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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Department Chairs,<span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year 2025! We would greatly appreciate it if you would please forward this email to your faculty and undergraduate students.<span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to announce that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#333333">the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/astronomy.utexas.edu/research/ut-astronomy-reu-assure-program__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNl82cMWt0$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">UT
Austin Astronomy NSF REU Program</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><u><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span></u></span><span style="color:#333333">”<i>Frontier Research and Training in Astronomy for the 21st Century”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>will
run in Summer 2025 for ten weeks from Saturday May 24 to Saturday August 2. This is the seventh summer of our NSF REU program and we look forward to welcoming a diverse, motivated, high-achieving group of eight scholars.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong>The
application portal is now open and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">applications are due by February 10/2025.</span></strong> </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">For information on our NSF REU program and instructions on how to apply, please see the link below:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/astronomy.utexas.edu/research/student-research-opportunities/ut-austin-astronomy-nsf-reu-program/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNlQ6Xx5ec$"><span style="color:purple">https://astronomy.utexas.edu/research/student-research-opportunities/ut-austin-astronomy-nsf-reu-program/</span></a><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">We especially encourage applications from students who are from institutions with limited research opportunities or/and are from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in STEM (e.g.,
first-generation college students, Pell grant recipients, students with disabilities, U.S. veterans, gender and racial/ethnic minorities).</span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our REU program provides research opportunities, a three-tiered holistic mentoring system, and professional development in a supportive, inclusive, and cutting-edge research environment. The program leverages a synergistic collaboration
between t<span style="color:#333333;background:white">he </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/astronomy.utexas.edu/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNlJSFyEE0$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#005F86;background:white">UT
Austin Astronomy Department</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;background:white">, </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mcdonald.utexas.edu/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNlNieEUZ0$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#005F86;background:white">McDonald
Observatory</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;background:white">, the </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tacc.utexas.edu/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNl5OWXLNg$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#005F86;background:white">Texas
Advanced Computing Center</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;background:white">, and the </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cns.utexas.edu/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNlepcecMY$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#005F86;background:white">College
of Natural Sciences</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;background:white">.</span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please contact our UT Astronomy Department NSF REU coordinator Jennifer Pratt (<span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="mailto:utastro_reu@utlists.utexas.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">utastro_reu@utlists.utexas.edu</span></a></span>)
or/and the PI and director (Professor Shardha Jogee; <span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="mailto:sj@astro.as.utexas.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">sj@astro.as.utexas.edu</span></a></span>).<span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dr. Shardha Jogee</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> (she/her) </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.as.utexas.edu/*sj/__;fg!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNlZt4EtsI$" title="https://www.as.utexas.edu/~sj/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">Professor</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> and </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cns.utexas.edu/about-the-college/college-leadership__;!!KwNVnqRv!Dj4QgF8_CXrOSCRqT6mu97Faa__vQ8w9bv8YZ1BM2nXKHfiJCSjp59gVaRDQwHS0iB6wV06JzgNl52y4ZwM$" title="https://cns.utexas.edu/about-the-college/college-leadership"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">Associate
Dean for Faculty Affairs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Rex G. Baker, Jr. and McDonald Observatory Centennial Professor </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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