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<b>Date:</b> August 30, 2018 at 2:48:19 PM EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dacker@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">dacker@ucmerced.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>You're Invited: Chancellor's Dialogue on Diversity and Interdisciplinarity</b><br>
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