Save the date for PSPDG kickoff 🎉

We will have free food, drinks, and a short presentation on upcoming programming and ways to get involved.

PSPDG is open to all members of the Penn Community, so bring your friends!

RSVP using the QR code or this link: tinyurl.com/595nhetb

SNAP Congressional District Visit Day Sign Up Form SNAP (Science Network for Advocacy and Policy) is a grassroots, primarily graduate student-led organization working to build the next generation of science policy leaders. We’re organizing in-district...

SCIENTISTS.

Participate in a congressional home office visit this August to advocate for science funding!

SNAP will set up the meeting, train you, & support your message. Sign up by Aug 1 to join: forms.gle/sqcMeZn5YTsW...

#DefendResearch #ScienceAdvocacy #SciencePolicy

To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor

Wonderful @nytimes.com feature discussing the #McClintockLetters with PSPDG President @mjarnett.bsky.social and incredible collaborators leading this initiative @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.

If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....

Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.

Image for a McClintock Letters writing workshop tomorrow at 12p ET, hosted by Dr. Katherine Xue at UC Irvine, who has written for the New Yorker. She will walk participants through how to write and pitch your op-ed!

There's still time to write a McClintock Letter in support of federal funding of research!

Interested and don't know where to start?

Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Scientists, let's share our work with the public, so they can know how our work benefits their everyday health and wealth. Share your research & story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm #DefendResearch

Sign up & learn more: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

It is bittersweet to send off our former President, Kaeri Martinez Medina, and our Science Communication Chair, Gabriel Vega Bellido, but we know they will make great strides in science diplomacy and communication! We are so appreciative of the leadership, care, and kindness they brought to the work

Meet your 2025-2026 E-board!

Our former Science Policy Chair, Miles Arnett, will be leading PSPDG as President. Dimitris Boufidis (Science Diplomacy Chair), Georgia Mies (Treasurer), and Rose Albert (Vice President) will continue their great work in their roles from last year.

Meet your 2025-2026 E-board!

We are thrilled to introduce two new members, Naman Srivastava as Science Communication Chair and Hailey Parikh as Science Policy Chair.

@mjarnett.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social
@sneharao.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @jonj-udd.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @wickellomics.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @viv-cc.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social
@chris-schaffer.bsky.social

@isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social
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@scopepolicy.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social
@sciforgood.bsky.social @spgatucsf.bsky.social @scipolnotredame.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @emmalovesscience.bsky.social @bdavisbio.bsky.social

This is part of a highly collaborative initiative to improve communication between the public and scientists by writing 1,000 letters to local hometown newspapers! blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-... We’re so grateful to be part of this incredible collective led by:
@cornellasap.bsky.social

Are you interested in writing for the McClintock Letters, but aren't sure where to start?

Join us for an Op-Ed workshop led by author and NYT reporter and editor Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social this Wednesday, May 7th at 4pm ET. Register here to attend on Zoom: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

As one person, how can you make a difference in the federal funding landscape? By spreading insights into how research funding works, & sharing your personal scientific journey with a diverse audience!

@sciforgood.bsky.social @cornellasap.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...

Clean water, fresh air, and safe environments that give everyone a shot at being their best—it’s common sense. Thanks for the conversation, Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group!