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McKay-Cody was born hearing and raised in southeastern Oklahoma. She became deaf at age 5 due to spinal meningitis, and her family moved to Sulphur, Oklahoma, to be near the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. About a month later, she was signing fluently in ASL.

In an exciting development for public health education and community support, a significant partnership has been established between the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC).

Growing up in Mescalero, New Mexico, the reservation always felt like home to freshman Caydence Palmer. While she valued this connection, Palmer ultimately decided to attend the University of Arizona.

Updates from U of A Indigenous Resilience Center (IRes), including their annual report.

A webinar introduces issues of tribal water security and justice, and offers a review of programs and tools to address them.

Join the Navajo Nation authorities and others to learn about Navajo water rights settlements.

On November 7, 2024, the Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR) announced the award of a $300,000 grant to a library preservation collaboration between the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR), Law Library at the University of Arizona and other partners.

Federal Funding Opportunities for Tribal Water Access and the UACW Funding Handbook Webinar to be hosted on November 21, 2024, 3-4 pm via Zoom by University of Arizona in partnership with Universal Access to Clean Water (TRIBALCLEANWATER.ORG).

When Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson speaks of seeds, he refers to them as “children,” so when a colleague brought him corn seeds that had been preserved for 800 years – hidden in a cave near historical Hopi villages around Glen Canyon – it was like welcoming children home.

On Friday, October 11th, administrators, staff, faculty, students and community members gathered at the Women’s Plaza of Honor to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice (“Haury Program”).

A University of Arizona program that has been central to the university's service to Indigenous communities will begin celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, and invites the campus and Tucson communities to join.

The Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, or the "Haury Program" for short, is turning 10. Celebrations will kick off with a garden dedication to Mrs. Haury and her legacy in the Women's Plaza of Honor on October 11th.