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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear ES, L&ES, and Q&SB faculty, postdocs, and grad students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are organizing a professional development event,<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>PITCH YOUR RESEARCH</b>, on
<b>Nov. 30<sup>th </sup>11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at SSM 230</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Goal:<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The event aims to help students and young scientists to communicate more effectively
for interdisciplinary research and science communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Format:</span></b><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The event includes a 15-min mini-lecture
focusing on how to give an effective elevator pitch, and a 45-min session of multiple elevator pitches and discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To Participate:</span></b><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Volunteers are encouraged
to provide 1-min elevator pitches of their research in front of a group of audiences of diverse research disciplines. The pitch should cover major research findings and significances in an effective way for interdisciplinary research communication. Volunteers
can contact the event committee (<b><a href="mailto:eperezcoronel@ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:purple">eperezcoronel@ucmerced.edu</span></a></b>) for more details. The spots are limited, please contact us soon if you’re interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The event planning committee is composed of Jing Yan, Elisabet Perez Coronel, Laura Van Vranken and Nate Bogie. Many thanks to everyone for assisting with the planning!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Jing Yan</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">ES-LES-QSB Postdoctoral Fellow, Soil & Environmental Physics Lab</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Life and Environmental Sciences</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">School of Natural Sciences</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">University of California, Merced</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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