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☀️ Monday was the start of heat awareness week, a region-wide effort to highlight the dangers of extreme heat in Pima County. Tucson says it will expand its cooling center efforts this year. Read more.

🎓 University of Arizona faculty urged leaders to take a stand against the Trump administration at a packed meeting Monday afternoon. Find out more about the vote.

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UA faculty vote to urge leaders to take stand against Trump administration

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After record-breaking heat in 2024, Tucson will open more cooling centers and distribute more supplies

As Tucson gears up for another summer of brutal heat, Mayor Regina Romero said the city aims to open two additional cooling centers and increase its distribution of cooling kits […]

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Vanecia Kerr will start as the new president and CEO of United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona beginning June 23. A previous mention in this newsletter did not include her future start date. The outgoing CEO, Tony Penn, is in place until June 30.

See Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. for free at Centennial Hall on Wednesday, May 7 at 6 p.m. as part of the University of Arizona’s Black Faculty Speakers Series. The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning literary scholar, journalist, filmmaker and the host of ‘Finding your Roots’ on PBS, Gates will share insights from his series on genealogy, genetics and history’s impact on our lives today. Admission is free but tickets are required at Ticketmaster.

The Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Project culminates Saturday, May 10 as the TSO will play the work of some students in the Advanced Young Composers classes as part of its 33-year program. The full orchestra event — conducted by José Luis Gomez — is at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Catalina Foothills High School. Festival tickets are free and found here.

Find a nonprofit board volunteer gig at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona’s BoardConnect at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14. Details.

Gov. Katie Hobbs will give the keynote remarks at the annual Water Resources Research Center conference in Tucson. “Shared Borders, Shared Waters: Working Together in Times of Scarcity” will be held May 20-21 at the University of Arizona Student Union. Register.