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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) conceptualization project (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#000064">https://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/</span></a><span style="color:black">),
along with its partners, recently announced a Geospatial Fellows program to foster collaborative work on advancing COVID-19 research and education. The call for proposals can be found at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/GeospatialFellows"><span style="color:#000064">https://bit.ly/GeospatialFellows</span></a><span style="color:black">
and proposals are due by <b>July 31, 2020</b>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This call has<span style="color:black">
</span>generated<span style="color:black"> tremendous interests from pertinent communities. We are hence organizing a community
</span>w<span style="color:black">ebinar on </span><b>this <span style="color:black">
Friday</span>: <span style="color:black">July 24<sup>th</sup> between 3 - 4pm Central
</span>T<span style="color:black">ime</span></b><span style="color:black"> to elaborate details of the Geospatial Fellows program and address any questions
</span>that <span style="color:black">potential applicants might have. </span>Everyone attending this webinar must register (RSVP:
<a href="https://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/gsi-covid-19-webinar/">https://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/gsi-covid-19-webinar/</a>) by
<b>July 23<sup>rd</sup> (Thursday)</b>. The coordinates of the webinar will be sent to you via email once you register for the event.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">r<span style="color:black">egards,<br>
</span>-Shaowen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Shaowen Wang</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Professor and Department Head</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Affiliate Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Computer Science, iSchool, Urban and Regional Planning</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Founding Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">WhereCOVID-19: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://wherecovid19.cigi.illinois.edu">https://wherecovid19.cigi.illinois.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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