Research and Creative Activity News

Government and Public Policy Associate Professor Liz Baldwin recently developed Grassvasion, a board game based on Buffelgrass management in Tucson. In this Q&A, Baldwin explores the potential of board games as tools for environmental education and broadening perspectives for different actors.

Explore highlights of water research occurring here at the U of A, ranging in scale from local to global, and across disciplines including wildlife, forever chemicals, water rights, and more.

Illiana Samorano shares how the partnership between the Earth Grant program and the Ramírez-Andreotta Integrated Environmental Science and Health Risk Laboratory has shaped students' education and career trajectory through her own experiences as an intern.

In this Q&A, U of A senior and plant science major Joe Blickfeldt shares how exploration of plant diversity through research and outreach supports resilience, community, and solutions to environmental issues.

From art to medicine to natural resources and more, the University of Arizona community has led creative, innovative and meaningful environmental advancements throughout this school year.

The EMIGRA project is organizing researchers across North America to identify migratory species management strategies and envision a more collaborative future for conservation.

From public health to conservation to water resources to business, researchers at the University of Arizona have led significant environmental advancements this school year.

UArizona Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Film and Television Michael Mulcahy to debut new climate-focused docuseries, Making Arizona, on Feb. 21, 2024 at UArizona’s award-winning ENR2 building.

Until the turn of the millennium, stormwater had been seen as a nuisance to be removed as quickly as possible. Storms meant flooding, property damage and even potential contamination of the potable water supply by litter, pollution and bacteria. But, where previous decision makers had seen a waste product, a new school of experts saw opportunity.

Faculty members at the University of Arizona are utilizing community-engaged research methods to connect with communities, which, in turn, help identify research priorities, build trusting relationships, uphold self-determination and ultimately generate more accurate information to shape public health solutions, including those focused on water quality.