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<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you'd like to participate in the
</span><b><i><a href="https://ceg.osu.edu/degrees/graduate-symposium" title="https://ceg.osu.edu/degrees/graduate-symposium"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1st Annual CEGE Graduate Symposium</span></a></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">on
Feb 3, please make sure to </span><b><i><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GJNVyPl6m3xrxz" title="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GJNVyPl6m3xrxz" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">register</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);"><b><i>by
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</span></li><li>If you haven't already, please finalize your Spring 2021 registration as much as possible! Helpful info re: registration is available here: <b style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(192, 0, 0);background:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://ceg.osu.edu/degrees/cegsp-program-resources" style="margin:0px">CEGSP
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,128)"><b>Spring semester COVID-19 testing</b></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> - </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,128)"><b><a href="https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/spring-semester-covid-19-testing?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=umar_student-newsletter_fy21_oncampus+weekly+grad+20210103&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fsafeandhealthy.osu.edu%2fspring-semester-covid-19-testing&utm_id=127397&sfmc_id=40220748" title="https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/spring-semester-covid-19-testing?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=umar_student-newsletter_fy21_oncampus+weekly+grad+20210103&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fsafeandhealthy.osu.edu%2fspring-semester-covid-19-testing&utm_id=127397&sfmc_id=40220748"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,128)"><b>Statewide curfew extended - </b></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Governor DeWine has extended the statewide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
<b>through Jan. 23</b>. Read more information about impacts to students, faculty and staff on the Safe and Healthy Buckeyes website. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><a href="https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/statewide-curfew-franklin-county-and-columbus-health-advisory?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=umar_student-newsletter_fy21_oncampus+weekly+grad+20210103&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fsafeandhealthy.osu.edu%2fstatewide-curfew-franklin-county-and-columbus-health-advisory&utm_id=127397&sfmc_id=40220748" title="https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/statewide-curfew-franklin-county-and-columbus-health-advisory?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=umar_student-newsletter_fy21_oncampus+weekly+grad+20210103&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fsafeandhealthy.osu.edu%2fstatewide-curfew-franklin-county-and-columbus-health-advisory&utm_id=127397&sfmc_id=40220748">Read
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,128)"><b>Post-break, return-to-campus protocols: </b></span>The first two weeks of spring semester classes (Jan. 11-15 and 18-22) will be conducted via virtual delivery. Student move-in for spring semester is currently
scheduled to begin Jan. 18. <b>All members of the university community have been asked to self-sequester for 14 days before they return to campus.</b> Sequestering means staying in your residence as much as possible. The goal is to limit exposure to any other
person, including your family members or roommates. If you must be near others, you should wear a mask even indoors.<b></b></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; mso-list:l13 level1 lfo3">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,128)"><b>For student researchers</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,128)"><b>,</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-size:11pt; color:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant-ligatures:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit">
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will be required before returning to on-campus research activities <b>through January 24th</b>. Please talk to the faculty member in charge of your lab for more information.
</span><a href="https://mailchi.mp/2ae2739de348/covid-research-update-nov-466519?e=072c55df99" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">>>More info</a></li></ul>
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</b></b></span><b><b>(</b><a href="https://ceg.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-11/CEGE%20Grad%20Sections_SP2021.pdf" style="margin:0px"><b>CEGE Graduate Offerings – Spring 2021</b></a><b>|<span> </span></b><a href="https://ceg.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-10/CEGSP%20Course%20Registration%20Information.pdf" style="margin:0px"><b>CEGSP
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<span style="margin:0px;background:white">Last day to add course without petition (instructor permission required): Friday, January 22, 2021</span></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
<span style="margin:0px;background:white">Course to consider: Public Affairs 8055 (syllabus attached)- </span><i style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 12pt; font-family: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "PT Sans";">Public
Affairs</span></i><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "PT Sans";"> <i>and Public Choice</i> is designed to introduce graduate students to a series of largely non-mathematical public economics and public choice models. The
course is built around a series of powerful small thought models and economic concepts that have important implications for public policy analysis. Material is drawn from public sector economics, public choice theory, and public budgeting and public finance.
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<span style="background:white">Semester classes begin: Monday, January 11, 2021 (</span>virtual delivery: Monday, January 11 - Friday, January 22, 2021)</li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black; mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; background:white">
<span style="background:white">Application to Graduate Due to Graduate School: Friday, January 29, 2021</span></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black; mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; background:white">
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<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255)">April 23: last day of Spring 2021 classes</span></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black; mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; background:white">
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<div style="">This Speaker Series highlights the diverse voices and experiences of some of our most valuable, interesting, and leading professionals in Ohio's water industry. As the Director of the City of Cleveland’s Department of Public Utilities, Robert
L. Davis is responsible for management and oversight of more than 1,700 employees, a budget of over $600 million, and all operations within the Divisions of Cleveland Public Power, Cleveland Water, Cleveland Water Pollution Control and Utilities Fiscal Control,
as well as the citywide Office of Radio Communications and Cleveland’s public access channel, TV20.<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Please contact DiversityinWaterOhio@gmail.com if any questions!</span><br>
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</b></span><b style="color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">Thursday, January 21, 2021 4-7 p.m.<br>
</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Spring Student Involvement Fair takes place each year January, giving new and returning students an opportunity to explore more options for their involvement. Smaller and more intimate than
the Student Involvement Fair held during Welcome Week, the Spring Student Involvement Fair gives students a perfect chance to meet people and learn about the great things Ohio State's student organizations are doing. </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although
the live Fair event takes place from 4-7 p.m., display booths and features will be available to navigate from Jan 21-31. Please contact SIFair@osu.edu with any questions or concerns.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);"><b>NEW! </b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span> </span></span><b style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1st
Annual CEGE Graduate Symposium</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(134, 17, 6)"><br>
</span></b></span><span style="color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Wednesday,
February 3, 2021 from 3-4:30pm EST via Zoom </b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(</span></span><span style="color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Invitation
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Want to participate?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><a href="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GJNVyPl6m3xrxz" title="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GJNVyPl6m3xrxz" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Register</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">by
Jan 6! M</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">ore info: </span><a href="https://ceg.osu.edu/degrees/graduate-symposium" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://ceg.osu.edu/degrees/graduate-symposium</span><br>
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</b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">in a completely virtual format. Students may submit an abstract via the CGS website by
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b>January 15, 2021</b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">.
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Cash prizes, totaling more than $14,000, will be awarded to the top-judged presentations in each academic area.
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy
decisions affecting those resources. The Fellowship, named after one of Sea Grant's founders and former NOAA Administrator John A. Knauss, matches highly qualified graduate students with "hosts" in the legislative and executive branch of government located
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Now!</span></b></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"> <b>Funding Period #4 Applications Due February 1, 2021! </b></span>CEGE graduate student awards are available once again to support graduate students presenting their research at professional
conferences in their area of specialty. While COVID-related university travel restrictions remain in effect (currently through June 30, 2021), students can apply for funds to defray registration costs for <b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: ;"><i>online/virtual
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<span style="margin:0px; background:white">The </span><span style="margin:0px; color:rgb(204,0,0); background:white"><b>Career Development Grant</b> - </span><span style="margin:0px; background:white">Learn more at: </span><a href="http://go.osu.edu/cdg" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; color:rgb(17,85,204); background:white">go.osu.edu/cdg</span></a><span style="margin:0px; color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext">Funding
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