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Dear Students, Family, Friends and Faculty,</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As noted in the previous emails, our usual departmental graduation ceremony will be extended to include an earlier gathering of the entire undergraduate class, as well as an evening
lecture on Cosmology open to the public given by Prof. Laura Sales. Everyone, including your family and guests are invited to all three events. The evening lecture is open to the entire public. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first event is at 2-3:15 PM for everyone with popcorn and drinks for all undergraduate physics majors (including seniors!) their family and friends. The 2nd at 3:30-5 PM is
the usual, more formal undergraduate graduation event (again everyone is invited). The third is the evening reception and lecture which starts at 5. There will be sandwiches at the reception. The lecture which begins at 6 will end at 7.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please RSVP if you have not already:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/zwxzTAqDnSbirfpT9" id="OWA53a0522d-c8b4-4b3d-170c-317747f39e64" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://forms.gle/zwxzTAqDnSbirfpT9</a></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">All events will be in Watkins 1000 (<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/33.9698125%2C-117.3275625" id="OWA40babdac-0abd-f6d6-b416-e9df58591598" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.google.com/maps/place/33.9698125%2C-117.3275625</a></u></span>)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Complimentary parking starts unfortunately at 2:30 (please pay for the time between when you arrive and 2:30 - if we manage to extend it - I will let everyone know). For free parking
between 2:30 and 7:30PM please register you licence plate at the following link:
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.offstreet.io/location/8O58863G" id="OWAb67b6f7e-aeef-2b2e-2748-502b14d5556b" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.offstreet.io/location/8O58863G</a></u></span>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The schedule of events for the day is as follows: </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">2PM Undergraduate Gathering:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:05 Panel Discussion: What comes after?</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Moderator: Prof. Umar Mohideen</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Panelists: Peter Carney (2024), Tiffany Soetojo (2022) now at John’s Hopkins, Evan Davis (2010), PhD, MIT, now Sr. Scientist at ASML/Cymer, Anson D’Aloisio (2005) PhD, Yale,
now professor at UCR</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:40 Lighthearted Undergraduate Awards – chosen by the students</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:50 What does it mean to win a Nobel Prize or the Medal of Science?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Break: Refreshments</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">3:30 Class of 2024 Graduation </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">3:35 Keynote Speaker: Prof Anson D’Aloisio, UCR, Department of Physics and Astronomy</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">3:55 Undergraduate Awards: </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">4:15 Candidates for Bachelor of Science Degrees</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Presentation of Candidates</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 PM Reception</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">6PM Frontiers of Cosmology</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lecture: Prof. Laura Sales, UCR, Department of Physics and Astronomy</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Galaxies as Astrophysical Laboratories of Dark Matter</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">A direct link to information on the evening lecture is here:
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/frontiers-of-cosmology-lecture" id="OWA8d768d50-a46f-f18f-3f76-6d0b839e1422" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://events.ucr.edu/event/frontiers-of-cosmology-lecture</a></u></span>.
(If you have indicated that you will attend the lecture on the RSVP form indicated for the graduation events, you do not need to reregister for the lecture)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students - Please pass this on to your family and friends.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prof. Seto</p>
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Richard Seto<br>
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:richard.seto@ucr.edu" id="OWAce30db8f-7dcd-7708-dbdc-433708cce28c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">richard.seto@ucr.edu</a></u></span><br>
Department of Physics and Astronomy<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Riverside, CA 92521</p>
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