<div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">The<span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span><a href="https://coldex.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-OWA9009359b-320b-7129-0d64-218c97b24f0f" title="https://coldex.org/" class="gmail-x_x_OWAAutoLink gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Center for Oldest Ice Exploration</a> (COLDEX) is excited to announce that applications are OPEN for the Summer 2024 COLDEX Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program! </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" aria-hidden="true"></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">During your COLDEX REU experience, you will work with ice core scientists and researchers to answer questions that will help in our mission to find the oldest ice in Antarctica and make important contributions to our understanding of Earth's climate history.<span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></span><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Applications are open to current undergraduate students. Due to NSF funding, participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Note: this REU does not include travel to Antarctica.<span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></span><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span class="gmail-x_x_ContentPasted0 gmail-x_ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit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