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src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-300x200 size-300x200 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web-280x187.jpg 280w, https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Cereti-Flyer-for-web.jpg 1875w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></div> <div class="text"> <a 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