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K-12 schools across the country are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence tools into the classroom. 91������’s Alex Molnar gives his take on why these tools could pose risks for students, and what concerned parents and others can do about it.

From an early age, Mia Torres felt the urge to do something about the injustices she learned about. Her menstrual justice project in high school grew into policy change. Now she’s majoring in the School of Education’s unique leadership and community engagement major.

Growing up on the border shaped the worldviews and life trajectories of four “mujeres fronterizas,” or border women, who came together to create the What Remains project. Alumna Adriana Alvarez shares how the project reframes the migrant experience as a global and timeless human experience.

Women of color reported experiences such as these to the co-founders of the Healing, Empowerment and Love project: “Don’t let them see you cry—it will make you seem weak;” and “I tended to my body only when it could no longer carry me.” The project is exploring ways educators can interlace healing justice with education.

91������'s Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.) works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists due to lack of representation.

The new CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation is dedicated to three broad goals: excellence and inclusion in environmental science education; career development and training for scientists; and engaging with diverse audiences.

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at 91������ recently hosted elementary students as part of Empty Space: A LASP Artist in Residence Program. The 91������ Public Library will feature the students’ artwork.

Five faculty members have been selected to join the Office for Outreach and Engagement’s Community Perspectives program—a professional development program offering each cohort the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills as publicly and community-engaged scholars.

Recent 91������-led work suggests students gain more confidence in their ability to do science and a greater sense of belonging in the science community through immersive research experiences.

Participants from around the world who attended the three-day Environmental Mosaic summit hosted by 91������’s Environmental Data Science Innovation & Inclusion Lab used data and artificial intelligence to tackle environmental challenges. Winners will dig deeper in person next year.