UCR Science to policy held a Policy Pitch Competition. Think shark tank for public policy proposals. 3 UCR students (Sarah Bobardt, Elijah Hall, and Stephanie Piper) and 2 UCLA students (Bineh Ndefru and Yuki Hebner) competed for a cash prize and trip to Sacramento to pitch their winning policy to lawmakers. Pitches ranged from ecological...
The UCR School of Public Policy's podcast series, Policy Chats, features S2P Director Susan Hackwood, discussing the importance of bridging the gap between scientists and policy makers, "there is an enormous need to bridge the science world with the policy world. They speak different languages, do different things. So they think differently." Read the transcript...