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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">It is now time to RSVP for the 2024 EDGE Spring Symposium! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Please RSVP by <b>May 17th </b>via google form using the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">If you are a student and/or a scholarship applicant, then there will be a couple of extra questions on the form for you to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">**Students who are attending the symposium are strongly encouraged to present a poster. Scholarship recipients from Spring 2023 (Geographer's Scholarship) <b>are required to present
a poster</b>. Any recent poster is acceptable. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">The symposium details are below...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">DATE: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Friday May 31st<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">TIME: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">3:00pm - 7:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">LOCATION: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">UCR Botanic Gardens, (Lecture location TBA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Please note that we must cap attendance at 60 people.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Our keynote speaker will be Jim Randerson, Cicerone Professor of Earth System Science, UC Irvine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C64C0"><a href="https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=4971" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0C64C0">https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=4971</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Schedule:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">3pm-4pm refreshments and student posters <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">4pm-5pm keynote speaker <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at <a href="mailto:theresa.kane@ucr.edu" target="_blank">theresa.kane@ucr.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Sincerely,<br>
Theresa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Applications for the 2024 Geographer's scholarship are now open! (Due May 24th 5:00pm)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Please see this link for detailed information...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C64C0"><a href="https://edge.ucr.edu/awards/geographers-scholarship-global-change-science-and-sustainability#criteria-and-selection-process" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0C64C0">https://edge.ucr.edu/awards/geographers-scholarship-global-change-science-and-sustainability#criteria-and-selection-process</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Geographer’s Scholarship for Global Change Science and Sustainability:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">This scholarship supports UCR CNAS students pursuing studies leading to an improvement in our understanding of global change processes and/or translating that understanding into recommendations
that shape public policy. We anticipate that the award amount will be between $5,000 to $10,000 and can support student stipend and/or research expenses. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Scholarship winners will be announced at the EDGE Spring Symposium on May 31st. Please apply using this link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C64C0"><a href="https://forms.gle/1WGf8w1ZSERcCF8f8" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0C64C0">https://forms.gle/1WGf8w1ZSERcCF8f8</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">If you have any questions, please contact me at <a href="mailto:theresa.kane@ucr.edu" target="_blank">theresa.kane@ucr.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002451">Theresa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Sandra Kirtland Turner, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Associate Professor of Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Vice-chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4>Francesca M. Hopkins, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></h4>
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Dept. of Environmental Sciences<br>
University of California<br>
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