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.
July 3, 2024 New center to help lead national Indigenous language revitalization efforts A $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will establish the West Region Native American Language Resource Center.
June 12, 2024 Native American representatives gather with UArizona leaders for third Tribal Leaders Summit Tribal and university leaders discussed tribal microcampuses, cybersecurity, scholarships and other topics. They ended the day with stargazing at the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter.
May 28, 2024 Architecture students' award-winning designs will help Hopi Tribe expand solar-powered housing, education Students designed housing and an educational campus for the Hopi Tribe, as part of a solar-powered village that the tribe has long sought to build.
May 20, 2024 New federally funded center will rely on UArizona expertise to help communities manage extreme heat In the face of increasingly hotter temperatures across the U.S., University of Arizona heat research will help inform policy recommendations and other actions in communities nationwide.
Dec. 18, 2023 Asteroids, athletics and 'America the Beautiful': The top stories of 2023 From delivering a historic asteroid sample to setting a university record in Fulbright Scholars, the University of Arizona celebrated several newsmaking events in 2023.
Nov. 21, 2023 Searching for answers to today's questions in Native communities' venerable traditions Edward A. Jolie uses perishable materials to study human history in the Americas. To make anthropology a more inclusive field, he starts by asking who it's meant to serve and how.
