Samantha Dando is among the first to earn a Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical sciences.

Thousands of UArizona students are graduating this week, including several standouts who studied at Health Sciences, now looking at much brighter futures.

Meucci Watchman Ilunga was 16 when he left the Navajo Nation to start his undergraduate program. Now he plans to pursue a PhD.

Jeffrey Asman left his undergraduate education to start a business in the 1980s and is now about to enter the job market as a pharmacist.

Erik Ceron will be the first to graduate with the bachelor’s degree in emergency medical services.

Undergraduate Victor Miranda participated in the Summer Institute on Medical Ignorance at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science.

Efforts are underway to test social distancing, disinfecting in laboratories to help create guidelines for safely reactivating research activities.

University President Robert C. Robbins is interviewed about the school's reopening plan consisted of testing, tracing and treating. At the heart of the school's reopening project is its research laboratories where scientists have created and are processing their own diagnostic and antibody tests.

Though the novel coronavirus pandemic was a shared challenge for the Class of 2020, University of Arizona students featured here also overcame other struggles and excelled in their studies.

Coping with social isolation in the wake of COVID-19 can be especially difficult for teens, so UArizona public health experts created a video filled with tips to help teens through this unprecedented time.