Advancing Indigenous Geoscience Education in the Grand Canyon Feb. 23, 2024 With an NSF grant of nearly $150,000, UArizona and partner universities are developing relationships with Native American tribes to advance geoscience education in the Grand Canyon. Read more Image
Where Are They Now? with Maya Tainatongo Feb. 22, 2024 Meet Maya Tainatongo! A native Tucsonan and passionate community member, Maya shares their past experiences in the Earth Grant program and how it has strengthened her impactful and collaborative work in conservation and community building. Read more Image
Five Key Needs for Addressing Flood Injustice Feb. 19, 2024 To bring attention to the importance of flood justice and opportunities for engagement, our author working group, in partnership with the Arizona Institute for Resilience and the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, held the first Flood Justice Symposium at the University of Arizona in April 2023. Read more Image
UArizona Team Seeks to Bridge Science and Policy with State Fellowship Program Feb. 8, 2024 The new program will make scientific information more accessible to lawmakers by enabling scientists, engineers, and public health professionals to serve as advisors to state legislators. Read more Image
Where Are They Now? with Samantha & Maria Mata Jan. 30, 2024 Meet Samantha and Maria Mata! Sisters and Earth Grant alums, these young leaders share their past experiences in the Earth Grant program and how it has strengthened their impactful work in public health, education, and city planning. Read more Image
Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy Established Within AIR Jan. 16, 2024 A $5 million gift from the Thomas Lovejoy Amazon Biodiversity Center will establish the Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy and the Thomas E. Lovejoy Endowed Chair in Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy within the Arizona Institute for Resilience at the University of Arizona. Read more Image
Elevating Indigenous Knowledge at COP28 Dec. 20, 2023 The Arizona Initiative for Resilience and International Development and the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions within the Arizona Institute for Resilience, or AIR, brought together multidisciplinary experts from across the University of Arizona, and scholars from the Global South who are a part of the Climate Adaptation Research Program, to address and advance solutions towards a more resilient future. Read more Image
$3.8M NIH grant to fund Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health Dec. 13, 2023 A $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health, will fund planning for the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health, or SCORCH, at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. The center will focus on research and programs to help communities in Arizona and other hot, dry geographic regions adapt to climate-driven health threats. Read more Image
Revisiting a Centuries-Old Approach to Farming That Embraces Water Scarcity Dec. 11, 2023 As discussions at COP28 wrestle with climate impacts on global food and water security, we hear from a Hopi farmer on his thriving practice of dry farming and his hopes for shared learning in Dubai. Read more Image
UArizona Delegation Travels to COP28 in Dubai Dec. 4, 2023 As the world comes together for COP28, the Arizona Initiative for Resilience and International Development and the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions within AIR has brought together multi-disciplinary experts from across the University of Arizona and scholars from the Global South who are part of AIR's Climate Adaptation Research Program to form a delegation that brings their expertise to address and advance solutions towards a more resilient future. Read more Image