<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Good morning GSAC Graduate Students,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">See the email below and mark your calendars.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Sincerely, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Fidel Rivas</font></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"></a><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Interim Director of Graduate Student Advising/</font></b></a><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Employment and Scholarship Manager</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zJOGS44bLAtoZQ48UW1DyYY8JEHWW-LSqbspGFiaqyxA6Ji_RMwsPuNWkXIzpVQdz4xX3s7OrVsPri"><br></p></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Laura McGeehan</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mcgeehan@ucr.edu" target="_blank">mcgeehan@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM<br>Subject: CNAS presenters at the Latinxs and the Environment Conference: Oct 24th at the Culver Center<br>To: Joann D Young <<a href="mailto:joann.young@ucr.edu" target="_blank">joann.young@ucr.edu</a>>, Nikita L McWells <<a href="mailto:nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu" target="_blank">nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu</a>>, Tom Windeknecht <<a href="mailto:tom.windeknecht@ucr.edu" target="_blank">tom.windeknecht@ucr.edu</a>><br>CC: Lidia Kos <<a href="mailto:lidia.kos@ucr.edu" target="_blank">lidia.kos@ucr.edu</a>></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div><b>Description:</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The <a href="https://latinxsenv.ucr.edu/2025-lei-conference" target="_blank">Latinxs and the Environment conference</a> is a UC systemwide symposium that features research on the theme of </span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Environmental Research and Social Change - Connecting the Latino Community with Future Generations</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. The event will be held on October 24 at the Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts in Downtown Riverside. This symposium also includes panels with faculty, community members and government officials. Mayor of Riverside Patricia Lock Dawson and Riverside County Supervisor José Medina will present remarks in a systemwide celebration.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This conference supports the systemwide Latinxs and the Environment initiative that began at Berkeley, and now includes chapters at UCR and UC Davis, with plans to expand to additional campuses. The initiative at UCR is funded by a UC Office of the President HSI DDI grant to Dr. Sam Ying, faculty in the UCR Environmental Sciences Department in collaboration with Graduate Division.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The research being presented ranges from studying ancient Maya traditions to inform modern sustainable practices, to understanding the etiology of asthma in the Salton Sea, to utilizing satellite-derived spectral bands to evaluate soil health in CA, and a study of energy justice and policy in Inland CA. The symposium includes participation from undergraduate and graduate 8 of the 10 UC campuses.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><b>Below is a list of UCR CNAS students (both grad and ug) who are presenting at the conference:</b></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="777" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-caps:normal;border-collapse:collapse;width:582pt"><colgroup><col width="87" style="width:65pt"><col width="115" style="width:86pt"><col width="89" style="width:67pt"><col width="91" style="width:68pt"><col width="247" style="width:185pt"><col width="148" style="width:111pt"></colgroup><tbody><tr height="68" style="height:51pt"><td height="68" width="87" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium 0.5pt 1.5pt medium;border-style:none solid solid none;border-color:currentcolor white white currentcolor;height:51pt;width:65pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">College</td><td width="115" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium 0.5pt 1.5pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-color:currentcolor white white;width:86pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">Student Status</td><td width="89" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium 0.5pt 1.5pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-color:currentcolor white white;width:67pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">Last Name</td><td width="91" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium 0.5pt 1.5pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-color:currentcolor white white;width:68pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">First Name</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium 0.5pt 1.5pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-color:currentcolor white white;width:185pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">Presentation Title</td><td width="148" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium medium 1.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:none none solid solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor white white;width:111pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">Type of Presentation</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Alfaro III</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">David</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Utilization of Electrochemical Catalysts and Defluorinating Bacteria Towards Deeper Degradation of PFAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Oral Presentation</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">De Allende</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Pedro</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Exploring the Optical Properties of Brown Carbon Aerosol Using Single Particle Levitation</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Oral Presentation</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Firebaugh Ornelas</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Ariana</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Title: Community responses to altered seasonal precipitation via seed banks in an annual desert community</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Poster</td></tr><tr height="36" style="height:27pt"><td height="36" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:27pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Guillén</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Amy</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Characterizing Possible Bacterial Asthma Bombs in the Salton Sea</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Poster</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Salas</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Stephanie</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Comparing the Heterogeneous Reactivity of Viscous and Gel State Particles</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Oral Presentation</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Vega-Redeaux</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Miranda</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Agua es Vida: Tap water quality and geochemistry in polanco communities in East Coachella Valley</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Oral Presentation</td></tr><tr height="71" style="height:53pt"><td height="71" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:53pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Wertz</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">BryAnna</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">How a prescribed burn gradient influences seed bank dynamics and restoration efforts at Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Poster</td></tr><tr height="71" style="height:53pt"><td height="71" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:53pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Graduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Wertz</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">BryAnna</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">How a prescribed burn gradient influences seed bank dynamics and restoration efforts at Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Poster</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Undergraduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Chiu</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Ashley</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Energy Justice: An Approach to Policy-Making for a Just Transition in Inland Southern California</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Poster</td></tr><tr height="36" style="height:27pt"><td height="36" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:27pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Undergraduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Garcia</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Jennifer</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Measuring Seismic Attenuation Across Iceland</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white 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style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:16pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">CNAS</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Undergraduate Student</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Villar</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Michelle</td><td width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border:0.5pt solid white;width:185pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Precipitation and Soil Organic Carbon</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Poster</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt medium medium;border-style:solid solid none none;border-color:white white currentcolor 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width="247" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid none;border-color:white white currentcolor;width:185pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Using satellite-derived spectral bands to assess vegetation health and soil moisture in Southern CA</td><td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium medium 0.5pt;border-style:solid none none solid;border-color:white currentcolor currentcolor white;white-space:nowrap;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Poster</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>In addition, the following faculty have served as mentors to the Latinxs and the Environment students during their summer with the Mentoring Summer Research Internship Program and/or are faculty mentors to students presenting at the conference.</b></div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="321" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-caps:normal;border-collapse:collapse;width:241pt"><colgroup><col width="148" style="width:111pt"><col width="173" style="width:130pt"></colgroup><tbody><tr height="68" style="height:51pt"><td height="68" width="148" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium 0.5pt 1.5pt medium;border-style:none solid solid none;border-color:currentcolor white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:51pt;width:111pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">CNAS Faculty</td><td width="173" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:white;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:medium medium 1.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:none none solid solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor white white;width:130pt;background:rgb(21,96,130)">Program</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Tingting Xiang</td><td width="173" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;width:130pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Bioengineering</td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Andrew Gray</td><td width="173" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;width:130pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div style="float:left">Environmental Sciences</div></div></td></tr><tr height="53" style="height:40pt"><td height="53" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:40pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Francesca Hopkins</td><td width="173" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;width:130pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div style="float:left">Environmental Sciences</div></div></td></tr><tr height="36" style="height:27pt"><td height="36" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:27pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)">Sam Ying</td><td width="173" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white currentcolor white white;width:130pt;background:rgb(192,230,245)"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div style="float:left">Environmental Sciences</div></div></td></tr><tr height="68" style="height:51pt"><td height="68" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:white white white currentcolor;white-space:nowrap;height:51pt;background:rgb(131,204,235)">Amanda Rupiper</td><td width="173" style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid none solid solid;border-color:white 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Sciences</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Events Calendar link <a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/latinxs-and-the-environment-conference" target="_blank">here</a>. I’ve also attached an additional flyer below.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.</div><div><br></div><div>Laura</div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div></div><div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><br><div>
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