Community Engagement News

Halley is a senior at the University of Arizona in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Halley is a part of many different clubs and organizations including: Hydrocats, the Diana Liverman Scholars program, UArizona Divest, and Planet Forward.

August 11, 2022—Pasadena, CA—Today, Carbon Mapper released the findings of airborne observations in Spring and Fall 2021 of 151 shallow water offshore oil and gas platforms in U.S. state and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

What year are you/ what is you major?

I'll be entering my fourth and final year majoring in English and Professional & Technical Writing and minoring in Environmental Studies and French.

The University of Arizona is ranked No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 6 in the world in water resources, according to ShanghaiRanking's 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

Amid the call for drastic water-use reductions in the Southwest, Arizona agriculturists, scientists and water stakeholders will gather to explore future sustainability at the Water Resources Research Center annual conference.

As the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon, it flushed away ancient groundwater. The discovery was made using a new method that determines the age of water based on how much of the radioactive element krypton-81 is present.

What year are you/ what is you major?

I am a second-year student double majoring in Environmental Studies and Operations & Supply Chain Management with a minor in Studio Art!

Desert dwellers know it well: the smell of rain and the feeling of joy that comes with it. The familiar fragrance, which is the result of oils and chemicals released by desert plants, may offer stress-reducing health benefits, University of Arizona research suggests.

What year are you? & What is your major?

I am going to be a senior this fall and my major is Sustainable Built Environments with a landscape emphasis.

Sharon K. Collinge, a leader in global sustainability and an expert on landscape change and ecological processes, is joining the University of Arizona as director of the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies, or AIRES, beginning August 1.