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Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, and Friends of the Center,</div>
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We invite you to <b><a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/nominations-merced-county-common-read-book" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA73caf59a-8da4-228c-0546-bf9b35fad232" target="_blank" href="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/nominations-merced-county-common-read-book">nominate
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Making Videos to Showcase Your Research: Create, Edit, Share,<b>"
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Faculty Writing Group, Thursdays 9 AM-12 PM, COB2-295B.</div>
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"Public Humanities as Micro Joy: Building Human Connections in Tumultuous Times,"
<span style="font-weight: 600;"></span>Erica Kohl-Arenas, Sept. 18, 2:00 PM, COB2-295. RSVP
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