{"id":30,"date":"2018-04-23T12:52:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-04-23T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T15:49:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1035  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-1024x565.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-1536x848.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-2048x1131.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-24-at-1.27.17-PM-1200x663.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 85vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Science Policy Initiative at Notre Dame (SPI@ND) seeks to engage students at the University of Notre Dame in issues at the intersection of science and publi<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">c policy. As a member of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/scipolnetwork.org\/\">National Science Policy Network<\/a><\/strong>, we serve to unite students who have a passion for science, engineering, or other disciplines and a desire to affect policy change. We work to communicate the value of scientific research to society at large. We will accomplish this goal using <strong><span style=\"color: #26275a\">three intrinsically connected strategies<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><strong><span style=\"color: #26275a\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><big><big>1.<\/big><\/big><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Spark dialogue on campus about science policy by providing an environment for students to discuss relevant science policy issues in the context of their lives as both scholars and citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><strong><span style=\"color: #26275a\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><big><big>2.<\/big><\/big><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Encourage young scholars to become more involved in science policy by increasing awareness of careers related to science policy and providing professional development opportunities for interested students and faculty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><strong><span style=\"color: #26275a\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><big><big>3.<\/big><\/big><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Focus our involvement and reach towards the local community by fostering communication with policy-makers and the general public on the importance of science and technology for the advancement of society.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Stay connected<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/SciencePolicyInitiativeND\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-418\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/facebook-512-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/facebook-512-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/facebook-512-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/facebook-512.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 85vw, 50px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scipolnd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-419\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/twitter_circle-512-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/twitter_circle-512-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/twitter_circle-512-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/spi-club\/files\/2020\/07\/twitter_circle-512.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 85vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:scipolnd@nd.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scipolnd@nd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Science Policy Initiative at Notre Dame (SPI@ND) seeks to engage students at the University of Notre Dame in issues at the intersection of science and public policy. 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