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❗❕❗ But we have a lot of information for you.  Please share with your colleagues and students❗❕❗<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">STEMinar tomorrow by Dr. Christina Anaya entitled “Opening a can of worms: The discovery of the first terrestrial hairworm and new tools for evaluating the diversity of hairworms in
 terrestrial and aquatic habitats throughout Iceland”  <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">As usual, join us at 3:15 for cookies and coffee or join at 3:30 for the seminar.  You can join us in person in Seidler Hall 115 or online:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tinyurl.com/AnayaSTEMinar__;!!IkmNjII!XL2vwm68-evRZwt_Ex_BMbTf7LdmW4TFs73TE9EcN5saXoXxvU4YGy5_REQjUux_$">https://tinyurl.com/AnayaSTEMinar</a>
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Please submit your abstracts by FRIDAY 11/12!!!</a><o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
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Applications due<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif"> MONDAY 11/15</span></a>!!!<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif"> Don’t miss your chance for some money for research or travel! 💸 💸 💸 💸 💸 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tinyurl.com/AnayaSTEMinar__;!!IkmNjII!XL2vwm68-evRZwt_Ex_BMbTf7LdmW4TFs73TE9EcN5saXoXxvU4YGy5_REQjUux_$"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="249" height="384" style="width:2.5892in;height:4.0in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7CFFD.931D3780" alt="Whitaker Center Fall 2021 STEMinar Series Flyer for 11/3/2021 @ 3:30
Dr.  Anaya 
Opening a can of worms: The discovery of the first terrestrial hairworm and new tools for evaluating the diversity of hairworms in terrestrial and aquatic habitats throughout Iceland”  "></span></a><a href="https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/centers/whitaker/facultyresources#WhitakerCenterMiniGrantApplications"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="385" height="385" style="width:4.0059in;height:4.0059in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D7CFFD.931D3780" alt="Mini-grants available now.  Up to $500 for research or travel.  "></span></a><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fgcu.formstack.com/forms/undergrad_research_and_internship_symposium_2021__;!!IkmNjII!XL2vwm68-evRZwt_Ex_BMbTf7LdmW4TFs73TE9EcN5saXoXxvU4YGy5_RHZ5HFzM$"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="385" height="385" style="width:4.0059in;height:4.0059in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D7CFFD.931D3780"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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