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<article-id pub-id-type="manuscript">Our Mission Statement.docx</article-id>
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<article-title>M<sc>ission</sc> S<sc>tatement</sc></article-title>
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<day>30</day>
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<year>2023</year></pub-date>
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<p>We are a student-run, non-technical research journal. Our mission is to build connections between undergraduates, graduate students, and the public, as well as among the different academic disciplines through the publication of non-technical articles in all fields of research. Our goal is to tap student creativity and effort in all academic disciplines through a peer-edited, faculty-reviewed electronic and print publication. We hope to inspire interest in research in the student body, faculty, and the campus community.</p>
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