Becky Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is facing consolidation due to a proposed 55% budget cut for the 2026 fiscal year. Merging specialized areas will compromise expertise, peer-review quality, and transparency. The purpose of a smaller NSF is to make it more vulnerable to political influence.

I will say Soup had to be completely sedated last month and that was super super scary for me as a helicopter dog mom but he’s doing well ❤️

I lot of my friends had babies and I held them but I won’t post them here so here’s pics of MY baby instead

Protested because everything sucks ass

Stephen and I celebrated 7 years together in March ❤️

Here’s a couple things this app has missed. I went to Hawaii for work in February and got Soup this Hawaiian shirt.

Pope Prosecco VI

Did AI kill your job? If so, I want to hear about it. Send your story to AIKilledMyJob@pm.me

Did AI kill your job? If so, I want to hear about it.

The response to my story on the AI jobs crisis has been overwhelming. I heard from so many people impacted by AI that it made me want to collect and organize these stories to better understand the phenomenon.

Share yours at: AIKilledMyJob@pm.me

I haven’t been here in awhile. Everything in the DC area is depressing.

Who knew the Pierce Brosnan Bond movies were so bad

I have a flight to Hawaii next week. I know what I’m downloading!

If you wish ACS to sign onto the (linked within) letter being organized by the American Psychological Association, emailing comments@acs.org with your comments plus member number is likely the best start for action.

#chemsky 🧪⚗️

I called them stupid mistakes because I always felt stupid. Hope this helps.

(Jk)

My biggest issue was simple math! I felt like I was rushing during tests because of my anxiety. I think helping a student work through the problem slowly or work through it again without a time constraint helps.

Government jobs are jobs. Pass it on please

These are our James Bond rankings so far. About to watch Tomorrow Never Dies (Pierce Brosnan). What are your thoughts? Who’s your favorite Bond?

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Haynes Group!

Here's a TEM image of gold nanorods surrounded by mesoporous silica nanoparticles by Haynes Alumni!

Card made by Timmy Nguyen!

#UMNProud #UMNDriven #HaynesGroup #ChemistryofLove

I think it’s pride and prejudice that I can recall but I feel like brain just knows she’s famous and that’s it

I know Judi Dench. But I can’t name a single movie she’s been in besides the James Bond movies. What is she in?

Landed in El Paso and saw ICE detain someone outside of the airport. Chinga la pinche migra.

The world is so depressing right now.

For decades, NSF broader impacts have been explicit that a target goal is increasing participation in STEM fields. I don't think I have ever read a proposal that does not include any of these flagged terms. Nearly every grant will fail in the decision tree later in the thread.🧪⚛️

I knew something was wrong when I was at day 5 of being sick and I was getting WORSE. I was too far along to get tamaflu but apparently I had an ear infection too so I had antibiotics. I was sick for like two weeks. But I’m so much better! Trying to shake the cough!!!

As an update, he’s a horrible nurse because he smacks me in the head if I sleep too long. But I’m alive and well now!!!

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I’ve been sick with the flu for over a week and I’m so over being sick

jerry from tom and jerry is running away from a cat and says bro what ? ALT: jerry from tom and jerry is running away from a cat and says bro what ?

Also James Bond just looked at a badly made chemical structure and said AH YES it’s the chemical structure of a plant

Stephen asked me a question about lasers and I sat there for a second because I was a fake spectroscopist once and I thought I knew the answer but I didn’t wanna get it wrong 😬

I’m actually dead right now 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That’s not bad! I go to Edgewood for work sometimes so that’s a perfect opportunity for dinner and drinks!

Omg yes!! Where in MD are you?