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Ally Nowlan

@anowlan.bsky.social

Teaching Assistant Professor in Psychology & Neuroscience @ UNC Postdoc in McElligott Lab @ UNC PhD w Shea Lab @ CSHL DEI & mental health advocate Views and opinions are my own

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Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

17.04.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2869    ๐Ÿ” 697    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in AMHERST โ€” Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...

This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

16.04.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10433    ๐Ÿ” 2595    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 300    ๐Ÿ“Œ 185

Friendly reminder to myself and all my other people pleasers out there, you canโ€™t fill other peopleโ€™s cups if yours is empty ๐Ÿ˜…

09.04.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œI live in constant fearโ€ฆโ€

07.03.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why do I still get nervous on exam day when I am the one administering the exam?! Can my stress/anxiety systems just not right now? We are overstimulated enough!

21.02.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Weโ€™re Being Punishedโ€™: NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers The sudden withdrawal affects early-career scholars who applied for a prestigious federal grant with a diversity notation โ€” flagging that they came from underrepresented backgrounds.

www.chronicle.com/article/were...

09.02.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological.

1/n

07.02.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 254    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Wouldnโ€™t even let me return my key ๐Ÿ”‘ ๐Ÿ˜…

09.01.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The face of a hobbit who threw up his breakfast at 6 am and is wondering where his second breakfast is.

11.12.2024 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm thrilled to see this work published! Thanks to @neuroshea.bsky.social for putting me on this project and the many lab members and colleagues who ended up contributing in one way or another to get this over this finish line. ๐Ÿ™

04.12.2024 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ””๐Ÿ””

24.10.2023 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Xylazine is an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and exhibits sex-specific responses to naloxone adm... bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

So proud to share our first paper examining the role of #xylazine in the drug supply! This work is the definition of a team effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

09.09.2023 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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