– Our “Addressing Misinformation through Meaningful Conversation” workshop was co-hosted with Vaccination Conversations with Scientists (VaCS), and led by their director, Dr. Kara Rode Webber. We gained skills to have productive, compassionate and respectful science-backed conversations that address misinformation. To read more about VaCS and learn how to volunteer, you can fill out our interest form here.
– The Stand Up For Science Rally received media coverage by WSKG and The Cornell Daily Sun, and was an excellent opportunity to inspire and motivate the 150+ attendees. This is a link to the resources document that organizers, SIPS Community Advocacy, assembled and shared during the event. Please reach out if you have pics from the event to share; we’d love to add to our page.
– Our “What’s Next for STEM Research?” panel discussion, was covered by the Cornell Chronicle, and had an excellent turnout. We were grateful to have clear and simplified explanations of the research-funding related legal proceedings that we should be following, as well as insights into future developments we may expect. Also, here is a digitization of the bills that assemblyperson Kelles brought, as examples, to the event. Included are links to bills she is sponsoring or co-sponsoring. Special thanks to ASAPer Hannah Frank for the compilation!
– For the Policy Memo Writing Workshop, Anya Gowda taught us what a policy memo is, what they are for, and how to write one!
– The New York State Science Policy Fellowship is sponsored through the Rockefeller Institute of Government, and is a two-year role that allows for recently graduated PhD students to make the transition from academia to science policy. This panel included three current fellows: Megan Cassingham (PhD in Inorganic Chemistry); Emily Laurilliard (PhD in Biomedical Engineering); Anqesha Murray (PhD in Biology); and Laura Rabinow, the Deputy Director of Research at Rockefeller Institute of Government. This included an exciting opportunity for PhD students to meet in small groups with current fellows of the New York State Science Policy Fellowship Program. This was an opportunity to network and ask questions about their career paths, get advice for making your own transition into policy, and to generally get ideas about careers beyond academia. Sponsored by ASAP, COrGI, and Careers Beyond Academia.
– We learned from New York Times reporter, and former NYT op-ed deputy editor, Clay Risen about how to write an op-ed piece, to help participants write for the McClintock Letters Initiative!
– Another McClintock Letters workshop hosted by Dr. Anurag Agrawal, AAAS Fellow, science communicator, author, and writer of the Candor and Chlorophyll column.
– Broad science communication workshop and McClintock Letters Workshop hosted by the ASAP e-board, Hannah Frank, Emma Scales, Alex Lando, and Isako Di Tomassi.
– McClintock Letters writing workshop hosted by UC Irvine professor Dr. Katherine Xue.