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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Dear Department Community, </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;">We are writing to acknowledge that many of us are upset by recent events, which again highlight the systemic and violent anti-Black racism in our society. </span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">We'd
like to echo messages from our Chair and Dean by emphasizing a few opportunities for local action within our Department. These ongoing activities provide everyone an opportunity to make meaningful change through a sustained and sustainable effort. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">First, our <a href="https://physics.osu.edu/Polaris" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://physics.osu.edu/Polaris" style="margin: 0px;">POLARIS </a>program continues
to grow, with an aim toward improving mentorship of marginalized students within our undergraduate program. The successes of this program so far rest on the committed participation from undergraduate and graduate students, and is a priority of the Department. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Secondly, we'd like to announce that a team of OSU faculty, staff, undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs was accepted into the American Physical Society's Inclusion, Diversity
and Equity Alliance (<a href="https://www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea.cfm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea.cfm" style="margin: 0px;">IDEA</a>). This program is focused on fostering
a nationwide dialogue and sharing of best practices, and will be starting up right away with a first workshop on Friday June 12th. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Lastly, anyone is welcome to engage with the faculty, students or staff in our <a href="https://physics.osu.edu/climate-and-diversity-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://physics.osu.edu/climate-and-diversity-committee" style="margin: 0px;">Climate
and Diversity Committee</a>, which plays a unique role in our Department. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">These are just a few of the ways to get involved. The Department will shortly announce plans for a town-hall style meeting as a next step to help us process and locally translate this
national call for action to OSU Physics. Also, please note that the OSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be hosting a university-wide<a href="https://odi.osu.edu/role-land-grant-university-addressing-racial-tensions?utm_source=College+of+Arts+and+Sciences&utm_campaign=fee1e7390a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_112a361dc0-fee1e7390a-322755865" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://odi.osu.edu/role-land-grant-university-addressing-racial-tensions?utm_source=College+of+Arts+and+Sciences&utm_campaign=fee1e7390a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_112a361dc0-fee1e7390a-322755865" style="margin: 0px;"><span> </span>town
hall<span> </span></a>on Monday at 3:00. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">In the meantime, we'd like to point out the American Institute of Physics'<span> </span><a href="https://www.aip.org/diversity-initiatives/team-up-task-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.aip.org/diversity-initiatives/team-up-task-force" style="margin: 0px;">TEAM-UP
report</a>, which provides a wealth of useful information and action items that will be great to discuss as a group.</span></p>
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</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><a href="mailto:carpenter.690@osu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Linda
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</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;"><br>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><a href="mailto:gupta.208@osu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jay
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:hill.1369@osu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chris
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</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><a href="mailto:honscheid.1@osu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Klaus
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