When
Where
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
1:00 – 5:30 PM Hybrid | ENR2 S107 and Courtyard Reception
Our 2025 agenda will offer a grounding and inspiring afternoon of sharing and networking around the theme of resilience. Please join for some or all of the event, to learn how your fellow University and Southern Arizona community members approach resilience from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We are thrilled to open with welcoming remarks by our new Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation, Tomás Diaz de la Rubia, and we'll close as usual with a networking reception in our beautiful ENR2 courtyard. Together, we'll find new ways to collaborate on impactful, community-oriented projects. We can't wait to see you there!
EVENT RECORDING
AGENDA
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
| 1:00pm | Sharon Collinge | Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience | Welcome and Introduction |
| 1:05pm | Tomás Díaz de la Rubia | Senior Vice President for Research, University of Arizona | Welcome from Research, Innovation, and Impact |
| 1:10pm | Michael Mulcahy | Associate Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television, College of Fine Arts | Making Arizona: Resilience in the Face of Climate Change |
| 1:25pm | Luke Cole, Nicole Richards and Stephanie Winick | Sonoran Institute | Interactive Panel Discussion |
Lightning Talks, Round One
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 1:55pm | Kenny Wong | Lecturer, Drachman Institute, College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture | Teaching Sustainable Built Environments in the Tucson Community |
| 2:00pm | Jessey Singh | Undergraduate, Department of English, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Writing a New World |
| 2:05pm | Beth Tellman | Assistant Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | AI to Enable Just and Resilient Flood Futures |
| 2:10pm | Jennie Gubner | Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, School of Music, College of Fine Arts, and Chair of the Applied Intercultural Arts Research Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, Graduate College | La Peña del SurCo: A Latin American Folk Music Gathering for Community Resilience |
| 2:15pm | Joey Blankinship | Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences | Soil Health and Resilience |
Break for Conversations in the ENR2 Courtyard
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
| 2:35pm | Sharon Collinge | Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience | Networking: Creating Collaborations |
| 3:00pm | Ellen McMahon Aaron Bugaj | Associate Dean, Research, College of Fine Arts Landscape Evolution Observatory Senior Research Specialist and Biosphere 2 Data Visualization and Podcast Host | Original Documentary Film |
Lightning Talks, Round Two
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
| 3:15pm | Ufuoma Ovienmhada | Baker Postdoctoral Associate in Climate Change and Human Resiliency, Arizona Institute for Resilience | Satellites, Climate, Justice, and Change |
| 3:20pm | Liliana Salvador | Assistant Professor, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Statistics and Data Science | Dynamics of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases |
| 3:25pm | Alejandro (Alex) Macias | Assistant Professor, School of Art, College of Fine Arts | The Human Form as a Vessel |
| 3:30pm | Oskar Anderson | Undergraduate, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences and Earth Grant Intern, Arizona Institute for Resilience | Ecological Monitoring to Protect Our Open Spaces |
Break for Conversations in the ENR2 Courtyard
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
| 3:50pm | Sara Fraker Jackie Glazier | Associate Professor, School of Music, College of Fine Arts Associate Professor, School of Music, College of Fine Arts | Watershed Soundscape: Building Hydro-Local Community Through Music, Art, and Watershed Science |
| 4:05pm | Sharon Collinge | Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience | Networking Activity: Finding Your People |
| 4:30pm | Sharon Collinge | Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience | New Funding Opportunity and Closing |
Reception, Networking, and Live Music in the ENR2 Courtyard
In 2024, Q'iru was honored with an invitation to perform at the International Clarinet Festival in Dublin, Ireland. Over the years, the duo has captivated audiences across the United States, with performances in cities like Chicago, Southern Illinois, Phoenix, Tucson, and Reno, as well as internationally in Colombia, Chile, Ireland, and Mexico.
Q'iru’s energetic performances are often enriched by extraordinary guest musicians, whose contributions bring added authenticity and artistry to the ensemble's distinctive sound.