heidi goodson
@goodsiephd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Mathematics at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. I like bikes, powerlifting, and dessert.
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Rethinking Number Theory 6 workshop announcement! This will be a remote collaborative research experience June 16 - 27. Applications are due May 1. More info is on our website. Please share widely! sites.google.com/view/rethink...
April 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Rethinking Number Theory 6 workshop announcement! This will be a remote collaborative research experience June 16 - 27. Applications are due May 1. More info is on our website. Please share widely! sites.google.com/view/rethink...
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Trump blinks.
With less than one day to go before the feds' arbitrary deadline to end congestion pricing, DOT Sec. Duffy issues a 30-day extension as NYC electeds and MTA officials refuse to turn the toll off absent a court order.
With less than one day to go before the feds' arbitrary deadline to end congestion pricing, DOT Sec. Duffy issues a 30-day extension as NYC electeds and MTA officials refuse to turn the toll off absent a court order.
Trump backs off on deadline to end NYC congestion pricing
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy restated the administration’s demand for Gov. Hochul to end the tolling program, which charges most motorists $9 a day to drive south of 60th St. in Man…
www.nydailynews.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump blinks.
With less than one day to go before the feds' arbitrary deadline to end congestion pricing, DOT Sec. Duffy issues a 30-day extension as NYC electeds and MTA officials refuse to turn the toll off absent a court order.
With less than one day to go before the feds' arbitrary deadline to end congestion pricing, DOT Sec. Duffy issues a 30-day extension as NYC electeds and MTA officials refuse to turn the toll off absent a court order.
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“Nobody’s forcing you to take all this preemptive complicity,”
Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/f...
Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/f...
Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is terminating a $505,000 STEM grant that was supposed to support an ‘Inclusive Excellence initiative’running through 2028.
www.thecity.nyc
March 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Nobody’s forcing you to take all this preemptive complicity,”
Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/f...
Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/f...
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Ariana Grande's Oscars gown as the graph of f(x,y) = 1−exp(x⁶−15x⁴y²+15x²y⁴−y⁶): www.desmos.com/3d/ktg4co3cpm
March 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ariana Grande's Oscars gown as the graph of f(x,y) = 1−exp(x⁶−15x⁴y²+15x²y⁴−y⁶): www.desmos.com/3d/ktg4co3cpm
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Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThL...
Chris Hayes: Trump ‘irreparably destroyed’ world order with Zelenskyy blowup
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThL...
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Wondering what the disruption in DC means for the higher ed math community? TPSE has you covered. Join us for a webinar, Friday, 2/28 at 3pm ET. Register here:
usmd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
usmd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Wondering what the disruption in DC means for the higher ed math community? TPSE has you covered. Join us for a webinar, Friday, 2/28 at 3pm ET. Register here:
usmd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
usmd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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My friend @mathyadriana.bsky.social lost her job last week, and I want you to know the story:
buttondown.com/yarntheory/a...
buttondown.com/yarntheory/a...
on approaching hard problems
Friends, colleagues, and lovers of words, I usually use this space to talk about books, but today I want to tell you about my friend Adriana Salerno. Like...
buttondown.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My friend @mathyadriana.bsky.social lost her job last week, and I want you to know the story:
buttondown.com/yarntheory/a...
buttondown.com/yarntheory/a...
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We're continuing to examine the Trump administration's purge and its effects, and we need your help.
If you work or have worked at a government agency, we want to hear from you.
You can reach me on Signal at 347-549-0332 or reach out to ProPublica's tip line:
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
If you work or have worked at a government agency, we want to hear from you.
You can reach me on Signal at 347-549-0332 or reach out to ProPublica's tip line:
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
How to Contact ProPublica Securely — ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We're continuing to examine the Trump administration's purge and its effects, and we need your help.
If you work or have worked at a government agency, we want to hear from you.
You can reach me on Signal at 347-549-0332 or reach out to ProPublica's tip line:
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
If you work or have worked at a government agency, we want to hear from you.
You can reach me on Signal at 347-549-0332 or reach out to ProPublica's tip line:
www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
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The American Mathematical Society has also started a page to coordinate support for professional mathematics, so far focusing on executive orders impacting the National Science Foundation: www.ams.org/government/g...
AMS :: Take Action
www.ams.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The American Mathematical Society has also started a page to coordinate support for professional mathematics, so far focusing on executive orders impacting the National Science Foundation: www.ams.org/government/g...
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Had my first Linear Algebra computer lab tutorial last night. It mostly went well! But at one point I saw a student use the "ask AI" feature Google Colab and I'm like dudes it is literally my job to help you right now.
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Had my first Linear Algebra computer lab tutorial last night. It mostly went well! But at one point I saw a student use the "ask AI" feature Google Colab and I'm like dudes it is literally my job to help you right now.
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
February 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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Who voted for this rookie anyway?
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker says Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” by calling a return to Ukraine’s pre-war borders “unrealistic.”
“I don’t know who wrote the speech — it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool.”
www.politico.eu/article/sena...
“I don’t know who wrote the speech — it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool.”
www.politico.eu/article/sena...
Senior Republican senator ‘puzzled’ and ‘disturbed’ by Hegseth’s Ukraine remarks
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.
www.politico.eu
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Who voted for this rookie anyway?
Reminds me of early COVID days when stores limited how much milk, eggs, and TP we could buy.
Egg farmers have been plagued by widespread outbreaks of bird flu. Experts say it's hard to predict when the industry will bounce back from the illness' effects.
Retailers including Trader Joe's and Kroger have begun limiting egg purchases
Egg farmers have been plagued by widespread outbreaks of bird flu. Experts say it's hard to predict when the industry will bounce back from the illness' effects.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reminds me of early COVID days when stores limited how much milk, eggs, and TP we could buy.
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The most New York of stories happened this morning:
A baby was born on the subway.
Still working on getting more info, but. There's good news in the city.
(Broken by the New York Daily News, of course)
A baby was born on the subway.
Still working on getting more info, but. There's good news in the city.
(Broken by the New York Daily News, of course)
Baby born on W subway train traveling in Midtown Manhattan
EMS was called to the 34th St. station of the M, N, Q, R, and W trains just before 11:40 a.m., an FDNY spokesperson told the Daily News, and brought mother and baby to a nearby hospital.
www.nydailynews.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The most New York of stories happened this morning:
A baby was born on the subway.
Still working on getting more info, but. There's good news in the city.
(Broken by the New York Daily News, of course)
A baby was born on the subway.
Still working on getting more info, but. There's good news in the city.
(Broken by the New York Daily News, of course)
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Not to make it all about the local angle, but this could to a real number on the MTA Capital Program
BREAKING: President Donald Trump said he will announce 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on Monday.
Trump Plans to Announce 25% Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on Monday
President Donald Trump said he will announce 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on Monday.
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Not to make it all about the local angle, but this could to a real number on the MTA Capital Program
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From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...
Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out
Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...
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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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I'm such a nerd. I looked up the Committee Report that goes along with the text of the (bipartisan) law (P. L. 114-329), which amended the NSF Broader Impacts criteria.
Read a summary here: www.linkedin.com/posts/courtn...
Read a summary here: www.linkedin.com/posts/courtn...
Courtney Gibbons on LinkedIn: Text - S.3084 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): American Innovation and…
‼️ The law P. L. 114-329 is a good read for people thinking about what science funding is for. But there's more information out there for those who are curious…
www.linkedin.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm such a nerd. I looked up the Committee Report that goes along with the text of the (bipartisan) law (P. L. 114-329), which amended the NSF Broader Impacts criteria.
Read a summary here: www.linkedin.com/posts/courtn...
Read a summary here: www.linkedin.com/posts/courtn...
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One thing we've learned since 1/20 with painful clarity is that our institutions are far more fragile than we could have ever imagined.
February 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One thing we've learned since 1/20 with painful clarity is that our institutions are far more fragile than we could have ever imagined.
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Word in DC is that an (illegal) executive order to shutter the Department of Education will drop tomorrow.
Folks in Congress: Time to shut it all down. Nothing should be allowed to happen on Capitol Hill until the executive branch starts obeying the laws of the land. #ShutItDown
Folks in Congress: Time to shut it all down. Nothing should be allowed to happen on Capitol Hill until the executive branch starts obeying the laws of the land. #ShutItDown
a woman holding a drink and a sign that says shut it down
ALT: a woman holding a drink and a sign that says shut it down
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Word in DC is that an (illegal) executive order to shutter the Department of Education will drop tomorrow.
Folks in Congress: Time to shut it all down. Nothing should be allowed to happen on Capitol Hill until the executive branch starts obeying the laws of the land. #ShutItDown
Folks in Congress: Time to shut it all down. Nothing should be allowed to happen on Capitol Hill until the executive branch starts obeying the laws of the land. #ShutItDown
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The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
February 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...