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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 23, 2018 10:39 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> MEDIA ADVISORY -- Research Day at the Capitol Spotlights Oklahoma’s Top Undergraduate Researchers (State Regents News Release)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research Day at the Capitol Spotlights Oklahoma’s Top Undergraduate Researchers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">What:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The Research Day at the
Capitol awards ceremony recognizes exceptional undergraduate student researchers from around the state who have presented poster summaries of their work at the event. First-, second- and third-place awards will be distributed in research intensive and regional
and community college categories in addition to a grand prize.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oklahoma State Capitol Blue Room, second floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Twenty-three premier undergraduate student researchers representing 17 Oklahoma colleges and universities; Chancellor Glen D. Johnson; Dr. Jerry Malayer, Oklahoma EPSCoR state director
and Dr. Ray Huhnke, Oklahoma National Science Foundation EPSCoR project director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Why: </span></b>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research Day at the Capitol is a showcase of the outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students enrolled at Oklahoma’s colleges and universities. It is an annual event sponsored
by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (OK EPSCoR) and the National Science Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">View release online at <a href="http://okhighered.org/news-center/ResearchDay2018.shtml">http://okhighered.org/news-center/ResearchDay2018.shtml</a>
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