<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Behalf of Dr. Peter Cotty:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">During the spring semester, the School of Plant Sciences will initiate a Faculty Research Forum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The forum will provide a venue for research discussions among faculty in the School of Plant Sciences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Each meeting of the Faculty Research Forum will last 1 hour. </font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1">The first thirty minutes will be reserved for the presenting
faculty member to discuss a research interest, goal, result, theory and/or observation.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The second thirty minutes is intended for questions and an open discussion among the faculty.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Faculty Research Forum will be held on a continuing basis in the same time slot as Faculty Meetings (this semester on Mondays from 1 to 2 PM) but during a different week.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">David Baltrus will present during the first Faculty Research Forum to be held on March 4<sup>th</sup> from 1 to 2 PM in Marley 341H.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The complete list of presenters for the spring semester is included in the attachment.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Please come join us and participate in the discussions on both current research directions and future possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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