SPAR Election Night Watch Party
When: 11/03/20, 6:30pm
Join SPAR as you watch election results for the 2020 Election in a socially distanced, virtual Election Watch Party! Click here for more details!
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
SPAR Monthly Meeting
When: 10/21/20, 5:00pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Description: 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’ll do a group brainstorming session and then break up into task forces to make things happen.
SPAR Monthly Meeting
When: 10/21/20, 5:00pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Description: 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’ll do a group brainstorming session and then break up into task forces to make things happen.
A representative from the Rutgers Energy Institute will tell us about their energy policy seminar series.
Zoom Meeting Info: You will be placed in a waiting room when you join.
Meeting ID: 968 1694 1408
Meeting Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/96816941408?pwd=TlJHVklieE1QQ01INHREdndQa0Q3Zz09
Password: SciPol20
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General Interest Meeting
When: 9/23/20, 5:30pm
Where: Zoom! Click on post to learn more!
Description: Join the graduate student organization Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers to learn more about what we do, what opportunities there are for scientists, and how YOU can get involved!
General Interest Meeting
When: 9/23/20, 5:30pm
Where: Zoom! See info below
Description: Join the graduate student organization Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers to learn more about what we do, what opportunities there are for scientists, and how YOU can get involved!
Zoom Meeting Info: You will be placed in a waiting room if you join the meeting before 5:30pm.
Meeting ID: 968 1694 1408
Meeting Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/96816941408?pwd=TlJHVklieE1QQ01INHREdndQa0Q3Zz09
Password: SciPol20
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SciPol Spotlight: Nancy Holt & Sci4NY Webinar
Thurs 2/27/20, 2:00pm
Nancy Holt is the co founder of Sci4NY, an initiative to bring together scientists and NYC government officials on projects that will benefit both groups and the City.
Join SPAR as Nancy helps us understand how to build relationships between city
government and the scientific community.
SciPol Spotlight: Nancy Holt & Sci4NY Webinar
Host Campus: SPAR – Newark
When: Thurs 2/27/20, 2:00pm
Where: Graduate Student Association Lounge, Newark
Description: Nancy Holt is the co founder of Sci4NY, an initiative to bring together scientists and NYC government officials on projects that will benefit both groups and the City.
Join SPAR as Nancy helps us understand how to build relationships between city
government and the scientific community.
Flyer: View/Download PDF
20/20 vision science communication
Thurs 1/30/20, 4:00pm
As scientists, it is imperative to improve communication of research using improvisational techniques. In this workshop we will provide an interactive environment so we may learn how to communicate with different audiences.
20/20 vision science communication
Host Campus: SPAR – Newark
When: Thurs 1/30/20, 4:00pm
Where: Graduate Student Association Lounge (Newark)
Description: As scientists, it is imperative to improve communication of research using improvisational techniques. In this workshop we will provide an interactive environment so we may learn how to communicate with different audiences.
Remaking the Medicine Chest of the World
Thurs 2/13/20, 4:00pm
Help highlight the importance of pharmaceutical and biomedical science research to New Jersey! Join SPAR as we strive to better inform the public and policymakers ahead of the 2020 Election by reviewing drug discovery in New Jersey.
Remaking the Medicine Chest of the World
Host Campus: SPAR – Newark
When: Thurs 2/13/20, 4:00pm
Where: Graduate Student Lounge (Newark)
Description: Help highlight the importance of pharmaceutical and biomedical science research to New Jersey! Join SPAR as we strive to better inform the public and policymakers ahead of the 2020 Election by reviewing drug discovery in New Jersey.
Flyer: View/Download PDF
SciPol Spotlight with Vetri Velan
Thurs 01/2/20, 4:00pm
SPAR is kicking off our SciPol Spotlight series! We will be hosting Rutgers alum and current University of California Berkeley grad student Vetri Velan. Vetri is the current President of the Science Policy Group at Cal. He will detail his innovative method fundraising through crowdfunding and his work pushing back on the graduate student tuition tax.
SciPol Spotlight with Vetri Velan
The First Four: Meet the Inaugural Eagleton Science and Politics Fellows
Thurs 12/5/19, 11:30am
Come learn about working in the NJ state government as a PhD scientist and join the fellows for an interactive exercise and lunch!
The First Four: Meet the Inaugural Eagleton Science and Politics Fellows
Host Campus: SPAR – New Brunswick
When: Thurs 12/5/19, 11:30am
Where: Eagleton Institute Politics, 191 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Description: Come learn about working in the NJ state government as a PhD scientist and join the fellows for an interactive exercise and lunch!
Flyer: View/Download SPAR PDF, NJ SciPol Fellowship Flyer 2020
SGS Fall 2019 Community, Interdisciplinary, & Engagement Event
Tues 11/12/19, 4:00pm
Join the graduate student organization Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers to learn more about opportunities for making change, broadening your graduate school experience, and developing leadership skills.
SGS Fall 2019 Community, Interdisciplinary, & Engagement Event
Host Campus: SPAR – New Brunswick
When: Tues 11/12/19, 4:00pm
Where: Busch Student Center Rm 120
Description: Organized by the School of Graduate Studies, join the graduate student organization Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers to learn more about opportunities for making change, broadening your graduate school experience, and developing leadership skills
Flyer: View/Download PDF
META REVIEW- Drug Discovery in NJ
Thurs 10/24/19. 5:15pm
Join the graduate student organization Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers as we participate in Stage 1 of a coordinated effort by early career scientists to better inform the public and policymakers ahead of the 2020 Elections.
META REVIEW- Drug Discovery in NJ
Host Campus: SPAR – Newark
When: Thurs 10/24/19. 5:15pm
Where: GSA Lounge, Newark Health Sciences Campus
Description: Help highlight the importance of science and technology to our state and country! Join the graduate student organization Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers as we participate in Stage 1 of a coordinated effort by early career scientists to better inform the public and policymakers ahead of the 2020 Elections.
Flyer: View/Download PDF
