From biographies and memoirs to romance novels, LGBTQ+ scientists and stories have shaped how we understand the world. AIP’s librarians curated a reading list that reflects just how wide that impact is. What’s on your Pride reading list this year? #PrideMonth #LGBTQinSTEM #ScienceHistory

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My presentation on Democracy's Library at the @archive.org from the Spring @cni-org.bsky.social meeting is now available! If you want to learn more about my work, I'm the first 15 minutes of this recording. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9--u...

Four charts from a new @aip.bsky.social research report on physics & astronomy graduate enrollments & admissions offer a view into broader state of STEM in the U.S. Biggest decline since 1994. Further contraction ahead, particularly for international students. www.aip.org/statistics/f...

Great to be back @nationalacademies.org for this years #stateofthescience event.

New Research on Research Institute Working Paper examines the bureaucratic burdens of research funding -

Many current conversations about broadening participation in science have deeper institutional histories. Anna Doel’s new piece traces the origins of APS’s Committee on Women in Physics in the early 1970s as part of a larger AIP project on these histories. www.aip.org/history/stat...

Allison Buser’s new @physicstoday.aip.org article uses APS and AIP archival records to examine how scientific societies navigated the Oppenheimer security-clearance case and Cold War political pressures. -> physicstoday.aip.org/features/pla...

Also, it comes with amazing stories about people like Corey, a university librarian who built up a collection of 160,000 photos of Michigan’s squirrel population on Flickr over time.

"Death is not an edge case" from @ukglo.bsky.social is a must read for anyone thinking about preserving records of communities in the 21st century. Invaluable insights on digital legacies and also a whole Memento Mori vibe for us folks who grew up with the web -> www.flickr.org/death-is-not...

The @ala-acrl.bsky.social released its 2026–27 Legislative Agenda, highlighting four key issues for the research community: impacts on higher edu, public access to reliable data, federal agency reorganization, and ethical concerns around AI.-> www.ala.org/acrl/issues/...

Realized I’ve now been missing Google Reader for a good bit longer than there was a Google Reader.

"Side effects include decreased appetite and forgetfulness, he said. That explains the shoes, you think." Flash reader @marjeec.bsky.social's micro is in The Literary Hatchet 😍 It's easy to download your copy: buff.ly/7M5wvTy

In this new interview for @aiphistory.bsky.social I talked with physicist Shohini Ghose about her research on hidden histories of women in science, archival evidence, and why storytelling matters in teaching physics and astronomy. www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

Fantastic interview that makes a strong case for breaking down the silo walls between diplomatic history and the history of science

Be sure to check out this excellent article from @ryandahn.com which provides substantive context and insight on the Oppenheimer oral history’s that the @aiphistory.bsky.social team recently made openly available online.

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, @aiphistory.bsky.social shares reading recommendations for all ages, from memoirs of physicists and astronomers to children’s books. www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

New @aip.bsky.social History Newsletter issue highlights expanded access to Oppenheimer interviews, new climate science archives, and ongoing work on how access and metadata shape the historical record of science. www.aip.org/history-upda...

If you work in or around the history of physics, take a look at the list of past winners, think of someone who deserves it, and then find some folks who agree with you to put together a nomination. Only a bit over a month left!

The new open access volume "Archives of Science: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century," confronts a central question: How can archives keep pace with the evolving practices of science? Check out @tjowens.bsky.social's interview with ed. Polina Ilieva: https://bit.ly/4sYPSrU

Thanks @melissaterras.bsky.social! This totally made my day :)

DC friends! Registration is open for our last Lyne Starling Trimble public event of this spring: Dava Sobel Wednesday, May 27 "At Mme. Curie's Lab: Radioactivity and a Place for Women in Science" More details here: www.aip.org/history/dava...

Last week, with support of Oppenheimer’s grandchildren, @aiphistory.bsky.social opened access to three oral histories with him. This is core to the work our history team does connecting today’s scientific community with voices we steward across generations. More here: www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

In 2023, AIP acquired the records of the long-time editor for Physics Today, Gloria Lubkin. This post takes a look at her seminal trip to China in 1979. https://www.aip.org/library/ex-libris-universum/into-the-gloria-lubkin-papers-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-her-reporting-in-china-for-physics-today

New GAO report makes the case for the need for more data on graduate student and postdoc compensation. Also provides some useful visualizations mapping funding from various agencies to specific STEM fields -> www.gao.gov/products/gao...

Hertha Sponer’s story is getting more attention, but there’s still much to surface. This post, built around an exhibit for Elise Crull’s recent lecture, is a great way into Sponer’s work and the archival record around her—connecting collections, people, and research. www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

Very honoured to have an AIP Weekly piece on Kuhn's frustrations with interviewing quantum physicists! For those interested in more on this, I have a few forthcoming papers on this (which I would be happy to share via DM) as well as a book manuscript in progress about Kuhn and quantum physics

“The Song of Other Things” is a poem made from disambiguation statements posted at the beginning of Wikipedia articles -> thebaffler.com/poems/excerp... @marjeec.bsky.social shared this with me and it really shows she gets me. Always up for contemporary Borgesian vibes.

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

This is a facanating must read for anyone interested in oral history or the history of science.

Thanks @aip.bsky.social for highlighting @hsnatsci.bsky.social's article on roads as scientific infrastructure. www.aip.org/history/arti...

Thanks to everyone who joined us on Friday for Elise Crull's lecture on Hertha Sponer's experimental work on the wave-like properties of electrons and its place in the history of quantum physics. The video is now posted!

AIP's head of policy research, Lindsay Milliken, has a new primer up on the Trump administration's pending proposal to require short-term visitors to the US who do not require visas to open their social media to screening. (This requirement is already in place for student and exchange visas.)

New Survey of Earned Doctorates (2024) data highlight how central international talent is to U.S. science. Doctorates to temporary visa holders in S&E fields have grown 76% over the past two decades, outpacing U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Full report -> ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf26315

You can read the full paper online here -> philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24208/

Exciting to see & hear India Bhalla-Ladd’s prize winning paper at #APSSummit26 Powerful use of @aip.bsky.social archives to explore the role that technical typists played in resolving the page charge crisis. Broadly relevant to anyone working on the history of scholarly communication.

We are studying digital records management and preservation practices in Science & Engineering societies. I'm curious for any suggestions of relevant research on digital records & scholarly societies. Most work on digital org records seems to be focused on college/universities or government records.

Don't miss this @apsphysics.bsky.social white paper on proposed changes to F and J visa rules and what they could mean for graduate education and the research workforce. Great to see it use longitudinal data from our @aip.bsky.social research team. Read it here www.aps.org/publications...

The AIP stats team has released its latest data of physics & astronomy PhD trends, with breakdown by gender. What is extraordinary to me is how clearly the overall trends exhibit an important gender dimension, and that that story is quite different between physics and astronomy.

There is broad bipartisan support for increased public investment in the scientific enterprise in the U.S. New data from Research!America show 7 in 10 say Congress should invest more to advance science & tech. This is up across the political spectrum. -> www.researchamerica.org/sd_survey/20...

Great explanation on how and why @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is such a singular and critical component of U.S. science infrastructure.

In the vein of recent conversations about people being the ends rather than the means for doing science:

I learned so much from @patchenbarss.bsky.social’s excellent biography of Roger Penrose. Thrilled he was up for doing this interview about his research process for this week’s @aip.bsky.social history newsletter-> www.aip.org/history/q-a-...

Help Close the Discoverability Gap: Join the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women in Science -> www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

Online, accessible to anyone, this Wednesday February 11th at 10am Eastern!

Help Close the Discoverability Gap: Join the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women in Science -> www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

“A brief guide to science outreach” by Don Lincoln in @physicstoday.bsky.social brings together practical guidance and compelling examples for scientists and engineers who want to engage more intentionally in outreach. physicstoday.aip.org/features/a-b...

We talk a lot about our collections, but how are they actually being used?

References in graduate student research are a powerful way to see the impact of an archive. This initial look at some of the 160 theses & dissertations referencing @aip.bsky.social's Niels Bohr Library & Archives shows part of how our collections advance scholarship. www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

Listened to the first episode of this season and I’m very much looking forward to the rest of them.