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Since she’s resumed teaching her class, Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice, Adams said the university has put observers in all her classes. “That’s been very upsetting, very humiliating,” she said.
@jessicacalarco.com
@jessicacalarco.com
Suspended IU prof returns to class — with university observers
Jessica Adams was formally sanctioned by IU at the end of its investigation, which started with an "intellectual diversity" complaint from a student.
www.ipm.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since she’s resumed teaching her class, Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice, Adams said the university has put observers in all her classes. “That’s been very upsetting, very humiliating,” she said.
@jessicacalarco.com
@jessicacalarco.com
ICYMI Government-Funded Health and Biomedical Research Is Irreplaceable. NAM perspectives. 2025;8. doi:10.31478/202508b
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ICYMI Government-Funded Health and Biomedical Research Is Irreplaceable. NAM perspectives. 2025;8. doi:10.31478/202508b
Will wait and see if universities remove MLK holiday in exchange for Trump's birthday* in another preemptory concession (DEI removal being the first). *Happy to take an extra holiday day off on anyone's birthday*😉
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Will wait and see if universities remove MLK holiday in exchange for Trump's birthday* in another preemptory concession (DEI removal being the first). *Happy to take an extra holiday day off on anyone's birthday*😉
There are sections related to domestic policy including #science but are in contrast to actual cuts by Trump admin
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There are sections related to domestic policy including #science but are in contrast to actual cuts by Trump admin
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"How can you ethically recruit somebody into a clinical trial if you can't be sure the administration won't change its mind on its priorities and terminate your study mid-stream?" @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social slams new NIH policies making it easier to halt grants
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
New NIH Policies Make It Easier to End Grants, Ignore Peer Review
Also, long-time AIDS leader was reassigned
www.medpagetoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"How can you ethically recruit somebody into a clinical trial if you can't be sure the administration won't change its mind on its priorities and terminate your study mid-stream?" @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social slams new NIH policies making it easier to halt grants
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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“These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, but UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify killing their publications. No federal antidiscrimination law authorizes the university to silence student media it dislikes.”
Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines
The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.
www.insidehighered.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, but UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify killing their publications. No federal antidiscrimination law authorizes the university to silence student media it dislikes.”
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
Bluesky Community, how twisted and amusing you are...
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Bluesky Community, how twisted and amusing you are...
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Journal editors: what AI software(s) are you using to detect LLM written articles? Please DM me your journal policy if you have one!
a bald man is giving a peace sign in front of a sign that says " new policy "
ALT: a bald man is giving a peace sign in front of a sign that says " new policy "
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Journal editors: what AI software(s) are you using to detect LLM written articles? Please DM me your journal policy if you have one!
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Important #NIH Policy Update: NOT-OD-26-019 – Effective immediately: Removal of the LOI as part of the application process and No longer requiring a PO approval/letter for unsolicited applications requesting $500K or more in DC in any year of the proposal. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... #RAdminsky
NOT-OD-26-019: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Intent and Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Dire...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Inten...
grants.nih.gov
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Important #NIH Policy Update: NOT-OD-26-019 – Effective immediately: Removal of the LOI as part of the application process and No longer requiring a PO approval/letter for unsolicited applications requesting $500K or more in DC in any year of the proposal. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... #RAdminsky
This is likely unconstitutional 1A violation *viewpoint discrimination* see Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of UVA (1995) involving denial of payment to a religious magazine by contractor to UVA.
The University of Alabama is claiming two student publications violate federal law because one of them focuses on women students and the other on Black students, and it has shut them both down.
Alice Magazine is a fashion and wellness magazine that primarily covers women. Nineteen Fifty-Six covers Black student life and culture.
“Hood said that the University made the decision and had not been spurred by a complaint about the magazines.“
thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
“Hood said that the University made the decision and had not been spurred by a complaint about the magazines.“
thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is likely unconstitutional 1A violation *viewpoint discrimination* see Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of UVA (1995) involving denial of payment to a religious magazine by contractor to UVA.
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This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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This is concerning…. Based on their new policy, NIH can stop providing reasoning for rejecting high-scoring proposals. #RAdminsky
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is concerning…. Based on their new policy, NIH can stop providing reasoning for rejecting high-scoring proposals. #RAdminsky
China Initiative 2.0 targeting universities using FCA: Trump's version #researchsecuirty #RAdminSky
DOJ Revives China Initiative Tactics: Investigating Academic Researchers by Targeting Universities Under the False Claims Act
DOJ is taking a renewed and aggressive enforcement approach under the False Claims Act targeting academic institutions for researchers with affiliations with China.
www.wilmerhale.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
China Initiative 2.0 targeting universities using FCA: Trump's version #researchsecuirty #RAdminSky
Trump and the courts review of cases to date
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump and the courts review of cases to date
@jeremymberg.bsky.social What about today's Friday notice on paylines? #RAdminSky
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@jeremymberg.bsky.social What about today's Friday notice on paylines? #RAdminSky
I don’t know what this means
ICYMI: No more paylines at #NIH. #RAdminsky
It's true. No more paylines at #NIH.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I don’t know what this means
Thakur v. Trump et. al, 25-4249: researcher plaintiffs argue with Gov over #1stA suppression via DEI grant terminations. Plaintiff attorney is Dean Chemerinsky @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/...
www.ca9.uscourts.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thakur v. Trump et. al, 25-4249: researcher plaintiffs argue with Gov over #1stA suppression via DEI grant terminations. Plaintiff attorney is Dean Chemerinsky @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
#NSF SECURE Center briefing, Nov 20, 2025 #RAdminSky
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November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#NSF SECURE Center briefing, Nov 20, 2025 #RAdminSky
What is wrong with the SAFE Research Act? See www.aau.edu/key-issues/a... #RAminSky
AAU Expresses Concerns on NDAA's SAFE Research Act | Association of American Universities (AAU)
AAU and APLU sent a joint letter to House and Senate Committees on Armed Services leadership, expressing their concerns on the SAFE Research Act and requesting it be struck from any final measure.
www.aau.edu
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What is wrong with the SAFE Research Act? See www.aau.edu/key-issues/a... #RAminSky
This- after the Ex-President Ryan’s contemporaneous notes last week came out excoriating his removal by #UVA BOV #RAdminSky #AcademicFreedom
The Trump Administration launched a direct attack on The University of Virginia — and on academic freedom.
It’s time Virginians have a Governor who stands up for our students.
It’s time Virginians have a Governor who stands up for our students.
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This- after the Ex-President Ryan’s contemporaneous notes last week came out excoriating his removal by #UVA BOV #RAdminSky #AcademicFreedom