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Ask Ufuoma Ovienmhada why she's made the issue of heat health for incarcerated people a major focus of her research, and her answer is short, clear-eyed. "Human dignity matters. That's kind of the beginning and end of the sentence," said Ovienmhada, who joined the University of Arizona last year as the Endowed Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Change and Human Resiliency, established in 2023 with a $4 million gift.

More than 300 community leaders, organizers, researchers and engaged residents gathered on campus this month for a day of planning and action to mitigate and manage the negative impacts of extreme heat on a regional scale. The University of Arizona held the third annual Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit on Feb. 7 at Environment and Natural Resources 2 building, or ENR2.

For one weekend every March, the University of Arizona campus in Tucson transforms. Amid the booths of bestsellers and the talks by authors, a buzzing Science City rises at the east end of the U of A Mall during the Tucson Festival of Books, inviting visitors of all ages to engage directly with scientists, students and researchers who are shaping the future of our world.

Imagine failing at your dream job due to lack of materials to teach! Shortly after graduating from the University of New Mexico, I was hired as the edible foods garden teacher to help revitalize healthy eating habits for students in kindergarten to eighth grade.

Wildfires don't wait. But today, many fire agencies are forced to. Now imagine if responders could know where fires are most likely to start before the first spark ever appears.

For decades, economists have focused on how climate change will impact the future. New research from Derek Lemoine, APS Professor of Economics in the Eller College of Management, shows the impact is already here: climate change has reduced U.S. income by an estimated 12%.

Since 2016, the WEST Center has provided unique access to technologies and equipment allowing for innovative research related to water, wastewater, and energy.

The negative health impacts from contamination by so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water costs the contiguous U.S. at least $8 billion a year in social costs, a University of Arizona-led study has found.

"Native voices should be heard and uplifted all the time- but I think for this month specifically, it’s a time for us Native folks to highlight all the cool stuff we’re doing."

Few ideas in science have been tested and confirmed as thoroughly as evolution by natural selection. Whether the same process can explain global patterns of biodiversity, however – why most species are restricted to certain environments while a few outliers seem to be found everywhere – remains largely uncertain.