Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

SAVE the Date! The Science Ball is here! Dec. 5th in Worcester, MA The lab coat is more than a uniform. It is a canvas of curiosity where science and self-expression meet. Tickets are free (available soon). Check out the website to learn more. scienceball.atomic-lab.org

The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com

Tips for being an excellent host for #birds: 1. Leave seedheads standing 2. Rake less (#LeaveTheLeaves) 3. Keep brushy corners 🌿 www.birdscanada.org/the-bird-hos...

Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪

Is this accurate?!? Re Harvard CCB "Chemistry and Chemical Biology will go down to four or five admits, one of the professors added."

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Are you employed by Washington State like me? Last year we donated ~$4.5 million to charity! The new Combined Fund Drive has started. I just donated to the UW Dept of Chemistry @uwchemistry.bsky.social. Bonus: if you give $5 to a new charity or increase $5 by 21 Oct, and you'll get $5 toward coffee.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... has some pretty clear guidance for what to expect and how to proceed.

Republican efforts to wipe out medical research in the U.S., to take a trillion dollars away from hospitals, & to eradicate health insurance access are integral to the eugenic fantasies of their fascist project. All expressions of the same fascist ideology.

OSU spent many thousands of $$ on booth registrations for SACNAS earlier this year. Now they said they would rather take the financial loss than let us recruit at this meeting of >6000 scientists.

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

three cheers for slow science, each Nobel representing decades of inquiry that paved the way for the technology, treatments, & toys of tomorrow: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...

Quantum dots, which are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, are unique materials that generate very specific colors of light. Researchers, including @brandicossairt.bsky.social, hope that quantum dots can one day be useful for more than just illuminating TV screens.

Did you know that #InorganicDiscussionWeekend hasn't taken place since Windsor 2023? We're so excited to host you at @WesternU this November 7-9th! Don't forget to register and submit your abstracts on our website: idw2025.ca Abstract submissions due October 15th

New from the Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 1/2

The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.

Morning walk

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

It gets earlier every year... Next Wednesday, join me and an expert panel to discuss who might win the 2025 #ChemNobel. Free to attend. Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Time: 2–3 PM ET Register here: lnkd.in/eD8cdWRS

As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:

Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Had so much fun talking to @brandicossairt.bsky.social about what makes quantum dots shine for my recent @uwnews.uw.edu story: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Thank you Professor @brandicossairt.bsky.social (Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington), MRSEC partner for a wonderful talk on quantum dots at UCF!!! We had an an incredible time learning about the frontiers of quantum dot chemistry and engineering. #mrsec #prem #nsf

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky

For a very "direct" response to the new Executive Order, see open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse... 1/3

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 65 tenure-track positions and 5 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #chemsky #chemjobs

Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."

"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler, says David Wootton, a historian of science. But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent, he told me: “This is an unparalleled destruction from within.”

Want to nominate a scientist for an NAS Award but not sure how? Watch the video for a breakdown of the nomination process, policies, and FAQs, and visit www.nasonline.org/awards/how-t... for more information. #NASaward

First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that. This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.   jenheemstra.com/book

Pause to consider what this means: The Trump administration will audit admissions data by race, color, and test score. RACE AND COLOR. COLOR. That’s exactly what Columbia agreed to do. When’s the last time that someone asked you what color you are? Are you sure the Trump admin agrees with you?

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi

Republicans told us they wanted to vote on their Big Ugly bill promptly at 4pm ET. We’re here. But it seems they’re not ready to go. I guess they’re still working on buying the votes they need to cut Medicaid, close hospitals, and kick seniors out of nursing homes.

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

BREAKING: Judge denies NSF's 15% indirect rate plan. Like the DOE and NIH attempts, it too has now been rejected by courts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC) is taking place in Long Beach, CA from July 28 - Aug 1! There is still time to register and submit an abstract! www.icbic21.org

"Through AI Fluency, Ohio State students will be ‘bilingual’ — fluent in both their major field of study and the application of AI in that area" Ohio State really not beating the allegations out of Ann Arbor here.

Immigrants are an essential piece of the American fabric. What is being done to upend lives, destroy families, and punish invaluable members of our society is unconscionable. So much pain and suffering all for power and greed, and underpin by racist and nationalist ideologies and lies.

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany: "Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪

🚨Another HUGE bit of news tonight; in collaboration with the Trump admin, Texas just kicked 20,000 undocumented college students — people who grew up in Texas and graduated from high school there — out of eligibility for in-state tuition. This may force thousands to drop out.

PEOPLE DON'T JOIN THE ACS BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S NOT USEFUL, NOT BECAUSE IT HAS AN OLD LOGO quit trying to give the Titanic a new coat of paint and, I dunno, help out the 40% of your members who are freaking out about the Trump Administration setting fire to the American research funding apparatus