Melissa Knox

Just awful.

What to Do When Your Professional Association Breaks Your Heart BY AMY HAGOPIAN Public health professionals are charged with responding to humanitarian crises. When hospitals are bombed, when children are deliberately starved, when doctors are assassinated, we’…

Wow. My University of Washington colleague Amy Hagopian was expelled from APHA for her pro-Palestinan advocacy. 🧵

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Add one to the side of the kids being alright. (Also, someone, maybe the same guy, did something very similar to a colleague a few years ago and the university’s response was crickets, so good for them on arresting this guy.)

a table about lemurs

a table about students and schools

a table about wines

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There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.

Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.

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Wow, because the store selling used Costco returns that’s there now is so appealing 🙄.

the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists

Wow, what a milestone! Congratulations!

Nice! I didn’t know you were still making these!

Let’s talk money y’all, in our latest episode of The Hidden Curriculum We (@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social) talk with @profnoto.bsky.social o.bsky.social on negotiations: What, When, Why and How? We thank Matt for his candor and transparency on this topic!

A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books TB has impacted humans for centuries and profoundly shaped our history. These wonderful books have captured the history, impact, and consequences of this infectious disease that is still haunting huma...

My new blog post is about great books on TB!

A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books

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Essential information right here.

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Round one goes to Fed Independence over Trump Interference.

A federal judge ruled that Lisa Cook is "substantially likely" to prevail in her argument that Trump can't arbitrarily fire her, so she stays a Fed Governor while the case works its way through the courts

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Judge Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook The order allows Cook to remain on the central bank’s board for now while her legal challenge proceeds.

Breaking news! Federal Judge blocks the Trump administration’s attempt to remove Governor Cook from Federal Reserve Board. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

excellent. MORE OF THIS.

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Next week in Seattle! #EconConf

Screenshot from an email from my employer offering about a million different dates for the annual flu & Covid vaccine clinic. It reads, “To the UW Campus and UW Medicine Community: We are reaching out to provide information and recommendations about COVID-19 vaccines. UW Medicine's recommendation continues to be that all individuals 6 months and older should remain up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations in alignment with Washington State Department of Health (DOH) recommendations.”

Oh hell yes, UW and Washington state!

Person in a party hat giving a presentation and it says The greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out

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It was definitely first year only. I do remember using the computer lab after that. And it’s possible I was just unaware. But the fact that they even still had a room full of typewriters says something.

My first year in college, the lecture hall for psych 101 had ashtrays, and I had to put quarters into a machine to type my papers on an electric typewriter. And this was in the (early) 90s!! (Did they not have computers or did I just not know about the computers? The answer is lost to time…)

12:30 – 2:00 Lunch 2:00 – 2:40: Paul Thompson (Oregon State University). “Uncovering Best Practices in Promoting Achievement within the Four-Day School Week” 2:50 – 3:30: Denise Hare (Reed College). “Higher Education Returns in China’s General and Vocational Tracks” 3:40 – 4:20: Ananya Diwakant (University of Washington) and T.V. Ninan (Stanford Univerisity). “Intra-household Differences in Perceived Health Risks of Using Solid Fuels for Cooking” 4:30 – 6:00: Walk to the Ave for drinks/dinner

Program 9:30 – 9:45: Coffee and Pastries 9:50: Opening Remarks 10:00 – 10:40: Sándor Katona (Eötvös Lóránd University) and Anna Lovász (University of Washington Tacoma). “The Impact of the Gender Composition of Performance Feedback on Peers” 10:50 – 11:30: Austin Craig (University of Washington), Rachel Heath, Yael Jacobs, and Melissa Knox. “An Experiment to Include Gender-Related Material in Introductory Microeconomics” 11:40 – 12:20: Stephanie Owen (Colby College) and Derek Rury (Oregon State University). “Implicit Gender Stereotypes and College Major Choice: A Field Experiment

Program for the 2025 Pacific Northwest Labor Day is here! Workshop will be held September 19 on the campus of the University of Washington. All economists/econ-adjacent researchers/students are welcome! (Thread with schedule follows.) #EconSky #EconConf

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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

Here is a gift link. I know people have feelings about the times but this is free and reading this should make you very very mad and then you should do something:

Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

Seattle Times story about our Fresh Bucks research! Nice story in which the reporter spoke to a Fresh Bucks user (in addition to the City of Seattle’s FB progam manager and me). @uwsph.bsky.social @uwcsde.bsky.social