Jonathan Økstad, PhD

Senate panel raises hopes that NSF will restore killed grants Republicans promise to work with Democrats to salvage defeated amendment

🧪Have a terminated NSF grant? Or been impacted by such a termination? Call your Senators, esp if they're Repub!!

An amendment to restore killed NSF grants will later be debated on the *full Senate* floor, after it narrowly failed in committee today.

🧵 Brief thread 1/4

Celebrating 2 years at @nu-bsa.bsky.social this week. Grateful for a smart, supportive team and the opportunity to do meaningful work—even when higher ed feels more uncertain than ever. Here's to pushing research forward. 💜 #WorkAnniversary #HigherEd #Research

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies

Extremely disappointing. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

📢 URGENT: Congress is currently debating budget and tax legislation that will have significant, negative impacts on the future of higher education.

Join GADE and our partners urging Congress to save Grad PLUS loans and restructure accountability frameworks: www.gadesocialwork.org/article_cont...

Grateful for the opportunity to present with my @nu-bsa.bsky.social team at the NCURA Region IV Meeting this week about advancements we've made to streamline workflows in research administration to support faculty development.

Press release

New: The administration—through DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA—says it has canceled ~$400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University.

U.S. Department of Education Launches “End DEI” Portal The U.S. Department of Education launched EndDEI.Ed.Gov, a public portal for parents, students, teachers, and the broader community to submit reports of discrimination based on race or sex in publicly...

You've gotta be kidding me. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid federal research funding cuts Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs — a decision faculty members say will force them to rescind offers from newly-accepted students.

Very disappointing to see the effect of the current administration's decisions affecting graduate education and it's longterm affect on research. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Federal employees received a "what did you do last week?" email from Musk and his team, which is insane. They are public servants who keep our nation safe, families healthy, and economy running. These brazen efforts to gut the workforce will have a profound impact across the country. Here’s how: 🧵

I’m so behind on my Good Reads reading goal for 2025. I’ve only finished a few books and February is almost over! Good book recommendations are always welcome. (Sucker for an interesting memoir or nonfiction! Or realistic fiction too.)

Happy V-Day from my little troublemaker!

Cold WFH days are tough when you have a lazy coworker like this. 🥰 #StevieTheWeenie

Hmmmm 🤔

🚨 Breaking News | Major Error Skewed Freshmen Enrollment Data

Freshmen enrollment did not decline this fall, as previously reported in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s annual enrollment report in October. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky #BreakingNews bit.ly/4heePKl

Well, I’ve been on here lurking for a few months. I figure now is the time for my first post so I can start posting my rambling and random thoughts. 🙄