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. We’re proud of who we are all the time, but it’s a key time for people who are non-Indigenous and want to learn about our communities to have the time and opportunity to do so, and go to these events and learn. We do some really cool stuff, and we have some good knowledge to share. It’s a time to help us showcase our culture and redefine who we are as people, instead of looking towards stereotypes, and the assumptions made about us. This is our time to showcase who we are as people.

“We know climate change is happening and there’s been this thrust to make science more responsive to real challenges in people’s lives,” said Derek Van Berkel, an associate professor in the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability, or SEAS. He is also one of 14 co-authors of the new study, which hints at a unifying theme of the pathways: You need to get a lot of people involved.

In the small town of Patagonia, Arizona, nestled in the rolling hills south of Tucson, water has long been both a defining feature and a pressing concern. Established as a railroad and mining hub in the late 1800s, Patagonia has transformed over time into a community prized for its unique character, rich ecology and abundant birding opportunities.

In the middle of a Tucson summer, the stretch of Oracle Road between Prince and River roads might just be the worst place to hang out all day. There is little shade to hide from the unforgiving sun. And the urban environment, with all its cars and asphalt, soaks up the sunlight and traps the heat for hours.

University of Arizona researchers are looking for ways to protect the state’s water future, including plans to treat and desalinate wastewater for new use through a reverse osmosis system spearheaded by the Arizona Institute for Resilience's Water & Energy Sustainable Technology Center.

Two University of Arizona faculty members, including an AIR program director, were selected for 2025 Fulbright Specialist Awards from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

The 13-person “Roots for Resilience” Fall 2025 graduate student cohort will build capacity in data science and AI skills at the University of Arizona.

The Western Planner organization has named CAPLA Associate Professor Ladd Keith its 2025 Planner of the Year, honoring his pioneering leadership in climate-responsive planning and community resilience across the American West.

The winners of the 2025-26 AIR Annual Resilience Theme Grant will integrate science, arts, and education to work with local community partners in Sonoran Desert wild land fire ecology and conservation.

Karletta Chief, a renowned Diné hydrologist and director of the University of Arizona Indigenous Resilience Center, is the inaugural recipient of the Agnese Nelms Haury Endowed Professorship in Indigenous Resilience.