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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#C00000">Register to Attend the 2017 Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR State Conference</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1E1C11;background:white">Registration w/Poster Submission:</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">
<span style="color:#1E1C11">March 15, 5 p.m.<br>
</span><span style="color:black">General </span><span style="color:#1E1C11">Registration:</span>
<span style="color:#1E1C11">March 21</span><span style="color:black">, 5 p.m.</span><u><span style="color:#C00000">
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Researchers from across the state will gather to highlight Oklahoma’s climate research efforts during the annual Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR State Conference on Friday, April 7, 2017. The event will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel (1815 S. Meridian Ave.) in Oklahoma
City</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. EPSCoR scientists and special guest speakers will address topics including integrative modeling of human-natural systems, observing social and ecological systems
in a changing climate, and decision-support tools produced through the EPSCoR award<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Students, post-docs, and faculty affiliated with the
<span style="color:black">OK NSF EPSCoR project </span>have the opportunity to register to
<span style="color:black">present posters during the event</span>. Undergraduate and graduate students can also register to participate in a poster competition that will be held during the conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The OK NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Award No. OIA-1301789 (2013-2018), “<i>Adapting Socio-Ecological
Systems to Increased Climate Variability</i>,” is a multi-institutional collaborative project that includes researchers from Oklahoma State University, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, University of Oklahoma and University of Tulsa. Researchers from these
institutions are working together to significantly advance the understanding of how socio-ecological systems can adapt sustainably to increased climate variability caused by a changing climate. <a href="http://www.okepscor.org/research/climate-variability-research" target="_blank"><span style="color:#004080;text-decoration:none">Learn
more about the research project.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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which is hosted by<span style="color:black"> Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the National Science Foundation, visit
<a href="http://www.okepscor.org/calendar/2017-oklahoma-nsf-epscor-state-conference">
http://www.okepscor.org/calendar/2017-oklahoma-nsf-epscor-state-conference</a> or email Gina Miller, outreach coordinator, at
<a href="mailto:gmiller@okepscor.org">gmiller@okepscor.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Registration for the conference is free, but required, via the link below. If a poster will be presented</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
(during either the poster session or poster competition)<span style="color:black">,
</span>the poster title and abstract must be submitted <span style="color:black">
at the time of registration</span>; t<span style="color:black">he deadline to register
</span>with a poster <span style="color:black">is Wednesday, March 15, at 5 p.m.</span> For those not presenting a poster, the registration deadline is March 21 at 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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http://www.okepscor.org/calendar/2017-oklahoma-nsf-epscor-state-conference</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Registration Link: <a href="http://www.okepscor.org/general-attendance-poster-registration-2017-ok-nsf-epscor-state-conference">
http://www.okepscor.org/general-attendance-poster-registration-2017-ok-nsf-epscor-state-conference</a><br>
Access the Agenda: <a href="http://www.okepscor.org/sites/default/files/images/inset_images/2017%20OK%20NSF%20EPSCoR%20Annual%20State%20Conference%20Agenda.pdf">
http://www.okepscor.org/sites/default/files/images/inset_images/2017%20OK%20NSF%20EPSCoR%20Annual%20State%20Conference%20Agenda.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Vladimir Script";color:#003366">Gina Miller<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366">Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366">Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR<br>
Oklahoma State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366">415 Whitehurst Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366">Stillwater, OK 74078<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366">Ph: 405.744.7645<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366">Fax: 405.744.7688<br>
<a href="mailto:gmiller@okepscor.org"><span style="color:#003366">gmiller@okepscor.org</span></a><br>
<a href="mailto:gina.miller@okstate.edu"><span style="color:#003366">gina.miller@okstate.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003366"><a href="http://www.okepscor.org/"><span style="color:#003366">www.okepscor.org</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#183B66"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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