<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Lidia Kos <<a href="mailto:lidia.kos@ucr.edu" style="color:blue">lidia.kos@ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> March 7, 2025 at 17:01:01 PST<br><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hello everyone, I am forwarding Dr. Kos's message below.  Thank you.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Best,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Perla Fabelo</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Dear colleagues</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Could you please encourage your faculty to
support the participation of their graduate students in our first campus
graduate student research symposium (see message below)?</span></p>

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to have our undergraduate students be exposed to the research graduate students
are pursuing on our campus. Maybe you could suggest that faculty teaching
undergraduate students create an assignment that would be tied to attendance at
the symposium (i.e. describe two research projects that you were interested in
or ask 3 graduate students questions about their projects).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Lidia</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This is a reminder that<b> abstracts are
due on Monday, March 10</b>, for the Inaugural<a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/gradsymposium" target="_blank" title="https://graduate.ucr.edu/gradsymposium" style="color:blue"> UCR Graduate
Student Symposium</a>. This event, which will showcase the research
and creative endeavors of our graduate students, will be held on Tuesday,
April 8, in HUB 302 as part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Graduate students from all disciplines are
encouraged to submit an abstract and participate. Presentation formats include
poster sessions, oral presentations, paper proceedings, and exhibit or
performance space for creative works. Several categories will be judged, with
feedback provided, and prizes awarded for the best presentations.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This event is co-sponsored by the UCR Graduate
Division, GradSuccess, and the UCR Graduate Student Association.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Lidia Kos</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">951-827-0320 |</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"> <a href="mailto:lidia.kos@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue">lidia.kos@ucr.edu</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">University Office Building (UOB) Room 100</span></p>

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