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Recordings & Resources
Recordings of each Sustainability Symposium session can be viewed on the Texas Sustainability YouTube channel.
Review the presentation of the five-year update to the 2016 Sustainability Master Plan here.
Schedule
The 2020 Mitchell Annual Sustainability Symposium was the 9th iteration of this fall event. The 2020 event was organized into four distinct sections and participants were invited to join for select presentations or the entire day.
The Symposium is sponsored by the UT Austin President’s Sustainability Steering Committee and produced by the UT Austin Office of Sustainability with financial support from the Mitchell Foundation.
8:30 |
Jim Walker, Director of Sustainability |
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Land Acknowledgement |
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Welcome |
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Progress on 2016 Sustainability Master Plan |
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2021 Sustainability Master Plan with Q&A |
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9:50 |
Break |
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10:00 |
Panelists:
Moderated by Sri Chappidi, Student Government Sustainability Policy Director |
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11:30 |
Break |
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11:40 |
UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell Introduction by Anagha Kikkeri, Student Government President |
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12:30 |
Break |
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1:00 |
McKenzie Beverage, Senior Academic Program Coordinator, Environmental Science Institute |
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Sustainability Studies |
Dr. Molly Polk, Associate Director of Sustainability Studies |
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Alexi Hill |
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Bridget Thompson & Kaia Robinson |
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Environmental Science |
Jeff Hallock, EVS Program Advising Coordinator |
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Katherine Faulkner |
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Rebekah Garza |
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Avery McKitrick |
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Environmental Engineering |
Dr. Charles Werth, Associate Chair for Environmental Engineering |
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Zoe Welch |
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Connor Chewning |
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Sustainability Bridging Disciplines Program (BDP) |
Larissa Noake, Assistant Director of the BDP |
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Jack Rouse |
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Jenna Frey |
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Green Fund |
Jill Parrish, Green Fund Coordinator |
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Marwan Madi & Joseph Onofre |
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Kingsley Nweye |
3:00 |
Closing |
Jim Walker, Director of Sustainability |
Break | ||
7:00 |
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Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, Assistant Professor at University of Arizona |