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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Due to the present crisis, ELM 2020 is tentatively postponed till</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">May
12-14, 2021.</b></span><b style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span></b><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We
are planning on keeping substantially the same program (including venue, etc.). Let us hope we are all healthy and safe and can convene in May 2021. Please check our</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" class=""> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://elm.clas.uconn.edu" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" class="">ELM</span></a> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">website
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">The ELM Organizing Committee </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Dorit Bar-On (UConn, Philosophy; ECOM)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Gerry Altmann (UConn, Psychological Sciences; IBACS)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Whit Tabor (UConn, Psychological Sciences)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Harry van der Hulst (UConn, Linguistics)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Aliyar Ozercan (UConn, Philosophy)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Michael Hegarty (UConn, Philosophy)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">Crystal Mastrangelo (IBACS)</span></div>
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