<div dir="auto"><div>Sharing to BEUSA! </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Emilia Burnham (she/her)<br>UC Riverside - Class of 2024<br>UCR Entomology Departmental Outreach Coordinator<br>CIBER Baer Lab<br>AMWA Public Relations<br>BEUSA Co-President<br><a href="https://emiliab82202.wixsite.com/emiliaburnham">https://emiliab82202.wixsite.com/emiliaburnham</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 2, 2024, 3:22 PM Christiane Weirauch <<a href="mailto:christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu">christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><font color="#0000ff">Please see below: this might be of interest to some of our graduating seniors? Best wishes, Christiane</font></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jann Vendetti</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jvendetti@nhm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jvendetti@nhm.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 2:30 PM<br>Subject: NHMLAC is recruiting for the UNLAB postbaccalaureate program<br>To: Museums <<a href="mailto:Museums@nhm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Museums@nhm.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please help us share this announcement widely</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! </span></span></font></i></div><div><i><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">*************************<br></span></font></b></i></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hello all,</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(NHMLAC) is recruiting for the 2024–2025 UNLAB cohort.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Program information is below.</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">U</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">nderstanding </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">N</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ature and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">L</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">os </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ngeles </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">B</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">iodiversity (<b>UNLAB</b>) is a paid NSF-funded post baccalaureate research and training program offering hands-on research experience to recent college graduates with an interest in careers in the biological and paleontological sciences. Accepted participants will be full time museum employees, working at the museum(s) for 1 full year (July 2024–June 2025). In 2024 we expect to hire 10 UNLAB participants. This cohort will take part in various research projects focused on Los Angeles biodiversity, gaining critical research skills, receiving peer and professional mentoring, and learning about STEM careers in a natural history museum setting. The program is intended for individuals who <u>did not gain substantial research experience as undergraduates</u>, as well as those who are from backgrounds underrepresented in the biological sciences. </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who is eligible:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> a</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">pplicants must meet all the following requirements:</span></span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">College graduation date falls between July 2020 and June 2024. Exceptions will be allowed for family-related circumstances, medical leave, or military service.</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Did NOT have substantial research experience during or following their undergraduate experience.</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Completed at least an introductory course in biology, ecology, and/or evolution.</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful refugee, or permanent resident of the United States.</span></span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When is the program:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where is the program: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More information:</span><a href="https://nhm.org/unlab" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://nhm.org/unlab</span></a></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application:</span><a href="https://etap.nsf.gov/award/736/opportunity/782" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://etap.nsf.gov/award/736/opportunity/8581" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://etap.nsf.gov/award/736/opportunity/8581</a></span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application window:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">February 1, 2024–February 29, 2024</span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We particularly encourage applications from individuals who self-identify as belonging to a group that is underrepresented (or have experienced barriers) in biological science and/or museum careers.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you would like to reach out directly with any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the UNLAB team: </span><a href="mailto:unlab@nhm.org" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">unlab@nhm.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All the best,</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="2">Jann Vendetti & the UNLAB Steering Committee </font></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;margin:0px"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">____________________________________________</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#444444">Jann Elizabeth Vendetti, Ph.D.</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(106,106,106)">she</span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84)">/</span><span style="color:rgb(106,106,106)">her</span><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:19px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#444444">Associate Curator & Twila Bratcher Chair in Malacology</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:19px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#444444">Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County <br></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:19px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#444444">900 Exposition Blvd.<br></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:19px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#444444">Los Angeles, CA 90007  <br></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:19px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">Phone: (213) 763-3380</span><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:19px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#444444">Email: <a href="mailto:jvendett@nhm.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jvendetti@nhm.org</a></font></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1"><br></font></span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><a name="m_-2345346789650217227_SignatureSanitizer_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter__MailAutoSig" style="font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer"><font color="#000000" size="1"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">C</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">hristiane Weirauch</font></font></a><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Professor of Entomology</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Department of Entomology</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">University of California, Riverside</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Ph: 951-827-5707</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Email: c</span><a href="mailto:Christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">hristiane.weirauch@ucr.edu</a><br><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/christiane.weirauch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://profiles.ucr.edu/christiane.weirauch</a> </font><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Center for Integrative Biological Collections </span><a href="http://cibc.ucr.edu/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://cibc.ucr.edu/</a><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Editor, </span><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-3113" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Systematic Entomology</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> <br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">President, International Heteropterists' Society (2022-2026)</span><br></div></div></div>
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