<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">AgDean</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:agdean@ucr.edu">agdean@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: Grad Student Symposium - Please forward to grad students<br>To: Rick Redak <<a href="mailto:richard.redak@ucr.edu">richard.redak@ucr.edu</a>>, Bpschair <<a href="mailto:bpschair@ucr.edu">bpschair@ucr.edu</a>>, Daniel Schlenk <<a href="mailto:daniel.schlenk@ucr.edu">daniel.schlenk@ucr.edu</a>>, Adler Dillman <<a href="mailto:adlerd@ucr.edu">adlerd@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Hi all,  I’m forwarding this message from Lidia about an upcoming Graduate Student symposium.  Abstracts are due today.  This is the first time I heard about this, so I am not sure how the message was sent to students.<div>Lidia is asking departments to encourage undergrads to attend, and suggest incentivizing attendance in some way.  </div><div><br></div><div>Best, patty</div><div><br id="m_-93462707850603597lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lidia Kos <<a href="mailto:lidia.kos@ucr.edu" target="_blank">lidia.kos@ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Fwd: Grad Student Symposium - Please forward to grad students</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">March 7, 2025 at 5:00:46 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Daryle Williams <<a href="mailto:daryle.williams@ucr.edu" target="_blank">daryle.williams@ucr.edu</a>>, Covadonga Lamar Prieto <<a href="mailto:covad@ucr.edu" target="_blank">covad@ucr.edu</a>>,  Peter Atkinson <<a href="mailto:peter.atkinson@ucr.edu" target="_blank">peter.atkinson@ucr.edu</a>>, Patricia Springer <<a href="mailto:patricia.springer@ucr.edu" target="_blank">patricia.springer@ucr.edu</a>>,  Morris Maduro <<a href="mailto:mmaduro@ucr.edu" target="_blank">mmaduro@ucr.edu</a>>, Stefano Vidussi <<a href="mailto:stefano.vidussi@ucr.edu" target="_blank">stefano.vidussi@ucr.edu</a>>,  Yunzeng Wang <<a href="mailto:yunzeng.wang@ucr.edu" target="_blank">yunzeng.wang@ucr.edu</a>>, Rami Zwick <<a href="mailto:rami.zwick@ucr.edu" target="_blank">rami.zwick@ucr.edu</a>>,  Chris Lynch <<a href="mailto:cslynch@engr.ucr.edu" target="_blank">cslynch@engr.ucr.edu</a>>, Matthew Barth <<a href="mailto:barth@ece.ucr.edu" target="_blank">barth@ece.ucr.edu</a>>, Mark Long <<a href="mailto:marklong@ucr.edu" target="_blank">marklong@ucr.edu</a>>,  Joi Spencer <<a href="mailto:jois@ucr.edu" target="_blank">jois@ucr.edu</a>>, Marsha Ing <<a href="mailto:marshai@ucr.edu" target="_blank">marshai@ucr.edu</a>>,  Deborah Deas <<a href="mailto:Deborah.Deas@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank">Deborah.Deas@medsch.ucr.edu</a>>, Monica J Carson <<a href="mailto:monica.carson@ucr.edu" target="_blank">monica.carson@ucr.edu</a>>,  Mark Wolfson <<a href="mailto:Mark.Wolfson@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank">Mark.Wolfson@medsch.ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>
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Dear colleagues</div><div style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">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)?</div><div style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I think this would also be a great opportunitty 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).</div><div style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">thanks</div><div style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">Lidia</span></div>
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This is a reminder that<b> abstracts are due on Monday, March 10</b>, for the Inaugural<a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/gradsymposium" id="m_-93462707850603597m_-3694665456951125342LPlnk151186" title="https://graduate.ucr.edu/gradsymposium" target="_blank"> 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.</div>
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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.</div>
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This event is co-sponsored by the UCR Graduate Division, GradSuccess, and the UCR Graduate Student Association.</div>
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