Grad Writing Retreat: Achieving Style and Clarity

Event details Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Location: Geisel Library - First Floor, West Wing, Conference Rm 1504 - 9701 Hopkins Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 Type: Lecture / Workshop Campus area: Campuswide Audience: Students, Graduate and Professional Cost: Free About this event Retreat Description: This 2-day retreat will build on skills and topics in research writing in any discipline to consider strategies for achieving style and clarity in academic writing. Grads are encouraged to bring working drafts to revise and apply these concepts to. Day 1 Tuesday Nov. 3rd will cover achieving style and clarity through understandings of writing conventions and rhetorical moves in research niches.Day 2 Tuesday Nov. 10 will consider language mechanics (key terms, sentences structures, and modifyers) to improve clarity and style in graduate research papers.Location: Geisel Library, First Floor, West Wing, Conference Rm 1504 Official event details: https://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/grad-writing-retreat-achieving-style-and-clarity