Sept. 10, 2025 Hopi Tribe and U of A celebrate 'warm relationship' with Hopi Recognition Football Game Guests from the Hopi Tribe spent two days on campus connecting with students and university leaders before sharing their culture before thousands in Arizona Stadium during the football game against Weber State.
Sept. 2, 2025 U of A topped $257M in active research partnerships with Native tribes in fiscal year 2025 A legacy of collaboration between university researchers and tribal communities has fueled investments aimed at creating solutions with and for Native Americans in Arizona and beyond.
June 23, 2025 Rooted in tradition, growing with science: Revitalizing Indigenous crops in the Southwest 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.
Jan. 21, 2025 Partnership with Tohono O'odham Community College gives students path to public health degree A transfer pathway to the Zuckerman College of Public Health will enable Tohono O'odham Community College students to expand their career potential.
Jan. 16, 2025 U of A expert working to preserve Native American sign languages A library book she found when she was 10 inspired Melanie McKay-Cody to pursue a career studying Native American sign languages. Now a researcher in the College of Education, she's one of the foremost experts at the intersection of Native and Deaf identity. She shares her story in this article and video.
Dec. 4, 2024 How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago A new U of A-led study, based on archaeological remains found in Alaska, shows that people and the ancestors of today's dogs began forming close relationships as early as 12,000 years ago – about 2,000 years earlier than previously recorded in the Americas.
Nov. 18, 2024 Math tutoring program prepares Native American students for STEM careers The Mentorship and Education in Science for Tucson program sends U of A juniors and seniors to local middle and high schools to provide one-on-one math tutoring to students.
Sept. 3, 2024 College of Nursing receives $1.6M to support Indigenous students The INCATS program provides financial support and other resources to Indigenous nursing students. An Indian Health Service grant will fund the program for another five years.
Aug. 12, 2024 $1.5M grant will build global network to prevent exploitation of Indigenous data Researchers are establishing a framework that protects the way Indigenous data is collected and used around the world, thanks to a $1.5 million NSF grant.
July 9, 2024 By teaching tech skills, Pascua Yaqui entrepreneur hopes to create opportunities for others U of A junior Nicolette Gomez hopes to foster a community of Yaqui entrepreneurs through the new Yaqui-Tech Innovation Lab.
