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🚨 Attention NIH & NSF grantees! AAAS is hosting a rapid response webinar this Friday, 12-1 pm ET, on responding to federal research grant terminations. NIH and NSF will be case examples. Register here: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

🧪 Whoa this @aaup.bsky.social guide for navigating NSF grant terminations looks amazing!! 👀 And quite timely: there's another EO deadline this Friday (3/28) to "terminate or modify...grants...to advance the policies of my administration." PDF: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 11 hours ago • 6 comments

I’m pretty sure dollars are DIRECTLY proportional to education success.

submitted 2 days ago • 1111 comments

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

submitted 4 days ago • 887 comments

Love to see this from @korisuzuki.bsky.social at KPBS, showing community college leaders in San Diego stand up & defend the value of their institutions' diversity initiatives, instead of staying silent & hoping they'll be safe. More higher ed leaders need to do this! www.kpbs.org/news/educati...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Hey doomscrollers - this is just a reminder to drink a good cup of coffee (or morning beverage of your choice) and engage in your preferred form of self-care today. We can’t save democracy without you, so please remember to put your own oxygen mask on first. Image: Sunrise on my morning trail run.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is a great article, both because it sings the benefits of ungrading (which I use in my master’s level courses), and because hope in higher education is something I desperately need more of right now.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Heading back from #FASEBOnTheHill and want to share what I learned and why I think all scientists need to be setting up meetings w their reps to talk about the impacts on science of the current chaos. #AcademicSky #NeuroSky @faseborg.bsky.social @apsphysiology.bsky.social 🧪

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

10,000 percent — controlling the purse strings of science to wield influence or dismantle universities and other orgs is absolutely the end game. And more university and org leaders need to call that out publicly.

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You don’t have to travel to DC to share the impacts of federal funding w your reps-you can call, email, or request a local meeting. Share some local impacts on jobs and economic impacts like this from United for Medical Research 🧪 www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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We have over 200 signatures from faculty around the nation supporting DEIA efforts in higher education through this open letter to our students. Faculty -consider adding your name too! #academicsky medium.com/@dearstudent...

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This is an important read for all college administrators. The time to speak up is now. #academicsky www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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“Above all, we see you, and you belong here. We will not be quiet and we will continue to advocate for your access to an equitable and inclusive education.”

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Faculty - if you are frustrated by the federal administration’s attacks on DEIA - here is one very easy action you can take. Sign this open letter to our students affirming our commitment to DEIA. Please share! #AcademicSky medium.com/@dearstudent...

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Universities have rightly made investments in DEIA to improve student success. As professors, we should reaffirm our commitment to educating all of our students. If you agree, we encourage you to sign this open letter to our students #AcademicSky #NeuroSky 🧪: medium.com/@dearstudent...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Hi, all - if you are college faculty, please join SJSU in affirming our support for our students.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Professors: we know that we are paid to teach all our students and society benefits when more students succeed. Join my SJSU colleagues in affirming our support for ALL our students by signing this letter: Open Letter to Our College Students medium.com/@dearstudent... 🧪

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

We wrote this open letter to our students reaffirming our educational commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA). Faculty friends, if this resonates with you, and you feel comfortable doing so, please consider signing this letter, and sharing it widely. medium.com/@dearstudent...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

History shows that stripping the rights of one disfavored group is always just pretext for a larger aim of stripping the rights of others.

submitted 25 days ago • 25 comments

i think the economic boycott has had further reach because the poster is so cute. okay bunny i will listen to you.

submitted 25 days ago • 35 comments

I am asking our University leaders to speak up, and reaffirm our commitment to our values which include equitably serving our diverse student population in an inclusive environment. Is this something you can do too?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

If you were in a science related field and were fired by Trump, Congress wants to hear from you. democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Bluesky friends! I would love to get more connected on here! Who should I follow that communicates about science education research, higher ed current events and/or political news? (Also always happy to see cat photos and hear about sci-fi/fantasy!)

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Every single person in education needs to read this “Dear Colleague” letter from the Department of Education. The language is alarming. Among other things, it blames educational institutions for “toxically indoctrinating students” and advancing “discriminatory policies.” www.ed.gov/media/docume...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

100%!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Doom scrolling scientists- here is something to do instead: Write a letter to the editor explaining how the chaos & proposed cuts will affect you & US's health/wealth/biodiversity. Thread w tips based on the workshop @apsphysiology.bsky.social staff & I developed for early career advocacy fellows🧪

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Our university has student cultural centers that are identity-based spaces that provide support and promote a sense of belonging. These are essential spaces for students from marginalized groups. I am concerned for the future of these spaces. www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Encouraging everyone with every fiber of my being to read this entire substack by @hcrichardson.bsky.social — it is, written in fact without doubt to be read in horror by those of us who believe in the principles and values of the United States of America. 1 of 2 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 36 days ago • 28 comments

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

submitted 43 days ago • 282 comments

Today's San Jose Mercury News has my Letter to the Editor about the disastrous proposed cuts to NIH. The ramifications are hard to summarize in <150 words, but here's my attempt. www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/14/l... 🧪 #NeuroSky

submitted 37 days ago • 5 comments

One of my grants is also on the list of “woke” grants. The project studies the partnerships undergraduate Learning Assistants have with faculty and how they both support active learning in STEM classrooms.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

@djphysicswebb.bsky.social and I published a paper on examining our reformed physics curriculum (CLASP) at two separate institutions. We find the course to be correlated with increased retention for historically marginalized students and an eliminated graduation gap. journals.aps.org/prper/abstra...

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment