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<p class="MsoNormal">Announcements of upcoming Events<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Ecolunch Wednesday March 3rd, No seminar – official day off.
<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">PBIO Colloquium Friday March 5<sup>th</sup> , 11:50 via Zoom, Liang Song, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia. “</span><i>How do plants make time
 machines? Story of a novel transcription factor during seed maturation” Teams Invite
</i><span lang="EN-CA">Join Zoom Meeting <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F88194060980%3Fpwd%3DbHcvQ2lERzdzeDhzT0MwaUc0MU1EUT09&data=04%7C01%7Cocees%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C0573e5c6cd374bfd612808d8dda8bf29%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637503064116873487%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=shKYiHy%2F5YeMfhCCQBkQNNtY5CH96rHl2mXTO2G5xWY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88194060980?pwd=bHcvQ2lERzdzeDhzT0MwaUc0MU1EUT09" shash="kMWZ7rWZ6/fzJhdDekZUIFD1ZoJfD1sumylMhKPo5vxSeL0PTlF9nEOv1C1dGEJ1FRcvvCnMMbXO8c/KR1dqCHQMn6MT1u92rvyXO0Q3ZENmVwSQedT2tMzl7+LIwDDYGAlPKpoCnVI6+RzT0Ckn7LmBTCttMkKEUIc75x1cFXQ=">
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88194060980?pwd=bHcvQ2lERzdzeDhzT0MwaUc0MU1EUT09</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#252424;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="color:windowtext">Ecolunch Wednesday, March 7<sup>th</sup>, 11:50, via Teams – Sophie Beery, Biological Sciences,
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">Feeding Biomechanics – Proposal Chalk Talk
</span><span style="color:windowtext"> Teams Invite - <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzRmYmQzNTktNDg5NS00NmY5LTk2ODMtNTljNGEyZTJlODNm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f3308007-477c-4a70-8889-34611817c55a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226e3f9e31-d717-4a80-8532-c2395f7edb97%22%7d">
Click here to join the meeting</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#252424;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow;color:windowtext">The Graduate College seeks participants for the upcoming 2021 Ohio University Three Minute (3MT) Thesis Competition. Competitors will have three (3) minutes to present a compelling oration on
 their thesis/dissertation. They must consolidate research discoveries and present them concisely to a panel of judges.
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p style="margin-left:30.0pt"><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow">Semi-finals:
</span></em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow">Tuesday, <strong><span style="font-family:Barlow">March 16*
</span></strong>and Thursday, <strong><span style="font-family:Barlow">March 18*</span></strong> at 7 PM
<br>
<em><span style="font-family:Barlow">Finals: </span></em>Wednesday, <strong><span style="font-family:Barlow">March 24*</span></strong> at 7 PM</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow">Registration is required.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow"> The registration deadline is
<strong><span style="font-family:Barlow;color:#EF6950">March 5, 2021</span></strong>.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow">For <strong><span style="font-family:Barlow">eligibility requirements</span></strong> or
<strong><span style="font-family:Barlow">to register</span></strong>, direct graduate students to the following Graduate College web page:<strong><span style="font-family:Barlow">
</span></strong></span><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/current-students/3-minute-thesis" target="_blank" title="https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/current-students/3-minute-thesis"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow;color:#6888C9">https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/current-students/3-minute-thesis</span></b></a><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Barlow">.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Help spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Registration is now open.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Register: </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ouresearchexpo.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cocees%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C0573e5c6cd374bfd612808d8dda8bf29%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637503064116883481%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=4ljyQp7RzSXG6Z9Wc6yt5GVxf8K4sprtv4DBzMkSEPM%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.ouresearchexpo.com/" shash="e3q2n8VsAK/BrZi1XGLAYssWsrzSRs1ZMU/Dz6X4xyQCqaNanj7y3KclLarp6STkFjZOgjaEbwUIjMMy8DSz36wQ5LW6xEn1z88PASAFX2JSpjDYu/OWvg7LGrEZjMOMfcxLnNCbXoFzc3MZwe8CtjjZG5kwtn+Hv0DLd2Pk3jY="><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.ouresearchexpo.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">More info: </span><a href="http://www.ohio.edu/studentexpo"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.ohio.edu/studentexpo</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F5C1A">This year <span class="marktwztfxsoh">student</span>s have 3 ways to participate in the #OUVirtualExpo: </span></i></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Social Media - post text, picture, graphic, video etc. on social media (on April 8) </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxmsonormal" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Video Judging - upload a video with registration (by March 15) for judging. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxmsonormal" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Social Media & Video Judging </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="xxxxxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F5C1A">Registration is required for <span class="marktwztfxsoh">student</span>s participating in the (1) social media option <u>and</u> want a t-shirt
 and (2) everyone participating in the video judging option. </span></i></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Willem<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Willem M Roosenburg<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">247 Life Sciences Building<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Athens, Ohio 45701<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 740.593.9669<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mobile: 740.503.4983<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FAX: 740.593.0300<o:p></o:p></p>
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http://malaclemys.weebly.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."<br>
-- Gandalf, Fellowship of the Ring<br>
<br>
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without loss of<br>
enthusiasm."<br>
--Sir Winston Churchill<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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