Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 (Failed to post here this weekend) Week 36: - Reinstatement of UCLA funding - analysis of H1B visa impacts - pocket rescissions, "domestic terrorism" & so much more buttondown.email/liminalcreat...

I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

Under its new leadership — who spread misinformation throughout the pandemic — the FDA announced it will limit all Covid vaccines to adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions. Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.

Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.

Our uni has good policies for this on campus but I'm not sure they're prepared to do anything if our colleagues are snatched around town. Vulnerable folks: please don't go anywhere alone right now. If you live in CU I'll drive you door to door if you don't have a buddy.

From 91 professors at Harvard Law School: a letter to our students. tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...

What's happening to Rumeysa Ozturk is devastating and unjust - we should ALL be concerned about the federal government detaining law-abiding civilians off the street. My office continues to be in touch with Rumeysa's attorneys about how we can be supportive.

This is much more worrisome than the attack on Columbia because public universities, especially in poor states, do not have an endowment to help keep the institution running.

They have to review and respond to every unique comment by law, so every message you send below supports efforts to block this policy from further harming trans people.

🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day. Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience Thread👇🧵

There is a lot of misinformation going around about the mass firing of federal employees. If you were laid off, please share your story (anonymously) here: peopletrumpfired.com We aim to have thousands of stories, more than the media could hope to cover, publicly available in a neutral space.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

NEW: Trump actions on science may affect a generation as pauses + cuts in graduate admissions begin. “We had just flown them out, we told them we love you, we want to admit you, and then everything just stopped." "It's freezing everybody into inaction." www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

The committee on Science, Space, and Technology are collecting testimony of Federal employees fired in the past days. Please share with your colleagues and friends. The more testimony, the better we can argue against this injustice.

With science under attack in all areas of research, including climate change, repro health, & public health, political advocacy is more important than ever. @csldf.org offers free legal resources for scientists to engage safely & effectively in political advocacy. www.csldf.org/political-ac...

Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.

1/ Within one week of releasing our action alert, almost 10k UCS supporters have sent emails to their members of Congress to support the passing of the Scientific Integrity (SI) Act. Looking for a quick way to add your voice and support for Scientific Integrity? Use the link below!

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

I'm starting to hear that NSF firings have begun. If you're affected and want to talk, please reach out via signal @jonlambert.12

Colleagues, including my partner, with years of service at the agency. Some Permanent POs reclassified as Probationary. Exceptional scientists who were former professors at major institutions, and came to NSF to serve the community and ensure science thrives in the US.

Firings happening right now at the NSF.

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so! Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report. NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger. www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

If you have an undergrad that will graduate this year but who needs a little more research experience before their next step, encourage them to apply to the UConn RAMP program. genome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu. The application deadline for the 2025 cohort is February 21st. 🧪 1/2

Dear @hhmi.bsky.social: As a private organization with billions of available dollars, you should have been exactly the kind of organization to resist government overreach. There is no earthly reason why IE3 should have been shut down. So many are saddened and angry.

🌿 Over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world collaborated on this groundbreaking book (including me!), now available for preorder. 📚 Use code S25 for 20% off and free shipping through June 30, 2025. #NativesInSTEM #IndigenizeSTEM #NativesInAcademia osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigen...

REU programs are starting to come out across the LTER Network! See all the postings below. REU opportunities will continue to come out through the winter, so check back often for the most up-to-date postings. lternet.edu/education-an...

I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

It's time to start organizing the 2025 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Feel free to reach out with any questions! Mentee application: forms.gle/Xgha7wf6vrwa... Mentor application: forms.gle/mc5a8Bc6mXJX...

Scientists who study sex variables ("differences")- now more than ever you need to be extremely specific and careful when you discuss sex in your work and with the public. Our language can be weaponized against sex and gender minorities, and justify policy trying to restrict them from public space.

I want to follow more Asian EEB scientists but I’m drawing blanks. I know there are so many more us out there. Please repost (re-skeet?), make suggestions, or proudly ask to be added!! 🧪 🐟 🦎 go.bsky.app/E1ppJra

Wake up babe, new Robin Wall Kimmerer just dropped:

coming down to the wires on #LGBTQSTEMDay to share a little starter pack of QPOC EEB scientists!! help grow this community and nominate your fave QPOC EEBer! CCmment/DM if you'd like to be added, I would love to connect :) go.bsky.app/S5fpXWm

Aloe there 👋🏽 Here is a starter pack with Black researchers, practitioners & orgs working with plants in the broadest sense (botany, forestry, plant ecology, crop science, herbaria, botanic gardens) Hoping this will help set seed for a nurturing community! Reply 🔽 to be added go.bsky.app/7Gn2NCb

As Prof. Priyanga Amarasekare's heartbreaking saga at UCLA drags into another year, I've compiled a thread of articles written about the situation. My sardonic take: Some people didn't like to be accused of racism and decided to destroy her career over their hurt feelings. 1/21

Grads of color proportionately carry large amounts of student loan debt, among other disparities. Good data set. Also, as is typical, Native PhDs do not appear to be included in the study. Trying get to the study...embedded link not working.

A year of reporting, and maybe the scariest story I’ve ever worked on—the cyber-stalker targeting Asian Americans www.theverge.com/c/features/2...

Folks, this is a usability game-changer. Turn it on! In your settings -> Thread Preferences. Turns the threading of post replies into a reddit-like structure instead of twitter-like. *SO* much easier to navigate and read without having to backtrack and re-click replies to unlock threads.

It blows me away that the way Universities solve budget crises is to not hire faculty or instructors. Like, what is a University without people to teach classes and lead labs? Fewer faculty means more service and teaching time on the remaining faculty, less time for research, and increased burnout.

Teaching intro data science or stats in environmental sciences / ecology this fall? The lterdatasampler package is now on CRAN, with curated real world datasets from the US Long Term Ecological Research program! Check it out: lter.github.io/lterdatasamp...

A great story about my friends who were forced out of Texas, written by -- gasp! -- a trans writer who actually knows what they're talking about. The difference between this story and most coverage are night & day. Made me cry.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay is Monday. My challenge to non-Natives: dig into the history of the people who were displaced from your land, learn about the history of how they were displaced, find out where they are now, and support them financially or by protesting with them. Go beyond platitudes.

What kind of tradeoff might exist between using equitable educational practices and preparing students to thrive in places that are more problematic? open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...

Scholastic asks, "Do you want to opt out of 'diverse' books at your school's next book fair?" Your participation in white supremacy has never been easier, just uncheck the 'diverse' books box– poof, no problems. 🙄