<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2025/may/05012025-ier-names-exec-director.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>05/01/2025 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>University of Houston’s Institute for Ecological Resilience Names First-Ever Executive Director</title><subtitle/><description>The University of Houston has named an award-winning conservationist as the first-ever executive director of the UH Institute for Ecological Resilience, effective May 1.</description><author>Jonathan Adams</author><author-email>jadams13@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone>713-743-8960</author-phone><image><img src="/news-events/stories/2023/august-2023/_images/gonzalez_jaime-ier_director01.jpeg" alt=""/></image><categories>Science[COMMA] Energy &amp; Innovation</categories></item>