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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The INFORMS Minority Issues Forum (MIF) is happy to announce the first research webinar for our 2023 Summer Series on June 30, 2023! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These webinar series showcase 20-minute presentations on different research topics and talk about the experience in academia or industry to the INFORMS community, especially from our
minorities and underrepresented groups. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our first webinar has two fantastic panelists who are working in “Mine Planning and Scheduling under Heat Considerations” research: John Ayaburi, Ph.D. Student at Colorado School of Mines,
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202225">The MIF Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dr. Clara Novoa</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Professor and Academic Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Industrial Engineering Program</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Texas State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">San Marcos, TX 78666</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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