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Article - Jul 9, 2024
Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) Sets Three-Year Strategic Priorities

ESAL is launching its first Strategic Plan. The three-year plan sets network engagement, organizational capacity, and brand awareness priorities that will support ESAL’s expanding audiences, established and developing partnerships, and evolving opportunities for local civic engagement across the United States. 

Article - Apr 8, 2024
Fighting for Graduate Student Rights

Malvika Singhal is a graduate student that engages with local policy through the graduate student union on-campus.

Article - Apr 8, 2024
Economist Researching and Drafting Policies for Better Retail and Public Health

ESAL chats with Karen Gardner, economist, researcher, and policy analyst for better healthy retail public health policy.

Article - Apr 8, 2024
Bridging the Gap: How Advancing Science is Reshaping STEM Education in Pennsylvania

Advancing Science is not just an educational initiative; it is a lifeline to struggling schools, providing them with scientific equipment, workshops, and mobile science educator expertise, all at no cost.

Article - Apr 7, 2024
Evidence-Driven Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic

ESAL hosted a panel discussion titled “Evidence-Driven Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic”.  The panelists provided a deeply informative and multi-faceted view of one of the most serious public health challenges in the United States.

Article - Feb 27, 2024
Advocating for Salmon Fishing Regulations

Local Fish & Wildlife Commission member Kendra Zamzow shares how her care for the local habitat led her to testify to the National Marine Fisheries Service about double fishing time.

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