SPAR will be hosting a discussion one of President Biden’s first executive orders: Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.
Please read the executive order beforehand and join us for a discussion on climate policy in the Biden administration: what’s happened and what should happen? All backgrounds welcome!
When: 3/4/21, 6pm
Where: Zoom! See details below.
Meeting ID: 933 6392 2544
Password: SciPolMemo
When: Wednesday, 1/24/2021 at 5PM
Where: Zoom! See details below.
Description: Join SPAR to for our monthly meeting! We’ll talk about our upcoming events, discuss plans for the upcoming Spring semester, and check in with our task forces!
Meeting ID: 968 1694 1408
Password: SciPol20
SPAR will be hosting a discussion on a policy memo on DNA regulation- The Frontiers of DNA Regulation: Developing a National Policy Framework Encouraging Transparency, Security, and Cost-efficiency of Genetic Technology and Data
Please read the 4-page policy memo beforehand and join us for a discussion of high-throughput sequencing technologies: how is DNA sequencing being used throughout society and what role should the government take in regulating its use? All backgrounds welcome! Our journal club meeting will include a brief presentation on DNA sequencing to get everyone up to speed on the science before we discuss the policy implications.
When: 2/4/21, 6pm
Where: Zoom! See details below.
Meeting ID: 933 6392 2544
Password: SciPolMemo
When: Wednesday, 1/27/2021 at 5PM
Where: Zoom! See details below.
Description: Join SPAR for our first meeting of the 2021! We’ll talk about our upcoming events, discuss plans for the upcoming Spring semester, and check in with our task forces!
Meeting ID: 968 1694 1408
Password: SciPol20
When: Thursday, 1/28/21 from 12 – 1:15PM
Where: Zoom! See details below.
Description: Join SPAR for a panel discussion about grant writing and inequities in funding, in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Medals Foundation
Panelists:
Dr. Quincy Brown, Black ComputeHER- Senior Director for Innovation Research at AnitaB.org
Dr. Grant Warner, Howard University- CEA Director of Innovation and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Donna Ginther, University of Kansas- Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Policy and Social Research
SPAR and the Oceanography Graduate Student Association (OGSA) are co-hosting December’s Journal Club, a discussion on a Technology Assessment on Ocean Iron Fertilization– Southern Ocean Iron Fertilization: An Argument Against Commercialization but for Continued Research Amidst Lingering Uncertainty. Don’t be scared if you have never heard of ocean iron fertilization and/or if anything in the article isn’t clear––we will have oceanographers present to the article and translate any confusing jargon.
When: 12/17/20, 6:00pm
Where: Zoom! See details below.
Meeting ID: 925 1762 5722
Password: SciPolMemo
SPAR Monthly Meeting
When: 12/16/20, 5:00pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Description: Come join your fellow SPAR members at our last meeting of the year (YAY! 2020 is FINALLY ending), and practice your SciComm skills. There will be some business agenda items covered in the beginning, but most of the meeting will be dedicated to a fun Science Communication activity.
Zoom Meeting Info: You will be placed in a waiting room when you join.
Meeting ID: 968 1694 1408
Password: SciPol20
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When: 11/18/2020, 6:30pm – 7:15pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Topic: Decriminalize Drug-Checking Technologies in Pennsylvania to Prevent Overdose Deaths
Description: Join your fellow SPARers to talk about a policy memo at our new, monthly policy memo journal club (see link above).
Meeting ID: 925 1762 5722
Password: 242449
SPAR Monthly Meeting
When: 11/18/20, 5:00pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Description: Reaction to election results!? What skills do you want to build this year in science policy and communication? What kind of speaker seminars and workshops do we want to focus our efforts on? We will follow up on last month’s meeting and do more brainstorming and planning within our task forces.
Zoom Meeting Info: You will be placed in a waiting room when you join.
Meeting ID: 968 1694 1408
Password: SciPol20
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SPAR Election Night Watch Party
When: 11/03/20, 6:30pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Description: Join SPAR as you watch election results for the 2020 Election in a socially distanced, virtual Election Watch Party!
Zoom Meeting Info: The meeting room will be open for most of the night, so feel free to join when you can!
Meeting ID: 914 2507 4112
Password: Elect2020
