Dana Miller-Cotto

100% -- There's always countless forgotten "losses" that seeded the ground for any one progressive win

(@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's "Hope in the Dark" is a chock full of these stories)

From Chile all the way up to Canada. Amazing way to close a great show!

Nuevayol 🗣️

When Science Isn’t Gaslighting You After All Science can save lives by overturning our deepest, most well-meaning assumptions about the causes of harm

It takes tremendous courage for communities to work with scientists to study harms when the results might overturn important beliefs.

This week in class, we discussed what can happen when unreliable science on societal harms captures the public imagination.

natematias.medium.com/when-science...

At the top of the photo in white text in a blue bubble reads: "WEBINAR". Next to that reads "FEB 11, 2026 @1PM ET". Below that in bold black text reads: "HOW TO TALK TO". Below that in read text reads "ANYBODY BUT". Below that in bold black text reads "SCIENTISTS". Below that to the left is a photo of Dr. Rebecca Mellema. To the right of that in red text reads: "Learn how to use storytelling, and science writing skills to engage people in your community about science, with speaker Dr. Rebecca Mellema of "Getting Science Write."" Below that in white text in a red bubble reads: "RSVP HERE!". Below that in another red bubble is a link in white text reading: "https://tr.ee/8Pl4L4".

Join us for a webinar next Wednesday with Dr. Rebecca Mellema of Getting Science Write to learn how to engage non-scientists in your community about science and your research! Spoiler alert: It's all about developing those captivating communications skills.

Sign up at zurl.co/S7VlH & join on Zoom!

NEW: Liam Ramos and his father have been released from ICE detention and allowed to return home.

We'll keep fighting so that families like theirs don't endure trauma or detention at the hands of federal agents.

How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…

If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.

And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.

Era Postbac Fellowship | CLAD Lab | University of Notre Dame

We invite apps for our postbac fellowship in educational research and action. Postbacs engage in research on learning & learning environments, receive close mentorship from scholars across disciplines, and gain hands-on experience through community-based programs. See cladlab.nd.edu/era-fellowsh...

I really love Nashville. Less stimulating than NOLA but great food and culture. Louisville Kentucky got more great food and culture.

Congrats to Kiara! 🥳

Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science

This is a HUGE win…and one that happened because we ~collectively~ said “NO!”

But AAAS coming in and saying on record to the NYT “Science is doing ok. Things are not bad at all…” is baffling.

If things are hard for you as a scientist, please share in the comments.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

My son is obsessed with this book. Obsessed!

Omg. This is a terribly sad news. I met Victoria several years ago and she was such a sweet, thoughtful person. I am so sorry to hear this 💔

NEVER!

Alllll the tiiiiime

shel silverstein was a prophet

🤓Do students take context into account when planning how to study?

We examine how students plan their use of cognitive vs. motivational learning strategies, and whether they take learning context into account. They do, but mainly for cognitive strategies.

Ideas for improving California’s school funding formula come with billion-dollar costs; here’s why A new report by the Public Policy Institute of California estimates the cost of various reforms to California's education funding formula.

Ideas for improving California’s school funding formula come with billion-dollar costs; here’s why

edsource.org/2025/califor...

Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
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a basketball game is being played in front of a crowd with the words go ny go ny go !!! ALT: a basketball game is being played in front of a crowd with the words go ny go ny go !!!

1 DOWN!

1 TO GO!

Great warmup exercise!

We still got our eyes on the big prize!

But that’s later though!

For now…

CUE THE MUSIC!!!

This is actually quite enraging. People say anything in the internet

Honored to be included in this list! Our study (with @damcotto.bsky.social) examined how students ("capable problem solvers") may benefit from using scratch paper because they are able to offload information from their working memory and reintegrate it later.

A New Publicly Engaged Research Pathway to Tenure (opinion) Recognizing the societal impact of research in the tenure and promotion process is important for restoring public trust in universities.

Public-focusing science is a critical part of what we do as researchers. Whether that's science writing, engaging with policymakers & practitioners, these feed back into our work. My grandfather used to say to not forget to talk to people outside of academia. And I think that's stuck with me.

People sitting around a long rectangular table smiling toward the camera.

Closed out another great year with the lab 🥳 Lab lunch 🍜 Grateful that I get to work with many brilliant minds everyday @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

A festive flyer for a toy drive features toy blocks, a wooden horse, and a toy truck. It lists gift drop-off dates, address, an online link, and a giveaway event, with "Holiday Season" and "Another World" in bright text.

I'm co-organizing a toy drive. If you can donate, thank you. If you can share with others, thank you.

Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK

Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG

Yup 🫠

Wow. I’m so so sorry, Paulette 😔

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

“Opponents have also long argued that they are designed around Danish cultural norms and point out they are administered in Danish, rather than Kalaallisut, the mother tongue of most Greenlanders.

This can lead to misunderstandings, they say”

"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe