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The 2025 event will be similar to recent years which will have six fifteen-minute meetings with up to four students at a time. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>If you are interested in participating, please submit</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#424242'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XSNYF35lvk12JI3jcNENXCPJr8gDd7cbQsiGgF-aBcZzgYugOLdoo_31c5VpXhvQmVaK0FYcjG0hng8y5SD7SePffEGzFcB1-TBZc0mCE0mGRedLXxL6lDnaFUIHLSxtqvFsNWAifyWZgZo7fxc8w2glycxhHU7Gg_WJgBfqyX_dxLxC7kOfGzyNrG6U6SdJ-7I2g75upUN6yKyB1Y89Kg==&c=zSZPPh_DyWuMlZ_GCZwlgngMOiEEL6mrCSMv9QO4fWETZHSO3B0XyA==&ch=wreb4W9sDhWBt_IOmHJmk8UviA0W1bBKFbrici8pT5S1BrW9-HYUYw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>this form</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> no later than <b>February 1, 2025</b>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#424242'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>We’ll be inviting 23 professors. Choices will be made based on a range of factors in order to spread out the range of research interests, faculty ranks, types and locations of universities.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Thank you for your help making this event, and the overall VSS meeting a success!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Sincerely,</span><span 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