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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It’s that exciting time of the year again! The CEDAR Science Steering Committee is seeking community nominations for the
<b>2025 NSF CEDAR Prize Lecture</b> and <b>Distinguished Lecture</b>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The criteria and guidelines for submitting nominations, as well as names of previous presenters and presentations, can be found at the following links:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://cedarscience.org/cedar-prize-lectures#:~:text=A%20nomination%20consists%20of%20three,The%20New%20Dimension%2C%20Strategic%20Vision."><b><span style="color:#1155CC">CEDAR Prize Lecture</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://cedarscience.org/cedar-distinguished-lecture"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">CEDAR Distinguished Lecture</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Nominations should be emailed to Nathaniel Frissell and Bea Gallardo-Lacourt. The nominations will be considered by the full CEDAR Science Steering Committee and are
<u>due March 14, 2025.</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Nathaniel Frissell (<a href="mailto:nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu">nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu</a>) or Bea Gallardo-Lacourt
(<a href="mailto:bea.gallardolacourt@nasa.gov">bea.gallardolacourt@nasa.gov</a>).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for helping us recognize the outstanding contributions of our colleagues!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bea Gallardo-Lacourt and Nathaniel Frissell on behalf of the CSSC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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