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Arizona's innovation ecosystem will take center stage at the inaugural AZ Tech Week, a series of events across the state highlighting emerging technologies and entrepreneurship. AIR is offering tours of its WEST Center and LEED-certified ENR2 building.

Tucson has set a new record for hitting 100 degrees earlier than ever before, marking the second consecutive year of this early heat. Ladd Keith, an associate professor at the University of Arizona, explained to News 4 Tucson that it was only five or ten years ago when cities and governments began to take extreme heat more seriously.

Simran Singh and Abdullah Aleidan, PhD students at the University of Arizona, received top honors in the Student Poster Competition during the 21st Annual Conference of the Environmental Professionals of Arizona (EPAZ). The EPAZ conference, held on March 4–5, 2026, brought together professionals to learn the latest regulatory updates, share industry information, and network among peers.

Tucson just recorded its warmest winter in history – zero frost days, breaking a record dating to 2018. With the start of the extreme heat season approaching, University of Arizona experts from a variety of disciplines are available to speak about extreme heat.

Plant-Stravaganza returns to Tumamoc Hill on March 7, bringing University of Arizona Desert Laboratory researchers and local groups together for a free Sonoran Desert sustainability event.

The University of Arizona hosted a 25th anniversary screening of “The Return of Navajo Boy,” highlighting Diné family history and the lasting impact of uranium mining in Monument Valley.

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.

In this podcast episode, KXCI steps inside a one-of-a-kind research lab at the University of Arizona’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, where cutting-edge process engineering meets deep respect for Indigenous knowledge systems. The Níhí Lab is lead by Dr. Cherie De Vore, PhD, who is the first Native American professor in the history of the University of Arizona’s School of Engineering. Cherie is passionate about mentoring the next generation of community leaders, offering a holistic approach that integrates multiple knowledge systems and praxis.

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.