<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_5978073172521735147WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="https://statistics.yale.edu/" title="Department of Statistics and Data Science
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ackground:white"><a><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Mallory;color:red;text-decoration:none">3:45 p.m.</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Mallory;color:red">   Pre-talk tea Dunham Lab, Suite 222, Breakroom 228<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Mallory">For more details and upcoming events visit our website at </span><a href="http://statistics.yale.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Mallory;color:#0563c1">http://statistics.yale.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Mallory"> .<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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