Shelia Cotten

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

People in local communities don't see how science impacts them. We must communicate how science impacts everyone. These cuts will be catastrophic. The US will lag behind other nations in scientific discoveries that save lives and positively impact people in the US. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to top universities Universities whose NIH funding has been frozen may face further strain as the agency holds off awarding new grants to at least a half dozen of them, according to an internal email.

STAT story about freezing all payments to Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Northwestern, Cornell, and Cornell-Weill Medicine.

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Hi Kate-- I'm really sorry to hear this. If NIH terminations are any guide, we expect NSF terminations to be chaotic, so we're trying to track them and organize the information. If don't mind, please have your team enter their grants here:

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And please spread the word.

It just keeps coming…

Sorry to hear this news! Such a strong proponent for public sociology.

Are you funded by #NIH, #NSF or #CDC? Please post any letters or communications you’ve received from these agencies or HHS about restrictions on grant funding, publications etc. I want to catalog all of them for the record. #medsky #episky

Thankful for groups working to save 1000s of datasets!

Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!

If you’re one of the millions of users who are new to Bluesky, you may find this blog useful. 🦋

Useful information to share.

A picture I took years ago but it still brings me joy when I see it!

Good advice…

Click on the link in the original message and it will show you who is in it. Then you can select to follow all or pick the ones you want to follow.

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Sociologist: It depends…I need more data

ACTIONING SUMMIT 3: AI ACTIONING SUMMIT - Columbia GSAPP David Benjamin (GSAPP, The Living) Lydia Chilton (Columbia Engineering) Seth Cluett (Columbia Computer Music Center) Nikhil Garg (Cornell Tech) Moderator: Mark Hansen (Brown Institute for Media In...

The recording of the AI Summit I organized is now online. Scroll down for the recordings of the 4 panels: #HumanAI, #LocalAI, #SpatialAI, #UrbanAI and #PlanetaryAI. @katecrawford.bsky.social and I are in conversation on the Planetary part. Many excellent talks.
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Welcome to bluesky! I’m still learning my way around it but enjoying it thus far.

Pinball wizards and wannabes, this photoessay is for you! New from Ryan Banfi (NYU Tisch School):
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Really enjoying the great starter packs that people are sharing!

Good morning Bluesky! Good morning World! 💕
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Several co-authors and I wrote a couple of articles like this when we were all assistant professors. One was published by The American Sociological Association and another by American Sociologist. We focused on sociology. Glad to see someone doing a recent version!!

I’m AVP for Research Development. My team and I work with faculty to help strengthen proposal development, find collaborators, and provide training programs for strengthening research and grant proposals. The next two years in particular are going to be ‘interesting’…

Apply now for the 2025 MSRNE summer internship in sociotechnical systems Microsoft Research New England is looking for advanced Ph.D. students who are bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time, to apply for our summer internship. They w…

We are seeking advanced PhD students for a well-paid and nurturing research internship on topics that we can meaningfully mentor. Apps due Dec 6 socialmediacollective.org/2024/11/01/2...

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What’s your best advice for finding all the people I’m connected with via other platforms? Thanks!