Scientific Public Policy
If we are what we eat, what will we be with climate change?
This opinion column was published in El Nuevo Día on July 12, 2024, you can access the column at this link.
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The Supreme Court Got It Wrong: Who We Are Does Matter
Yesterday's Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on race-conscious admissions did not come as a surprise…
Antiracist Recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Include Contributions from CienciaPR
The new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recognizes that racism has produced systemic…
A call to support science and the University of Puerto Rico
As the university system that has produced (by far) the largest number of Hispanic/Latinx STEM PhDs in the U.S.,…
Calling on scientists to endorse request for funds for a new radio telescope
A coalition of scientists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora has launched a call asking the United States government to take…
CienciaPR joins the call to integrate San Juan into the municipal contact tracing system
Ciencia Puerto Rico joins the COVID-19 Wisdom Coalition (COSACO), the Citizen Health Committee (CCS), Vistazo a la Ciencia…
Standing against racial injustice
Dear Ciencia Puerto Rico Family,
I write this message to you with regret, dismay and anger. The recent murders of…
Scientific organizations ask Governor to prioritize purchase of molecular tests for COVID-19
Scientific community underscores the need for "a coherent strategy, informed by the best available scientific evidence" and…
The Scientific Community Demands Resignation of Dr. Carmen Deseda, Puerto Rico's State Epidemiologist
The Puerto Rico Science Policy Action Network launched a petition on March 19, 2020, to demand the resignation of the state…
Science, In Service of Puerto Rico
Originally published in Spanish in the Opinion section of El Nuevo Día.
Science benefits humanity through the development…
The power of advocacy as a force to generate changes in science
Advocacy is defined as the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal. In science, this process is vital to create…