<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099"><div><span data-mce-style="color: #663366;" color="#663366"><span style="font-size: xx-small;" data-mce-style="font-size: xx-small;" size="1"></span><span></span></span></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span name="x"></span><b>From: </b>"Diana Kenney" <dkenney@mbl.edu><br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Applications are now open (</span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT79_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT92_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://comscicon.com/apply-attend-summer-2014" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://comscicon.com/apply-attend-summer-2014" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">http://comscicon.com/apply-attend-summer-2014</span></a></span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">) for the Communicating Science 2014 workshop, to be held in Cambridge, MA on <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT80_com_zimbra_date"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT93_com_zimbra_date">June 12</span></span>-14th, 2014. Graduate students at US institutions in all fields of science and engineering are encouraged to apply. The application will close on <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT81_com_zimbra_date"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT94_com_zimbra_date">March 1st</span></span>.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Participants will build the communication skills that technical professionals need to express complex ideas to their peers, experts in other fields, and the general public. There will be panel discussions on </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the following topics:</span></p><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">*</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Communicating</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> with non-scientific audiences</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">* Communicating complexity and controversy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">* Communicating for a cause</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">* Communicating with multimedia</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">* Engaging diverse audiences</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffff00; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffff00; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">In addition to these discussions, ample time is allotted for interacting with the experts and with attendees from throughout the country to develop new science outreach collaborations. Workshop participants will produce an original piece of science writing and receive feedback from workshop attendees and professional science communicators, including journalists, fiction and non-fiction authors, public policy advocates, educators, and more.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Visit </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT82_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT95_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://comscicon.com/programs" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://comscicon.com/programs" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">http://comscicon.com/programs</span></a></span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> to learn more about our past workshop programs and participants. This workshop is sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Science, and Department of Astronomy at Harvard University, and Microsoft Research.</span><span class="HOEnZb"><span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;" data-mce-style="color: #888888;"><br clear="all"> <br>-- <br></span></span></span><div dir="ltr"><div>Kara Manke</div>Ph.D. candidate, Physical Chemistry<br><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;" data-mce-style="color: #888888;"></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><span></span><div>Diana Kenney<br>Science Writer/Editor<br>Marine Biological Laboratory<br>7 MBL Street<br>Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>508-289-7139<br>dkenney@mbl.edu<br><a href="http://www.mbl.edu" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.mbl.edu">MBL Homepage</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mblscience" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/mblscience">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/MBLScience" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/MBLScience">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://blog.mbl.edu/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://blog.mbl.edu/">Blog</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKUBiBDXmMg" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKUBiBDXmMg">Video</a><br></div><span></span><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>