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<span style="color:black">Please join me in congratulating Annika Peter and her entire team, which include students, staff and faculty from Physics (Terry Bradley, Beatriz E. Burrola Gabilondo, Kirsten Casey, Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, Ami Choi, Emilio Codecido,
Amy Connolly, Donley Cormode, Ian Dela Cruz, Simon Filbert, Johnny Greco, Jay Gupta, Andrew Heckler, Kevin Ingles, Ruth Leonard, Crystal Moloney, Hannah Parsons, Jon Pelz, Annika Peter, Rachel Slaybaugh) for being chosen as one of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>APS-IDEA
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<span style="color:black">Quoting from the APS-IDEA website:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea-physics.cfm">https://www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea-physics.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">“The American Physical Society Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Allicance (APS-IDEA) is a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#0A0A0A;background:white">new, community-wide effort to work with the physics
community to strengthen its efforts to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Funded by the APS Innovation Fund in 2019, APS-IDEA will convene representatives from about 30 physics departments, laboratories, and research collaborations to attend an
initial workshop June 12-13, 2020, establish an online learning community, and, more broadly, form a community of practice with the goal of transforming the culture of physics. As in any emerging subfield of physics, progress towards a more inclusive physics
community will be accelerated by collaboration, sharing of promising practices, and grounding the work in research. APS-IDEA was created to support the physics community’s efforts to improve EDI.”</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">It is efforts like these that will help in moving us to a more inclusive and equitable department.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Brian and Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Michael G. Poirier, Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (by courtesy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Ohio State University, 1040 Physics Research Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 2140 Physics Research Building, Labs: 2135 & 2147 Physics Research Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">email: poirier.18@osu.edu, http://u.osu.edu/poirierlab/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Peter, Annika H." <apeter@physics.osu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, June 26, 2020 at 3:54 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"poirier.18@osu.edu" <poirier.18@osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>FW: Welcome to the APS-IDEA Network!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Annika Peter, PhD<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Department of Physics, and Department of Astronomy<br>
M2016 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH 43210<br>
614-688-3373 Office / 609-306-9749 Mobile<br>
</span><a href="mailto:peter.33@osu.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#0563C1">peter.33@osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> / </span><a href="http://u.osu.edu/apeter"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#0563C1">u.osu.edu/apeter</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><brown@aps.org> on behalf of APS IDEA <idea@aps.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 7:55 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Peter, Annika H." <apeter@physics.osu.edu>, Edmund Bertschinger <Edbert@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Welcome to the APS-IDEA Network!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The APS-IDEA Application Review Committee has reviewed your application to join the APS-IDEA network. Following this review, we are excited
to inform you that your application has been approved. Congratulations!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The committee was very impressed with your application, and believes that your team would be an excellent addition to our network. We’d like
to share some of their feedback with you, as well as the next steps for engaging with APS-IDEA:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Feedback Summary:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">This is a strong application from a department with substantial experience and strong commitment to EDI. The mentoring team
reflects the stakeholders well. The team’s candor is appreciated and indicates a good understanding where to focus efforts. The team is ready to get greater buy-in from faculty for next steps. Welcome to the network!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions or would like to discuss the feedback, we would be happy to set up a phone conversation with Ed Bertschinger (<a href="mailto:Edbert@mit.edu">Edbert@mit.edu</a>),
the point of contact and chair of the review for your application. Simply let us know potential dates and times that would work for you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Next Steps:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join the APS-IDEA mailing list:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> If you have not already done so, please have each member of your team join the APS-IDEA mailing list on our
<b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea.cfm__;!!KGKeukY!m3y0VqwrQ14XdsZ8KswG0XRLvNJNAcEy0cRYtesy3zl-lvYJvt2aS4Jv09v_OWFk$"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">website</span></a></b>. We’ll be pushing
project updates and opportunities through this mailing list first.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RSVP for the Virtual kickoff:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> We are planning a virtual kickoff meeting on June 12, from 12:30-5:00p ET, which a subset of your team should plan to attend. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Due to</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> the strong interest in APS-IDEA --- we will host 50 teams at the June 12 workshop --- we are limiting the
number of attendees per team to three (3).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">You should receive a meeting
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/info.aps.org/aps-idea-2020__;!!KGKeukY!m3y0VqwrQ14XdsZ8KswG0XRLvNJNAcEy0cRYtesy3zl-lvYJvt2aS4Jv0yFXrHLm$"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white;font-weight:normal">RSVP
form</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"> via email shortly. Please begin identifying which three (3) team members will attend the virtual meeting and have them fill out the RSVP form. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">We will be in touch with the meeting agenda and zoom meeting connection information in the next week.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Work with your entire team to complete the
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/open?id=1kMc0VxUHmLFAkCw6W__PcdQeubBPnneE__;!!KGKeukY!m3y0VqwrQ14XdsZ8KswG0XRLvNJNAcEy0cRYtesy3zl-lvYJvt2aS4Jv098u27Y_$"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">pre-work</span></a><span style="background:white">
for the June 12 workshop. </span></span></b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about the project, please check out our website, or send us an email. We look forward to partnering with you to make
physics a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best wishes, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The APS-IDEA Steering Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ed Bertschinger</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Erika Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Michelle Lollie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jesús Pando</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Monica Plisch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Geoff Potvin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Erin Scanlon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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