Community Engagement News

From art to medicine to natural resources and more, the University of Arizona community has led creative, innovative and meaningful environmental advancements throughout this school year.

Arizona Environment to host environmental journalist Alan Weisman for an author talk and signing for his newest book, "Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future."

Aracely Rodriguez is a senior studying studio art at the University of Arizona. In this Q&A, Rodriguez discusses the connections between art and environmental justice, as well as how she uses art to fight for protecting our homelands and community.

World Water Day is March 22, but at the U of A – ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in water resources by ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking – water is at the center of rigorous research year-round.

The Arizona Institute for Resilience is excited to welcome faculty, staff, students and friends to a monthly “book club” gathering!

A new study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for food security in the wake of climate change.

U of A ecologists, landscape architects and other experts are working with community partners to help designate part of the Santa Cruz River an urban national wildlife refuge.

Between 2000 and 2023, glaciers collectively lost 7,211 billion tons of ice, contributing almost three quarters of an inch to global sea-level rise, a new study finds.

Contrary to what people might think, North American forests are burning less, not more, finds a new study co-authored by U of A fire ecologist Donald Falk. Researchers say the absence of fire can contribute to more severe wildfires in the future.