Mark your calendars and join us for the CARI Colloquium on Friday, February 20 with sessions between 9am and 1pm in Maxwell Hall. Events will include a CoffeeLab open-house style morning gathering, a panel discussion titled “Unlocking the Potential of Collaborative Research,” and presentations by interdisciplinary UA researchers supported by CARI. The UA community is invited to attend all or any part of the Colloquium. Snacks and beverages will be served.

9:00-10:00 AM: CoffeeLab – mingle with the CARI community and others involved in collaborative research at UA

10:00-10:45 AM: Panel Discussion – “Unlocking the Potential of Collaborative Research” moderated by Rebecca Salzer, Director of CARI and Professor of Dance

• Jennifer Feltman, Associate Professor of Art History (Former CARI Faculty Fellow)
• Sergei Gleyzer, Associate Professor of Physics, Chief Science Officer of the UA High Performance Computing and Data Center (CARI Faculty Fellow)
• Skip Snead, Director of the School of Music

11:00 AM-1:00 PM: CARI Research Lightning Round Presentations

• Art’s Fiery Finger: The Greek Slave Story of Social Justice and 19th-Century Art; Catherine Roach, Distinguished Research Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, New College and Sonya Harwood-Johnson, Director of Gorgas House Museum
• Telling the Quantum Story; Sergei Gleyzer, Associate Professor of Physics, Chief Science Officer of the UA High Performance Computing and Data Center
• Disrupting Domestic Violence: Engaging the Visual Arts for Raising Awareness and Empowering Victims; Brittany VandeBerg, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Empire Builder Documentary Film; John Haley, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Creative Media
• Learning from the Ancestors: Historical Influences on Contemporary Native Art; Ted Clay Nelson, Director of Moundville Archaeological Park
• The Table Speaks: Multisensory Storytelling for the Next Generation of Board Games; Matthew Davis, Assistant Professor of Theatre