Arizona Institute for Resilience

One of our favorite buildings on campus, ENR2, is turning NINE, and we’re throwing it a birthday party! Join our Arizona Environment program (environment.arizona.edu) TOMORROW to explore ENR2 and connect with environmental opportunities at the University of Arizona at this exciting student engagement event! Come for fun, a scavenger hunt, craft activities, and more. September 10 from 2-5 p.m. RSVP here! http://bit.ly/3AyiTVM

The Office of Research, Innovation & Impact is honored to introduce our 2024 Women of Impact cohort of impressive and forward-thinking leaders representing 15 units across the University of Arizona. Each individual makes an impact that resonates across campus and beyond. Please join us in congratulating these deserving women! https://lnkd.in/gCKrp_bv

Kamathútsk avmoonóok ("How are you?" In Quechan) The University of Arizona Indigenous Resilience Center within AIR has had an action-packed summer! Read all about it below, join the thriving community, and sign up for the IRes newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gZXamTj9

We are thrilled to announce that Elise Gornish, an associate professor and extension specialist in the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment under the College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences, has been appointed the new faculty director of AIR’s Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill! Arizona Environment University of Arizona Research, Innovation & Impact https://lnkd.in/dauNW9YP

In this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast, a production of AIR's @CLIMAS_UA, hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins don their chef hats and lay out the main ingredients of the monsoon. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gKG2HW-w

Check out the latest updates on resilience and international development by faculty, researchers, and students at the University of Arizona from the International Resilience Lab within AIR: https://lnkd.in/gTTakfNf

AIR researcher Peter Breslin has surveyed thousands of saguaros that spike up from Tumamoc Hill, a volcanic outcropping in Tucson, in 2022 and 2023. https://lnkd.in/gEwpcAUi

Talking to USA TODAY, Gregg M. Garfin, deputy director for science translation and outreach at AIR in UArizona Research, Innovation & Impact, says rising temperatures and heat waves are already impacting outdoor concerts. https://lnkd.in/dESdf_BD

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, alongside key representatives from the Navajo Department of Health and the Navajo Epidemiology Center, signed an MOU on August 5 with the University of Arizona to collaborate on data related to COVID-19 infections. The MOU is to identify risk factors and increase community preparedness should a future pandemic strike. “In Navajo, we have a saying,” President Nygren said. “Yideeskáadi nitsákees. Prepare for the future. Never wait around for things to happen. This MOU embodies this philosophy.” Dr. Karletta Chief, director of the Indigenous Resilience Center at U of A, said communities that speak more English have lower rates of COVID-19, whereas communities that speak more Navajo have higher incidence of COVID-19 infections. The MOU will help to understand how factors like language, socioeconomic conditions, and even lack of access to water impact Diné health across the Nation. “We are Indigenous led,” said Dr. Chief. “We have a unique perspective, and through our work a deep commitment to Native communities. Factors like food security, food insecurity, electricity and lack of electricity all impact public health.” https://lnkd.in/grT6BTG7

AIR's Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice has awarded Seven Native Pathways Graduate Research Awards to Expand Indigenous Resilience Research! Congratulations to all the awardees! For a full story, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eFKsdvSj UArizona Research, Innovation & Impact #IndigenousResilience