The EMIGRA VIP team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. The overall goal of this project is to contribute to the conservation of wildlife that migrates across international boundaries by addressing the challenges posed by inconsistent management practices. Through our research, we aim to develop principles for sustainable and equitable governance of transboundary migratory species. Our focus is on species that provide essential ecosystem …

The DISCAPAZ team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. DISCAPAZ is a multimedia project aimed at centering the voices and narratives of disabled individuals and their families living along the Arizona-Sonoran border. The project also serves as an interdisciplinary, experiential learning program that facilitates authentic engagement with border communities to address community-identified needs and amplify disabled voices in the borderlands through ongoing digital storytelling. …

The Coral Reef Resilience team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. Understanding and managing the effects of climate change and human impacts on the world’s oceans are critical challenges for the 21st century. The oceans are becoming warmer, more acidic, more polluted, and less productive. These changes threaten the health and livelihood of billions of people around the world that depend on the ocean …

The Rainforest Resilience team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. The Biosphere 2 rainforest—experiencing canopy temperatures well beyond what any Biosphere 1 rainforest experiences—is uniquely suited to determine long-term ecosystem and individual responses to climate change. Furthermore, it provides a fantastic testing ground for research tools to investigate tropical forest ecosystems. Basic courses for the Rainforest Resilience VIP will include: Honors Internship (3 units), …

The Best Ecosystem Structure for Climate Mitigation (BEST-CLIM) team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. This team investigates the complex relationship between vegetation structure and climate mitigation in the U.S. Southwest, challenging conventional wisdom about forest density in arid regions. Our research focuses on determining optimal vegetation configurations that maximize climate cooling potential while considering the unique characteristics of desert environments, where dense vegetation …

The Arizona Streamgage Catalog (AZStreamCAT) team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. The team’s objective is to collect streamgage location and metadata information from various entities throughout Arizona, to begin to identify the number and diversity of streamgages operated by various entities throughout the state. Efforts to coalesce existing data and integrate associated computer modeling products are increasingly necessary for effective management of land, …

The Applied International Development Economics (AIDE) Lab is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. This team investigates critical economic and environmental challenges facing communities worldwide, with a particular focus on measuring and improving climate adaptation among small-scale producers (SSPs) in developing regions. Our research addresses pressing global issues including poverty, food insecurity, and economic inequality in the context of accelerating climate change. The team employs …

The AI-Driven Healthcare Applications team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. The team focuses on developing AI technology that can perform a range of basic tasks, from detection and recognition of medical conditions to more intricate challenges such as segmentation. The team specializes in developing deep learning systems specifically tailored for embedded computer vision and various healthcare applications. The project team’s research drive is …

The Water Whys team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Fall 2025 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis. The Water Whys team creates scientifically accurate and easy-to-understand graphical answers to water questions. Our graphics are used by TV meteorologists and reporters to help their audiences better understand current events impacting their communities and their lives. What we create is seen by thousands of people each year. We answer questions like, “Why is …