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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We are excited to announce that the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.floridaundergradresearch.org/furc-2025" id="OWA3d4981e0-aa2d-ec38-2a75-cad27807e6d3" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="Verified" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Florida
Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) 2025</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> will be held in February at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Under the umbrella of the Florida Undergraduate Research Association (FURA), FURC is one of the nation's largest multi-disciplinary research
conferences, and it is open to <b>all undergraduate researchers in the state of Florida</b> to present their research in a poster format.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Event Details:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· <b>Date:</b> Friday and Saturday, February 14-15, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· <b>Location:</b> USF Marshall Student Center - Tampa, Florida</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">· <b>Hosted by</b>: USF Research & Innovation</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Please mark your calendar and stay tuned to
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="http://www.usf.edu/furc2025" id="OWA98f413ef-5644-3651-18fc-006a93dfc169" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="Verified" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">www.usf.edu/furc2025</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> for
more details to follow. We look forward to your participation in this exciting event!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Warm regards,</span></p>
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