June 14, 2022 Cities are heating up. Urban planners should prepare, UArizona researcher says As heat waves blaze across the U.S., UArizona researcher Ladd Keith says city planners should take the lead in managing and mitigating extreme heat. Keith recently co-authored a report, published by the American Planning Association, that gives planners a set of principles and guidelines to address extreme heat in their communities.
March 16, 2022 Ketchup, the telephone and Cherry Coke: Scholar explains how world's fairs bring inventions to the public World's fairs introduced us to Heinz ketchup, the Ferris wheel and countless other innovations. Lisa Schrenk is a UArizona scholar who studies world's fairs and their cultural impacts.
March 16, 2022 Women in climate change: Courtney Crosson UArizona is celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting some of the many women on campus working on climate change-related issues in hopes of creating a better future.
Aug. 31, 2021 UArizona Experts: In Wake of COVID-19, Employers Must Make Offices Healing Spaces The pandemic has forced employers to think about how office spaces can reduce employee stress and enhance well-being, say two UArizona researchers who study how physical spaces affect health.
June 23, 2021 Keeping Homes and Cities Cool in Extreme Heat Ladd Keith, an expert on urban planning and climate change, offers tips for keeping homes cool during a heat wave, and discusses how and why cities across the country are doing more to become heat resilient.
May 26, 2021 Sustainable Design Expert: The Building You're Sitting in Is the Elephant in the Room Jonathan Bean says buildings are the No. 1 pathway to achieving the Biden administration's new carbon emissions goals. Bean is training the next generation of architects to make climate-positive buildings the new normal.
Jan. 12, 2021 Neighborhood Farms Could be the Answer to Tucson's Food Deserts A new study makes the case that, even in arid climates, urban farms can help neighborhoods get the nutritious food they need if the farms are irrigated in a sustainable way.
Nov. 19, 2020 From Snake Detection to Water Purification, Tech Launch Arizona Supports Student Solutions to Real-World Problems Tech Launch Arizona’s second Student Innovation Challenge has selected five student teams for funding to prototype inventions for commercialization. Twenty-six applications were received in all, and the judging panel awarded a total of approximately $40,000, which was distributed amongst the teams to develop their ideas into prototypes.
Sept. 1, 2020 As Rural Western Towns Grow, So Do Their Planning Challenges A new study examines the challenges faced by "gateway communities" – rural communities adjacent to national parks, forests, rivers and other outdoor recreational amenities.
Aug. 21, 2020 Student EMTs Find New Home in Rowhouse Designed and Built by Architecture Students The house, designed and built by students in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, proved to be the "perfect fit" for the student EMS team.
