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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hi SORA Community!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We’re excited to share a new learning opportunity for SORA members this year, offered in partnership with
<a href="https://posit.co/">Posit</a> (the creators of RStudio): Positron + AI pop‑up workshops</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">These workshops are 60‑minute, hands‑on sessions led by Posit instructors, focused on integrating AI tools into modern analytics and research workflows
using <a href="https://positron.posit.co/">Positron</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What to Expect</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">No setup required:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> No installs or local configuration. Participants
will receive access to a browser‑based Posit-hosted environment and can start coding right away.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Interactive & recorded:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> Join live to follow along, and access
the shared recording later for your cohort.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cohort‑based “pop‑up” format:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> To keep sessions high‑impact, workshops
will be scheduled on a rolling basis for up to <b>25 participants per cohort,</b> based on availability. Posit will send Zoom invitations directly to participants once a cohort is confirmed.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A detailed workshop overview from Posit is attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Whether you’re a long‑time R or Python user, interested in modern workflows, or simply AI‑curious, this is a chance to learn by doing in a focused,
supportive setting alongside fellow SORA peers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">👉</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sign up here to join the next cohort:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forms.office.com/g/SmCpiJf5x3?origin=lprLink">https://forms.office.com/g/SmCpiJf5x3?origin=lprLink</a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We’ll continue scheduling these workshops throughout the season as cohorts fill. If you have any questions, just reply to this email and let us know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Amelia, Amina, & Rochelle <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SORA Executive Committee Members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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