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Communications Manager at NORC at the University of Chicago. Ex-Chicago Tribune. Solver of problems and puzzles, cat mom, baseball nerd. Making peace with the oxford comma.

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Don’t forget to leave out beer and hot dogs for Mr. Met tonight because tomorrow’s baseball!

Merry baseball eve! ⚾️

18.03.2025 01:48 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Program Officer, Journalism & Media The Journalism and Media team is responsible for working to strengthen American democracy by informing, engaging, and activating Americans through deep investments in independent journalism and media....

Important job opening. Pass it on!

25.01.2025 21:39 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

I know, right? I need to get it from my mom first because she's taken over making it

26.11.2024 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'd be happy to eat an entire Thanksgiving meal without turkey, but if I had to choose a favorite dish, it would be my late aunt's cornbread stuffing balls.

26.11.2024 17:47 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wrote a story about the (much smaller) Mars Cheese Castle for a j-school class at Marquette and am delighted the business is still in the family.

25.11.2024 23:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Building Cosmic Explorer: Where Science Meets Community | NORC at the University of Chicago NORC is helping select the location of a gravitational-wave observatory so people of diverse backgrounds can live and thrive.

NORC + the University of Arizona teamed up to find home a for Cosmic Explorer, a groundbreaking gravitational-wave observatory.

Find out how we're using General Social Survey data to pick the ideal spot for this deep space research hub and its community.

01.10.2024 17:27 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,033,340!

17.09.2024 20:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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History Teachers Report Little Outside Interference Despite Political Polarization NORC Now | Stories of Insight & Impact

The newest issue of NORC Now just hit inboxes—are you subscribed?
In this issue 👀

— How heated political rhetoric about U.S. history is impacting U.S. history teachers.

— What we learned from evaluating a city-funded preschool program in Tempe, AZ.

Check it out and subscribe today:

21.08.2024 15:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Job Openings | NORC at the University of Chicago

My team @norcatuchicago.bsky.social
is hiring! This external affairs associate position is based in Bethesda/DC. NORC offers great benefits, and the comms team is talented, passionate, and fun to work with.

12.02.2024 22:36 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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