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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cary is proposing a workshop on data literacy with pcb data for Hudson River Superfund Site fish. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’d be happy to collaborate with LTER folks on an LTER-based workshop, too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">*******************************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Alan R. Berkowitz, Ph.D.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Head of Education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2801 Sharon Turnpike</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">PO Box AB</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Millbrook, NY 12545</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Phone: (845) 677-7600 ext. 311</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Fax: (845) 677-5976</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Email: <a href="mailto:berkowitza@caryinstitute.org">berkowitza@caryinstitute.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Web: <a href="http://www.caryinstitute.org">www.caryinstitute.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">*******************************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> education [mailto:<a href="mailto:education-bounces@lists.lternet.edu">education-bounces@lists.lternet.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marty Downs<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 09, 2017 2:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:education@lternet.edu">education@lternet.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [LTER-education] The 4th Life Discovery Conference -- Proposal deadline January 15</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">LTER is a conference collaborator on the Life Discovery Conference described below. Seems like a great way to connect with educators who might want to use LTER data or tools in their classrooms. The deadline for presentation or workshop proposals is <b>January 15.</b> Any additional questions or information, please see the <a href="http://www.esa.org/ldc/">conference web site</a> or contact Theresa Mourad (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373737">Director of Education and Diversity Programs at ESA </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#555555"><a href="mailto:Teresa@esa.org">Teresa@esa.org</a>).</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#555555">Teresa says that </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">NEON, Biodiversity Literacy network (AIM Up, iDigBio) and GENI have committed to be there and NimBios and SESYNC may be as well. It should be a good opportunity to network on data literacy and other data use topics.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><blockquote style="margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">Conference Theme - Data: Discover, Investigate, Inform</span></b></p></div></blockquote><div><blockquote style="margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">The study of organisms presents myriad forms, visualizations, and uses of data that stimulate new questions and engender new understanding of life on earth. The 4th Life Discovery - Doing Science Biology Education Conference invites proposals that create environments and opportunities for learners to Discover, Investigate and Inform with Data. We are especially interested in proposals that: focus on bringing research data into the classroom, present classroom-ready data investigation tools, and that feature large datasets across space and time and that address the developmental needs of learners, and the socioeconomic and cultural relevance of data in biology.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">Join us in this exciting conference with your best ideas! We welcome your proposal for a workshop or short presentation. <a href="http://www.esa.org/ldc/" target="_blank"><b>DEADLINE: </b><span class="gmail-aqj"><b>JANUARY 15, 2017</b></span><b> (extended)</b></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Organized By:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">Life Discovery Partners </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#403f42">| <a href="mailto:ldc@esa.org" target="_blank">ldc@esa.org</a> | <a href="tel:(202)%20833-8773" target="_blank">202-833-8773</a> | <a href="http://www.esa.org/ldc" target="_blank">www.esa.org/ldc</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">Ecological Society of America | Botanical Society of America</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="gmail-m-9063107751211742503msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">Society for the Study of Evolution | Society for Economic Botany</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers, Marty</p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-----<br clear="all"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Marty Downs</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Communications Lead</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=7e63967daf&e=%5bUNIQID%5d" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">t: @USLTER</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">f: USLTER</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">University of California, Santa Barbara<br></span>Office: 805-893-7549</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 617-833-7930</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>