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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Understanding Evolution website is pleased to announce the grand opening of the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__evolution.berkeley.edu_evolibrary_article_0-5F0-5F0_evotrees-5Fintro&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=WamhO3KiuBbCKQtr5TJX2fv6LtZhdHKqvjBHMC60QKE&s=nLd2aM5D1MAuZvimmS4nUIXXRKDKziMPopN15Wp7BLk&e="><span style="color:#0000E9">Tree Room</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.treeroom.org_&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=WamhO3KiuBbCKQtr5TJX2fv6LtZhdHKqvjBHMC60QKE&s=yKv_QiIeyjg6Z9GnqQKEudy8uJjcqudpF2Jx61PdUCQ&e="><span style="color:#0000E9">www.treeroom.org</span></a></span><span style="color:black">)&#8212;a
 new website devoted to teaching about and communicating using evolutionary trees.&nbsp; This free, online resource brings trees to life with best practices and strategies for using and designing tree graphics, interactives to explore tree features, exhibit case
 studies from informal science institutions, and much more!&nbsp; Discover simple approaches that can help visitors interpret and understand tree diagrams at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.treeroom.org_&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=WamhO3KiuBbCKQtr5TJX2fv6LtZhdHKqvjBHMC60QKE&s=yKv_QiIeyjg6Z9GnqQKEudy8uJjcqudpF2Jx61PdUCQ&e="><span style="color:#0000E9">www.treeroom.org</span></a></span><span style="color:black">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Tree Room was developed through a partnership among the University of California Museum of Paleontology, the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, the Yale Peabody Museum, and the Paleontological Research
 Institution's Museum of the Earth with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Teresa MacDonald,&nbsp;Associate Director of Public Programs</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">KU Natural History Museum (part of the Biodiversity Institute)</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">University of Kansas</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Dyche Hall</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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