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Dear all:</div>
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I am happy to report that we have had another successful DesignSafe site visit, with the panel highly recommending our continued support. </div>
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The site visit team complemented us on many aspects of our work this year, including the CoreTrustSeal certification of the Data Depot, our commitment to maintaining a state-of-the-art facility, and our support of the entire NHERI network. </div>
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I know that I am the lucky one who gets to stand up in front of NSF and present our accomplishments, but this is
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absolutely<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span>a team effort and I appreciate all that you are doing to make it a success. As they say, "it takes a village" and we really have a great village!</div>
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Enjoy your weekend! </div>
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<span style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px">Ellen M. Rathje, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE </span></b></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Professor </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Director,<span> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">DesignSafe</span></span><span style="margin:0px"></span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span> </span>Cyberinfrastructure
for Natural Hazards Research </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">University of Texas at Austin </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Phone: 512-232-3683 </span></span></p>
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