<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
HI Everyone,
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I just wanted to forward an email from our Chemistry colleague, Chris Jaroniec. See below</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I co-advise Mohammad on a joint funded NIH project. Mohammad is a truly outstanding student.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Mohammad and his wife were directly impacted by Trump’s executive order this past week.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">It appears that OSU worked very hard to help them and Mohammad’s wife was eventually able to enter the US on her F-2 visa.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">These are very scary times.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Michael</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div class="">********************************************************************************************</div>
<div class="">Michael G. Poirier, Professor</div>
<div class="">Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (by courtesy)</div>
<div class="">Ohio State University, <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">1040 Physics Research Building</span></div>
<div class="">191 West Woodruff Avenue, <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Columbus, Ohio 43210-1117</span></div>
<div class="">Office: 2140 Physics Research Building, Labs: 2135 & 2147 Physics Research Building</div>
<div class="">email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:poirier.18@osu.edu" class="">poirier.18@osu.edu</a>, <a href="http://u.osu.edu/poirierlab/" class="">http://u.osu.edu/poirierlab/</a></div>
<div class="">Phone: (614) 247-4493 (Office), (614) 688-0742 (Labs), Fax: (614) 292-7557</div>
<div class="">********************************************************************************************</div>
<br class="">
<br class="">
</div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div><br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class="">
<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From:
</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Jaroniec, Christopher" <<a href="mailto:jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu" class="">jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu</a>><br class="">
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class="">
<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject:
</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FW: update on Mohammad Zandian</b><br class="">
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class="">
<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date:
</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 30, 2017 at 12:13:19 PM EST<br class="">
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class="">
<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To:
</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Poirier, Michael" <<a href="mailto:poirier.18@osu.edu" class="">poirier.18@osu.edu</a>><br class="">
</span></div>
<br class="">
<div class="">
<div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">FYI …<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class="">
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<b class=""><span style="" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="" class="">"Jaroniec, Christopher" <<a href="mailto:jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, January 30, 2017 at 12:07 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:cbc-local-faculty@lists.osu.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">cbc-local-faculty@lists.osu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:cbc-local-faculty@lists.osu.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">cbc-local-faculty@lists.osu.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Jaroniec, Christopher" <<a href="mailto:jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>update on Mohammad Zandian<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="">
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Some of you may have heard by now via various media outlets of the ordeal that my graduate student, Mohammad Zandian, and his wife, Parisa, who are both from Iran have been through over the past several days. After more
than a year of applications and interviews Parisa was finally able to obtain an F-2 visa to join Mohammad here and was en route to the US just as Trump’s executive order took effect on Friday. She was detained at JFK upon arrival and at one point was in danger
of being deported back to Iran, until the last minute court ruling barring the deportations took effect leaving her in custody at JFK.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thanks to the immediate help of OSU administrators, including President Drake, Provost McPheron and others, who worked behind the scenes with both of our senators and numerous other elected and DHS officials, Parisa was
finally granted an interview by DHS and released from detention yesterday early afternoon and she and Mohammad have arrived safely in Columbus today.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">I also would like to thank Susan for assisting the Provost in these efforts, Tom and Terry for helping out with the logistics of finding TA substitutes for Mohammad in the last minute, as well as those of you who have
independently contacted elected officials about this situation. In difficult times such as these, it’s very comforting to know that one can count on friends and colleagues to offer help and support.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Finally, I wanted to let you know that some newly found friends from the English department have set up an online site to collect donations for Parisa and Mohammad to warmly welcome them to the OSU community:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<u class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/welcome-parisa-fasihianifard-to-buckeye-nation/x/15050952" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/welcome-parisa-fasihianifard-to-buckeye-nation/x/15050952</a></span></u><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">While no amount of money can really compensate Parisa and Mohammad for the stress and uncertainty that they have had to endure over the past several days, it is a nice gesture from the university community that can also
help them offset additional expenses they incurred as a result of this very sad and humiliating situation. If you would like to pitch in with a donation of any kind, please feel free to do so, although this is by no means expected. The site will remain open
till the end of this week and I plan to transmit all the collected funds to Parisa and Mohammad sometime this weekend or early next week.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">All the best,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Chris</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">-- </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 6pt; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><img width="224" height="45" id="_x0000_i1025" class="" apple-inline="yes" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.png@01D27AF2.3EADFD70"></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<b class=""><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(170, 0, 3);" class="">Christopher Jaroniec</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">Professor and Evans Scholar</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">Vice Chair for Research and Administration</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">222 CBEC Building, 151 West Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">614-247-4284 Office | 614-292-1685 Fax</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
<u class=""><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class=""><a href="mailto:jaroniec.1@osu.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">jaroniec.1@osu.edu</a></span></u><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://chemistry.osu.edu/~jaroniec" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">chemistry.osu.edu/~jaroniec</span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br class="">
</div>
</body>
</html>