We are pleased to announce that we will be offering two STEP courses in the Spring '22 semester: Decision Making, Reflective Practice, and Engagement in STEM-H Domains 3 credits; in-person…

We are extremely proud to share the news that the National Science Foundation recently awarded a Research Traineeship grant focused on Convergence at the Interfaces of Policy, Data Science, Environmental…

We were extremely honored to have Lynn Scarlett, Chief External Affairs Officer at The Nature Conservancy join us for our inaugural keynote seminar on Tuesday, April 27th. Her talk was…

We are pleased to announce that the STEP program will be offering two courses in the Fall 2021 semester: Policy Gateway: Policy and Decision Making in STEM-H DomainsPSCI 5104 (SPIA…

We are pleased to announce our Inaugural STEP Keynote Seminar:Climate change, conservation, and communities: Taking Science to Action Featuring: Lynn Scarlett Chief External Affairs Officer at The Nature Conservancy and former…

Very big news: We received the letter today from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) officially approving our graduate certificate. After many months of program development and…

Our second course designed under the STEP banner is now underway! It is called Decision Making, Reflective Practice, and Engagement in STEM-H Domains SPIA 5124 (PSCI 5124) (STS 5124) This…

With the STEP graduate certificate on the verge of launching (final approval anticipated in early Fall), we are very pleased to announce that we will be offering the Policy Gateway:…

Visit https://speacvt.wixsite.com/sciencepolicyvt VT's Science Policy, Education, and Advocacy Club (SPEAC) was founded by a group of graduate students in the Fall of 2019 and is already making its mark with…

The Coronavirus pandemic is shining a bright light on the critical importance of science-policy interactions.