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Jessica Kendall-Bar and Rodrigo Pérez Ortega: The Write StuffJessica Kendall-Bar and Rodrigo Pérez Ortega: The Write Stuff

UCSC alumni Jessica Kendall-Bar and Rodrigo Pérez Ortega were winners in the National Academies’ inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication.

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