diversity

A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and historically Black colleges and universities is aimed at creating more firefighting opportunities for students of color.

Astronomers these days don’t count or name the stars—they code them, using sophisticated programming techniques to sort through enormous amounts of data. Students at Northern Arizona University got a chance to try those techniques for themselves at an intensive, week-long boot camp, where they could make real discoveries about the night sky—and about their own dreams for the future.

A research collaborative at Northern Arizona University has received a $21 million grant to continue its work on health equity and disparity in the Southwest. The Center for Health Equity Research received a five-year grant from the National Health Institute’s Minority Health Disparities division.

As the U.S. Senate considers whether to make Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, judicial advocates in Arizona are pushing for greater diversity in the state’s courts.