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Public health is under attack in America. Maternal and child health is under attack in America. Health research is under attack in America. Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.

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The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials. Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.

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I was unable to attend the Indy @standupforscience.bsky.social march today because I had already committed to a horse show in Ohio with my daughter. But my beloved Oliver 🦄 still helped me resist in our own way. #standupforscience (spoiler alert: we even won our class 💪🏻)

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Our paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”…. 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/h... via @statnews.com

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BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.

submitted 4 days ago • 38 comments

I've been noodling a lot lately on academic freedom and the ability of faculty members to speak as individual faculty members I get the impression that many are self-muzzling due for self-preservation purposes This is a quick 🧵 on speaking out as an academic faculty member 1/

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

Those of you in science who are starting to noodle on how to organize: The Good Trouble Coalition in Indiana (@goodtroublein.bsky.social) did this in 2022 and have a blueprint for you here: jha.scholasticahq.com/article/125183

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This crossed my mind weeks ago but I stuffed it away under a “there’s no way” category. After all of the attacks on NIH, it’s clear I was wrong to dismiss it. We must link arms, stand up, support each other, and fight this hostile take down.

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How did the US become a land of opportunity? In a new paper, we show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key to its rise in intergenerational mobility from 1850 to 1950. "America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility" with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

Terrific piece by @wdownard.bsky.social for @indianacapitalchronicle.com on effects proposed federal cuts would have on Indiana They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US) In Indiana we undertax and underspend indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

🧪 Planning your week ahead! Join others to Stand Up for Science! This event urges leaders to secure and expand funding, end censorship and political interference in science, and preserve equitable access to STEM. 12 p.m.local time on March 7th. Learn more: @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Francis Collins, longtime NIH director with bipartisan bona fides*, retires as of yesterday. He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus. His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky

submitted 7 days ago • 17 comments

As we can expect PubMed dysfunction more and more or to be swamped with fake journals I suggest you get acquainted to this nice alternative: europepmc.org

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

Oh, that's concerning. nih.gov

submitted 7 days ago • 32 comments

You know, kill young women to protect of the sanctity of human life. Republicans have lost their everloving minds.

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

Indianapolis is on the list! More information coming soon. #standupforscience2025

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

submitted 15 days ago • 58 comments

Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year. @altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

It's official. The grant proposal I spent months writing and that includes thousands of dollars in experiments was not reviewed because the study section did not meet. This is happening to tons of labs; we're not unique, but it still hurts. This is illegal and society's response is weak at best.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

What do the best teachers have in common? They're good-natured. They're professional without being aloof. And they're demanding without being unkind. chroni.cl/4hOgJCi

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

In case you were wondering how the Trump admin was still freezing NIH funds, despite court orders, this is how. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Where are our institutional leaders? Why am I not seeing statements posted denouncing these cuts? Why is almost every major medical school, particularly in red states, my own included, absolutely silent on what is going on? If we won’t save ourselves, who will?

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

No reason this can't happen everywhere

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots Read the full story here: https://go.nature.com/3CUmFKI

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Across the country on Feb 19, workers impacted by cuts to federal funding are coming together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Join us in one of more than a dozen cities (& if there's not an action near you yet, sign up to be the first to know when there is): labor4highered.org

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

I'm delighted to share our opinion on #papermills published in Nature. Science is flooded with papers from paper mills.Certain steps can be taken, but this is a challenge that neither universities nor journals are ready to face.Some use paper mills to their advantage. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 41 days ago • 5 comments

American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...

submitted 21 days ago • 80 comments

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

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On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples. 1. Women are credited less in science than men. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

Lol. Lmao, even www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

submitted 25 days ago • 21 comments

This: “These cuts should be a rallying cry for higher education to come together to make the case for… research and teaching. Leaders have an opportunity to step forward... Conflicts between faculty and administrators… should be set aside to focus attention on this ruthless takedown of academia.”

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Note, this only applies to institutions in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, ME, MD, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, VT, WA, and WI - because the injunction applies only "within Plaintiff States" Institutions in states with red governors/AGs - Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, etc. - remain screwed

submitted 26 days ago • 114 comments

AIMBE has developed a new advocacy letter on the changes to NIH indirect cost rates: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... We urge the broader biomedical research community to customize this letter (<1 minute) to contact your congressional representatives about the severe consequences of this new policy 👇

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 26 days ago • 65 comments

Spending my free time doing just this, while tacking on a request to oppose RFKs nomination. DC voice mailboxes are full for IN senators, so press “2” for connection to a staffer. If they send you to the full mailbox, keep trying. The call to my rep went straight to a staffer.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

To my friends and colleagues at UAB, IU, UF, FSU, UL, WashU, OSU, CWRU, etc, etc. Call both your senators and your representative. They listen. Emphasize the direct economic impact of NIH research, and the indirect impacts on pharmaceutical/biotech. Underscore its relevance to national security.

submitted 29 days ago • 6 comments

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 29 days ago • 270 comments

How can we respond to the onslaught of attacks on higher ed? Feb 13 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: workers & allies from around the US will come together in a national strategy call. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @uaw.org @aftunion.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

Good explainer. Will be devastating for all research universities and most med schools.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Join us Saturday at 7:30pm for our annual OA RIG at #ORS2025 @larhumato.bsky.social @thehopefulscie1.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This NYT piece describes the devastation being wrought in the global health sector by the foreign assistance freeze. Let me say a few words about what this looks like in the sector I work in, often called democracy and governance (DRG). 🧵

submitted 35 days ago • 7 comments

Good Trouble has a new podcast! Join us for Hoosier Health Matters, discussing all things Indiana health policy. First episode available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods! open.spotify.com/episode/081U...

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

“One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus might have infected their pet cats.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

submitted 38 days ago • 42 comments

What effect will Trump’s elimination of NIH funding have on the #Hoosier state? This will be a disaster. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring. Researchers facing "a lot uncertainty, fear and panic," by @meredithwadman.bsky.social, Jocelyn Kaiser www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org @monscience.bsky.social

submitted 45 days ago • 7 comments