<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear Graduate Programs,</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I am forwarding the Grad Slam Final competition winners. Congratulations to <b>Justin Huft</b>, <b>Nico Valdivia Henning</b>, and <b>Karina Alpayeva</b>! </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Link to pictures from the Semifinals <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC7nCq" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Grad Slam Semifinals 2025</a></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">and Final competition <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC8Why" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC8Why</a></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="">If anyone posts to social
media, please credit Lyndsey Rankin as the photographer and tag
ucrchass. </font></span></p></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Please assist me in circulating this message to your graduate programs. Thank you!</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Perla Fabelo</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">CHASS Graduate Student Services Lead</font></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><img src="cid:ii_m9jf3ulz0" alt="Image" width="82" height="126"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">We are thrilled
to announce the winners of the <a href="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2025" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">UCR
Grad Slam</a> Final competition. </span></p>
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<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Grand
Prize: Angeliz Vargas Casillas, Mathematics</span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:rgb(102,102,102)"><b style=""><font color="#ff9900">Second
Place: Justin Huft, Sociology</font></b></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font color="#e69138"><b>Third
Place: Nico Valdivia Hennig, Spanish</b></font></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Audience
Choice and Honorable Mention: Chujing Zheng, CEE</span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font color="#e69138"><b>Honorable
Mention: Karina Alpayeva, Political Science</b></font></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Honorable
Mention: Sushmitha Arumugam, Neuroscience</span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Honorable
Mention: Mst Shamima Hossain, CS</span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Honorable
Mention: Yi-Li Lam, BioMed</span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Honorable
Mention: Hermona Yared, Public Policy</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Please help us
announce our winner and advertise the UCOP Live Stream where Angeliz will
compete against other UC champions. The UCOP online audience will be able to
vote for their Audience Choice Favorite on April 29<sup>th</sup>: <a href="https://gradslam.universityofcalifornia.edu/finalists/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://gradslam.universityofcalifornia.edu/finalists/</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The shared marketing folder
linked below has Grad Slam creative resources:</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p>
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