<div dir="ltr"><div>Sent on behalf of <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Ikju Park</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ikju.park1@ucr.edu">ikju.park1@ucr.edu</a>></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 13px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Dear all,</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 13px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">I'm very happy to announce that Dr. Armin Moczek has agreed to be our 2025–2026 Alfred M. Boyce Lecturer. Armin is a professor at Indiana University and is widely known for his work on the evolution and development of complex traits, particularly in insects. His research brings together evolutionary biology, developmental genetics, and ecology in ways that continue to influence the field.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 13px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The Boyce Lecture is scheduled for<span> </span><b>Monday, June 1, 2026</b>, so please mark your calendars. We’ll share more details as we get closer to the date, but I wanted the department to know he accepted the invitation and that we’ve locked in the date.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 13px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><u>Thanks to everyone who submitted nominations and helped with the process<span> </span></u>— we’re excited to welcome Armin to UCR.</span></p></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Ikju Park</div></div>
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