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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Dear Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Faculty:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Recruitment day for PhD candidates will be February 20. The admissions committee completed virtual interviews with the
top 20 candidates and have invited 14 applicants for in-person interviews.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">If you are in the position to accept a student this year, please take a moment to review the applications for these 14
candidates in the Google drive folder below.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><u>Please let us know by February 9 if you would like to interview any of the candidates. If you are not taking students
but can still assist with interviews, we would greatly appreciate it. </u></b>Hermila will send out calendar invites for interview time slots to hold on your calendar.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We're also looking for volunteers for short research presentations by faculty. This is a great opportunity to share your
work with the candidates and identify individuals who may be a good fit for your lab.
<b><u>Let us know if you would be able to give a short research presentation during recruitment day (15-20 min).</u></b> The faculty presentations will take place from 3:00p-4:00p on Feb. 20<sup>th</sup>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Finally, we would love to have you join us for the closing reception starting at 4:30pm. Hermila will send out calendar
invite for the dinner as well.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Thank you for your support of our graduate program. We think you’ll be impressed by these excellent applicants!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", "Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos Display_MSFontService", "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>University of California, Riverside | School of Medicine<br>
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