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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jessie Hanna Clark <a href="mailto:[mailto:jhc@email.arizona.edu]">[mailto:jhc@email.arizona.edu]</a> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 21, 2011 4:59 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> SAVE THE DATE: Oasis Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt'>Sonoran Desert Oasis Initiative: Save the Date!</span></b></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>J.P. Jones III, Dean of the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Joaquin Ruiz, Dean of the College of Science, invite you to save the date of <b>November 15</b> for a special presentation on a Sonoran Desert Oasis Initiative. We have just confirmed grant support for a visit from representatives of UNESCO’s International Traditional Knowledge Institute. Pietro Laureano and his associates wish to propose a branch of their Institute and a reconstruction of a New World desert oasis, to be tentatively located in Tucson and affiliated with the University of Arizona, Pima County, City of Tucson, and other southern Arizona organizations. The Oasis proposal is endorsed by Francesco Bandarin, Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and Assistant Director-General for Culture. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The University will host an inaugural event for the Oasis Initiative at 4 pm on Tuesday, November 15, in the Steward Observatory (Room N210) on campus, to be followed by a reception. The Oasis Initiative provides a unique opportunity to integrate the natural and cultural assets of our area to develop a world-class institute and associated science tourism attraction in the heart of our city and the Sonoran Desert. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please share this invitation with appropriate members of your organization. Further details will follow.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Support provided by the UA Water Sustainability Program, the Institute of the Environment, and the Renewable Energy Network through the Water, Environment Energy Solutions Program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <b>Oasis Initiative Organizing Committee:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>J. P. Jones III, Dean, College of Social and Behavior Sciences<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Joaquin Ruiz, Dean, College of Science<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Suzanne Fish, Arizona State Museum, School of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Paul Fish, Arizona State Museum, School of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Gary Nabhan, Southwest Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, Biosphere2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Lauri MacMillan Johnson, School of Landscape Architecture<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jonathan Mabry, Tucson Historic Preservation, Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Linda Mayro, Pima County Office of Sustainability and Conservation, Pima County<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Roger Anyon, Pima County Office of Sustainability and Conservation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Julia Fonseca, Pima County Office of Sustainability and Conservation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Janos Wilder, Tucson Restaurateur<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jessie Clark<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research Assistant</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Social and Behavioral Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office of the Dean</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jhc@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">jhc@email.arizona.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------------------------------<br>John Paul Jones III, Dean<br>College of Social and Behavioral Sciences<br>200 W. Douglass Building<br>P. O. Box 210028<br>University of Arizona<br>Tucson, Arizona 85721-0028<br>Tel: <a href="tel:520-621-1112" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC'>520-621-1112</span></a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:520-621-9424" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC'>520-621-9424</span></a><br>SBS Main Page: <a href="http://web.sbs.arizona.edu/college/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC'>http://web.sbs.arizona.edu/college/</span></a><br>SBS Snapshots: <a href="http://snapshots.sbs.arizona.edu/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC'>http://snapshots.sbs.arizona.edu/</span></a><br>SBS Developments: <a href="http://sbs.arizona.edu/development/index.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC'>http://sbs.arizona.edu/development/index.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>