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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Blurrday! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following up on recent discussions about online courses and the new ‘normal’, here is a cool read about expanded benefits of field courses (attached).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stay well and, by the way, does anyone know when Summer will be making a showing in Athens? And talking about Athens, here is a recent Forbes article featuring our beloved town:
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephengavazzi/2020/05/10/weep-for-ohio-university-but-dont-forget-athens-ohio-in-your-prayers/#66f465fd40e7</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stay well!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Viorel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Viorel Popescu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ohio University, Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>107 Irvine Hall, Athens OH 45701<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Blurrday! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Following up on recent discussions about online courses and the new ‘normal’, here is a cool read about expanded benefits of field courses (attached).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stay well and, by the way, does anyone know when Summer will be making a showing in Athens? And talking about Athens, here is a recent Forbes article featuring our beloved town:
<a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fstephengavazzi%2F2020%2F05%2F10%2Fweep-for-ohio-university-but-dont-forget-athens-ohio-in-your-prayers%2F%2366f465fd40e7&data=02%7C01%7C%7C45521d94357b449c994508d7f59b1af7%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637247919120824913&sdata=XfdjVcMnQqU45C2JGofUJ%2BO4aokANT2tKAwU0OcSlT8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephengavazzi/2020/05/10/weep-for-ohio-university-but-dont-forget-athens-ohio-in-your-prayers/#66f465fd40e7" shash="i8HATsdrZtWxF7GWNVGDI6m3wNN2nQDhTBRctm/t1wTmsrbQkTuNvmxNu3XX1nMm4IK0t7NBFaawMwaCZm/CXS51akCAvVPgOC+8ZrQhs68XJsfVRV/Kk7pTOk71Dv9w0nUiA4FwdaatEVD93zXslfhFRLFoG70gMdp2AMygtd0=">
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephengavazzi/2020/05/10/weep-for-ohio-university-but-dont-forget-athens-ohio-in-your-prayers/#66f465fd40e7</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stay well!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Viorel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Viorel Popescu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ohio University, Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>107 Irvine Hall, Athens OH 45701<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vioreldpopescu.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C45521d94357b449c994508d7f59b1af7%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637247919120834908&sdata=GtmqY%2BE3JdW1v34bmDVrqVd4uce5zbUmTZSQOSVYYCw%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.vioreldpopescu.com/" shash="PtOIfOr9lW25XrwfZ2nSCfNIyss6KnRoJyV7PdsUBtYgoHcUUqSuuA/xDYrMU2LQaoee+60pRRI/Qao7cQxSgvviW2rtyfui7H3ZLil5uEq5SIXVTgg2PaQh/11FmqmXEGhzF/7+BHenHdle9De5O/eqXtJGz6Dbc9Nb7TqrjuE=">www.vioreldpopescu.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Twiter: @vioreldpopescu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 740 593 2381<o:p></o:p></p>
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