<div dir="ltr"><div>Happening today! See you there if you can make it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">SNRI Requests</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:snrirequests@ucmerced.edu">snrirequests@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 9:29 AM<br>Subject: TODAY, 9/7! ES/SNRI Fall Welcome, 5-7pm<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div class="msg5063511103940783984">
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">joint ES/SNRI Fall Welcome Reception</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">wi</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">th light refreshments</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Who?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> SNRI and ES affiliates – faculty, postdocs, grad students, and other
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">When?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> to be held 5-7 pm, Thursday, Sept 7
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Where?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> in the SE2 Solar Breezeway
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Why?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(200,38,19)"><i>honor</i></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(200,38,19)"> the contributions of Dr. Martha Conklin</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">,
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campus Newsroom article</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> highlighting just some of Martha’s many contributions to ES, SNRI, and UC Merced).
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