WIRE's Guide to Contacting Faculty: Cold Emailing - WI+RE

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About this tutorial

Authors

nushrat-esha

Contributors

Renee Romero, Neha Gupta

Learning Outcomes

Articulate the publications and research conducted in the labs you are interested in working in with your own words.
Craft a successful email that will make you stand out from the other individuals that send out emails to the same faculty member.

Accessibility Information

Some text you want to appear (The title of a link that appears next - YYYY-MM-DD)
Some text you want to appear - YYYY-MM-DD
Some text you want to appear

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