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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

EDUCATION

Melanie Cooley, an education specialist, teaches a class on native edibles at Watershed Management Group on Sept. 19, 2024. Photo courtesy of WMG.

Rising temps, falling funding

Leah Steinberg, Reporter March 28, 2025

With federal funding decreasing and Southern Arizona temperatures rising, the Watershed Management Group is grappling with how to keep its nonprofit running while supporting water conservation.  Watershed...

A photo from a Love & Lumen's senior photoshoots in 2024. (Courtesy of  Angelica Valdez)

It’s graduation season-why are seniors paying thousands for photos?

Ella Johnson, Reporter March 27, 2025

As high school and college seniors prepare to graduate, many are lining up for popular graduation photoshoots, seeking to memorialize their experience with shots of them in their caps and gowns, ties and...

Dance Marathon fundraising event at the University of Arizona Mall on April 13th, 2024.

UA Wildcat Miracle Network hosting third event to benefit TMC

Leah Steinberg, Reporter March 24, 2025

The UA student-run Wildcat Miracle Network is hosting its third annual kids fair on April 4 to raise money for sick children at Tucson Medical Center for Children.  The event will include soccer and...

Buses line up outside an Arizona public high school in this 2021 file photo. (File photo by Kelly Richmond/Cronkite News)

Arizona school lunch bill blocked in legislature despite bipartisan support

Kyra Berg, Jamieson-Metcalf Scholar March 20, 2025

A bill to expand free school lunches for low-income students in Arizona sponsored by a Tucson-area lawmaker is dead for now, but funding for the proposal could still come up in budget talks. Rep. Nancy...

An endangered Lewis Hybrid Iguana in his tank in Tucson, Ariz. on February 5th, 2025.

A special kind of house pet

Leah Steinberg, Reporter March 17, 2025

Puppy yoga and cat cafes are great places to meet your future pet. But where do you go if your ideal pet is a Gila monster or an African Sulcata tortoise? That’s where Southern Arizona Reptile...

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