Image Tree ring study reveals Western Apache fire management practices buffered climate effects Aug. 4, 2025 Research shows small, frequent fires by mobile hunter-gatherer groups controlled landscape-scale fire activity. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image NIH awards $2.8M to study environmental, chemical effects on women's fertility July 23, 2025 A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow U of A researchers to further investigate the role that chemicals found in plastics and cosmetics have on women's health and metabolism. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image How the U of A's Arizona Meteorological Network feeds data to the National Weather Service July 8, 2025 The information is valuable to agriculture, public safety and urban planners and even contributes to the weather app on your phone. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Grace Toftner: Engineering Sustainability July 3, 2025 Grace Toftner is a senior majoring in chemical engineering at the University of Arizona. In this Q&A, Grace talks about how her engineering background connects with her sustainability goals, how students can lead by example, and why caring about the environment matters no matter what you’re studying. Read more
Image New Internship Course Lets Students Contribute to On-Campus Sustainability Efforts July 3, 2025 Read more
Image Creature culture: What animal behavior can teach us about saving nature June 24, 2025 What can the varied behaviors of wildlife reveal about the relationship between human civilization and the animal kingdom? Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Rooted in tradition, growing with science: Revitalizing Indigenous crops in the Southwest June 23, 2025 Michael Kotutwa Johnson leads a project at the University of Arizona Campus Agricultural Center that involves low-cost irrigation trials, nutritional analysis of traditional crops and the development of databases to capture the science of Indigenous agricultural systems. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Predicting how plants will fare in the heat is not so easy June 18, 2025 According to researchers at the University of Arizona and The University of British Columbia, small-scale observations of how plants respond to heat don't always translate into an accurate prediction at a larger scale. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A earns top marks in space science, geosciences, water resources in new US News global ranking June 17, 2025 The U of A earned its best ranking in the space science category, rising four spots to No. 4 globally and No. 2 among U.S. public universities. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Indigenous Correspondents Program Students Make Their Mark at the 2025 Planet Forward Summit June 10, 2025 Capping off their participation in this year’s Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program, six ICP students traveled to Washington, D.C., in April to participate in the 2025 Planet Forward Summit at George Washington University. Read more