Dr. Danielle Maxwell

Thrilled to share that the Szych research group kicks off this June, thanks to a Liebig fellowship from @chemieverband.bsky.social 🥳 Huge thanks to all my mentors! 😊

You are a motivated master's student and interested in a fully funded PhD position in inorganic chemistry? Reach out! 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

🚨 Breaking: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

1️⃣ Removes/demotes division director leaders

2️⃣ Forced layoff notices to NSF staff going out tonight

3️⃣ More grant terminations expected tomorrow

One glimmer of hope: the 8 directorates appear to be staying

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

Shout out to the tenured and emeritus faculty who are speaking up on here, at rallies, in calls and emails to legislators, in board meetings, in meetings with funders, so that us non-tenured folks don't risk our careers to speak out against *waves hands wildly* all of this

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

Periodic table showing the scores for different element names in a game of Scrabble. Zirconium, rutherfordium and praseodymium score highest, and aluminium is the only element to score the same as its atomic number (13, in UK Scrabble)

On #NationalScrabbleDay, this periodic table shows what every element's name would score during a game.

Can you spot the highest scoring elements and the only element that scores the same as its atomic number? www.compoundchem.com/2019/07/07/p...

#ChemSky 🧪

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year:
2021 - 2074
2022 - 2193
2023 - 2555
2024 - 2036
2025 - 1000

Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US.......

@jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

A view of Comerica Park and the Detroit skyline at dawn on Opening Day

A large American flag in the outfield of a packed baseball stadium

Happy #OpeningDay, @tigers.bsky.social! ⚾️🐯

A photo of all of the 2024 NCID anti-racism graduate research grant recipients

A photo of me speaking behind a podium. I am wearing an orange floral blouse and there are gold chairs to my left for the grantee Q&A panel.

Today I had the honor of moderating the National Center for Institutional Diversity Anti-Racism Graduate Research Showcase at University of Michigan. UM may have eliminated DEI, but that will not stop these students from advancing equity-centered research. Congratulations to all of the grantees!

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.

Long before the 21-hour mark, Strom Thurmond was reading the phone book, and Ted Cruz was reading Green Eggs and Ham. Cory Booker is talking about the economy right now. He's going to obstruct an entire day of Senate business with an actual policy speech.

If you do not have a passport, and your ID does not match your birth certificate, you cannot prove your citizenship, according to the SAVE Act. You will not be able to vote.

The SAVE Act will disenfranchise tens of millions of women in America. It’s blatant voter suppression.

If Sen. Cory Booker makes it to 7:19 p.m. EST, he will break segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's record for his 24 hour 18 minute Senate floor speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

One feature of "fearless speech" is critiquing those in power and/or yourself. We all have to meet this moment.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Eid Mubarak to everyone who practices.

We are living through hard times everywhere, it seems.

May this Eid al-Fitr bring us joy as we struggle, strengthen our resolve, and renew our faith for the ongoing fights ahead.

Wishing everyone a wonderful day filled with love.

#TeslaTakedown Seattle in SODO.

If you had a U-RISE or MARC grant cancelled this week (I'm hearing the MARC programs, which are similar but at research intensive unis, were also cancelled), please be sure to update the information here: forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP... 🧪 #AcademicSky

University of Michigan, a longtime champion of progressive values, to close its DEI office University President Santa Ono informed staffers in an email, saying Michigan remains committed to diversity among its students, faculty and staff.

It's official. The subject link is "Evolving our approach to DEI" but the instructions say "All units will evaluate their web presence to reflect the status of current programmatic directions and for compliance with federal executive orders and guidance."

So disappointed in my university right now.

I’m not surprised, but it doesn’t ease my anger, frustration, & disappointment as an alum & faculty member.

Please miss me with any more talk of being the “leaders & best” moving forward. I’ve always been critical of this concept, but it rings especially hollow now. #AcademicSky

ACS lanyard

Why is @acs.org putting www.crowdconnected.com tracking devices in our lanyards? #ACSFall2015

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Same 😅 Currently using my flight to #ACSSpring2025 to catch up on emails. And make my slides for my talk on Sunday morning…

With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?

The SAVE plan helped millions of people stay above water while repaying their student loan debt.

Now that Trump has shut it down, borrowers are reporting as much as a 10x monthly payment increase.

How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?

This is your periodic reminder: NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) *still* remains paused in new awards.

Here's an updated graph. But also see below thread about why the nation needs these #STEMed investments, including for sustaining the *future* of scientific research.

My personal take is that I really feel for these students. They went from COVID to this mess.

Like many of the folks we spoke to, I'm also very worried about who'll end up leaving science as opportunities continue to disappear.

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!

Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.