Learn more about Mike Lavender's work across all levels of government to advocate for sustainable agriculture policy and create an equitable farming community.

In ESAL's latest America at 250 feature, we set out to learn more about the history of House districts and the potential uses of AI for redistricting. ESAL spoke with Kyle Kondik, a managing editor at the University of Virginia Center for Politics to learn about this timely topic.

This July, ESAL is offering a way for you to take your learning to the next level by connecting with other civic-minded people in STEM. We will host our first learning cohort for The Toolkit from July 6th to 31st, 2026. Participants in the cohort get access to the course materials week by week and receive access to weekly discussion sessions to go deeper.

On Friday, April 24, 2026, ESAL's Cherry Cheuk Lam Cheung, PhD, hosted the Indiana Statehouse Engagement Day, a civic engagement initiative designed to help STEM trainees and early-career scientists connect their research, lived experiences, and scientific training with local and state policymaking.

ESAL spoke with Bobby Carswell, production, research and development senior director at Material Return, a worker-owned circular textile mill incubated by the Industrial Commons.

Join ESAL for a discussion about how models are trained, errors, word choices, hallucinations and bias and how defense lawyers might try to question AI-generated reports by inquiring into how the AI agent was created.

Learn more about valuable insights gathered during the recent ESAL led in-person event in Denver, Colorado with the focus on brainstorming strategies to effectively address local problems

Kate Burns serves as the director of state and local innovation at the Federation of American Scientists, building on her prior role as Executive Director at MetroLab, where she helped translate research into real-world policy initiatives.

Join us in celebrating California Coastal Cleanup and National Cleanup Day (with Mo'Beautiful)