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Comms Director at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
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DataLumos is doing invaluable work to preserve government data resources. What can you do? The team is looking for volunteers to assist with metadata and donations to support the costs of data rescue. Details at isr.umich.edu/giving/suppo...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

How Dunning-Kruger works... and travels.

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

They promised grocery prices would fall. I told you they were lying. Now they're either not talking about grocery prices, or “softening” their tone. Lemme translate: Grocery prices aren't coming down. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

submitted 11 days ago • 28 comments

Encouraging development. The suggestion that anyone would ever use the Wayback Machine to access data gave me a good laugh, at least www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I proudly support the University of Michigan's stated core values.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Good historical perspective and great argument from Mary Sue Coleman on indirects: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Some of the things that will become more difficult to track as they dismantle the educational statistical systems. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Democratic attorneys general from 22 U.S. states filed a lawsuit today to challenge sharp cuts to the reimbursement rate on NIH grants for universities, medical centers and other research institutions. www.reuters.com/legal/democr...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Good blog post on describing why the NIH drop in IDC would have such negative effects. It is clear, non-technical and has things that can be done by everyone www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

In Michigan - NIH FUNDING: $991 M JOBS SUPPORTED: 11,965 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $2.42B www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Here’s the bread I baked while fretting about the NIH indirect cost rate cut this morning. Am I doing this right?

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments