<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone!<div><br></div><div>I hope your Spring Break is going well. On <b>Monday, April 1st</b> the School of Public Policy will be hosting a research seminar with Andrew Guess, who is an Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Please see the email below for more information.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Adam Hobbs</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:adam.hobbs@email.ucr.edu">adam.hobbs@email.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM<br>Subject: SPP Speaker<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(14,102,179);background-size:cover;table-layout:fixed;width:1262.05px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" align="center" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="83.33333333333334%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0pt 0pt;padding-top:0px;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.2;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(249,249,249);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(252,184,19);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:24pt">UCR School of Public Policy </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:6pt 0pt 0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.2;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(249,249,249);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(252,184,19);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:24pt">Research Seminar </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="8.333333333333332%" style="vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"></table></td><td style="min-width:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(248,249,250);background-size:cover;table-layout:fixed;width:1262.05px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" align="center" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:12px"></td><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="100%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><div id="m_6753028758700919841m_-1043225999822123196x_m_517711813034977814gmail-h.cp0fi850g227" style="margin-bottom:0px"></div><h1 id="m_6753028758700919841m_-1043225999822123196x_m_517711813034977814gmail-h.cp0fi850g227_l" dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.72;margin:0px 0pt;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:34pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;color:rgb(47,103,194);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(14,102,179);vertical-align:baseline;font-size:18pt">Effects of Political Recommendations on Instagram </span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="min-width:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(248,249,250);padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;background-size:cover;table-layout:fixed;width:1262.05px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" align="center" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:12px"></td><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="100%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px"><table cellpadding="0px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tb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