Turn Your Science into Prose: An Op-Ed Writing Workshop (Ivy+ Open Access Professional Development Series)

Your voice matters, and op-eds are a powerful way to shape public conversation. In this workshop you will learn to turn your research into clear, and compelling prose that can be read, enjoyed, and understood by readers outside the academy. Participants in this workshop are expected to arrive with a body of research or experiences that they want to convey to a broad public, meaning you should come to the workshop with some ideas for an “op-ed” (or, a contributed opinion piece).

We’ll explore what editors look for, how to connect your argument to current events, and how to write with clarity and authority. By the end of the session, you’ll leave with:

• A detailed outline of your own op-ed
• A clear understanding of op-ed structure
• Strategies for pitching outlets

This is best suited for graduate students in any science area including social sciences.

Ivy+ Professional Development Series

This program is part of the Ivy+ Graduate Student Professional Development Series, created and cross-promoted by deans and directors at Berkeley, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, UChicago, and Yale to help meet the professional development needs of all Ph.D. and master’s students.

Registration is required

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made at least 5 business days prior to the event date to gradcenter@upenn.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after the 5-business-day deadline has passed. For questions regarding accommodations, please contact Disability Services staff at disabilityservices@vpul.upenn.edu.