Sarah Rovito
@sarahrovito.bsky.social
Spunky engineer engaging in policy
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The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
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Researchers are typically assessed by traditional criteria such as grants, publications, and citation counts — but new approaches aim to change that.
Explore strategies for implementing these changes at U.S. universities at our upcoming workshop: https://ow.ly/KIQv50XgtMj
Explore strategies for implementing these changes at U.S. universities at our upcoming workshop: https://ow.ly/KIQv50XgtMj
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Researchers are typically assessed by traditional criteria such as grants, publications, and citation counts — but new approaches aim to change that.
Explore strategies for implementing these changes at U.S. universities at our upcoming workshop: https://ow.ly/KIQv50XgtMj
Explore strategies for implementing these changes at U.S. universities at our upcoming workshop: https://ow.ly/KIQv50XgtMj
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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The pointed clarity with which each of the universities rejecting the compact have made this point is incredibly refreshing.
From the University of Arizona's president: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
From the University of Arizona's president: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The pointed clarity with which each of the universities rejecting the compact have made this point is incredibly refreshing.
From the University of Arizona's president: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
From the University of Arizona's president: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
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After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
www.bloomberg.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
November 10, 2024 at 12:14 AM
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
Rainbow! On the metro (Fort Totten) 🌈 @capitalweather.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Rainbow! On the metro (Fort Totten) 🌈 @capitalweather.bsky.social
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If this is turning into a battle, then the researchers’ possible counter is to normalize updating preprints and CVs with “accepted at journal x” as sufficient for getting publication credit and not pay the fees.
Making Your Research Free May Cost You
* With federal funding exceptionally unreliable, scientists say they are stressed about spending thousands of grant dollars on unexpected and questionable open-access charges.
By @stephaniemlee.bsky.social for @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/maki...
* With federal funding exceptionally unreliable, scientists say they are stressed about spending thousands of grant dollars on unexpected and questionable open-access charges.
By @stephaniemlee.bsky.social for @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/maki...
Making Your Research Free May Cost You
Under a new requirement that NIH-funded research be freely, immediately available, some journals are forcing researchers to pay to publish.
www.chronicle.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If this is turning into a battle, then the researchers’ possible counter is to normalize updating preprints and CVs with “accepted at journal x” as sufficient for getting publication credit and not pay the fees.
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“We feel like the lost generation.” A story on the collapse of US science, which is hitting young scientists hardest www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
At Harvard, Trump administration cuts hit young scientists hard
More than 700 graduate students and nearly 800 postdoctoral researchers at Harvard get salaries, stipends or tuition support from federally funded research.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“We feel like the lost generation.” A story on the collapse of US science, which is hitting young scientists hardest www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
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New: Both NIH and NSF have put out their gold-standard science plans.
NIH: www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...
NSF: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF-GS...
Our story from May:
NIH: www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...
NSF: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF-GS...
Our story from May:
Trump’s call for ‘gold-standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why
Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more.
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New: Both NIH and NSF have put out their gold-standard science plans.
NIH: www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...
NSF: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF-GS...
Our story from May:
NIH: www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...
NSF: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF-GS...
Our story from May:
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Just got an email that the NIH Early Independence award is "not going forward." This was an award that catapulted promising PhD students into faculty positions and is part of the High-Risk High-Reward grant program in the NIH Office of the Director. Deadline was 9.6.25!
August 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just got an email that the NIH Early Independence award is "not going forward." This was an award that catapulted promising PhD students into faculty positions and is part of the High-Risk High-Reward grant program in the NIH Office of the Director. Deadline was 9.6.25!
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FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
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Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
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The whiplash continues: the WaPo now reports that OMB halted, and then hours later unhalted, these NIH funds.
I'll be watching for any sign of NIH fund restriction this week and will post as soon as I hear more.
Know what's going on? DM me on Signal (mkozlov.01). You can stay anonymous.
I'll be watching for any sign of NIH fund restriction this week and will post as soon as I hear more.
Know what's going on? DM me on Signal (mkozlov.01). You can stay anonymous.
Trump administration halts, then releases, NIH research funding
The decision temporarily froze $15 billion in federal funding, according to one senator. It came as Trump officials wrestle over federal spending levels.
wapo.st
July 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The whiplash continues: the WaPo now reports that OMB halted, and then hours later unhalted, these NIH funds.
I'll be watching for any sign of NIH fund restriction this week and will post as soon as I hear more.
Know what's going on? DM me on Signal (mkozlov.01). You can stay anonymous.
I'll be watching for any sign of NIH fund restriction this week and will post as soon as I hear more.
Know what's going on? DM me on Signal (mkozlov.01). You can stay anonymous.
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The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
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These cuts will cost us dearly, not save us: “The authors point to NIH budget cuts decimating the scientific workforce, diminishing support for public health programs that have increased life expectancy, and creating gaps in scientific knowledge that are not likely to be filled by private industry.”
New analysis predicts sprawling effects of proposed NIH budget cuts
Initial analyses of the Trump administration’s proposed NIH cuts neglect key aspects of their long-term economic and health impact, study says.
www.statnews.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
These cuts will cost us dearly, not save us: “The authors point to NIH budget cuts decimating the scientific workforce, diminishing support for public health programs that have increased life expectancy, and creating gaps in scientific knowledge that are not likely to be filled by private industry.”
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“Every time you go to your doctor or get treated by a nurse, there’s a chorus of researchers, public health workers, policy experts, epidemiologists and advisory panels arrayed behind them, aided by laboratories, databases, websites… Our current government seems determined to wrench this away”
Opinion | What Happens When Doctors Can’t Trust the Government?
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“Every time you go to your doctor or get treated by a nurse, there’s a chorus of researchers, public health workers, policy experts, epidemiologists and advisory panels arrayed behind them, aided by laboratories, databases, websites… Our current government seems determined to wrench this away”
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We’re hiring for a major role in the US, an investigative journalist to cover what’s happening with science in the US and beyond. This is extremely important territory for us. 🧪
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795 The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795 The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
workforus.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We’re hiring for a major role in the US, an investigative journalist to cover what’s happening with science in the US and beyond. This is extremely important territory for us. 🧪
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795 The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795 The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
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Honored to speak this morning at the @nationalacademies.org
I'm presenting ongoing research on the effects of the current policy program to deter international students from coming to the United States, with Jeremy Neufeld & Amy Nice
www.nationalacademies.org/event/44967_... cc @piie.com
I'm presenting ongoing research on the effects of the current policy program to deter international students from coming to the United States, with Jeremy Neufeld & Amy Nice
www.nationalacademies.org/event/44967_... cc @piie.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Honored to speak this morning at the @nationalacademies.org
I'm presenting ongoing research on the effects of the current policy program to deter international students from coming to the United States, with Jeremy Neufeld & Amy Nice
www.nationalacademies.org/event/44967_... cc @piie.com
I'm presenting ongoing research on the effects of the current policy program to deter international students from coming to the United States, with Jeremy Neufeld & Amy Nice
www.nationalacademies.org/event/44967_... cc @piie.com
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Long-standing issues and recent societal disruptions have negatively impacted many in the U.S. STEMM research ecosystem, particularly #GradStudents and #Postdocs.
Join us July 22 and 23 for a discussion on ways to support U.S. STEMM talent: buff.ly/CsrCWL4
Join us July 22 and 23 for a discussion on ways to support U.S. STEMM talent: buff.ly/CsrCWL4
July 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Long-standing issues and recent societal disruptions have negatively impacted many in the U.S. STEMM research ecosystem, particularly #GradStudents and #Postdocs.
Join us July 22 and 23 for a discussion on ways to support U.S. STEMM talent: buff.ly/CsrCWL4
Join us July 22 and 23 for a discussion on ways to support U.S. STEMM talent: buff.ly/CsrCWL4
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This is the latest of a flotilla of attacks on international students at US universities. It won’t be the last.
Several more are currently in preparation.
The White House is pursuing its stated goal keeping out as many international students as possible.
Several more are currently in preparation.
The White House is pursuing its stated goal keeping out as many international students as possible.
The Trump admin will propose a new way to distribute H-1B visas, likely wage-based, and make it less likely international students, early in their careers, can obtain H-1B status. A way to sever the U.S. immigrant talent pipeline. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
New Trump Immigration Policy: Ending The H-1B Visa Lottery
The Trump administration plans to publish soon a proposed rule to end or significantly change the annual H-1B visa lottery.
www.forbes.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is the latest of a flotilla of attacks on international students at US universities. It won’t be the last.
Several more are currently in preparation.
The White House is pursuing its stated goal keeping out as many international students as possible.
Several more are currently in preparation.
The White House is pursuing its stated goal keeping out as many international students as possible.
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Sad news:
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
![The "$1,000 genome" catchphrase was first publicly recorded in December 2001 at a scientific retreat to discuss the future of biomedical research following publication of the first draft of the Human Genome Project (HGP), convened by the National Human Genome Research Institute at Airlie House in Virginia.[5] The phrase neatly highlighted the chasm between the actual cost of the Human Genome Project, estimated at $2.7 billion over a decade, and the benchmark for routine, affordable personal genome sequencing.
On 2 October 2002, Craig Venter introduced the opening session of GSAC (The Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference) at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston: "The Future of Sequencing: Advancing Towards the $1,000 Genome." Speakers included George M. Church and executives from 454 Life Sciences, Solexa, U.S. Genomics, VisiGen and Amersham plc.[6][7] In 2003, Venter announced that his foundation would earmark $500,000 for a breakthrough leading to the $1,000 genome.[8] That sum was subsequently rolled into the Archon X Prize.
In October 2004, NHGRI introduced the first in a series of '$1,000 Genome' grants designed to advance "the development of breakthrough technologies that will enable a human-sized genome to be sequenced for $1,000 or less."[9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73aicoale2mqwrap63rdzwep/bafkreigcypk33xduk2wsfjyvwbnfzzb76p5m6jl3owhbb3ft32clwov37i@jpeg)
July 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Sad news:
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
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A take worth reading on #scipol reform debate by
@issuesinst.bsky.social's @lisamargonelli.bsky.social.
Esp by science advocates.
Back to Vannevar Bush or to what's next in the Endless Frontier?
issues.org/innovation-h...
@issuesinst.bsky.social's @lisamargonelli.bsky.social.
Esp by science advocates.
Back to Vannevar Bush or to what's next in the Endless Frontier?
issues.org/innovation-h...
Innovation’s Hidden Scaffolds
In this time of upheaval, what does it mean that so many advocates for science are pointing to an 80-year-old report by Vannevar Bush?
issues.org
July 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A take worth reading on #scipol reform debate by
@issuesinst.bsky.social's @lisamargonelli.bsky.social.
Esp by science advocates.
Back to Vannevar Bush or to what's next in the Endless Frontier?
issues.org/innovation-h...
@issuesinst.bsky.social's @lisamargonelli.bsky.social.
Esp by science advocates.
Back to Vannevar Bush or to what's next in the Endless Frontier?
issues.org/innovation-h...