The Future of Science and the World: A Chat with Gina McCarthy
April 3rd, 2019: 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Freeman Auditorium, HUB (PSU University Park Campus) Join us in the Freeman Auditorium in the HUB as Gina McCarthy, the 13th Administrator of the EPA and the EPA Administrator under President Obama chats with Central PA about public...
PSU Hosts Dr. Chris Cahill
The word sabbatical typically brings to mind national labs and overseas travel, but rarely does one think of the State Department. However, for a chemist with one hand in policy and international affairs, this is the perfect post. Join the SPS next week where Dr....
Scientist-Citizen: Science Policy in the Age of Promise and Peril
Please join us in a community discussion with scientific experts Dr. Rush Holt (Former Congressman and CEO of AAAS), Dr. Michael Mann (PSU Climate Scientist and Author), Dr. Peter Hudson (PSU Huck Institute Director), and our panel moderator, Seth Borenstein (science...
Visit from Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson
Thanks to Congressman Thompson for his visit to the Penn State Science Policy Society. Congressman Thompson participated in an informal round-table discussion in regards to the broad scope of research performed at Penn State as well as shared his experience working on...
Visit from Dr. Josh Shiode
Thanks to Dr. Josh Shiode who led discussion and shared his experience on the transition from obtaining a Ph.D. to beginning a career in science policy. Dr. Shiode works as a Governemtn Relations Officer for the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
Visit from Dr. Matt Hourihan
Dr. Matt Hourihan visited the PSU Science Policy Society to discuss the federal budget process and funding pathways that are of concern to workers in science policy. Specifically, President Obama’s proposed budget and its impacts on the scientific community were...
Visit from Dr. Jeremy Richardson
On March 31st, PSU SPS was grateful to host Dr. Jeremy Richardson of the Union of Concerned Scientists – From an upbringing in a coal mining community to a position as a senior energy analyst for UCS’s Climate and Energy program, Dr. Richardson gives a...
Perspective from MBoC: Maximizing the return on taxpayers’ investments in fundamental biomedical research
Maximizing the return on taxpayers’ investments in fundamental biomedical research By Jon R. Lorsch Mol. Biol. Cell May 1, 2015 vol. 26 no. 9 1578-1582 Abstract The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the U.S. National Institutes...
Science Magazine explains a new proposal to upend the system for funding research: “House Science Chief Unveils Contentious Vision for Science”
House science chief unveils contentious vision for science Science; April 24 2015 By Jeffrey Mervis and Adrian Cho “Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX) has never hidden his desire to reshape federal research policy—often over the objections of much of the...
What I learned at the National Science Policy Group’s Congressional Visit Day
For those of you who don’t know, the Center for Science Advocacy at Penn State is affiliated with a larger, national organization called the National Science Policy Group (NSPG). For the past couple of years NSPG has organized a congressional visit day in which...