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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">November 29, 2020 at 8:29:43 PM PST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do you want to learn to communicate your science more effectively? Are you interested in learning how to write about science, learn about
LA’s unique science communication landscapes, or engage diverse audiences?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are excited to announce the inaugural Communicating Science Conference for Graduate Students (ComSciCon) in the Los Angeles region,
which will take place virtually via Zoom on April 9th and 23rd, 2021! The </span>
<a href="https://comscicon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ComSciCon workshop series</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is designed to empower graduate students to communicate the complex and technical
concepts that arise in research in science, engineering and other technical fields to broad and diverse audiences, beyond fellow practitioners in the field.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We have an exciting program of events planned. Attendees will network with fellow graduate student leaders in science communication,
produce original writing for publication, and learn from expert writers and communicators<b>
</b>in the LA area<b>. </b>Our confirmed speakers so far include David Saltzberg (UCLA prof and consultant on The Big Bang Theory), Emily Lakdawalla (The Planetary Society), Rosanna Xia (LA Times), and more! See our website for the full listing!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ComSciCon-LA 2021 will be held over two full days on April 9th and 23rd, 2021.
</span><a href="https://comscicon.com/comscicon-los-angeles-2021-application" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications are open NOW</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
<b>the application period will close THIS FRIDAY at 11:59pm PST on December 4th, 2020.</b> There will be no registration fee for attendees, but only a limited number of spots are available. Attendees will be selected through a competitive application process.
The application consists of only a few short answer questions, outlined at</span><a href="https://comscicon.com/comscicon-michigan-2019-application" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">
</span></a><a href="https://comscicon.com/comscicon-los-angeles-2021-application" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://comscicon.com/comscicon-los-angeles-2021-application</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email us (</span><a href="mailto:losangeles@comscicon.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">losangeles@comscicon.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
or find us on Twitter (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/ComSciConLA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">@ComSciConLA</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)! Additional information can also be found
</span><a href="https://comscicon.com/comscicon-los-angeles-2021" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">on our website</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to your applications!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Briley Lewis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On behalf of the ComSciCon-LA 2021 Organizing Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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the following sponsors, without whom we couldn’t offer this workshop:</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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Department of English, UCLA College of Physical Sciences, Caltech Office of Strategic Communications, Chapman University Schmid College of Science and Technology, UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership in Science</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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Dean, College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences<br>
Professor, Chemistry<br>
Fellow of ACS, AIMBE, CRS and NAI<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Office: (951) 827-3101 | <a href="mailto:CNASdean@ucr.edu" target="_blank">Email: CNASdean@ucr.edu</a><br>
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Executive Assistant: Rachel Alvarez | Office: (951) 827-4597 | <a href="mailto:rachel.alvarez@ucr.edu" target="_blank">rachel.alvarez@ucr.edu</a><br>
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