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Professor studying origins of concepts @CarnegieMellon; Brain development, cognition, evolution, math & logic; Primate Portal
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Science Homecoming
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@TIME 2017 Silence Breakers; she
Science Homecoming
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Science Homecoming
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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
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An unusual amount of empty poster boards at SFN 2025
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An unusual amount of empty poster boards at SFN 2025
In contrast to that NYT mess, here is a GREAT and WISE interview with Professor Dick Aslin:
“Let me begin with a larger issue that’s related to your question: When do you stand up for your values?”
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
“Let me begin with a larger issue that’s related to your question: When do you stand up for your values?”
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In contrast to that NYT mess, here is a GREAT and WISE interview with Professor Dick Aslin:
“Let me begin with a larger issue that’s related to your question: When do you stand up for your values?”
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
“Let me begin with a larger issue that’s related to your question: When do you stand up for your values?”
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Alarming that the only president willing to say the truth in this conversation is Michael Roth of Wesleyan University 🎁
‘We Lost Our Mission’: Three University Leaders on the Future of Higher Ed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
‘We Lost Our Mission’: Three University Leaders on the Future of Higher Ed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Alarming that the only president willing to say the truth in this conversation is Michael Roth of Wesleyan University 🎁
‘We Lost Our Mission’: Three University Leaders on the Future of Higher Ed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
‘We Lost Our Mission’: Three University Leaders on the Future of Higher Ed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
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Alan Dershowitz redefining the semantics of "pedophile" isn't hairsplitting, according to the plain meaning of "hairsplitting"
by Steven Pinker
by Steven Pinker
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Alan Dershowitz redefining the semantics of "pedophile" isn't hairsplitting, according to the plain meaning of "hairsplitting"
by Steven Pinker
by Steven Pinker
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Please join @spiantado.bsky.social at @caltech.edu today for an in-person ScienceHomecoming event with The Caltech Y
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
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Science Homecoming
www.caltechy.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Please join @spiantado.bsky.social at @caltech.edu today for an in-person ScienceHomecoming event with The Caltech Y
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
Steve’s invited to present Science Homecoming to the American Mathematical Association @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
Join this free workshop on Nov 12 with Steven T. Piantadosi of Science Homecoming and learn the how-to's and beneficial impacts of communicating the importance of scientific research to your local community through opinion pieces. Register today. Link in comments.
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Steve’s invited to present Science Homecoming to the American Mathematical Association @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
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NYC is on pace to see its highest voter turnout since the 1960s.
Nearly 2 million New Yorkers have already cast their ballots in the mayoral race between Mamdani and Cuomo — and the polls are still open.
Nearly 2 million New Yorkers have already cast their ballots in the mayoral race between Mamdani and Cuomo — and the polls are still open.
NYC will see highest turnout in decades
Almost 2 million New Yorkers have already voted in the race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, and the polls are still open.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NYC is on pace to see its highest voter turnout since the 1960s.
Nearly 2 million New Yorkers have already cast their ballots in the mayoral race between Mamdani and Cuomo — and the polls are still open.
Nearly 2 million New Yorkers have already cast their ballots in the mayoral race between Mamdani and Cuomo — and the polls are still open.
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Join this free workshop on Nov 12 with Steven T. Piantadosi of Science Homecoming and learn the how-to's and beneficial impacts of communicating the importance of scientific research to your local community through opinion pieces. Register today. Link in comments.
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join this free workshop on Nov 12 with Steven T. Piantadosi of Science Homecoming and learn the how-to's and beneficial impacts of communicating the importance of scientific research to your local community through opinion pieces. Register today. Link in comments.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Here's the newest piece in the @nytimes.com "Lost Science" series. @emilyanthes.bsky.social talks to a scientist who was learning about the minds of elephants--and how to use those insights to help the animals coexist with farmers. Gift link: nyti.ms/3KXVSAG
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October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here's the newest piece in the @nytimes.com "Lost Science" series. @emilyanthes.bsky.social talks to a scientist who was learning about the minds of elephants--and how to use those insights to help the animals coexist with farmers. Gift link: nyti.ms/3KXVSAG
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Conservation biologist Tabor Whitney learned to value nature in Colorado’s forests. Now her federally funded work protecting the Colorado River Basin and building resilience against drought, wildfire, and water scarcity is at risk of being cut. 🧪🏠
www.vaildaily.com/opinion/whit...
www.vaildaily.com/opinion/whit...
Whitney: Protecting what makes Vail great means supporting federal funding for science
I am one of the lucky few to grow up in Vail. My childhood was surrounded by nature and adventure. Living in Maloit Park in Minturn meant that my backyard was essentially a forest, one...
www.vaildaily.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Conservation biologist Tabor Whitney learned to value nature in Colorado’s forests. Now her federally funded work protecting the Colorado River Basin and building resilience against drought, wildfire, and water scarcity is at risk of being cut. 🧪🏠
www.vaildaily.com/opinion/whit...
www.vaildaily.com/opinion/whit...
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Just a reminder that if you are a scientist wondering how you can communicate the value of federally-funded scientific research outside of your bubble, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is here to help you pitch and publish in your hometown newspaper
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
Science Homecoming
sciencehomecoming.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just a reminder that if you are a scientist wondering how you can communicate the value of federally-funded scientific research outside of your bubble, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is here to help you pitch and publish in your hometown newspaper
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
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🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
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💫 🧠💡This inspiring conference “Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain” has just ended, and I am very grateful for having been there among brilliant scientists connected by a common passion for the brain, and a common friendship with the great Stan Dehaene!
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain | Collège de France
www.college-de-france.fr
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
💫 🧠💡This inspiring conference “Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain” has just ended, and I am very grateful for having been there among brilliant scientists connected by a common passion for the brain, and a common friendship with the great Stan Dehaene!
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
The AAUP is doing a skills training for campus organizing. Is your school participating?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
AAUP Organize Every Campus: Core Skills Training (Oct 2025 Registration Form)
Chapters are encouraged to send at least five people to the training. Please choose one person to serve as a coordinator for your chapter. *Only the coordinator should complete this registration*
If...
docs.google.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The AAUP is doing a skills training for campus organizing. Is your school participating?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This new book sounds interesting
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This new book sounds interesting
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@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social has tools for finding local newspapers and writing for them!
Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social has tools for finding local newspapers and writing for them!
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🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Participation has been outstanding at every level, across diverse science fields. We’ve published nearly 300 articles in local hometowns. 🧪🏠 Write yours today with help here:
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Participation has been outstanding at every level, across diverse science fields. We’ve published nearly 300 articles in local hometowns. 🧪🏠 Write yours today with help here:
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
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Have you written to your home community to tell them what’s going on? They likely are unaware of the consequences 🧪🏠
penncapital-star.com/health/resea...
penncapital-star.com/health/resea...
Researchers: Pennsylvania out nearly $40 million in NIH scientific grants after federal cuts • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Around 112 scientific grants in Pennsylvania from the National Institutes of Health have been impacted by cuts or freezes instituted by the Trump administration, according to a group of researchers an...
penncapital-star.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Have you written to your home community to tell them what’s going on? They likely are unaware of the consequences 🧪🏠
penncapital-star.com/health/resea...
penncapital-star.com/health/resea...
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JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
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“Universities are the incubators of medical breakthroughs.” Long Island native Sam Cermak, now a biomedical PhD student at Northwestern, studies how chronic pain rewires the brain and fuels opioid addiction. Progress takes years, but has already saved many lives 🧪🏠
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September 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Universities are the incubators of medical breakthroughs.” Long Island native Sam Cermak, now a biomedical PhD student at Northwestern, studies how chronic pain rewires the brain and fuels opioid addiction. Progress takes years, but has already saved many lives 🧪🏠
tbrnewsmedia.com/your-turn-ho...
tbrnewsmedia.com/your-turn-ho...