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The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for nominations of folks making a difference towards promoting civic health and helping people and communities navigate the complex information systems that we all seem to be caught up in. If you know of someone making impact, please nominate them!
🧵We're seeking nominations for the CIP Award for Impact & Excellence, which recognizes outstanding contributions, achievements or bodies of work that advance civic health and promote an informed society by helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate complex information challenges.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for nominations of folks making a difference towards promoting civic health and helping people and communities navigate the complex information systems that we all seem to be caught up in. If you know of someone making impact, please nominate them!
Do you know a human working hard to address complex information challenges in service of the public good? Consider nominating them for the CIP Award for Impact & Excellence.
🧵We're seeking nominations for the CIP Award for Impact & Excellence, which recognizes outstanding contributions, achievements or bodies of work that advance civic health and promote an informed society by helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate complex information challenges.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Do you know a human working hard to address complex information challenges in service of the public good? Consider nominating them for the CIP Award for Impact & Excellence.
Come join an incredible team of researchers and staff!
Our team at the @cip.uw.edu is currently seeking applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions. Applications received prior to January 15, 2026 will be given priority. Learn more about the positions, salary range, qualifications and application process: apply.interfolio.com/177901
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Come join an incredible team of researchers and staff!
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Proud to be a part of this research center! www.cip.uw.edu/2025/10/27/u...
CIP researchers present 5 papers and workshop at 2025 CSCW conference in Norway
At the CSCW conference in Bergen, Norway, CIP researchers facilitated a conference workshop and presented 5 papers, including one that received a Best Paper award.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Proud to be a part of this research center! www.cip.uw.edu/2025/10/27/u...
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Bullshit as U.S. government policy. This is the punchline from my Feb 2025 lecture. If you’re interested in understanding more about how we got here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...
It ends with a call to action to rage against the bullshit machine.
It ends with a call to action to rage against the bullshit machine.
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bullshit as U.S. government policy. This is the punchline from my Feb 2025 lecture. If you’re interested in understanding more about how we got here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...
It ends with a call to action to rage against the bullshit machine.
It ends with a call to action to rage against the bullshit machine.
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"There’s a pressing need for a generation of people who possess a technical understanding of the technology itself and also are informed about the methods and tools of regulation," @cip.uw.edu co-founder @rcalo.bsky.social said in an @ischool.uw.edu Q&A: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/07...
Q&A: Ryan Calo on why 'we need to take a page from the Amish'
Ryan Calo holds a joint appointment as a professor in the Information School and as the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the UW School of La...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"There’s a pressing need for a generation of people who possess a technical understanding of the technology itself and also are informed about the methods and tools of regulation," @cip.uw.edu co-founder @rcalo.bsky.social said in an @ischool.uw.edu Q&A: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/07...
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“The design of social media platforms facilitates and even incentivizes this kind of rumoring and political point-scoring in the wake of crisis events,” @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social said in an interview with @nbcnews.com. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
How Minnesota shooting conspiracy theories took over social media feeds
Before a suspect was ever named in the shootings, conspiracy theorists and opportunists jumped at the chance to blame their political opponents.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“The design of social media platforms facilitates and even incentivizes this kind of rumoring and political point-scoring in the wake of crisis events,” @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social said in an interview with @nbcnews.com. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
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Important message from @ethanvporter.bsky.social @aaronshaw.bsky.social @emmaspiro.bsky.social
“NSF has accepted a dangerous myth that misinformation research (and research more generally) is really just partisan activism […] Nothing could be further from the truth”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“NSF has accepted a dangerous myth that misinformation research (and research more generally) is really just partisan activism […] Nothing could be further from the truth”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Misinformation research continues to be urgent science
By one account, roughly 70% of Americans regard misinformation as a major threat, outpacing fears about climate change and infectious disease (1). This is true although the current and longer-term imp...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Important message from @ethanvporter.bsky.social @aaronshaw.bsky.social @emmaspiro.bsky.social
“NSF has accepted a dangerous myth that misinformation research (and research more generally) is really just partisan activism […] Nothing could be further from the truth”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“NSF has accepted a dangerous myth that misinformation research (and research more generally) is really just partisan activism […] Nothing could be further from the truth”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The newest budget numbers out of NSF are... not good. We're looking at worse than worst case scenarios for U.S. research universities. That's in addition to all the other attacks. Every person w/ a word processer and an hour of time should be penning an op-ed to their local papers this weekend.
May 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The newest budget numbers out of NSF are... not good. We're looking at worse than worst case scenarios for U.S. research universities. That's in addition to all the other attacks. Every person w/ a word processer and an hour of time should be penning an op-ed to their local papers this weekend.
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We're currently accepting applications for the 2025-26 cohort of our @cip.uw.edu Community Fellowship program! (Did I mention one of the wonderful projects emerging from this program was featured in Teen Vogue?)
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Do you work in journalism, education, technology, librarianship, government, community organizing or law? We're currently accepting applications for the 2025-26 cohort for our @cip.uw.edu Community Fellowship program. The application deadline is June 20.
www.cip.uw.edu/2025/05/27/c...
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CIP accepting applications for Community Fellowship 2025-26 cohort
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public is accepting applications for the CIP Community Fellowship program’s 2025-26 cohort through June 20.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're currently accepting applications for the 2025-26 cohort of our @cip.uw.edu Community Fellowship program! (Did I mention one of the wonderful projects emerging from this program was featured in Teen Vogue?)
Learn more ... 👇👇👇
Learn more ... 👇👇👇
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This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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Coming up from 5:30-6:30 p.m. PST: @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social will present the 2025 UW Faculty Lecture, "A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations." Event is in person and livestreamed.
www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Coming up from 5:30-6:30 p.m. PST: @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social will present the 2025 UW Faculty Lecture, "A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations." Event is in person and livestreamed.
www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
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Coming up on February 24! @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social will be presenting, "A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations," the 2025 University Faculty Lecture at the University of Washington. (In person and via livestream.) ⤵️⤵️⤵️
Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
2025 University Faculty Lecture
A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations
www.washington.edu
February 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Coming up on February 24! @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social will be presenting, "A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations," the 2025 University Faculty Lecture at the University of Washington. (In person and via livestream.) ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
2025 University Faculty Lecture
A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations
www.washington.edu
February 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
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Breaking news: The Trump administration cut billions in biomedical funding. Researchers say it imperils work on cancer and other illnesses.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration cut billions in biomedical funding. Researchers say it imperils work on cancer and other illnesses.
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
It’s the jobs. If we want this to matter to the broadest audience possible, then it’s the jobs. The impact on jobs and job prospects will reach each and every family in America today, tomorrow, and for the foreseeable future. The science and medical care will matter most after job loss.
Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.
February 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s the jobs. If we want this to matter to the broadest audience possible, then it’s the jobs. The impact on jobs and job prospects will reach each and every family in America today, tomorrow, and for the foreseeable future. The science and medical care will matter most after job loss.
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The proposed cuts to the US National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and NOAA would decimate American science. Perhaps naturally, a “post truth” movement, powered by bullshit, is going to be “post science” as well.
Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.
February 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The proposed cuts to the US National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and NOAA would decimate American science. Perhaps naturally, a “post truth” movement, powered by bullshit, is going to be “post science” as well.
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Calling bullshit on their lies isn't censorship. Failed insurrectionists aren't heroes. Fighting racism and helping underserved communities isn't discrimination. Showing empathy isn't evil. Supporting trans kids isn't abuse. Don't accept their twisted frames as reality.
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Calling bullshit on their lies isn't censorship. Failed insurrectionists aren't heroes. Fighting racism and helping underserved communities isn't discrimination. Showing empathy isn't evil. Supporting trans kids isn't abuse. Don't accept their twisted frames as reality.
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We're pleased to officially welcome Cullen White back to UW as the new director of strategy and operations for the @cip.uw.edu!
Read more: www.cip.uw.edu/2025/01/24/c...
Read more: www.cip.uw.edu/2025/01/24/c...
Cullen White joins CIP as director of strategy and operations
Cullen White, a strategic operations leader with more than 15 years of experience driving organizational transformation and social impact initiatives, has started as the University of Washington Ce…
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January 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We're pleased to officially welcome Cullen White back to UW as the new director of strategy and operations for the @cip.uw.edu!
Read more: www.cip.uw.edu/2025/01/24/c...
Read more: www.cip.uw.edu/2025/01/24/c...
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🎉🎉🎉 Congrats to @cip.uw.edu co-founder and @uw-hcde.bsky.social professor @katestarbird.bsky.social!
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Holy moly. So thrilled & sincerely honored to learn that I’ve received a Presidential Early Career Award in Science & Engineering (PECASE). So thankful to my mentors, students, colleagues (and my wife!) who have supported me thru THICK & thin & made this possible. www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House
Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...
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January 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Congrats to @cip.uw.edu co-founder and @uw-hcde.bsky.social professor @katestarbird.bsky.social!
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