Indigenous students pursuing nursing careers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing will benefit from additional financial support thanks to a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service.

The UArizona Agnese Nelms Haury Program for Environment and Social Justice from Tucson, Arizona is proud to once again be an Academic Eagle Sponsor, and we are looking forward to presenting a variety of UArizona programs at the upcoming  2024 AISES National Conference in San Antonio, Texas!

University of Arizona scholars are collaborating with Indigenous communities to fortify endangered languages. Combining data science, machine learning and other technologies, the work offers a model for safeguarding cultural heritage and creates tools for self-directed language work in communities around the world.

As water interests in the Colorado River Basin prepare to negotiate a new set of operating guidelines for the drought-stressed river, Amelia Flores ’08 wants her Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) to be involved in the discussion. More than that, she wants CRIT seated at the negotiating table with something invaluable to offer: its surplus water.

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, head of the University of Arizona Department of American Indian Studies and professor in the Department of History, was recently inducted into the third class of the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame.

The Annual AISES National Conference is a unique, three-day event focusing on educational, professional, and workforce development for Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers.

August 14th is National Navajo Code Talkers Day, which honors the nearly 400 fluent Navajo speakers who were recruited by the Marine Corps to devise a code that couldn't be readily understood by the Japanese during World War II. The code talkers used their native language in coded form to help the Allies win the war, by confusing the Axis enemies with sounds they were unfamiliar with.

Please join the Haury Program and the Arizona Institute for Resilience on Wednesday, September 4th  to meet seven new researchers working at Indigenous resilience issues in different settings within the University of Arizona.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, alongside key representatives from the Navajo Department of Health and the Navajo Epidemiology Center, signed an MOU on Monday with the University of Arizona to collaborate on data related to COVID-19 infections.

What we've seen from tribal governments is that being able to work and connect with other entities internationally and connect over some of the same experiences has been beneficial," said principal investigator Stephanie Russo Carroll