<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hello Physics Dept, </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Effectively communicating science to the media, and through them to the public, isn't easy. Most of us make all sorts of mistakes, and learn slowly because we don't do this on a daily basis. Wouldn't it be good to learn from someone who has been part of this process innumerable times? Here's your chance.</div>
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Well-known author, journalist, and blogger Jennifer Ouellette has a long history of talking to all sorts of scientists about their work and communicating it to the public. She will provide a brief introduction about key things to do and not do, along with some illustrative anecdotes, to be followed by an open discussion. Bring your questions. More information about Jennifer is provided below. </div>
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<u>Day</u>: Monday Dec 10</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u>Time</u>: 1-2pm</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<u>Where</u>: Smith Seminar Room, PRB 1080</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Food will be provided</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.jenniferouellette-writes.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.jenniferouellette-writes.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><font face="Times-Roman">Jennifer Ouellette is the author of four popular science books for the general public: the forthcoming </font></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self </i></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><font face="Times-Roman">(2013); </font></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse</i></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><font face="Times-Roman"> (2010); </font></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">The Physics of the Buffyverse</i></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><font face="Times-Roman"> (2007); and </font></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics</i></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><font face="Times-Roman"> (2006). She also edited </font></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">The Best Online Science Writing 2012</i></span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);line-height:19px"><font face="Times-Roman"> (Scientific American Books, 2012). </font></span></div>
<div><font color="#442114"><p style="line-height:19px"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman">Her work has appeared in the <i>Washington Post</i>, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Discover</i>, </span><font face="Times"><i>Slate</i></font><font face="Times-Roman">, </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Salon</i><font face="Times-Roman">, </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Mental Floss</i><font face="Times-Roman">, </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Nature</i><font face="Times-Roman">, </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Physics Today</i><font face="Times-Roman">, </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Symmetry</i><font face="Times-Roman">, </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Physics World</i><font face="Times-Roman">, and </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">New Scientist</i><font face="Times-Roman">, among other venues. She maintains a blog called Cocktail Party Physics at </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Scientific American</i><font face="Times-Roman"> and covers space science for </font><i style="font-family:Times-Roman">Discovery News</i><font face="Times-Roman">. She is also a contributor to Download the Universe, a site devoted to reviewing the brave new world of science-related e-books.</font></p>
</font><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);font-family:Times-Roman;line-height:19px">From November 2008 to October 2010, she was the founding director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a Los Angeles-based initiative of the National Academy of Sciences aimed at fostering creative collaborations between scientists and entertainment industry professionals. </span><span style="color:rgb(68,33,20);font-family:Times-Roman;line-height:19px">Ouellette holds a black belt in jujitsu, and lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Caltech physicist Sean (M.) Carroll.</span></div>
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