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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is an email from ALVSCE Development. They are looking for any faculty planning to participate in “Climate Week” events in San Francisco, New York, or Washington, DC.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you please share this email with your faculty? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0C234B;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Edward C. Martin, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Associate Vice President and Director</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office: 520-621-7145</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> |
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to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O'odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education
offerings, partnerships, and community service<span style="color:#495057">.</span><span style="color:#767676"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Strong, Alexander Martin - (amstrong) <amstrong@arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 2, 2025 9:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Scaramella, Laura V - (scaramella) <scaramella@arizona.edu>; Arnold, Betsy - (fungi) <Arnold@ag.arizona.edu>; Merrell, Douglas Scott - (dscottmerrell) <dscottmerrell@arizona.edu>; Wilund, Kenneth R - (kwilund) <kwilund@arizona.edu>; Stoner, Kathryn
E - (kstoner) <kstoner@arizona.edu>; Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin@arizona.edu>; Curry, Joan E - (jecurry) <Curry@ag.arizona.edu>; Moore, Wendy - (wmoore) <wmoore@arizona.edu>; Thompson, Gary D - (gdthomps) <GaryT@ag.arizona.edu>; Kacira, Murat -
(mkacira) <mkacira@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chorover, Jon - (chorover) <chorover@arizona.edu>; Celaya, Michael - (michaelcelaya) <michaelcelaya@arizona.edu>; Pierson, Nick - (npierson) <npierson@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Seeking Contact with Faculty participating in Climate Week Events (NY/SF/DC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The UA Foundation's Foundation Relations (FR) Team is coordinating a university-wide strategy for connecting with private foundations at upcoming "Climate Week" events in major cities around the
US. Climate Weeks are always well-attended by major climate funders, such as Rockefeller, Gordon and Betty Moore, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and our FR team will be attending to help connect UA PIs to relevant program officers. There are no
guarantees of funding, of course, but the FR team is extremely helpful in supporting PI relationships with foundations and keeping them moving toward funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Our (ALVSCE) Development Team is seeking to get in touch with any faculty that plan to participate so that we can help facilitate these relationships. Will you please forward this note to your
respective faculty and ask them to email me if they are planning to participate or are interested in participating? If you know of any specific individuals that will participate, I'd appreciate a direct referral, as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The FR Team will be holding a UA-wide strategy meeting at 2:00 on 1/14/25</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">, and I will see that any faculty who want to attend receive an
invite. Please encourage any participants to contact me by 1/10/2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you so much for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C234B">PO Box 210036 Tucson AZ 85721</span><span style="color:#403635"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C234B"><a href="mailto:amstrong@arizona.edu">amstrong@arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:#403635"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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