There are many pathways to making an impact locally: advocating for change, serving your government or your community, or sharing your expertise.
ESAL sits with Adam Seth Levine ,Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and president and co-founder of research4impact, a nonprofit organization that connects researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
Former Rutgers University faculty Judith Weis tells us more about her experiences in local, state, and federal evidence-based policymaking related to pollution.
On September 27th, the Idaho Science & Technology Policy Fellowship program hosted a session on Tribal Sovereignty, Governance, and Law, providing an informational overview of the legal, cultural, and governance structures that define tribal nations within the United States.
Learn more about the panel discussion ESAL hosted featuring four panelists, all differently positioned to observe the vast changes taking place in working conditions in the sciences.
On Sept. 25, 2024, Washington State Academy of Sciences held its 17th Annual Symposium themed "AI to Explore, Discover, and Understand,". Learn more about the impact of AI on scientific research and health care to its potential for addressing environmental challenges and ethical concerns.
Career trajectories for people with advanced degrees in science have changed in the past decades, but our general approach to training the scientific workforce has not. Created in the aftermath of World War II, the current system of training scientists in the US relies primarily on research and training grants awarded to principal investigators. Faculty […]
Local governments increasingly serve on the frontlines of important science and technology policy, from artificial intelligence to clean energy to public health. Local communities can also serve as hubs for policy innovation, allowing scientists and engineers to directly influence the policymaking process in accessible, high-impact ways. This workshop will provide attendees with information about opportunities […]
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.
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.
