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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Please note and support the Thesis Defense of
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Plant Pathology Master’s Student</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">, Yong Zhang.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"><b>Yong Zhang</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Master’s Thesis Defense<b> </b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 56, 84);"><b>“Collection, identification and characterization of Nothophoma species associated with pistachio in Arizona”</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"><b><i> </i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jiahuai “Alex” Hu, Ph.D.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>April 26</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>9:30am -11:30 am</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Marley 230</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Zoom: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/88941221973" id="OWA5695a484-bc9a-c2eb-4bf0-7c8a7708b3d2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/88941221973</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">(no password)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Thank you and best regards to Yong,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Sitka Text", Cochin, serif; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(23, 78, 134);"><b>Keenia Shinagawa, M.Ed.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><i>Student Support | Graduate Coordinator</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(200, 38, 19); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>School of Plant Sciences (SPLS)</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>College of Ag., Life & Environ. Sci (CALES)</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">Office:
<b>Forbes, 317</b><br>
PO Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">O: (520) 621-1336</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b>Student Resources:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/life-management-services" id="OWAd782f4eb-7a86-db7a-bcbf-531093d15bd8" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">CALS
Life Management Counselors</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(73, 80, 87);">|</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/learning-lab" id="OWA04b07bc7-824e-f667-9abb-f073aa01c771" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">CALS
Learning Lab</a> | <a href="https://grad.arizona.edu/gsas/gradpath/gradpath-user-guides" id="OWAc4a1a520-3e57-83cc-7018-a93d8642e92f" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://grad.arizona.edu/gsas/gradpath/gradpath-user-guides" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">
Grad Path User Guides</a></span></p>
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