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On behalf of the SPLS Inclusion Committee:</div>
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🌿<b>School of Plant Sciences Social Gathering</b> 🌿</div>
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Join us for the School of Plant Sciences's first social gathering of the year! Connect with colleagues, celebrate achievements, and start a new year with exciting research and collaborations. We have attached a flyer that provides additional information.</div>
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Everyone is welcome—SPLS staff, graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and all employees. Please inform everyone in your lab.</div>
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đź“… **Date:** Friday, February 28, 2025 </div>
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🕒 **Time:** 3:00 – 4:00 PM </div>
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đź“Ť **Location:** Herring Hall </div>
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🎉 <b>Celebrate Achievements</b></div>
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We want to spotlight and celebrate our community’s successes, whether they’re publications, awards, breakthrough discoveries, or other accomplishments. Share your achievements or nominate a colleague or lab that deserves recognition. Please submit your 'shout-out'
response using this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelJYewHEdLqPFFq6bSQ2VAi4t1mlXG_JZEFNc4dN5eG-sD-A/viewform?usp=header" id="OWA0b7efdea-dc1f-5ad1-b0e0-c095d8730729" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelJYewHEdLqPFFq6bSQ2VAi4t1mlXG_JZEFNc4dN5eG-sD-A/viewform?usp=header. Click or tap if you trust this link." originalsrc="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelJYewHEdLqPFFq6bSQ2VAi4t1mlXG_JZEFNc4dN5eG-sD-A/viewform?usp=header" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">
Google form</a>. The QR code in the flyer also takes you to the same form. </div>
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Looking forward to seeing you there for great conversations, inspiring discussions, and refreshments! </div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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SPLS Inclusion Committee</div>
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Alonso Favela, Ravi Palanivelu (Chair), Mohammad Pessarakli, Tanya Quist, Dakota Salyer (Grad Student Rep), and Becca Schomer </div>
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<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph. D.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">School of Plant Sciences</div>
<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">University of Arizona</div>
<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Tucson, Arizona, 85721</div>
<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Phone: 520-626-2229</div>
<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Fax: 520-621-7186</div>
<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lab website: sites.arizona.edu/ravi-lab</div>
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