CaSP’s fall program has been scheduled! More details to come, but save the dates: Grad Student Orientation Fair August 30, 11am-1pm – come meet CaSP at the Grad Student Orientation Fair! Journal Club CaSP has a …
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How Do we Improve Science Literacy? Our August Monthly Topic
Last month, we focused on articles and ideas regarding the importance of scientific literacy, answering the questions: what is scientific literacy, who needs it, and why? This month, we focus on the question of how …
Monthly Topic: Science Literacy
CaSP is initiating Monthly Topics, where each month we will focus on a topic related to science policy. Each week we will explore a different issue surrounding the month’s topic, with a blog post, and …
CaSP members will attend a local town hall meeting June 4th
On June 4, CaSP members are going to attend a town hall meeting at the Lake Hills Community Center, featuring Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R) of the WI 5th Congressional District. Jim Sensenbrenner has represented the …
Policy Events in Madison – Fall 2016
Policy Events on Campus — Fall 2016 Looking for science policy events this semester? Look no further! We’ve compiled a list of a variety of science policy related talks, career development opportunities and outreach happening …
Kicking Off the Year Right!
On Tuesday, September 20, CaSP hosted our first event of the year — a kickoff panel! We invited experts from around campus in all kinds of disciplines under the umbrella of science policy: Dipesh Navsaria, …
Video Games AND Science Policy?!? YES!
Come hear Prof. Constance Steinkuehler Squire explain how her research on video games led her to do science policy for the White House! Yes, this is a real event. Yes, it’s gonna be awesome. …
Environmental Science Policy… from the PAST!
Monday, 2/15, 7:30pm, Elvehjem Building L160: Iain McCalman, History Professor at the University of Sydney and Co-Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, will deliver a lecture on how a 1908 “science safari” by Theodore Roosevelt, …
UW Prof. Dietram Scheufele: Is the U.S. Anti-Science?
The Crossroads of Ideas lecture series is a great platform for UW researchers to bring their world-class social science work straight to the community. Scheufele is a Professor in the Life Sciences Communication Dept. at …
Government Career Workshops!
For any science graduate students with an interest in public policy, these workshops are not to be missed! Note that they do not require attendance of any other sessions. Fridays, 12pm at Union South: Spring …