UArizona engineers lead $70M project to turn desert shrub into rubber May 8, 2023 The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bridgestone, focuses on growing and processing guayule (pronounced why-OO-lee), a hardy, perennial shrub that could be an alternative source of natural rubber. Read more at UArizona News Image Student Feature: Maria Arantes May 7, 2023 Maria is a trilingual international student interested in studying the intersection between language and psychology. Her interests in environmental sustainability sparked as she saw the differences between countries’ perspectives towards going green. Working for AIR was her first step into the environmental field and learning more about the climate crisis through her role has made her realize that there’s still hope for people to restore the planet’s health. She’s learned that there are many things we can do to protect our planet both collectively and individually. Read more Image UArizona kicks off plan to go carbon-neutral by 2040 April 19, 2023 Efforts are underway to wean the university off fossil fuels by 2040 or sooner. As a first step toward that goal, the Office of Sustainability is leading the development of the university's first Sustainability and Climate Action Plan. Read more at UArizona News Image Isabella Feldmann: Never a Dull Day in the River April 7, 2023 Isabella Feldmann is a 2022-2023 Earth Grant student who interns at the Sonoran Institute. She explains that Earth Grant has amazing professional development opportunities in the environmental field that allows students to broaden their experiences in the industry! She’s also writing a thesis studying how marine microorganisms out of the Amazon River Plume use organic phosphorus versus manmade inorganic phosphorus as an energy source. Read more Image A range of discovery: 120 years on the Santa Rita Experimental Range March 22, 2023 Part of the Arizona Experiment Station system, the Santa Rita Experimental Range is one of the longest continuously operating research areas in the world and is responsible for one of the richest publicly available ecological data sets. Read more at UArizona News Image Food, film and futurists: Here's what's happening in the Wonder House at South by Southwest March 8, 2023 Dozens of presentations from UArizona experts, a film festival and more are on tap at this year's Wonder House as the university returns to South by Southwest. Read more at UArizona News Image Eva Quintanar: A Sustainable Eller Student March 3, 2023 Meet a UArizona senior majoring in Economics at the Eller College of Management and minoring in Sustainable Built Environments. As a member of Students for Sustainability, she loves sharing the projects the group is working on across the UArizona campus. Read more Image Campus highlights: The UA offers affordable, eco-friendly bike services March 1, 2023 Read more Image Why and Where Snakes Hibernate Feb. 24, 2023 Snakes are cold-blooded animals, or ectothermic, because they get their temperature from their surroundings and cannot generate their own body heat. While this can come in handy, the downside of being a cold-blooded animal is the struggle to survive in cold environments. Read more Image New UArizona report offers hope to farmers during historic water crisis Feb. 23, 2023 More environmentally friendly agriculture practices are needed to keep the farming industry strong in Arizona, a report from the university's Southwest Center finds. Read more at UArizona News Image Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
UArizona engineers lead $70M project to turn desert shrub into rubber May 8, 2023 The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bridgestone, focuses on growing and processing guayule (pronounced why-OO-lee), a hardy, perennial shrub that could be an alternative source of natural rubber. Read more at UArizona News Image
Student Feature: Maria Arantes May 7, 2023 Maria is a trilingual international student interested in studying the intersection between language and psychology. Her interests in environmental sustainability sparked as she saw the differences between countries’ perspectives towards going green. Working for AIR was her first step into the environmental field and learning more about the climate crisis through her role has made her realize that there’s still hope for people to restore the planet’s health. She’s learned that there are many things we can do to protect our planet both collectively and individually. Read more Image
UArizona kicks off plan to go carbon-neutral by 2040 April 19, 2023 Efforts are underway to wean the university off fossil fuels by 2040 or sooner. As a first step toward that goal, the Office of Sustainability is leading the development of the university's first Sustainability and Climate Action Plan. Read more at UArizona News Image
Isabella Feldmann: Never a Dull Day in the River April 7, 2023 Isabella Feldmann is a 2022-2023 Earth Grant student who interns at the Sonoran Institute. She explains that Earth Grant has amazing professional development opportunities in the environmental field that allows students to broaden their experiences in the industry! She’s also writing a thesis studying how marine microorganisms out of the Amazon River Plume use organic phosphorus versus manmade inorganic phosphorus as an energy source. Read more Image
A range of discovery: 120 years on the Santa Rita Experimental Range March 22, 2023 Part of the Arizona Experiment Station system, the Santa Rita Experimental Range is one of the longest continuously operating research areas in the world and is responsible for one of the richest publicly available ecological data sets. Read more at UArizona News Image
Food, film and futurists: Here's what's happening in the Wonder House at South by Southwest March 8, 2023 Dozens of presentations from UArizona experts, a film festival and more are on tap at this year's Wonder House as the university returns to South by Southwest. Read more at UArizona News Image
Eva Quintanar: A Sustainable Eller Student March 3, 2023 Meet a UArizona senior majoring in Economics at the Eller College of Management and minoring in Sustainable Built Environments. As a member of Students for Sustainability, she loves sharing the projects the group is working on across the UArizona campus. Read more Image
Campus highlights: The UA offers affordable, eco-friendly bike services March 1, 2023 Read more Image
Why and Where Snakes Hibernate Feb. 24, 2023 Snakes are cold-blooded animals, or ectothermic, because they get their temperature from their surroundings and cannot generate their own body heat. While this can come in handy, the downside of being a cold-blooded animal is the struggle to survive in cold environments. Read more Image
New UArizona report offers hope to farmers during historic water crisis Feb. 23, 2023 More environmentally friendly agriculture practices are needed to keep the farming industry strong in Arizona, a report from the university's Southwest Center finds. Read more at UArizona News Image