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<div id="divRpF246422" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> ect2158@columbia.edu [ect2158@columbia.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bao-An Li<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Funded Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities in STEM at Columbia University<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.728; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Hello Dr. Bao-An Li,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.728; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">I hope this email finds you well. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.728; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">I am contacting you on behalf of the Bridge to the Ph.D. Program in STEM at
 Columbia University. Briefly, our “Bridge Program” is a funded two-year post-baccalaureate program that strives to increase the number of underrepresented students in graduate STEM programs. I am reaching out because
</span><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">I would like to spread the word about our program at Texas A&M University.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; font-style:italic; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">More information about our Bridge Program can be found on our website (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_cubridge&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=jvXJ6fEUDd6YlO-V2ztaS0nkae0Fmacrnkr3tBzXjpc&s=U_eMy7PMFSVuarpGz0Gqe9-RLj03s8Txkr5vfRJmvMw&e=" style="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-style:italic; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/cubridge</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; font-style:italic; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">).</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.728; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Feel free to distribute the attached flyer about our Bridge Program to any
 interested students and faculty at Texas A&M University or within your professional network. While applications for the Fall 2022 cohort will open in the middle of December, interested applicants are more than welcome to complete our inquiry form (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bit.ly_cubridge-5Finquiry&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=jvXJ6fEUDd6YlO-V2ztaS0nkae0Fmacrnkr3tBzXjpc&s=T7qceCkonPxNhkkMSkoN98miEk9WtReiBoEELQ7UR_A&e=" style="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/cubridge_inquiry</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">)
 and/or sign up for an upcoming information session (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bit.ly_cubridgeinfo22&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=jvXJ6fEUDd6YlO-V2ztaS0nkae0Fmacrnkr3tBzXjpc&s=ib1c54JvwE4TnHV7tQV7enxGLGBelfQdwGgT8u1n_f4&e=" style="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/cubridgeinfo22</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">).  </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.728; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions regarding this request or about our Bridge Program,
 please feel free to reach out to me or our Program Director, Dr. Kwame Osei-Sarfo (<a href="mailto:ko2439@columbia.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ko2439@columbia.edu</a>).
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