Judy Bass, PhD MPH

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I believe New Year's Resolutions should be about making the world a little brighter around you. I do research on student motivation, and I put that knowledge into practice as a professor. Here are 5 suggestions for New Year's Resolutions for faculty to make their students' lives brighter this year.

@angierasmussen.bsky.social is right. Senators did the right thing. But #RussellVought is hell-bent on killing the NIH. He will try every which way to destroy it. We need to focus on him. He is the architect of the attacks on American science. He is a modern-day Visigoth.

We're Never Going to Be the Same, America. But We Can Still Be Beautiful. One day, this will all be over.

So yes, one day the History books will record the inevitable course correction of this season, and it will appear from the distance of time that we recovered, but we who are alive right now will know the truth from this painful proximity.

Painting of the head and naked torso of a beautiful Black man; his head is tilted back and his arms are crossed in a ballet-like pose. One hand is covered in painted flowers.

Jacob Lawrence painting of the revolt on the slave ship Amistad. Colorful and violent image of very stylized Black figures in green wrestling with white figures in blue with curved, mostly vertical lines representing ship ropes adding energy to the scene.

Painting of a green falling woman with no detail inside her outline in front of a crowd of black shadows of people with raised arms against a red background.

Paintingbof and orange man with no detail inside his outline bending over backwards with his arms flung out in front of a crowd of people in black shadow with their arms raised.

Bmore folks: there is an absolutely fantastic art exhibit at the Eubie Blake Jazz Center right now that will blow your mind. It's a group show of Black artists; each work is paired with music selections chosen by local musicians you can hear via headphones.

Three challenges for scientific publishing

Today I had the pleasure to be a panelist in the session 'moving beyond journals' at the @royalsociety.org Future of Scientific Publishing conference.

I argued that scientific publishing is going through a transformation addressing the challenges of openness, curation and meaningful dialogue.

Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism

Really proud of this piece,,, it’s something I’ve never done before and out some really TIME and thought into something real important.

www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

@jeremymberg.bsky.social - have you seen or heard of this documentation yet?

When I hear Trump say ‘in 2 weeks’ for all new things (now TikTok) my mind goes to the wine Trader Joe’s used to sell nicknamed 2-buck Chuck. Now I think of “2-week Don’

Is there an accessible and searchable list of the 900 Grants/subs included in this suit?

In the wake of RFK Jr.’s ACIP shake-up, the medical community is taking matters into its own hands.

Dr. Michael Osterholm’s new Vaccine Integrity Project at CIDRAP aims to fill the void with science-based, nonpartisan guidance. #VaccineIntegrity #PublicHealth

Trump’s parade in D.C. will feature more than 5 million pounds of the government’s machinery.

The No Kings gatherings across America will feature more than 5 million of the country’s people.

What? Some good news on a Friday?

Parent Fellowship Notices of Funding Opportunities are up!

F30, F31, F32, F33

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

On June 14-Flag Day-Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn't staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else. Instead of allowing this birthday parade to be the center of gravity, we will make action everywhere else the story of America that day: people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption. For that reason, NO KINGS is not hosting an event in Washington, D.C. We will instead have a major flagship march and rally in Philadelphia to draw a clear contrast between our people-powered movement and the costly, wasteful, and un-American birthday parade in Washington. You can RSVP for the Philadelphia event here. For participants in the D.C. area, we encourage you to join us in Philadelphia, find a local NO KINGS mobilization in Virginia or Maryland, or join our partners at Free D.C. for DC Joy Day, a community-led event in the District.

This is what the organizers say about DC. Also keep in mind that the goal is to protest *Trump* rather than to protest the Army’s 250th birthday.
www.nokings.org/district

We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

“American institutions and the innovators within them have succeeded based on a contract between the federal government and U.S. research universities. The result of major funding for research created the country we know today”

www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

"Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million"

In "The Bethesda Declaration," over 300 NIH employees take a big risk to point out flaws in the new administration's actions.

Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l

Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.

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The first American Pope is holding a televised world wide mass in Chicago on the same day as Trump’s parade….

I appreciate the offers from other scientists to help Harvard (students, labs, etc) through this attack, but what would be most helpful is for you to use your position to contact your elected representatives and make it clear this fight isn't just Harvard, it will affect you, and their districts too

A cabinet of dunces In the Trump regime, incompetence is a job requirement.

"The Trump administration’s illegal sabotage of the nation’s government, while hugely destructive, could also prove largely transitory."

Appreciate this look forward from @davidrlurie.bsky.social | h/t @atrupar.com

But we are going 2 need to fight & resist for next 1,338 days (who is counting).

Studies of Breast Cancer and Other Diseases Threatened by New Policy

Great reporting @roniNYTimes on recent NIH foreign sub-awards announcement. The manner of implementation to existing awards and new awards lays bare the real intent to immediately kill international collaborations. @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

"We are aware that many scientists seem to be putting funding and immediate job security ahead of civil liberties and academic autonomy." 🤬

But will they bring back tape decks? :)

Download and distribute our (massive) database of funding opportunities and fellowships for POSTDOCs

Cuts across all fields of research. 293 fellowships with info about deadline, amount, field, eligibility, etc.

Good luck!

Download this database freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)

We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.

Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S. Trauma is a global issue and public health concern. Political decisions may directly impact rates of trauma exposure, be it individual trauma or mass disaster, and guide how we deal with the conseq...

An important contribution by my trauma research colleagues: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....?

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you are from East Lansing - or went to MSU - you’ll know the Botana at El Azteco is the bomb! elazteco.net