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Elizabeth Bonawitz
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Assoc. Prof. Learning Sciences, Harvard GSE. Study learning in early childhood using computational modeling & empirical studies. Speaking for self only. She/her
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If only we had had this tool a few years earlier...
chat GPT giving effusive feedback to an Epstein "idea" chat GPT giving effusive feedback to an Epstein "idea"
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In the cool and exciting band, I think.
a moderately cool picture of the Aurora Borealis with a streak of pink going up through the center of the sky
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The great battle between dog and bed-cushion rages on.

In terrible wars such as these, there are no victors.
Golden retriever laying on the ground next to her dog bed the foam from the dog bed has been partially pulled out and the dog looks exhausted
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Happy Halloween!

If you have to be in a car, drive safely out there tonight, folks.

Lots of kids and lions will be roaming the streets.
Golden retriever with a lion's mane costume on.
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Thousands protesting here in Concord, MA -- No kings then, no kings now.

Daisy joins the Democratic spirit.
Golden retriever with a sign saying "paws off our universities"
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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eh, It wasn't that high up... and 4-year-olds can take it. 😜

But if you're looking for other good moments in the paper... I also recommend reading the acknowledgments closely.
The acknowledgment section of a paper stating that the construction crew at Rutgers drilled a hole in the lab and dumped several pounds of concrete on the stimuli
October 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Presenting .... SUPER DOG!

Faster than a speeding ball! More powerful than a squeaker-toy! Able to leap medium-sized logs in a single bound!
Golden retriever running in the woods, with ears flapping behind her, wearing what appears to be a cape (it's a safety vest for hunting)
October 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Same time, different place.

Love those sunsets that really turn your head.
a girl doing a handstand at sunset
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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timeline cleanse

🎵 " gonna be, gonna be golden
we're going pup, pup, pup..."
close up picture of a golden retriever face snuggling in bed
August 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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CoCoDev @ CogSci!
Come check out cool work by Igor & @junyi.bsky.social
Computational Cognitive Development Lab Presents at CogSci 2025 Learning from thought experiments in early childhood Igor Bascandziev, Garvin Brod, Patrick Shafto, and Elizabeth Bonawitz Poster Number: P1-B-9 In Person Poster Session 1 - Thursday, July 31 1-2:15 PM Salon 8 Stumped! Learning to think outside the box in 3-7 year old children Junyi Chu, Misha O’Keeffe, Silvia Kancong Liu, Elizabeth Bonawitz, and Tomer D. Ullman Talks 27.3: Learning and Development 2 Friday, August 1 1-2:30 PM Salon 6
July 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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First the NY Times and now featured for being CANCELLED in the Harvard magazine.

Feels like I should have at least been able to tell some inappropriate jokes to get this far...
A picture of the grants listed that were canceled at Harvard with a big red stamp that says the word canceled
June 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Me too!

Noting this doesn't include sub awards. My colleague at UCSD lost an additional $500k from our $1.5M cancelled grant (only reported as 1M here).

& my student's cancelled grf is buried in there.

Still, exciting to be in the NYT. I wonder if I should add this to my CV for my tenure case. 🙄
image shows canceled grant for $338,000, " when teachers aren't there detecting evaluating and learning from road teaching across development" shows canceled Grant for 1 million " cognitive mechanisms of guided instruction in the early elementary years"
June 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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First CoCoDev lab presentation at #spp happening now!
Development of counterfactual reasoning at spp gs132 130-330pm
June 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Thousands out in the rain marching down the streets in our little town of Concord.
This is what democracy looks like.
hundreds of people protesting Trump
June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Taking a brief break from emergency meetings to walk in the woods behind my house.

Daisy reminds me to appreciate the little things.

Or in this case, a big thing ... hello new stick!
A dog carrying a ginormous stick in her mouth in a hiking trail in the woods. it is a golden retriever and her head is tilted to the side because the stick is so big.
June 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Well said. It was never about antisemitism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
Mr. Trump’s strangling of this support will harm Jews more than any president in my lifetime. Many practicing and aspiring scientists are Jewish, and his funding embargo has them watching in horror as they are laid off, their labs are shut down or their dreams of a career in science go up in smoke. This is immensely more harmful than walking past a “Globalize the Intifada” sign. Worse still is the effect on the far larger number of gentiles in science, who are being told that their labs and careers are being snuffed out to advance Jewish interests. Likewise for the current patients whose experimental treatments will be halted, and the future patients who may be deprived of cures. None of this is good for the Jews. The concern for Jews is patently disingenuous, given Mr. Trump’s sympathy for Holocaust deniers and Hitler fans. The obvious motivation is to cripple civil society institutions that serve as loci of influence outside the executive branch. As JD Vance put it in the title of a 2021 speech: “The Universities Are the Enemy.”
May 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Adoption of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate for NSF Grants and Cooperative Agreements awarded to Institutions of Higher Education.

www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
Adoption of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate for NSF Grants and Cooperative Agreements awarded to Institutions of Higher Education
May 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Apparently the scheduler has been tricky for people to work with. We had a date wrong below and now just got access to rooms. Please see updated schedule of CoCoDev presentations from/with our lab here!
Schedule of Bonawitz lab talks at SRCD
May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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If you're at SRCD please consider checking out these talks and posters featuring members of the CoCoDev lab and our awesome collaborators.
#SRCD2025
a list of various presentations from the Bonawitz lab at SRCD
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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#Concord250
drones in the sky spelling out freedom equality democracy drones in the sky spelling out now and forever
April 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Standing up for science. Even the blustering wind couldn't take us down.
March 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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See you this afternoon team.

#StandUpForScience
a sign that says science saved lives and a t-shirt that says trust data not lore with a picture of the Star Trek characters data and lore
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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<doom-scroll pause>

take a moment.

breath.

wriggle on your back like a dog who knows only love, belly-rubs, and biscuits.
cute golden retriever laying on its back with its paws up
February 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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After several rounds, to the granting agency that sent me this email, with the following subject line:
"Your application has moved to the next stage"

Well done.

That is some Grade 'A' level trolling.

You got me.
Email inbox subject line stating "Your application has moved to the next stage" Text of the email, stating that the next stage it ... declined.
January 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🎵Upton tea
She's been steeping in her upton glee
I bet she's never had a black sweet chai
I bet her momma never told her why
I'm gonna try for an...

Upton tea 🎵
January 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM