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McClintock Letters Op-Ed Writing Workshop with NYT Reporter Clay Risen (zoom link below)

by Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club

Office Hours Advocacy Community Dialogue/ Discussion Workshop

Wed, May 7, 2025

4 PM – 5:15 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Learn from New York Times reporter Clay Risen about how to write an op-ed piece, to help you write your piece for the McClintock Letters Initiative! Non-Cornellians can sign up here.

Federal funding for scientific research is under unprecedented threat. But how the public responds to this threat depends on the stories they hear, and who they hear them from. Unfortunately, local communities rarely get to connect with the scientists whose work their tax dollars support. To help increase opportunities for public awareness of the impactful research being done across the United States, please consider participating in the McClintock Letters

This science communication initiative, organized by a graduate student collective with Science Homecoming and Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP), encourages scientists to write opinion pieces for their hometown newspapers - sharing what their research is about, why it matters, and why science is worth investing in. Our goal is to publish over 1,000 op-eds across the country around June 16th – Nobel Prize-awarded geneticist Barbara McClintock’s birthday. To contextualize, 1,000 articles will reach an estimated 8 million people who otherwise may not hear from scientists. Visit our website and FAQ for more information and to sign up to write a McClintock Letter about your research and its importance.

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