Christine Duval

“I don’t think people have any idea of how hard it is for trans people. Just listen to their stories. Listen — not tell them. Everyone is unique. Make them feel included because you really don’t know.” - Billie Jean King #NOH8

Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders The federal judge said the federal government can’t force recipients to halt programs that promote DEI or acknowledge the existence of transgender people to receive grant money.

NEW: A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot force grant recipients to halt programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion or acknowledge the existence of transgender people in order to receive federal grant funding.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

two individuals staff a Sewer District recruiting table at a Cleveland PRIDE parade event. closest to the camera, a man stands with the back of his shirt visible. It shows a Sewer District logo and the words "Take PRIDE in the work you do. Be proud of who you are" in white text on light blue fabric.

to our Cleveland friends or weekend visitors, if you are attending Pride in the CLE tomorrow June 7, stop by our booth on Mall B and say hi for career opportunities, customer support, emotional support, etc etc and also take some of our stuff.

Ohio lawmakers are once again ambushing the citizen-initiative process. SB 153 is about power -- and who gets to wield it. The answer must remain: the people.

We oppose this attack on direct democracy.
www.cleveland.com/ne...

DOGE cuts to science will impact Ohio, students • Ohio Capital Journal It isn’t just the DEI or climate-related grants getting the axe from President Trump. Science agencies face up to 55% cuts across the board, tens of billions of dollars. This means Ohio students will…

Commentary: It isn’t just the DEI or climate grants getting the axe from President Trump. Science agencies face up to 55% cuts across the board. This means Ohio students will be denied opportunities for cutting-edge careers given to previous generations buff.ly/rvom6rH

OH SB 1 Petition Higher Education is not a business

Read about the referendum: ohsb1petition.com

Find me in a designated free speech zone on Wednesday and Friday outside of Adelbert Hall! #Cleveland

Sign the petition. Rain or shine!
Wed, May 28, 10 AM - 1 PM
Fri, May 30, 10 AM - 1 PM

Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

My ongoing request:

If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.

NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...

NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...

Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States.

Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.

Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.

My story for @propublica.org

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

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$25k grants for those who:

1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and

2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.

Early-career scholars prioritized

Our Health ROI Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.

www.ourhealthroi.com

Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the National Institutes of Health vs the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2010-2019 How does National Institutes of Health (NIH) investment in pharmaceutical innovation compare with investment by the pharmaceutical industry? In this cross-sectional study of 356 drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration from 2010 to ...

In case you're curious what we might lose:

NIH funding contributed to research for roughly 99 percent of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019, including heart medications.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...

Super-resolution imaging reveals resistance to mass transfer in functionalized stationary phases Nanoscale in situ imaging and chromatography show that chemical separations can be improved by reducing polymers that block pores.

It's finally out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... I'll do a thread soon, but wanted to share Ricardo's paper from @science.org Advances asap. Has some of the coolest images of my career & fun collaborations 🔬

We’re supposed to just take Elon’s word that he’s found “massive” fraud in federal systems he took over? The same guy they found committing fraud on his fellow gamers?

I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Me too!

President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...

It's been an incredibly exciting week! It's surreal to see my name in this cohort of #PECASE awardees. I'm so honored and so proud of our students, postdocs, and collaborators that continue to make this research a reality 🥹

www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

Congratulations to Dr. Lianna Johnson who defended her PhD on Wednesday morning! She marks PhD #4 from our research group and led the charge on our peptide-functionalized adsorbents.

Add me too, please!

New year, new social media platform! I'm trying to fill my timeline with cool science, so let me know that you're out there!

I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶