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The historical city of Gaziantep in the Republic of Türkiye and the surrounding areas have been devastated by two back-to-back earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. The loss of life is significant and the damages extensive. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please
join me in extending our support to members of our faculty and students who have family ties to the area and to the
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Please keep everyone affected in your thoughts and prayers.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I will keep you posted about ways to give to support the victims of this catastrophe.</span></div>
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