define a brutal blonde American masculinity.”

I, for one, do not believe that a roommate profile is the proper place to demonstrate one’s self-restraint. Or it could be that my profile is utterly repugnant … I am wearing Minnie Mouse ears in the photo.

With the struggle of choosing a school done, I can focus on cultivating the things that make me glad to be alive without the burden of the future bearing down on me.

Candice Childress, a high school senior in Las Vegas, has been admitted to the University of Arizona.

Syracuse, Marquette, Ohio State and Wichita State advanced to the Round of 8.

Ohio State, the last remaining top seed in the West Region, prevailed again, but barely. With a late 3-pointer, the No. 2 Buckeyes squeezed by No. 6 Arizona.

Ohio State’s Thad Matta and Arizona’s Sean Miller coached together at Miami of Ohio and Xavier. On Thursday night here at Staples Center, they will coach against each other for a spot in the West Region final.

Long before Sean Miller guided Arizona to the Round of 16, he was shown dribbling three balls at once in the film “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.”

In the second full day of women’s games, No. 14 Albany gave No. 3 North Carolina a scare and No. 10 St. John’s fell to No. 7 Dayton in double overtime.

The Wildcats dominated the Crimson, a favorite bracket buster, with their swift guards and towering post players to advance to a West Region semifinal.

Handed No. 12 seeds, but sent to the same site to open the N.C.A.A. tournament, Oregon and California provided back-to-back upsets of fifth-seeded opponents to lift the Pacific-12 Conference’s reputation.

Hopeful signs coming out of the Big Ten? A North Carolina-Kansas matchup? One thing is certain: Kentucky will not be around to defend its title.

“I haven’t received my admissions decisions yet,” writes Candice Childress, a student in Las Vegas, “but it’s looking sunny here in the heart of cactus country.”

What teams need a strong showing in the conference tournaments to make the N.C.A.A. field?

Lola Alvarez Bravo was overshadowed, and often hindered, by her more famous partner, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, yet a new book reveals that she was a formidable artist and photographer in her own right.

The biggest hurdle for driverless cars may be liability.

Candice Childress, a high school senior in Las Vegas, describes applying to college as “flirting with drama while still safely tucked away from the full Sturm und Drang of it all.”