Policy Portal:

A Science & Tech Policy Series for Interns

Join other Washington interns and leading experts to discuss today’s top science and technology topics!

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Thanks to all who attended our Policy Portal lectures!

In case you missed them:

Can Sunscreen Make Me Sick?
And Other Nanotechnology Questions
* Learn more about nanotechnology from Barbara Karn's presentation (pdf) and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center

Hot on the Hill!

* Check out how science policy is developed in the
U.S. government in Mike Holland's presentation

* Find out how scientists are a critical part of the public policy process in Benn Tannenbaum's presentation

*Files available in Adobe PDF format

Too Hot to Handle!
* Check out the Koshland Science Museum's climate change exhibit online.

* Visit Student Pugwash USA's climate change webpage.

When Science and Politics Collide!

*Check out David Michael's presentation

*Check out the Scientific Integrity Program at the

Union of Concerned Scientists

On the Defense

Are missile defense and bunker buster programs really needed?

*Speakers: Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association

Richard Kugler, National Defense University