<div dir="ltr"><div>Kick off a week of <a href="https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/e/spnhc2023/program">presentations</a>, <a href="https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/events/workshops">workshops</a>, <a href="https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/ibss/ibss/spnhc_2023_symposia-3.pdf">symposia</a>, and <a href="https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/events">more</a> with an evening of fun facts that you can then use to impress your colleagues with throughout the week's events!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Add trivia night to your conference <a href="https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/registration">registration</a> to experience San Francisco's take on the annual SPNHC pub quiz! Already registered for the conference but would like to add trivia now? Email <a href="mailto:spnhc2023questions@calacademy.org" target="_blank">spnhc2023questions@calacademy.org</a> to secure your spot.  </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_lgl441si0" alt="spnhcTriviaInstagram.png" width="563" height="563"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Brush up on your San Francisco history and California natural history to get ahead in this friendly, four-round competition featuring music and image rounds. Just for reading this message, you'll have a leg up on the competition with this preview of one of the questions: "These ice cream sandwiches, initially featuring vanilla ice cream and oatmeal cookies dipped in chocolate, were invented at San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach in 1928." </div><div><br></div><div>You're now one step closer to the prize we'll be awarding for first place. But don't fret, there will also be prizes for last place and best team name, not to mention the opportunity to see familiar faces and meet new collections colleagues!</div><div><br></div><div>We hope to see you there!</div><div>Maricela, </div><div>SPNHC 2023 Local Organizing Committee</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,120,122);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maricela Abarca</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(152,152,152);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,120,122);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Curatorial Assistant, Geology</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(138,138,138);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(138,138,138);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pronouns: she/her</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(138,138,138);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">California Academy of Sciences</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.calacademy.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.calacademy.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.calacademy.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc"><br></font></span></a></p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/casgeology/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Browse photos of the CAS Geology collection online.</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>