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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announcing the <b>CALS Research and Innovative Challenge Conference </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-style:normal'>Join us for this Exciting Opportunity to Foster New Research Innovations Amongst CALS Faculty! <o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p>For details and to registration – visit <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/event/ric">http://cals.arizona.edu/event/ric</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>When: </strong>May 15 - 16, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Where: </strong>Keating Bioresearch Building (aka – BIO5)<o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>Send an email to Jennifer Smith at <a href="mailto:jsmith@ag.arizona.edu?subject=I%27m%20There%21%21%21">jsmith@ag.arizona.edu</a> by May 1st, 2014 with “I’m There!!!!” in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Who should attend? </strong>Any and all CALS Faculty<o:p></o:p></p><p>Come and Participate in the “<b>Research Snapshots</b>” from faculty participants and <b>Poster Sessions</b>. <o:p></o:p></p><p> Guest Lecturer: Jonathan Overpeck - “The value of interdisciplinary research”<o:p></o:p></p><p>Featuring the <b>Research Innovation Challenge</b> (aka “research speed dating”) and <b>Research Innovation Think Tank</b> (explore research needs and ideas for training grants, shared instrumentation, etc.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>