When
Sept. 26, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The 22nd annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium is Saturday, 26 September 2026, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM on the University of Arizona campus. The
The Symposium will feature invited speakers addressing wildlife conservation, groundwater modeling, New World screw worm, spatiotemporal vegetation dynamics, the NASA-ARID project, grassland response to extreme drought, and long-term litter and soil carbon dynamics. There is also a Student Poster competition with monetary awards.
Please use https://rise.santarita.arizona.edu/ to view the RISE program, register for the symposium, submit poster abstracts and to enter the student poster contest, view talks and posters from past years.
Please use https://give.uafoundation.org/SantaRita-RISE/ to donate to the RISE Symposium so that we can continue to offer monetary awards to the student poster contest winners.