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CRED staff members Rachel Leih, Madeleine deBois and Terrace Ewinghall pose with recent student Lily Juma.

June 25, 2025

Internship program sheds light on evaluation as an alternate path to human services work

The Community Research, Evaluation and Development (CRED) team shows their interns how program evaluation supports community organizations across Arizona.

How millennials are thinking about retirement in the face of climate stress

Dec. 16, 2024

U of A found that millennials are balancing hope and hesitation as they plan for their financial futures amid climate challenges.

Trial by fire: U of A-developed tool cuts through the noise in wildfire management

Dec. 11, 2024

The Burn Period Tracker tool, created by researchers in the U of A College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences, provides real-time information on the number of hours per day that relative humidity is less than or equal to 20%.

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A FRESH approach: Nutrition researcher partners with community organizations to tackle diet-related disease and food insecurity

Dec. 11, 2024

SNSW professor Melanie Hingle is working with El Rio Health and the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona on an ongoing research project to help food insecure individuals manage diet-related illness.

Get to know the CALES Outstanding Students for fall 2024

Dec. 10, 2024

Get to know the Fall 2024 Outstanding Students as they share their top memories of inspirational faculty, life-changing research opportunities, meaningful extracurriculars and favorite courses.

CALES researchers receive $1.25M award to tackle big agricultural questions in Uganda

Dec. 6, 2024

In collaboration with Ohio State University, Makerere University, and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Arizona researchers will conduct impact assessments on technologies previously deployed across the country.

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Tracking nature’s calendar: National Phenology Network awarded $1.2M to monitor seasonal changes

Dec. 4, 2024

The funding will allow the network to revamp their volunteer science app, Nature’s Notebook, empowering people nationwide to document and understand the impacts of changes in climate on ecosystems.

Less of a job and more of a lifestyle: CALES alum Todd Pletcher reflects on his career training Thoroughbred racehorses

Dec. 3, 2024

CALES alumnus Todd Pletcher (RTIP '89), one of the winningest trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history, has been named the 2025 CALES Alumnus of the Year.

CESM brings together experts to drive sustainable mining practices in Arizona

Dec. 2, 2024

The Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining held its biennial forum where experts from government, industry, and academia explored solutions for sustainable mining and land restoration.

Picture of Coach Lloyd with weanling racehorse and his daughter

Coach Lloyd's Legacy takes Arizona Basketball to the racetrack

Nov. 22, 2024

A weanling racehorse was recently named after Arizona men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd, marking the second horse named in honor of an Arizona coach.