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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><big>Please join us
for EcoLunch:<br>
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Dr. Jai Ranganathan, NCEAS and Dr. Jarrett Byrnes, NCEAS<br>
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<br>
"The SciFund Challenge: a new way to connect people to science
and to raise money for research"<br>
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<br>
Thursday December 1 @12:15<br>
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From Jai:<br>
"Our campaign is now live on the internet and it's called the
SciFund Challenge. The scientists who are part of the
Challenge have raised over 50,000 dollars in two weeks for
their science. If you get a chance, please do check it out -
there is lots of great ecology there: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://scifund.rockethub.com">http://scifund.rockethub.com</a>."<br>
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GENERAL INFORMATION: EcoLunches are Thursdays, at 12:15 pm
(brown bag lunch) National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis, 735 State <br>
St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 892-2500 <br>
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A schedule of upcoming EcoLunch seminars is available on the web
at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecolunch">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecolunch</a>
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DIRECTIONS FROM UCSB BY BUS: You can get to NCEAS by taking the
11:40 a.m. bus (#24x) from campus. From the transit center, walk
one block east to <br>
State Street and two blocks south to the Balboa Building at 735
State Street. To return to campus, you can take the 1:30 p.m.
bus (#24x) from <br>
the transit station and be back on campus by 1:49 p.m. Or you
can take the 2:20 p.m. bus and arrive on campus at 2:39. <br>
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BY CAR: take Highway 101 South. Once in Santa Barbara, exit on
Carrillo Street. Turn left onto Carrillo. Drive 5 blocks and
turn right on State <br>
Street. NCEAS is located on the right side at 735 State St.,
Suite 300. To park: Drive past NCEAS on State Street and make
your first right on Ortega <br>
Street. Drive 1 block and turn right on Chapala Street. Park in
the underground Mall parking lot on your right. (First 75
minutes free). Once <br>
you are at the Balboa Building: We are on the third floor in the
lounge area.<br>
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Catherine Longo
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Telephone: (805) 966-1677
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:longo@nceas.ucsb.edu">longo@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/postdocs">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/postdocs</a> </pre>
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