Join us for an in-person 2 part workshop led by Tracy Weiner, Senior Associate Director of the University Writing Program

Writing Workshop I: Clarity and Focus in Scientific Writing

In this workshop you'll learn how to focus arguments without sacrificing complexity. The true origin of the problem lies not in the complexity of your data, but in the structure of your sentences. You will learn concrete techniques to build sentences and paragraphs that can adequately house your ideas and your data, without leaving your readers behind.

Writing Workshop II: Grant Proposals, Abstracts, and Introductions
During the course of your career you will write many documents that boil down to some version of one of the following sentences: "Give me money because " or "Read this article because." This workshop will focus on what comes after the "because." How can you make sure readers understand how your work contributes to knowledge in your field? How can you do this without claiming too much about your work -- or too little? In this session, you will practice writing techniques in grant proposals, abstracts, and introductions that make clear why your work is valuable -- and that help you to focus the rest of an article or proposal on the most important aspects of your research.