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University of Arizona Wins 2025 Regents’ Cup, SBS’s Yvonne Davis Wins Storytelling Competition

University of Arizona Wins 2025 Regents’ Cup, SBS’s Yvonne Davis Wins Storytelling Competition

April 21, 2025

On April 12, the University of Arizona won the sixth annual Regents' Cup, a competition organized by the Arizona Board of Regents that encourages free expression and civil dialogue across the state's public universities.

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Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords leads 2025 Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame class

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords leads 2025 Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame class

April 21, 2025

The nine Arizona women — four legacy and five contemporary inductees — will join 154 others in the state Hall of Fame, which was first established in 1980.

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A black bear is caught on camera in the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is funding a $100,000 grant to research human-bear interactions on the Navajo Nation. Provided by the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife

Blending science and spirit: Navajo PhD student studies black bears with cultural reverence

April 15, 2025

University of Arizona PhD student Deandra Jones researches black bears in the Navajo Nation, combining traditional knowledge and science to guide respectful coexistence.

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Enviro Health Forum

Tribal Environmental Health Forum 2025!

April 9, 2025

Join Indigenous Resilience Center and partners for the 2025 Tribal Environmental Health Forum! The theme this year is "Bridging Generations in Resilience: Mobilizing Communities for Future Generations."

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Aresta Tsosie-Paddock

Diné poetics: language and performance as an avenue for preservation

April 3, 2025

It’s about creating new spaces for the language to exist. Whether through poetry, plays, or spoken word, these forms remind us that Navajo is not just a language of the past—it’s a language of the future.

Navajo Times
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Bojan Louis poses in front of the bookcases in his office on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Arizona, March 20, 2025. Louis has been nominated to apply for the USA Fellowship three times.

Bojan Louis wins $50,000 USA fellowship

March 27, 2025

Bojan Louis, an Indigenous writer and associate professor of English and American Indian studies at the University of Arizona, won a $50,000 arts fellowship.

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Stephanie Russo Carroll, an associate professor of public health at the University of Arizona, co-founded the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and directs the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance. American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are fighting for equal governance and sovereignty over their own health data. (Kris Hanning/University of Arizona)

Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty

March 27, 2025

A new agreement in Washington state could set an example for other agencies and tribes.

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Tribal members sit in a circle, chanting their original songs at the beat of wood Maracas on drums to celebrate the opening of the O’odham Ňi’okĭ Ki:, a hopeful dream for the survival of their language.

From silence to sound: The Tohono O’odham language revival

March 24, 2025

On a warm mid-November morning at the Tohono O’odham Community College, Leslie Luna, Tohono O’odham Legislative Council Gu Vo’o District Representative, spoke about the attrition of his language.

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Adam Carl - UA Medical Student, Matches with Mayo Clinic - Arizona

March 24, 2025

Adam Carl, fourth year medical student at the University of Arizona, celebrates his top choice for medical residency with the Mayo Clinic - Arizona.

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Haury Awardees Presentation

"Perspectives on Tribal Resilience:” Haury’s 2024 Graduate Research Awardees Showcase to be Held on April 17

March 20, 2025

All are invited to attend a showcase of 2024 Haury Graduate Research awardees in person or via Zoom on April 17th, with presentations covering diverse topics in the wide field of Indigenous Resilience.

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