<div dir="ltr"><b>TODAY<br></b><div><div><b>February 13, 3-4pm General Discussion, 4-? Refreshments<br>Batchelor Hall 2138</b></div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Happy New Year Center for Conservation Biology Faculty,<br><br><div>I hope 2024 treats us all well! Without question, the past few years have been some of the most challenging we have faced individually and as a community. Now that we have reached a new semblance of normality, we are taking the opportunity to imagine the next phase of the <span class="gmail-il">CCB</span>. How can the <span class="gmail-il">CCB</span> best let us all reach our ongoing quest to continue leading world-class ecological research and contribute to conservation of ecological communities, ecosystems, and processes? The Center for Conservation Biology wants to relaunch efforts to facilitate, spearhead, and communicate research by helping to organize amongst all of us.</div><div><br></div><div>This coming year we are embarking on a strategizing phase looking to develop a long-range plan and short-term strategies to lay out a roadmap for the Center. In kicking this off, I want to have an open forum for discussion and listening on how <span class="gmail-il">CCB</span> could be of the greatest help.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Agenda:</div><div>Brief (re)introduction to CCB</div><div>Vision for coming year</div><div>Open roundtable for how to make our center more effective in helping us grow our international excellence</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 3:25 PM Darrel Jenerette <<a href="mailto:darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu">darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Rescheduled!<div><div><b>SAVE THE DATE</b></div><div><b>February 13, 3-4pm General Discussion, 4-? Refreshments<br>Batchelor Hall 2138</b></div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Happy New Year Center for Conservation Biology Faculty,<br><br><div>I hope 2024 treats us all well! Without question, the past few years have been some of the most challenging we have faced individually and as a community. Now that we have reached a new semblance of normality, we are taking the opportunity to imagine the next phase of the <span>CCB</span>. How can the <span>CCB</span> best let us all reach our ongoing quest to continue leading world-class ecological research and contribute to conservation of ecological communities, ecosystems, and processes? The Center for Conservation Biology wants to relaunch efforts to facilitate, spearhead, and communicate research by helping to organize amongst all of us.</div><div><br></div><div>This coming year we are embarking on a strategizing phase looking to develop a long-range plan and short-term strategies to lay out a roadmap for the Center. In kicking this off, I want to have an open forum for discussion and listening on how <span>CCB</span> could be of the greatest help.<br><div><br></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:x-small">G. Darrel Jenerette</span><br></div><div><font size="1">Director, Center for Conservation Biology</font></div><div><font size="1">Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences</font></div><div><font size="1">University of California Riverside<br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:x-small">G. Darrel Jenerette</span><br></div><div><font size="1">Director, Center for Conservation Biology</font></div><div><font size="1">Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences</font></div><div><font size="1">University of California Riverside<br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>