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 <!-- <h3 style="font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bolder;">Events</h3> -->
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+    <li>July 1, 2024: Elisa successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations!</li>
     <li>May 13, 2024: On-site <a href="/events/#2024-05-13-matthias-orlikowski">talk</a> by Matthias Orlkowski (Bielefeld University)</li>
     <li>May 6, 2024: On-site <a href="/events/#2024-05-06-russa-biwas">talk</a> by Dr. Russa Biwas (Hasso-Plattner Institute, Potsdam)</li>
     <li>April 30, 2024: Our new <a href="https://dialect-erc.github.io">DIALECT project</a> webpage is online</li>