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Michael Eisen @mbeisen.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

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Kristi Holmes @kristiholmes.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @scedmunds.bsky.social for sharing your expert perspectives during your talk today, "Integrating Machine Learning Standards in Disseminating ML Research" #IDW2025

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Kristi Holmes @kristiholmes.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, Scott. Great meeting so far, wish you were here!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt

Print featuring a line of different wild plants in silhouette with a singing blackbird perched in one and a dragonfly flying above, all in front of the ocean under an orange sun

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Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center @galterlibrary.bsky.social · 5d

Next Friday! Join Galter Special Collections at Graceland Cemetery for a tour through history as we explore the final resting places of renowned Feinberg faculty and graduates.
🔗Register: galter.northwestern.edu/course_info/...

Promotional image for the Feinberg Founders & Notables Historical Walking Tour at Graceland Cemetery, featuring tombstones and monuments under a partly cloudy sky. Event date: Friday, October 17, 2:00–3:30 pm.

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · 6d

NEW RESOURCE available from the Make Data Count and HELIOS Open ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. This implementation guide provides practical guidance for integrating data and other open outputs in institutional review processes.

Download the guide: tinyurl.com/y77e73n8

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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t make it to Chicago? We’ll bring the Obama Presidential Center to you.

Join us at 6 p.m. Central Thursday (Oct. 9) for a virtual walk-through of the 19.3-acre campus opening next spring on the South Side.

Save your spot: obama.org/stories/obam...

Obama Presidential Center Virtual Information Session

Join us for an inside look at the Obama Presidential Center and learn how we’re bringing change home.

obama.org

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Science Europe @scienceeurope.org · 9d

📢Join the upcoming webinar to explore how monitoring & evidence gathering can support #OpenScience, research assessment reform, and systemic change, featuring discussions on key international initiatives.

🕓 20 Oct, 16:00 CEST
📍Online
👉Register: bit.ly/4305IIn

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Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center @galterlibrary.bsky.social · 13d

Join us this October for our virtual classes! Register here: galter.northwestern.edu/classes

NIH, My NCBI and PMCIDs - Virtual Q & A "Office Hours"
Date: Fri, October 10 11:00 AM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
Conducting a Systematic Review: Part 2 - Tools & Resources
Date: Wed, October 15 1:00 PM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
EndNote
Date: Thu, October 16 12:00 PM CDT
Location: Online (zoom)
NIH Public Access Policy and Publication Management with MyNCBI
Date: Thu, October 16 12:00 PM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
Feinberg Founders & Notables: Historical Walking Tour of Graceland Cemetery
Date: Fri, October 17 2:00 PM CDT
Location: Graceland Cemetery & Arboretum
Prism: collect, share, and preserve the full spectrum of your work
Date: Tue, October 21 9:00 AM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
ORCID: Register, Use, Share
Date: Tue, October 21 10:00 AM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
PubMed
Date: Tue, October 21 10:00 AM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
Northwestern Elements
Date: Tue, October 21 11:00 AM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
Proofig AI Training: Research Integrity with Automated Image Verification
Date: Wed, October 22 12:00 PM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
Using SciENcv for NIH Biosketches and Other Support Documents
Date: Thu, October 23 12:00 PM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)
Getting to Know the NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing
Date: Mon, October 27 10:00 AM CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15d

Tim-Berners Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989, is now building tools that aim to resist big-tech platforms, give users control over their own data, and prevent A.I. from hollowing out the open web.

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

www.newyorker.com

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NUCATS Institute @nucatsinstitute.bsky.social · 16d

Changing the Way We Talk: How Science Communications Brings Research to the Masses — bit.ly/4mCl7WB

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 16d

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 21d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center @galterlibrary.bsky.social · 21d

Excited for Medical Education Day!! 💜@nufeinbergmed.bsky.social Hope you get a chance to visit us and grab some library swag and candy!

Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center booth under a 'BREAK BOX' sign, with a banner, informational materials, snacks, and two people interacting.

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · 22d

Announcing our fall seminar speakers! Starting September 24th, with talks by leading researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University, Midjourney, and Google.

Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO

#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI

An event flyer for Wednesday @ NICO Fall 2025 seminars, September 24 to November 12, featuring talks by by Emma Alexander, Sébastien Martin, Tomer Ullman, Patrick Park, Max Kreminski, Elizabeth Gerber, Julio Ottino, and Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

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The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · 24d

“Summer is never
Fall is again
Winter is forever
Spring is when”

From “Elegy as the Four Seasons” by Katie Peterson. buff.ly/T5tjtwN

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 24d

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.

So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26d

Welsh born textile artist and knitwear designer Kate Jenkins creates fun crochet/knit creations #WomensArt

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Kristi Holmes @kristiholmes.bsky.social · 27d

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NIH Challenge aimed at incentivizing data sharing recognizes Phase 1 winners | National Eye Institute

Ten teams are being recognized for their proof-of-concept ideas following Phase 1 of the Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge, an NIH competition aimed at incentivizing data sharing

www.nei.nih.gov

Kristi Holmes @kristiholmes.bsky.social · 27d

Excited about this collaborative effort! Thrilled to share that our team has been named a finalist in the NIH S-index Challenge to incentivize excellence in data sharing across biomedical research to develop a user-driven model for measuring the impact of data sharing. @nuresearch.bsky.social

NUCATS Institute @nucatsinstitute.bsky.social · 29d

A collaborative multidisciplinary team that includes
Northwestern's Kristi Holmes, PhD, has been named an NIH S-index Challenge finalist for their innovative approach to measuring data sharing impact — bit.ly/4mmY8i5

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28d

A groundbreaking paper published @nature.com today—the first large health language model—predicts >1,000 diseases for a person and when.
Implications here:
erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...

Dawn of A New Era of Primary Prevention in Medicine

Recent groundbreaking reports highlight our newfound potential to prevent diseases

erictopol.substack.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Sep 6

Which takes longest?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/DrDQVj/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IRB approval
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/DrDQVj/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travel reimbursement
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/DrDQVj/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The sun expanding to a red giant & engulfing Earth
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/DrDQVj/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peer review

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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · Sep 4

Funding info in preprints isn’t just a formality. It’s part of the research record.

🔍 Builds trust through transparency
📑 Meets funder requirements
📈 Boosts discoverability & impact

bioRxiv now has an easy way to add standardized funder info at the time of submission.

openrxiv.org/funder-metad...

3 reasons it’s valuable to include funder information with your preprint - openRxiv

As preprints continue to reshape how we share scientific knowledge, we’re continuing to think about how we receive, share and acknowledge credit in our work. One important area for this is including f...

openrxiv.org

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you enjoy…

Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays

… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.

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