Lovejoy Center
@lovejoycenter.arizona.edu
Advancing the science and practice of biodiversity conservation through research, education, and collaborations.
We are thrilled to announce the #launch of the Tom Lovejoy Conservation Fellowship #postdoctoral #research program!
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December 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We are thrilled to announce the #launch of the Tom Lovejoy Conservation Fellowship #postdoctoral #research program!
Learn more here: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell...
Learn more here: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell...
🏜️ 🦟 New research out today on the association between #WestNileVirus #Epidemics and #Drought!
🙌 Kudos to our Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science (BBCS) postdoc Desiree Bliss and faculty mentors Kacey Ernst and Leigh Combrink.
Read their work here: www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...
🙌 Kudos to our Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science (BBCS) postdoc Desiree Bliss and faculty mentors Kacey Ernst and Leigh Combrink.
Read their work here: www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
🏜️ 🦟 New research out today on the association between #WestNileVirus #Epidemics and #Drought!
🙌 Kudos to our Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science (BBCS) postdoc Desiree Bliss and faculty mentors Kacey Ernst and Leigh Combrink.
Read their work here: www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...
🙌 Kudos to our Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science (BBCS) postdoc Desiree Bliss and faculty mentors Kacey Ernst and Leigh Combrink.
Read their work here: www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...
🔎 Investigate why some #species seem to thrive nearly everywhere with new #research led by BBCS postdoc alum Gabriel Moulatlet working alongside BBCS faculty mentor Brian Enquist and supported by the Lovejoy Center: news.arizona.edu/news/ecologi...
Ecological winners: Why some species dominate the planet
Analyzing plant dispersion data from across the globe, researchers at the University of Arizona found that the most abundant species have adapted to tolerate a wide range of climates. Their findings c...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🔎 Investigate why some #species seem to thrive nearly everywhere with new #research led by BBCS postdoc alum Gabriel Moulatlet working alongside BBCS faculty mentor Brian Enquist and supported by the Lovejoy Center: news.arizona.edu/news/ecologi...
🙌 Welcome Neeraj! 🙌
Neeraj Shiledar joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Communications Specialist Intern!
Neeraj Shiledar is a marketer, storyteller, and dancer who blends creativity with strategy.
Neeraj Shiledar joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Communications Specialist Intern!
Neeraj Shiledar is a marketer, storyteller, and dancer who blends creativity with strategy.
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🙌 Welcome Neeraj! 🙌
Neeraj Shiledar joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Communications Specialist Intern!
Neeraj Shiledar is a marketer, storyteller, and dancer who blends creativity with strategy.
Neeraj Shiledar joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Communications Specialist Intern!
Neeraj Shiledar is a marketer, storyteller, and dancer who blends creativity with strategy.
Welcome to our new CAB Fellows! Maddie and Desiree are supporting a #Tucson community partner to design a new experiential learning program for high school students and teachers on #biodiversity #conservation, local #watershed #ecology, and environmental #equity.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Welcome to our new CAB Fellows! Maddie and Desiree are supporting a #Tucson community partner to design a new experiential learning program for high school students and teachers on #biodiversity #conservation, local #watershed #ecology, and environmental #equity.
🏛️ We had a blast at the #UniversityofArizonaLibraries this week playing bingo and learning about the incredible resources the U of A Library offers students such as drop in GIS hours, semester-long reservable rooms for grad students, Culture Passes to museums across Arizona, and even board games.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🏛️ We had a blast at the #UniversityofArizonaLibraries this week playing bingo and learning about the incredible resources the U of A Library offers students such as drop in GIS hours, semester-long reservable rooms for grad students, Culture Passes to museums across Arizona, and even board games.
🙌 Welcome Amy! 🙌 Amy Smith joins the Lovejoy Center and the Arizona Institute for Resilience this year as our Digital Archives Research Intern.
She is excited to be a new member of the Lovejoy community, where she can help bring awareness to biodiversity issues through data analysis and research. 🌵
She is excited to be a new member of the Lovejoy community, where she can help bring awareness to biodiversity issues through data analysis and research. 🌵
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🙌 Welcome Amy! 🙌 Amy Smith joins the Lovejoy Center and the Arizona Institute for Resilience this year as our Digital Archives Research Intern.
She is excited to be a new member of the Lovejoy community, where she can help bring awareness to biodiversity issues through data analysis and research. 🌵
She is excited to be a new member of the Lovejoy community, where she can help bring awareness to biodiversity issues through data analysis and research. 🌵
🙌 Welcome Jacob! 🙌
Jacob Pirosko joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Biodiversity Policy Research RISE Intern. He is excited to bring together his passion for people, animals, and ecosystems through impactful biodiversity policy research at the Lovejoy Center.
Jacob Pirosko joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Biodiversity Policy Research RISE Intern. He is excited to bring together his passion for people, animals, and ecosystems through impactful biodiversity policy research at the Lovejoy Center.
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🙌 Welcome Jacob! 🙌
Jacob Pirosko joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Biodiversity Policy Research RISE Intern. He is excited to bring together his passion for people, animals, and ecosystems through impactful biodiversity policy research at the Lovejoy Center.
Jacob Pirosko joins the Lovejoy Center this year as a Biodiversity Policy Research RISE Intern. He is excited to bring together his passion for people, animals, and ecosystems through impactful biodiversity policy research at the Lovejoy Center.
Join us at the University of Arizona Libraries this Wednesday, November 12 to hone your #research skills and even play some #library #BINGO with our special guest Lara Miller Rivera.
Register now: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/events/gradu...
Register now: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/events/gradu...
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Join us at the University of Arizona Libraries this Wednesday, November 12 to hone your #research skills and even play some #library #BINGO with our special guest Lara Miller Rivera.
Register now: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/events/gradu...
Register now: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/events/gradu...
Graduate students! 🪴 Interested in training to integrate biodiversity, health, social, and policy data to address grand challenges of the 21st century?
➡️ Check out CAMBIUM NRT: cambium.arizona.edu
🌐 CAMBIUM is having an information session on November 18th at 2:30pm Arizona time!
➡️ Check out CAMBIUM NRT: cambium.arizona.edu
🌐 CAMBIUM is having an information session on November 18th at 2:30pm Arizona time!
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Graduate students! 🪴 Interested in training to integrate biodiversity, health, social, and policy data to address grand challenges of the 21st century?
➡️ Check out CAMBIUM NRT: cambium.arizona.edu
🌐 CAMBIUM is having an information session on November 18th at 2:30pm Arizona time!
➡️ Check out CAMBIUM NRT: cambium.arizona.edu
🌐 CAMBIUM is having an information session on November 18th at 2:30pm Arizona time!
Join us in welcoming Lovejoy Invited Speaker Josh Tewksbury, Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) to Tucson this Tuesday! 🌵 Register now: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/events/lovej...
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Join us in welcoming Lovejoy Invited Speaker Josh Tewksbury, Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) to Tucson this Tuesday! 🌵 Register now: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/events/lovej...
📣 Are you or a #UniversityofArizona student you know passionate about biodiversity, conservation, archives, information management, social media, policy, and want to work with a close knit team focused on meaningful work and mentorship? We're hiring!
More info at: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/join-us
More info at: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/join-us
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
📣 Are you or a #UniversityofArizona student you know passionate about biodiversity, conservation, archives, information management, social media, policy, and want to work with a close knit team focused on meaningful work and mentorship? We're hiring!
More info at: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/join-us
More info at: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/join-us
📩 The first Lovejoy Center #Newsletter is hot off the press! 🥳
➡️ Kick off your weekend with some impactful #research and happy #graduate students-- get your copy now and sign up for future editions delivered straight to your inbox:
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➡️ Kick off your weekend with some impactful #research and happy #graduate students-- get your copy now and sign up for future editions delivered straight to your inbox:
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/lovejoy...
Lovejoy Center Newsletter October 2025
The first edition of the Lovejoy Center Newsletter is out!
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu
October 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
📩 The first Lovejoy Center #Newsletter is hot off the press! 🥳
➡️ Kick off your weekend with some impactful #research and happy #graduate students-- get your copy now and sign up for future editions delivered straight to your inbox:
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/lovejoy...
➡️ Kick off your weekend with some impactful #research and happy #graduate students-- get your copy now and sign up for future editions delivered straight to your inbox:
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/lovejoy...
Our hearts are heavy with news of Jane Goodall’s passing.
A tireless advocate for all life, her work and shining light of hope lives on.
Rest in peace and thank you.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane 💚
📸 Photo: "Jane Goodall GM" by Floatjon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
A tireless advocate for all life, her work and shining light of hope lives on.
Rest in peace and thank you.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane 💚
📸 Photo: "Jane Goodall GM" by Floatjon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Our hearts are heavy with news of Jane Goodall’s passing.
A tireless advocate for all life, her work and shining light of hope lives on.
Rest in peace and thank you.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane 💚
📸 Photo: "Jane Goodall GM" by Floatjon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
A tireless advocate for all life, her work and shining light of hope lives on.
Rest in peace and thank you.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane 💚
📸 Photo: "Jane Goodall GM" by Floatjon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
It was wonderful to join GEF, CI, TNC, WCS, WWF and some talkative sea lions in recognizing Martín von Hildebrand’s lifetime of #conservation impact with the Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize at Central Park Zoo this #NewYorkClimateWeek. Let’s keep the momentum going towards a just and #sustainable future!
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It was wonderful to join GEF, CI, TNC, WCS, WWF and some talkative sea lions in recognizing Martín von Hildebrand’s lifetime of #conservation impact with the Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize at Central Park Zoo this #NewYorkClimateWeek. Let’s keep the momentum going towards a just and #sustainable future!
👏 Congratulations to Madeleine Wallace on becoming the second Lovejoy-Carson Scholar! We're proud to support Maddie's research––on how climate change influences plant community resilience and ecosystem function––through science communication education. 🎉
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/announc...
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/announc...
Announcing Madeleine Wallace as the 2025-2026 Lovejoy-Carson Scholar
Madeleine Wallace becomes the second Lovejoy-Carson Scholar.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
👏 Congratulations to Madeleine Wallace on becoming the second Lovejoy-Carson Scholar! We're proud to support Maddie's research––on how climate change influences plant community resilience and ecosystem function––through science communication education. 🎉
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/announc...
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/announc...
"Biodiversity conservation isn’t a straightforward formula – it’s a long-term, iterative process informed by knowledge, experience, and partnerships." - Jessie Golding, BBCS postdoc, upon her return from leading a symposium at ICCB 2025 in Australia. lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/bbcs-po...
July 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Biodiversity conservation isn’t a straightforward formula – it’s a long-term, iterative process informed by knowledge, experience, and partnerships." - Jessie Golding, BBCS postdoc, upon her return from leading a symposium at ICCB 2025 in Australia. lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/bbcs-po...
Millbrook School rededicated their zoo in June as the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo, honoring alumni Thomas Lovejoy.
"When we think more in a system and understand there's a lot of pieces that go into it, I think we're going to have more success with conservation."
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/picture-gall...
"When we think more in a system and understand there's a lot of pieces that go into it, I think we're going to have more success with conservation."
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/picture-gall...
Millbrook School's zoo is rededicated as the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo
Following a June 7 rededication ceremony, the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo at the Millbrook School seeks to continue its mission to educate and house animals.
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Millbrook School rededicated their zoo in June as the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo, honoring alumni Thomas Lovejoy.
"When we think more in a system and understand there's a lot of pieces that go into it, I think we're going to have more success with conservation."
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/picture-gall...
"When we think more in a system and understand there's a lot of pieces that go into it, I think we're going to have more success with conservation."
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/picture-gall...
🏔️ Great to see everybody at Simposio Páramos 2025!
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🏔️ Great to see everybody at Simposio Páramos 2025!
Our recap of participating in the first #DCClimateWeek is out!
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May 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Our recap of participating in the first #DCClimateWeek is out!
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/lovejoy...
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/news/lovejoy...
You know you're on the right path in life –– literally! –– when you unexpectedly bump into an old friend while birdwatching in a light rain.
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
You know you're on the right path in life –– literally! –– when you unexpectedly bump into an old friend while birdwatching in a light rain.
We couldn't have gotten a better group of people together to talk about the future of nature financing at the very first DC Climate Week -- and what a time to be in DC! Let's keep the energy going 💪
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We couldn't have gotten a better group of people together to talk about the future of nature financing at the very first DC Climate Week -- and what a time to be in DC! Let's keep the energy going 💪
"I look around and watch so much of that work being unraveled, ignored or worse––erased.... Why are U.S. citizens turning their backs on science?" -Jayni Chase
It's time to stand up for science, and keep building on the progress we've made––not erasing it.
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It's time to stand up for science, and keep building on the progress we've made––not erasing it.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
I’ve Fought for the Climate Since the ’80s. All I’ve Worked for Is Being Undone
The current government's anti-science agenda threatens the accomplishments of all the organizations my husband, Chevy Chase, and I have supported over the decades.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"I look around and watch so much of that work being unraveled, ignored or worse––erased.... Why are U.S. citizens turning their backs on science?" -Jayni Chase
It's time to stand up for science, and keep building on the progress we've made––not erasing it.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
It's time to stand up for science, and keep building on the progress we've made––not erasing it.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
On this #EarthDay, we remember Thomas Lovejoy's enduring optimism: "This should be a moment in which humanity recognizes that it’s time to embrace nature, to restore nature, and to build a much more biological basis for the support of our civilization.”
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu
April 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On this #EarthDay, we remember Thomas Lovejoy's enduring optimism: "This should be a moment in which humanity recognizes that it’s time to embrace nature, to restore nature, and to build a much more biological basis for the support of our civilization.”
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu
lovejoycenter.arizona.edu