Corey Fernandez
@coreyfernandez.bsky.social
cognitive neuroscientist studying human memory | asst prof @nevadastate | previously @stanford @columbia | she/her ⛰️🧗♀️🥾🐶👩🍳🏎️🏈🏀
Thrilled to be at an OpEd writing workshop today, made possible by @scholars.org! Academics and researchers- check them out!
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thrilled to be at an OpEd writing workshop today, made possible by @scholars.org! Academics and researchers- check them out!
Yes.
Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social
Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yes.
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Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, 📸 by @GoslingPhoto
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, 📸 by @GoslingPhoto
My wonderful colleague wrote a piece about Nevada’s attempt to end collective bargaining in higher ed and the impact it will have on our students- thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
thenevadaindependent.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My wonderful colleague wrote a piece about Nevada’s attempt to end collective bargaining in higher ed and the impact it will have on our students- thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Reposted by Corey Fernandez
There’s such a constant stream of bad that it almost gets normalized, but there are still things that stop you dead in your tracks.
Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city
August 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There’s such a constant stream of bad that it almost gets normalized, but there are still things that stop you dead in your tracks.
Back in a wet lab today. Being able to fit some benchwork into human behavioral studies is a dream. Grateful 🥹
June 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Back in a wet lab today. Being able to fit some benchwork into human behavioral studies is a dream. Grateful 🥹
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Outstanding presentation of the devastating cuts at NSF and their impact across multiple areas of scientific research and training. Angry at the impact now and in the long-term to US research. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Outstanding presentation of the devastating cuts at NSF and their impact across multiple areas of scientific research and training. Angry at the impact now and in the long-term to US research. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
They’re here!!! 😍😍😍
Thanks for working some magic @yahboireirei.bsky.social
@ajawilson.bsky.social @mikedsykes.bsky.social
Thanks for working some magic @yahboireirei.bsky.social
@ajawilson.bsky.social @mikedsykes.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They’re here!!! 😍😍😍
Thanks for working some magic @yahboireirei.bsky.social
@ajawilson.bsky.social @mikedsykes.bsky.social
Thanks for working some magic @yahboireirei.bsky.social
@ajawilson.bsky.social @mikedsykes.bsky.social
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The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, has fired 1,300 employees and cancelled more than $2 billion in federal research grants. https://cbsn.ws/4daiCrv
How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health
Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.
cbsn.ws
April 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, has fired 1,300 employees and cancelled more than $2 billion in federal research grants. https://cbsn.ws/4daiCrv
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oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
Jfc
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Jfc
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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AI was going to transform the world economy. Yesterday it did—not by doing anything useful, but when imbeciles used to it set tariff raters.
AI was going to transforming education. Today it has— not by creating better learning platforms but instead by undermining ones have worked for centuries.
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AI was going to transforming education. Today it has— not by creating better learning platforms but instead by undermining ones have worked for centuries.
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So OpenAI is actively marketing ChatGPT to students during college finals season in the U.S.
We've talked many (many) times before about the kinds of harm that can come from giving over too much epistemic and heuristic authority over to these systems, but additionally, there's been at least three…
We've talked many (many) times before about the kinds of harm that can come from giving over too much epistemic and heuristic authority over to these systems, but additionally, there's been at least three…
![Screenshot of ChatpGPT page:
ChaptGPT
Promo: 2 months free for students
ChatGPT Plus is now free for college students through May
Offer valid for students in the US and Canada
[Buttons reading "Claim offer" and "learn more"
An image of a pencil scrawling a scribbly and looping line]
ChatGPT Plus is here to help you through finals](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreidh6mhffosfxhbgnxx6aybjycvgj3c2ygzto2xhzvsohdsv3g6evm@jpeg)
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
AI was going to transform the world economy. Yesterday it did—not by doing anything useful, but when imbeciles used to it set tariff raters.
AI was going to transforming education. Today it has— not by creating better learning platforms but instead by undermining ones have worked for centuries.
🧵
AI was going to transforming education. Today it has— not by creating better learning platforms but instead by undermining ones have worked for centuries.
🧵
Current me every day
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Current me every day
Over the past year and a half, I have been working with an incredible group of people to unionize the faculty at Nevada State. Today is the day we will win the vote! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
a group of people standing around a megaphone that says union power on it
Alt: a gif of a group of people standing around a megaphone with the text “union power is people power”
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April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Over the past year and a half, I have been working with an incredible group of people to unionize the faculty at Nevada State. Today is the day we will win the vote! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
Umm what now
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Umm what now
Got a notice of award today that will fun a major project in my lab!! Every possible body part is crossed that this funding will arrive, and is not delayed or pulled entirely 🤞🤞🤞
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Got a notice of award today that will fun a major project in my lab!! Every possible body part is crossed that this funding will arrive, and is not delayed or pulled entirely 🤞🤞🤞
Perhaps it was the wrong time to jump into a novel that takes place in Nazi-occupied France
March 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Perhaps it was the wrong time to jump into a novel that takes place in Nazi-occupied France
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DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
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I mentor an undergraduate research program that may not continue this year due to funding uncertainty of federal programs.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
March 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I mentor an undergraduate research program that may not continue this year due to funding uncertainty of federal programs.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
I am saddened that my students will not have the same opportunities that I had when I was in school due to the political farce currently going on.
This morning my husband referred to ‘Bigfoot’ as ‘Longfoot’ and I think we should call it that from now on.
March 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This morning my husband referred to ‘Bigfoot’ as ‘Longfoot’ and I think we should call it that from now on.
This week I have been thinking about Paul Lynch’s book Prophet Song, which depicts the rise of authoritarianism in a fictional Ireland. It’s told through the story of a family, and it’s an absolute masterpiece. It’s also one of the most upsetting books I have ever read. 1/2
March 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This week I have been thinking about Paul Lynch’s book Prophet Song, which depicts the rise of authoritarianism in a fictional Ireland. It’s told through the story of a family, and it’s an absolute masterpiece. It’s also one of the most upsetting books I have ever read. 1/2
My dad is so upset about the social security stuff that he woke up at 4am and wrote an oped. I hope I am like him when I am 74.
March 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My dad is so upset about the social security stuff that he woke up at 4am and wrote an oped. I hope I am like him when I am 74.