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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Happy New Year and welcome back to campus!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">If you are interested in undergraduate education opportunities tied to cutting-edge STEM research, you might find it worthwhile to learn about NSF’s Improving
Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grants program in this upcoming panel discussion. See the message here from Courtney Coffey in RDS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#0A2F41"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Are you passionate about transforming undergraduate students' STEM learning experiences? Don’t miss an online Panel Discussion on NSF’s
<a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/iuse-edu-improving-undergraduate-stem-education-directorate-stem?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email">
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education</a> (IUSE) program, hosted by RDS on <b>Friday, February 21, from 12–1 p.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Please register
<a href="https://events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/online-panel-discussion-on-nsfs-improving-undergraduate-stem-education-5a3U6R3C1XU/overview">
here</a>. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">IUSE is NSF’s flagship program designed to enhance undergraduate STEM education by improving student engagement, learning outcomes, persistence, and retention. With two annual
deadlines (January and July), the program supports innovative and equitable approaches to STEM education for undergraduates. You'll hear firsthand insights from two U of A IUSE Principal Investigators (PIs):
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0A2F41;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif">Dr. Chris Impey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif">, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy:
<i><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2020784">A Machine Learning Approach to Improve Students’ Scientific Reasoning and Writing</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0A2F41;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif">Dr. Ed Prather</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif">, Professor of Astronomy:
<i><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2142045&HistoricalAwards=false">Changing physics and astronomy education culture: a reflective practice model of faculty development to support diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence</a>.</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Our panelists will share tips for crafting a successful IUSE proposal and best practices for implementing impactful STEM education projects. Whether you're new to NSF funding
or looking to sharpen your approach, this session promises actionable advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Best wishes,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Courtney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">Courtney Coffey, Ph.D.<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">Senior Associate,
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0A2F41"><a href="https://rgw.arizona.edu/development/research-development-services/how-engage-rds#Whatwedo"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Research Development
Services</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">1618 E Helen St.,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0A2F41"><a href="https://rgw.arizona.edu/development/research-development-services/how-engage-rds"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Research, Innovation
& Impact</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">520-271-5423 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">Pronouns: She/her/ella<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">Hear my name with
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0A2F41"><a href="https://namedrop.io/courtneycoffey"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">NameDrop.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">The University of Arizona resides on the traditional homeland of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui People. I pay my respect to their Elders both past and
present, as well as living descendants and future generations.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A2F41">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">-----------------------------------<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon Chorover<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Interim Associate Vice President/Associate Dean for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Professor, Department of Environmental Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Division of Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences, & Cooperative Extension (ALVSCE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Phone: (520) 626-5635<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Email: <a href="mailto:chorover@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#0F4761">chorover@arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">I am on ancestral lands of the
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tohono O'odham and
<span style="background:white">Pascua Yaqui</span>.</span></i><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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