All people deserve to be included & contribute to the 🧪STEMM enterprise. Data is key to fair systems allowing America to leverage its rich talent, particularly for Queer & Trans scientists. Thank you @freemanjb.bsky.social & @democracynow.org for demanding public transparency & gov accountability!

Meet our #Maker2025 speakers! The @aaas.org HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase, supported by the National Science Foundation and VentureWell, starts next Thursday! Our opening plenary kicks off with seven members of our community of practice, ready to set the stage for the Maker students & faculty.

Education is the enemy of fascism.

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data. (Published May)

Louise Boyd was born 138 years ago today. She used her gold mine inheritance to fund a series of scientific expeditions to Greenland in the 1930s to record the varieties of botanical life there, then carried out an extensive ethnographic study of Eastern Europe. #WomenInSTEM #Botany 🌱🧪

🥂✨ Golden Goose night! Celebrating the “odd-sounding” 🧪research that saves lives—like platinum chemo that turned testicular cancer survival from 10% to >90%, and cell-biology breakthroughs powering modern diagnostics. Federally funded basic science delivers. #GoldenGoose #ScienceMatters @aaas.org

The U.S. has led the #STEMM 🧪R&D & Education enterprise for decades thanks to shared values, international collab, & phil+fed funding. In 2022, we founded @stemmopportunity.bsky.social to jointly realize the change required to build a #workforce to power the future of innovation, science, & society.

Want a better 🧪STEMM ecosystem? We shape our world, and alignment & connection are essential to achieve great things. Join the @stemmopportunity.bsky.social to connect across the #STEMM education and workforce sectors during #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth and beyond. @aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org

🧪We’re celebrating #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth this September! Join @aaascsew.bsky.social & @stemmopportunity.bsky.social this month to learn more about how STEMM jobs contribute to the U.S. economy and how SOA Partners are connecting education and workforce efforts to achieve great things. @aaas.org

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.

1/7🧵Ignoring race, gender & income doesn’t deliver fairness—it deepens inequity. 🚫 Policies that erase demographic data in admissions don’t level the field. They hide barriers and advantage those already holding resources. Check out the evidence below! #EduSky #SciSci @aaascsew.bsky.social 🧪 🎓

🧪Can AI advance gender equality & inclusion? Join the Just?Tech webinar Finding a Home for AI in Social Sustainability|4 Sept, 15–16 CEST|Speakers: Faheem Shah, Klaudia Mur & Pernilla Alexandersson Register by 9/3 👉 forms.office.com/e/8HWqkkKtXg @vinnova.bsky.social @aaascsew.bsky.social @liu.se

🧪What Can Science Philanthropy Do? issues.org/science-phil... Conn et al argue for a strategy to align nongov actors to advance US #STEMMEcosystem - 100% AGREE - @stemmopportunity.bsky.social was created in 2022 & produced the US National STEMM Strategy stemmopportunity.org/national-str... @aaas.org

🧪 Innovation works best when it works for Everyone. Oct 28 (12:00 CET), join Londa Schiebinger for a short but powerful talk on Gendered Innovations—tools to drive better tech, smarter design, & business opportunities. Register: www.goto10.se/event/innova... @vinnova.bsky.social @aaas.org @liu.se

🧪TODAY (8/13) 4-5:30 PM ET - Deep Dive into the #FAIRModel for #IndirectCostRates with Kelvin Droegemeier, hosted by @aaas.org! #Science #SciSky #EduSky #HiEd @aceducation.bsky.social @aaup.org @acs.org @agu.org @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

🧪Could lithium stave off Alzheimer’s disease? | @science.org | @aaas.org www.science.org/content/arti...

PHENOMENAL READ! "The settlement narrows Columbia’s autonomy with respect to admissions, the hiring and promotion of faculty, and curriculum—all aspects of what the Supreme Court has called the “essential freedoms” of the university." #EduSky 🧪 #SciSky #HiEd @aceducation.bsky.social @aaup.org #AAU

We the people have a right to valid and reliable data for public transparency and government accountability. Instead of embracing data to achieve their promises to America, the current administration denies and hides data and then exploits the American people with misinformation.

Just a few days left to register for the S-STEM REC webinar: sstemrec.aaas.org/event/s-stem.... The virtual presentation is August 6 at 1 p.m. ET and draws from the recent S-STEM REC report, Bridging Potential and Opportunity.

Attending #biome2025 day 1. Main takeaways from the keynote by Travis York were: 1.The main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing; and 2. Burnout is real but so is pragmatic hope. Thank you for sharing the many @aaas.org project.

🧭 “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” @travisyork.bsky.social Travis York’s keynote helped us reflect on our center, and our word cloud said it all: community, collaboration, learning. #TheMainThing #BIOME2025 #Equity

🗓️ TODAY, 2PM ET🧪 Join @aaas.org for Effective Meetings with Lawmakers, featuring Dr. Owen + insights from Gwendolyn Bogard. Learn how STEMM pros can advocate for science locally. Free + open to all! click.aaas.sciencepubs.org?qs=63d01ce8d... #SciencePolicy #LSEN #STEMM #CivicEngagement

I’m on the new 🧪Sci on the Fly pod talking all things #CHIPSandScience w/ some fantastic policy minds. We covered how this landmark law came together, why it matters now, and what’s ahead for innovation, #NSF, & #STEMworkforce. Listen lnkd.in/e7VkU2MQ Watch lnkd.in/eEw-bdJF #SciPolicy @aaas.org

📣It's Official!!!🧪 AAAS's Center for STEMM Education & Workforce is launched @aaascsew.bsky.social 🧪 Connecting education, industry, & government so that all people have the opportunity to pursue #STEMM #Education and #Careers! @aaas.org @stemecosystems.bsky.social @education.nationalacademies.org

🧪What can a Choctaw story about a hunter & an alligator teach us about survival & thriving in STEM? Dr. Liza Leclair shows how Indigenous storytelling helps students feel seen—and succeed—in STEM. aaas-arise.org/2025/06/12/t... #IndigenousSTEM #STEMEducation #BelongingInSTEM #Choctaw @aaas.org

Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained. They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N

🎓 Opportunity by Design is a new, free course for #HigherEd leaders navigating excellence in a shifting legal landscape. For leaders w/out a legal background, tracks (1) Student Enrollment & Benefits and (2) Faculty & Staff Hiring, support lasting, mission-driven change. 🧪👉 Enroll: bit.ly/3SRG7MC

Immigrants are essential to the backbone of our economy. Mass deportations and cruel policies against hardworking families don’t make us safer or stronger—they weaken us.

Your energy costs will go up. This is a bad bill for Americans and American families. Thank you mrdrewscott

Tell Congress TODAY: Reject Trump Administration's FY 2026 Budget Cuts! www.congressweb.com/COSSA/50?fra... Investments in America's 🧪STEMM & Education Enterprises are critical for our country's economic competitiveness, national security, & the health and well-being of our society! #SciSky #EduSky

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Have a blast and will help us make #WorldPrideDC amazing!  2025 Street Festival - Vendor & Exhibitor Coordinators - volunteers.pride365.org/opportunity/... 2025 - Parade Route Marshal (down-route) - volunteers.pride365.org/opportunity/... 🧵for more… @capitalpridedc.bsky.social

New op-ed from me to time with our Hill briefing today with the Congressional R&D Caucus & AACC Gutting the #NSF will undermine #communitycollege pathways to the #futureofwork www.ccdaily.com/2025/06/gutt... @abankston.bsky.social @travisyork.bsky.social @scipolguy.bsky.social

Remember when Endless Frontiers was introduced and members of congress suggested an increase in NSF’s budget to $100B to secure America’s future…

To me the most insane part of the proposed white house budget cuts to science is that they hardly save any money! They do not reduce the deficit in any meaningful way! We spend a small amount of money on science,which has yielded incredible returns.

Absolutely devastating and affecting a lot of my colleagues here at @scripps.edu who dedicated their whole careers to coming up with a vaccine for HIV. Which, btw, outside HIV, has led to a whole field of much better vaccines and vaccine platforms.

Joe Walsh is the first Alzheimer's patient to be treated with an experimental nasal spray designed to reduce inflammation in the brain.

Let me state this clearly. Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS officials are confusing visibility and transparency. National vaccine policy follows an open and legal process. That got trashed this week. Access to vaccines is at stake. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/hhs-visibi...

I finally had a read of the MAHA report today, and aside from the obvious use of generative AI and false citations, what strikes me is how remarkably unprofessional and amateurish the document is. It's just wild garbage 1/n

🆕NSF cuts don't just gut universities. Join New America, the R&D Congressional Caucus, and the American Association of Community Colleges for a briefing around the value of the #NSF for the skilled technical #workforce and #communitycolleges. Register and share: forms.gle/LNaF6PptDr2u... #scipol

Better SOGI data = better outcomes for LGBTQ+ communities. We teamed up with #HigherEd leaders to create ethical, law-aware frameworks for collecting this critical info on campus. Recs: www.aaas.org/programs/cat... 🧪Background: www.statnews.com/2023/01/03/b... #SOGIdata #LGBTQ #STEMM @aaas.org

OUT TODAY: Our report finds that S-STEM scholars have a higher rate of participation in the 🧪STEM workforce one year after graduation than other #STEM graduates. sstemrec.aaas.org/blog/new-rep... #SciSky @aaas.org @science.org @nasonline.org @stemecosystems.bsky.social @npr.org @insidehighered.com

Do fish know they're wet? Do Americans know how much their daily lives are shaped by federally funded R&D? Great 🧪 science must include great communication to help the public understand why federal R&D funds are critical! @aaas.org @science.org #SciCom #SciSky www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

Who wouldn't want an early 20-something crypto bro with no scientific training in direct control of the entire National Science Foundation and billions of dollars in grants?

AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?

A MUST READ: time.com/7285045/resi... This is the public transparency required for future accountability- @alondra.bsky.social's account of the undermining of our democratic checks and balances is incredible. 🧪 @aaas.org @science.org @standupforscience.bsky.social #SciSky #PublicAccountability #STEM

🧪Heavy heart for my colleagues at NSF who were RIFed today - especially the entire cadre of EES. Your efforts to increase pathways into #STEM Education for all people have made an impact that cannot be ignored or erased. @science.org @scinews.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social #SciSky #EDU

🧪Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | @science.org | @aaas.org You cannot say you want innovation in America and then act in this way - it’s incompatible and absurd. www.science.org/content/arti...

A MUST WATCH: How the Trump administration is dismantling 🧪 science in the U.S. | @science.org| @aaas.org www.science.org/content/arti... Phenomenal reporting by the Science News team -one of the world's largest independent newsrooms. Kudos to my colleagues! #SciSky #EduSky @scifri.bsky.social #STEM

🧪FY26 Proposed Budget: The president’s proposal would be disastrous for Americans’ health & scientific capabilities. The administration seeks to slash $18B from NIH (~40%), $3.6B from CDC (~39%), $5.2B from NSF (~57%), & AHRQ by 35% & stops future grants. @aaas.org @researchamerica.bsky.social