<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Colleagues,<br></div><div><br></div><div>A CPH special event we at CBI want to share info. upon, and encourage you to consider attending next week.  Please join speakers CBI Senior Research Fellow and da Vinci Medalist Prof. David E. Nye, Dr. Julie A. Cohn (Rice Univ.; author of the tremendously insightful book <i>The Grid</i>), Prof. Martin Melosi (Houston) and Prof. Joseph Stromberg (San Jacinto) for:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">WHEN THE LIGHTS (AND HEAT) WENT OUT IN TEXAS: THE TEXAS BLACKOUT IN HISTORICAL </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">CONTEXT</span></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Univ. of Houston CPH Forum/Event, April 13th</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">12:00pm (CST)</span></span></div></div></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><img src="cid:ii_kn91354d2" alt="When the Lights 2.jpg" width="440" height="219" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">REGISTERONEVENTBRITE</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/3fMjjeX">https://bit.ly/3fMjjeX</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> </span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Best, Jeff</span></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i>"Injustice wears the same harsh face wherever it shows itself."</i>-Ralph Ellison</div><div><br></div><div>Jeffrey R. Yost, Ph.D.</div>
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