<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear students,</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">The EPFL-WISH Foundation will be hosting a lunch discussion with the following topic:</span><br class=""><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151);" class=""> </span></b><br class=""><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151);" class="">A PhD in STEM: why, how and where?</span></b><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Didem Dede, Chiara Ercolani, Alice Gillen and Maya Harris talk about why they decided to do a PhD, how this has fulfilled (or not) their expectations and how they have further developed multiple skills during this period.</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Come to discuss with them on</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">May 6</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">@ noon</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">by zoom!</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><a href="https://epfl.zoom.us/j/97563963104" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 113, 235); background-color: white; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">https://epfl.zoom.us/j/97563963104</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(47, 85, 151);" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Looking forward to the discussion,</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">With kind regards,</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Esther Amstad, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral</span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, EPFL-WISH Foundation</span><br class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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