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NEW YORK, NY (June 19, 2014) – University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) Director Sharon B. Megdal participated in a panel briefing at the United Nations today on potential solutions to global water challenges.

The University of Arizona Press recently released Requiem for the Santa Cruz River: An Environmental History of an Arizona River, by Bob Webb, Julio Betancourt, Roy Johnson and Ray Turner.

An upcoming University of Arizona workshop will tackle the hot button issue of antibiotic resistance in agriculture. “Antibiotic Resistance in Agroecosystems: State of the Science” (ARASOS) will be held Aug. 5-8 at Biosphere 2, and aims to bring together microbiologists and chemists to identify the most effective methods to track antibiotic resistance in the environment.

Nearly 450 fourth graders, 16 teachers and 70 parents from the Sahuarita Unified School District will participate in the first-ever Sahuarita-Green Valley Water Festival community event on Friday, May 16 at Sahuarita Middle School.

WRRC Associate Director Jean McLain, with collaborators Kurt Nolte (Yuma Agricultural Center) and Channah Rock (Maricopa Agricultural Center) has been awarded funding from the Arizona Department of Agriculture, Specialty Crops Block Grant Program, for a project entitled: “Creation of Self-Sterilizing Harvesting Tools.”

(TUCSON, Ariz.) May 6, 2014 – Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Ward 4 Representative Shirley Scott will attend the Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program’s May 9 dedication event at Lincoln Regional Park’s Atturbury Wash, the site of the first-ever C2E-funded riparian enhancement project

Arizona Project WET (APW) is challenging families and student groups to make new discoveries about nature with the help of smartphone technology. The Discovery Program recently installed at Phoenix’s Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area encourages visitors to embark on one of four color-coded QR-code journeys

(TUCSON, Ariz.) April 30, 2014 – Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Ward 4 Representative Shirley Scott will attend the Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program’s May 9 dedication event at Lincoln Regional Park’s Atturbury Wash

The University of Arizona accepts applications year-round for its Masters Degree program in Water, Society and Policy. Undergraduates nearing graduation and mid-career professionals are encouraged to apply for this Master of Science program, which provides career opportunities in water, policy and people. Graduates of the program will understand the basic principles of hydrology, social science, management, law, and policy and be able to make informed decisions regarding water resources.

​​​​​​​TUCSON, Ariz. (April 7, 2014) – Demand for water in Arizona may outpace supplies by a gap of 1 million acre-feet (nearly 326 billion gallons) by the year 2060 if no action is taken. At its April 8 conference, “Closing the Gap Between Water Supply and Demand,”