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22, 2026</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To: <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span>UCR
Emeriti and Retirees</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From: UCR Retirees’ and Emeriti Associations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Re:<b> </b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Upcoming Dickson Lecture 3/3: Leonard
Nunney on “The War on Cancer”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0in;line-height:110%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
UCR Emeriti (UCREA) and Retirees’ (UCRRA) Associations invites you to attend the
upcoming Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Lecture Talk Series. Each year three
retired UCR faculty are awarded Edward A. Dickson Professorships to support
their research, teaching, or public service activities. In the year following
their awards, Dickson Professors give public presentations of their work. <br>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">“The War on Cancer: Evolution and our Modern Environment"</span></b></span></p>
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Dickson awardee Leonard Nunney | <b>Date</b>:
Tuesday, March 3, 2026</span></p>
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Building 1101 in the University Village and Livestreamed via Zoom<br>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Description</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cancer
is primarily a disease of old age, so an increase in cancer risk is an
unwelcome side-effect of the benefit of living longer. But beyond this
trade-off, an important but largely unanswered question is how much of our
cancer risk earlier in life is due to our environment, our genes, or simply
bad luck. I have been looking at this problem from the perspective of an
evolutionary biologist, by first arguing (and then demonstrating) that the
ability of animals to reduce the risk of cancer is an evolving trait, and
then using this knowledge to identify specific human cancers that appear to
have become markedly more common because of our modern way of life.<br>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Refreshments
will be provided</span></i></b></span></p>
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Registration</span></b></p>
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seating is given to members of the UCR Emeriti and Retirees’ Associations who
must register by February 2, 2026. Registration will be open to the public by
February 3, 2026. To join <b>in-person</b>
or through <b>livestreaming</b> the
event, please register to receive the event details on the Retirement Center
webpage at:</span></p>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">A Special Thank You to Our Co-Sponsor </span></b></span></p>
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Planning</span></p>
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Please find the invitation flyer attached. We welcome you, your family and
friends to join us!</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">UCR
Emeriti and Retirees’ Associations<span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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