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Chief research officer, associate provost, archaeologist, homebrewer, music aficionado, occasional drummer, Halloween fanatic

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IU was intellectual powerhouse, my time there during grad school was among the most enriching experiences I have ever had. This will destroy it. And once these things are destroyed they are not likely to come back.

25.04.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.

This…
theconversation.com/universities...

24.04.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.02.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay.

They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence!
Mustard on the [Be][At] bro.

Happy Black History Month!

21.02.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1754    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 22
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Silver Bulletin pollster ratings, 2025 update All the numbers for every pollster, fully updated after 2024.

Silver Bulletin pollster ratings, 2025 update www.natesilver.net/p/pollster-r...

Great to see UNF's pollster rated so highly!

18.02.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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This hurts...

14.02.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.

BREAKING

On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders

On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

12.02.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 26349    πŸ” 7803    πŸ’¬ 364    πŸ“Œ 403
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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 β€œgrants” 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.

β€œPausing” grants means people don’t eat.

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