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<div class="">At long last, after a Covid-induced break, the OCEES Darwin Speaker series has been revived! This year the speaker is Dr. Luke Harmon from the University of Idaho. Dr. Harmon is one of the world’s experts on phylogenetic comparative methods.
In fact, many of us read one of his books in a graduate seminar last year. All the information is in the attached flier, but here are the essentials (set aside the date!):</div>
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<div class="" style="text-align:center"><span class="" style="font-size:36px">A World Without Species</span></div>
<div class="" style="text-align:center"><i class=""><font size="5" class="">by Luke Harmon</font></i></div>
<div class="" style="text-align:center"><font size="5" class="">2024 Darwin Speaker</font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-align:center"><font size="5" class="">Thursday, April 4th</font></div>
<div class="" style="text-align:center"><font size="5" class="">Irvine 199</font></div>
<div class="" style="text-align:center"><font size="5" class="">4 PM - 5 PM</font></div>
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<div class="">We’ll organize times for Dr. Harmon to meet with people as we get closer to the date. Also, there will be a pizza lunch for graduate students on the 4th. Finally, on Friday, April 5th Dr. Harmon will teach a workshop — but we’ll explain that
in a separate email.</div>
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<div class="">Sincerely,</div>
<div class="">Shawn Kuchta & John Schenk</div>
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