<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone. The 9th Ecoslam event is happening next week. We have a great speaker, Sarah Kimball, who has done a lot of interesting conservation oriented ecological research out of UC Irvine. Please encourage your students - undergrad and grad to give a quick lightning presentation. Cash prizes in both categories!</div><div><br></div><div>Faculty and postdocs are also welcome to present, you can quickly share the new ideas bubbling up from your work.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><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</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Miranda Buckley</strong></div><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><font face="Futura">In one week! Everyone's invited!</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><font face="Futura">There's still time to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3QUkN3lgGPTRPjUOKsCKWyVRFZLFk4ODn2HdIXn8xKCmNaw/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank">Sign up to Present!</a> </font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000"><img alt="EcoSLAM8_location&goodQR.png" src="cid:ii_19e67c022593d9091ad1"></font></div><br><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><font face="Futura"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UCR's Center for Conservation Biology presents the 8th annual</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">EcoSlam!</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">Tuesday, June 2, 2025 3pm-5pm</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">At the UCR Botanic Gardens</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">All academic levels are welcomed to attend and compete in </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">5-minute lightning talks on original research.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">$$ Prizes awarded! $$</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">EcoSlam is an event for students working in all fields of conservation, ecology, restoration, environmental studies, climate science, and natural resource management. </font></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Futura"><br><br></font></span><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Futura">Keynote speaker Dr. Sarah Kimball: </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Futura"><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">“Understanding Natural Communities: </span></u></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Futura"><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Collaborating Plants and People</span></u></font></font></span><font color="#000000" face="Futura" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><u>”</u></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="Futura"><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></u></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin:0pt 30pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"> Please share! Email </span><a href="mailto:mbuck007@ucr.edu" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif" target="_blank">mbuck007@ucr.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"> for any questions.</span></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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