<div dir="ltr"><div>Great! We'll look into this, Dr. Molly!</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 6:30 PM Molly Stephens <<a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu">mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1523756518555502533">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Also, you should discuss the many awesome, winning lightning/ignite talks you plan to submit for the SNRI Research Symposium…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">#Sextonlabmeetingrepresent!  #500travel$. #ClimateActionResearch #whydoesshelurksocreepily? -Molly<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">A UC Merced Research Week Event</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">SNRI is home to exciting and relevant environmental research for the Central Valley, Sierra Nevada mountains and foothills, and beyond! The 2023 SNRI Symposium, “Climate Action Research @ UC Merced,” is geared toward
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">What: 5-minute Talks, either<span class="m_8249462675757347612apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://www.beautiful.ai/blog/lightning-talks-and-ignite-talks-a-beginners-guide" title="https://www.beautiful.ai/blog/lightning-talks-and-ignite-talks-a-beginners-guide" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,120,215)">Lightning
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Who: SNRI faculty, postdocs, project scientists, field researchers, graduate and undergraduate students</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Potential talk topic ideas:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Increasing Diversity and Inclusivity in field and lab sciences</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8249462675757347612xmsolistparagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in">
<span style="font-size:12pt">Your latest environmental research</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8249462675757347612xmsolistparagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background:yellow">Email<span class="m_8249462675757347612apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu" title="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background:yellow">mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</span></a></span><span class="m_8249462675757347612apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background:yellow"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background:yellow">by<span class="m_8249462675757347612apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Monday,
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<span style="color:black;background:yellow">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;background:yellow">roposed talk title, and</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8249462675757347612xmsolistparagraph" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in">
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">***** Travel awards of $500 each for:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12pt">Best<span class="m_8249462675757347612apple-converted-space"> </span><b>faculty</b><span class="m_8249462675757347612apple-converted-space"> </span>research talk (winning faculty may also elect to transfer award to one of their students)</span></i><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Note: must be a current SNRI member or student of an SNRI member to be eligible for travel award. Must present original research.</span></i><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, February 3, 2023 at 5:23 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:sextonlabmeeting@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">sextonlabmeeting@lists.ucmerced.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:sextonlabmeeting@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">sextonlabmeeting@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sorry for the late notice on Monday's lab meeting. Let's talk about what we'd like to do in lab meeting over the semester, and schedule it out.
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