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Burke Wood Talks about His Love for the Borderlands and Tucson Food

May 4, 2021

What is your field of study/year in school?

I am a current sophomore studying Environmental Studies (BA) with a minor in Spanish.

Mackenzie Moore on Discovering Environmental Justice at UArizona

April 21, 2021

What is your field of study/year in school?

I am a fourth-year student studying Environmental Science and Molecular & Cellular Biology.

Why Peyton Smith studies water in the desert

March 31, 2021

What is your major/year?

I am a junior studying Environmental Studies with minors in Spanish and Hydrology.

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Announcing the 2021 AIR Resilience Grants Recipients

Feb. 12, 2021

On February 1, 2021, the Arizona Institutes for Resilience (AIR) awarded Resilience Grants totaling $823,101 to 13 teams representing six UArizona colleges and 14 departments or units. The grants are funded by the Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF), administered by the Office of Research, Innovation & Impact and AIR and supported by a small portion of Arizona sales tax revenues.

An image of a mother and daughter filling a container with water from a safe water point in the Navajo Nation

Water Resource Research Center's 2020 Photo Contest Winner: Nikki Tulley

Jan. 25, 2021

Trainee and Doctorate student Nikki Tulley wins the Water Resource Research Center's 2020 Photo Contest, Best of: People and Their Animals with her image: Family Pandemic Adaptions - Navajo Nation, 2020.

PhD Candidate Rebekah Waller Shows Us How Greenhouses Can Transform the Future of Agriculture

Jan. 8, 2021

What is your field of study/year in school?

I am a third-year PhD Candidate in the Biosystems Engineering (BE) department, and my specialization is Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA).

In Memoriam: Jim Shuttleworth

Dec. 20, 2020

It is with great sadness that we report the passing away of William James Shuttleworth, Emeritus Regents Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (HAS) at the University of Arizona, who was affectionately called “Jim” by all those who knew him.

A Q&A with Ida Sami

Dec. 18, 2020

Ida Sami is a Ph.D. student in the Arid Lands Resource Sciences program. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation planning and environmental science, and she explores how heat stress is affecting pedestrian mobility patterns and their comfort level in multimodel corridors in the hot and arid climate.

A Q&A with Ladd Keith

Dec. 17, 2020

Ladd Keith is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of urban planning and climate change to create more sustainable and resilient cities. He is an Assistant Professor in Planning and Sustainable Built Environments at the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture.

Aaron Nach Finds the Bonds between Accounting and Climate Justice

Dec. 17, 2020

What is your major/year?

I am a senior majoring in Accounting graduating in December.