Sharon Megdal, director of the UA's Water Resources Research Center, says the cost of treating and delivering water to Arizona communities is likely to increase in the coming years.
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The Institute of the Environment collaborates across The University of Arizona campus to understand, communicate, and solve the environmental challenges facing our world, nation, and state, as well as to help the people of Arizona seize opportunities created by these challenges.
Events
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Talk
Biosphere 2 Visitor Center Theater
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Talk
Biosphere 2 Visitor Center Theater
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Talk
Chavez Building Room 110
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Talk
Chavez Building Room 110
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Talk
Haury Building (Anthropology) Room 129
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Talk
Haury Building (Anthropology) Room 129
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Talk
Sol Resnick Conference Room, Water Resources Research Center, 350 N. Campbell Ave.
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Talk
Sol Resnick Conference Room, Water Resources Research Center, 350 N. Campbell Ave.
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 1:30pm
Special Event
Udall Foundation Office, 130 S Scott Ave, Tucson, AZ
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 1:30pm
Special Event
Udall Foundation Office, 130 S Scott Ave, Tucson, AZ
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November 2, 2009
Sharon Megdal, director of the UA's Water Resources Research Center, says the cost of treating and delivering water to Arizona communities is likely to increase in the coming years.
October 30, 2009
Scary-looking giant water bugs are models of fatherhood and important in our world. Christine Goforth, a doctoral student in the department of entomology, will present a talk titled "Monsters of the Deep: The Life and Times of Giant Water Bugs" at Biosphere 2 at 2 p.m. Saturday.
October 30, 2009
Scary-looking giant water bugs are models of fatherhood and important in our world. Christine Goforth, a doctoral student in the department of entomology, will present a talk titled "Monsters of the Deep: The Life and Times of Giant Water Bugs" at Biosphere 2 at 2 p.m. Saturday.
October 29, 2009
Some semiconductor facilities have been known to use the same amount of water as small towns. In response to this problem, UA Regents' Professor Farhang Shadman and his colleagues have developed and sent to market a device that enables facilities to reduce the amount of water used in semiconductor fabrication.
Spotlight
October 23, 2009
Institute of the Environment
A team of University of Arizona researchers has received a $299,891 National Science Foundation/US Department of Agriculture–Forest Service grant to study mosquito disease vectors in Arizona cities. Uniting entomology, land cover analysis, climate/insect modeling, and institutional ethnography, the project will examine the relationship between institutions and insects in the growing greater-Arizona cities stretching from Phoenix and Casa Grande to Marana, Tucson, and Green Valley—an area encompassing 5.3 million people.
October 23, 2009
Institute of the Environment
A team of University of Arizona researchers has received a $299,891 National Science Foundation/US Department of Agriculture–Forest Service grant to study mosquito disease vectors in Arizona cities. Uniting entomology, land cover analysis, climate/insect modeling, and institutional ethnography, the project will examine the relationship between institutions and insects in the growing greater-Arizona cities stretching from Phoenix and Casa Grande to Marana, Tucson, and Green Valley—an area encompassing 5.3 million people.
October 23, 2009
Institute of the Environment
In the second installment of her online “Art and the Environment” column, Barbara Morehouse, deputy director for research at the Institute of the Environment, draws upon two recent poetry readings to explore what we mean by "poetry" and how it might connect to science.
October 23, 2009
Institute of the Environment
In the second installment of her online “Art and the Environment” column, Barbara Morehouse, deputy director for research at the Institute of the Environment, draws upon two recent poetry readings to explore what we mean by "poetry" and how it might connect to science.