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    Gluon Polarization in Longitudinally Polarized pp Collisions at STAR

    The STAR Collaboration is performing a wide range of measurements to determine the gluon helicity distribution in the proton. Gluon-gluon and quark-gluon scattering dominate jet production in proton-proton collisions at RHIC, so the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry, ALL, for jet production places significant constraints on the gluon polarization in the proton. In recent years STAR has recorded large longitudinally polarized pp data sets at both s=200 GeV and 510 GeV. The 2009 STAR inclusive jet ALL measurements at s=200 GeV show the first experimental evidence of non-zero gluon polarization over the Bjorken-x range, x>0.05. Furthermore, data collected at s=510 GeV during the 2012 and 2013 RHIC runs allow access to the gluon polarization at lower x. In this talk, I will present the final results of the 2009 inclusive jet ALL measurement at 200 GeV, the analysis status of the 2012 inclusive jet ALL measurement at 510 GeV, and the status of di-jet and other STAR measurements that are sensitive to gluon polarization.