a few more tweaks to the workshop news blurb

Author: pained

content/engage/news/10-23-2025-building-scientific-uis-with-strudel-and-ai-assistants.mdx

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 title: 'Dynamic Workshop Builds Scientific UIs with STRUDEL and AI Assistants'
 slug: '10-23-2025-building-scientific-uis-with-strudel-and-ai-assistants'
-date: 'Oct 23, 2025 9:00 AM PDT'
+date: 'Oct 27, 2025 9:00 AM PDT'
 author: 'STRUDEL Team'
 thumbnail: '../../../content/images/news-and-events/2025-10-23-workshop2.png'
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 import { Grid } from '@mui/material';
 
-The STRUDEL team hosted a dynamic, all-day workshop with over thirty participants prototyping web applications using the STRUDEL Design System and AI assistants. This exciting opportunity enabled participants and the STRUDEL team to explore how to effectively use generative AI tooling alongside colleagues from a range of scientific disciplines. The majority of participants had little-to-no experience with the tools backing the STRUDEL Design System templates (React, TypeScript), yet generated impressive prototypes in a day. These prototypes leveraged design patterns embedded in the STRUDEL Design System while meeting particular scientific goals. The STRUDEL team facilitated the workshop in cooperation with our multi-organization partnership funded by the Sloan Foundation.
+The STRUDEL team hosted a dynamic, all-day workshop with over thirty participants prototyping web applications using the STRUDEL Design System and AI assistants. This exciting opportunity enabled participants and the STRUDEL team to explore how to effectively use generative AI tooling alongside colleagues from a range of scientific disciplines. The majority of participants had little-to-no experience with the tools backing the STRUDEL Design System templates (React, TypeScript), yet generated impressive prototypes in a day. These prototypes leveraged design patterns embedded in the STRUDEL Design System while meeting particular scientific goals. The multi-organization STRUDEL team facilitated the workshop with funding from the Sloan Foundation.
 
 ![Group photo of all attendees and hosting team of the STRUDEL AI workshop.](../../../content/images/news-and-events/2025-10-23-workshop0.jpg)
 
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 ![Photo of STRUDEL team interacting with workshop attendees.](../../../content/images/news-and-events/2025-10-23-workshop1.jpeg)
 
-Reducing the burden of setting up a development environment when prototyping was another key takeaway. With our colleagues at <a href="http://2i2ic.org" target="_blank"> 2i2c</a>, STRUDEL created a dedicated environment pre-configured with everything an end user needs to begin prototyping from their browser window. The space provided by 2i2c allowed STRUDEL to test and configure the Cline VS Code extension along with OpenRouter. Adopting OpenRouter to provide access to a wide range of cutting edge AI models for coding ensured that workshop participants could select among a range of models. Individuals were even able to swap between models over the day to test performance and features. All while working in an environment optimized for prototyping with STRUDEL Design System.
+Reducing the burden of setting up a development environment when prototyping was another key takeaway. Our <a href="http://2i2ic.org" target="_blank"> 2i2c</a> partners created a dedicated STRUDEL environment pre-configured with everything an end user needs to begin prototyping from their browser window. The space provided by 2i2c allowed STRUDEL to test and configure the Cline VS Code extension along with OpenRouter. Adopting OpenRouter to provide access to a wide range of cutting edge AI models for coding ensured that workshop participants could select among a range of models. Individuals were even able to swap between models over the day to test performance and features. All while working in an environment optimized for prototyping with STRUDEL Design System.
 
 *“Having a startup environment was very nice, as often getting a good development environment set up is half the battle for smaller projects.”*