MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.

It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.

Likely to enter force within days.

The image is an announcement graphic for Black In Neuro Conference 2025. The top and bottom features colourful geometric patterns. Below the geometric frame is bold orange text reads “BLACK IN NEURO CONFERENCE.” Event details follow: “Wednesday, Sept 10 - Friday, Sept 12, 2025, University of the District of Columbia.” An information box states "Register Now" with an arrow directed towards the registration link "HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/BINW25". Next to this is the Black In Neuro logo.

Flyer highlighting a few of the Black In Neuro Conference speakers. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Under that reads "Meet Our Speakers!" with the speakers and their affiliations listed below. Andrew Justin Taylor, Ph.D., Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Valparaiso; Lindsay Ejoh, Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania; Timnit Gebru, Ph.D., Keynote Speaker, The Distributed AI Research Institute; Melissa Reitkopp, Managing Director, Reitkopp Recruiting LLC; and Korie Grayson, Ph.D., Technology Analyst, Systems Planning & Analysis Inc. The Black In Neuro logo is at the bottom.

Flyer highlighting a few of the Black In Neuro Conference speakers. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Under that reads "Meet Our Speakers!" with the speakers and their affiliations listed below. Dr. Olivia Matshabane, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University; Mary Ogbuka Kenneth, Imperial College London; Sheena M. Posey Norris, MS, PMP, Keynote Speaker, NAS Engineering, and Medicine; Anne Chisa, Root of Science Media; and Emmanuel Taiwo, Microsoft. The Black In Neuro logo is at the bottom.

The BlackInNeuro Conference is almost here 📢 Featuring keynote @timnitgebru.bsky.social + amazing speakers across neuro, tech & equity.

EVERYONE is welcome to register for 8️⃣ livestreamed events! BIN members can register to attend in person in Washington DC! See you at #BINW25!
🔗 tinyurl.com/BINW25

My lab is hiring!

We have an opening for a full-time RA to focus on computational modeling and fMRI analysis. Programming skills are required. Psych/cog/neuro experience not necessary but a big plus. A great fit for someone who wants lab experience before grad school.

Details and job link below ⬇️

Flyer for an online event titled “Article I Teach-In: Congress’s Power of the Purse & the Fight for Federal Science” on Tuesday, August 12th at 2:30 PM CT. The flyer features a red-tinted image of the Statue of Liberty holding her torch high. Text invites attendees to explore Congress’s constitutional power to fund federal science and a report questioning the legality of federal NIH budget cuts. Event is virtual with RSVP at Standupforscience.net. Includes Stand Up for Science logo and a QR code.

UPCOMING EVENT ALERT -

🗓️ Tuesday, August 12th
🕒 2:30PM CT
📍 Online
📞 Join us for a teach-in to explore Congress’s constitutional power to fund federal science & the legality of federal NIH budget cuts!
🔗 register here 👉 actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...

If you are looking for the Levin Building where much of the Penn Psychology Department is housed, it is now called the Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building. This is how it appears on the Penn Facilities map.

The DP has the story: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15:
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry

Want to see what a Neuromatch course is like…on your own time? Our full course materials are freely available for anyone to explore, anytime.

➡️ Check out the resources: neuromatch.io/open-educati...

#AsynchronousLearning #OpenScience #STEMEducation #Neuromatch #OpenAccess

Curiosity STEM and a Summer on Campus The Penn Research Experience for High School Students gives Philadelphia 11th and 12th graders a rare opportunity to tackle college-level research. Program alums say the experience was foundational…

The Penn Research Experience for High School Students gives Philadelphia 11th and 12th graders a rare opportunity to tackle college-level research. Program alums say the experience was foundational to their love of science.

Use and adapt our drafted comment below or write your own! I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. The science is clear: greenhouse gases unequivocally harm our health and our environment. Weakening or repealing the Endangerment Finding will make it harder, and costlier to protect our communities from pollution and from the effects of climate change. Optional: I care about this issue because [insert your personal reasoning here -e.g. "my father has COPD," "I recently lost my home to a devastating hurricane"] I urge you to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and to apply science to protect our health and our environment for generations to come. ****Remember, if you want to cite research to upload the paper as a file.****

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.

✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...

🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...

🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!)
#31days

So long, study guides? The AI industry is going after students Students are increasingly using AI tools to help with — and do — their homework. Here's how older online study services, students and professors are adapting.

Students are increasingly using AI tools to help with — and do — their homework. Here's how older online study services, students and professors are adapting.

A great way to help reduce the citation gap is to alter your own citation practices.

We built a shiny app that makes it easy to check (and adjust) the gender balance of your references before submitting papers:

dcosme.shinyapps.io/citation-gap...

Join us this Friday to support our early researchers as our summer undergraduate research students present their work:

MindCORE Summer Research Symposium
Friday, August 8, 2025
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Levin Building Lobby

@pennsasdean.bsky.social
@pennmedicine.bsky.social

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

We want your help. Do you work at OMB? Do you know someone who does?

Are you a current or former federal worker with information that you can share about Russell Vought?

You can contact me on Signal at (202) 215-6203.

We take your privacy seriously. 9/end www.propublica.org/tips/

Turning pages, swiping screens, and hitting play: Is reading always the same to our brain? Whether it’s on paper, screen or audio, there are more ways than ever to enjoy a good book. But do different formats engage the brain in the same way?

Whether it’s on paper, screen or audio, there are more ways than ever to enjoy a good book. But do different formats engage the brain in the same way?

Co-editor @catrinahacker.bsky.social explores in this week's post: pennneuroknow.com/2025/08/05/t...

#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪 📖

Costs & Aid

Local public HS students may also be eligible for free credit-earning classes at Wharton through the Global Youth program:
globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/costs-and-ai...

Young Scholars High School Program | Penn Arts and Sciences High School Programs The Young Scholars High School Program allows outstanding juniors and seniors attending a local high school to take college courses in the fall and spring semesters. In the Young Scholars Program, you...

Here is one of ours:

DYK that local public/charter HS students can take free credit-earning college classes at Penn?
hs.sas.upenn.edu/academic-yea...

Temple’s community gateway program connects local residents with university support Since its launch in May 2024, the Community Gateway with its full-time staff of four — three of whom live in the Temple neighborhood — has had contact with more than 3,400 people.

There are many opportunities for Philadelphians at Penn, but even longtime staffers do not always know what exists. It would be great if Penn had something like this @templeuniversity.bsky.social program.

What Penn program do you wish more locals knew about?

www.inquirer.com/education/te...

this looks like an interesting linguistics survey - the researcher is looking for native speakers of either German or English
sosci.rlp.net/EnglishLingu...

Too Many Students Think They’re Ineligible for Financial Aid A new data analysis from the National College Attainment Network suggests many low-income students don’t complete the FAFSA because they don’t believe they qualify for aid.

Too Many Students Think They’re Ineligible for Financial Aid

A new data analysis from the @ncanetwork.bsky.social work suggests many low-income students don’t complete the FAFSA because they don’t believe they qualify for aid. bit.ly/3HgiT0i

#HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky

#NGG is proud to present our next Thesis Defense given by Sophie Liebergall of the Goldberg Lab @ethangoldberg.bsky.social! Please join us in person or virtually (DM us for the link) on 8/6. Best of luck, Sophie! #PhAlmostDone 🥳

📣 Calling all early career #neuroscientists!
@thetransmitter.bsky.social & Neuromatch are teaming up to better understand how to support #EarlyCareer Researchers. Whether you're a student, postdoc, or launching your career, we want to hear from you.
➡️ www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

This week, @sarahmackattack.bsky.social shares her innovative methods for connecting people with science in a more local, personal way.

The Squid Facts Hotline! Skype a Scientist! Street Art!

I really loved this conversation as a counterpoint to the mass communication perspective I usually have.

Be a Brain Scientist for an Evening - A Philadelphia Teach-In University of Pennsylvania's new MindCORE Neuroimaging Facility contains a next–generation fMRI machine, offering a groundbreaking tool for researchers to delve deeper into the mind–brain connection. ...

Ever wondered how the brain works, or how language is related to identity?

If you answered 'yes' to either question, join us for an evening of brain and language science at @upenn.edu @pennmindcore.bsky.social's Neuroimaging Facility at Pennovation!

actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...

A public-facing, interdisciplinary, and student-centered approach to philosophy | Penn Today Philosophy professor Jennifer Morton’s experiences growing up in Peru during the politically turbulent 1980s and ’90s and as a first-generation college student shaped her research interests.

Morton takes an interdisciplinary approach: “I felt like I could do philosophy and still be interested in lots of different things and think about lots of different things,” she says, “which has really turned out to be true for me.”

penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas-phi...

Excited to be at my first @cogscisociety.bsky.social meeting!

Come check out my talk tomorrow morning on the organization of the human visual system at birth in @noranewcombe.bsky.social Rumelhart award symposium

#CogSci2025

Day 4 at #AAIC25 is packed with Penn-led insights on improving memory care, advancing AI in neuroimaging, and shaping inclusive research protocols.
Here’s what our team is sharing today:
Swipe through the full lineup. #PennatAAIC25

We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM.

Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required.

@standupforscience.bsky.social

We are looking for a Research Coordinator! Come to Penn to do research with us! my.spsp.org/Career-Cente...

@cogscisociety.bsky.social conference:

Friday August 1st at 4:00pm, Salon 2 - join
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and two other speakers at the symposium, 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓