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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">The second CFNS Summer School on the Physics of the Electron Ion Collider </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Location: Center for Frontiers at Nuclear Science, Stony Brook University, USA, </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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This is the announcement of the 2nd CFNS Summer School on the Physics of the Electron Ion Collider (EIC).  The school will be held at the Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science at Stony Brook University on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">July
 27th - August 5th</span>, 2020. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In view of the recent developments on the US Electron Ion Collider, these are exciting times for the young scientists interested in working at the EIC. The school will feature lectures and tutorials
 on theoretical and experimental topics related to the EIC. The school is ideally suited for advanced graduate students and postdocs in nuclear and particle physics.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The information on the school including the schedule and application procedures will be posted on the indico page: </span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Findico.bnl.gov-252Fevent-252F7555-252Foverview-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cavp5627-2540psu.edu-257C8484de056147434d3bde08d7ba0b6142-257C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e-257C0-257C0-257C637182430355713882-26sdata-3Di7lZRkxzkpH1o8oUIi0Nlle5Aw9VBPDnI-252FKkV7nDqoQ-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=TI1-uR1CNrL-lIqQDSyKdw&m=Iw6kRUvjgha1l6fD7MUZus-4v4S3own8CnR6vaRGaoQ&s=fxieeAZzI_-rU-j1SgtJ6ol9Yz4H4kAFMJo6T16IiRs&e="><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://indico.bnl.gov/event/7555/overview</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We anticipate to offer generous local support to up to 25 students, see application page for details.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Confirmed lecturers so far are:  George Sterman (SBU, USA),  Xiangdong Ji (UMD, USA), Barbara Pasquini (University of Pavia, Italy), Tuomas Lappi (JYU, Finland), Dave Gaskell (JLab, USA), Thomas
 Roser (BNL, USA).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Review of applications will begin on 15 April 2020 and continue until 25 positions are filled.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
The CFNS Summer School Local Organizers<br>
Ciprian Gal, Alexei Prokudin (Chair), Jinlong  Zhang, & Abhay Deshpande</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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