Our Policy Hackathon is a great opportunity to solve scientific problems with an interdisciplinary group of scientists! Sign up for one of our topic teams!

Interested in joining our policy Hackathon but not sure where to start? Come to our training session on 8/28 from 12-5 in Rivera Library room 140!

California Senate

Come to our mock hearing of a state senate committee on the Inland Empire! Join us on October 2 from 5-7 pm in the Black Box Theatre

Sign up to be an actor here!

Interested in getting involved with S2P? Come to our next GSA meeting on Monday October 7 from 4-5 pm in Weber Hall 3239!

Upcoming Events

There are many S2P-related events happening on and off of UCR's campus in 2019; keep checking back for more upcoming events!

Click on an event below for more information.

Policy Hackathon Training
August 28, 2019

12- 5 pm
Rivera Library 140, UCR

If you are interested in participating in the policy hackathon but do not know where to start, this is for you! We will go over how to web scrape and the best ways to find data that you can analyze to solve scientific policy problems.

Mock Hearing of State Senate Committee on the Inland Empire
October 2, 2019

5 -7 pm
Black Box Theatre (HUMN 411)

The Center for Science to Policy at the UCR is hosting a one-hour mock hearing of the “State Senate Committee on the Inland Empire“ with students acting as legislators from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday October 2nd, 2019 at the Black Box Theatre (HUMN 411) on the UCR campus. The event will be followed by a 45 to 60-minute question and answer session. Click here to sign up to be an actor!

Mock Hearing Flyer

Science Policy GSA Meeting
October 7, 2019

4- 5 pm
Weber Hall 3239

If you are interested in learning more about science policy and getting involved, come to out next GSA meeting from 4-5 pm!

Policy Hackathon
October 11-12, 2019

9 am- 11 pm
Room TBD

Work with an interdisciplinary group of scientists to collect and analyze data, create a report for policymakers, and try to solve one of California's most pressing policy issues! This two day event lets you use your own scientific expertise to find solutions based in science for policymakers to use in the legislature. For more information on the specific topics click here. Click here to sign up for a topic!

Hackathon