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L’Oréal Funds Research and Mentoring Award for Five Women Scientists | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Five postdoctoral scientists will receive grants of $75,000 to fund their innovative research along with their outreach activities to support young women and girls in STEM.

Congratulations to the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science awardees for 2025! The five postdoctoral scientists will receive grants of $75,000 to fund their innovative research along with their outreach activities to support young women and girls in STEM.

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L'Oréal USA Announces 2025 For Women in Science Awardees, Underscoring Commitment to Advancing Careers in STEM /PRNewswire/ -- Today, L'Oréal USA revealed the 2025 For Women in Science (FWIS) awardees, providing five women postdoctoral scientists grants to advance their...

Proud to share L'Oréal USA’s 2025 For Women in Science awardees — five brilliant women driving discovery & innovation in STEM. Honored to be quoted in the release. 🌍🧪
Read: prn.to/3Xsnila
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Nearly a month into a government shutdown, CSEW Director @travisyork.bsky.social's comments about impacts on research and educational institutions are more relevant than ever. If you haven't read his insights in Inside Higher Ed yet, catch up now:

Thankful for @insidehighered.com's reporting on how the federal government shutdown is hurting the research ecosystem.

The shutdown is more than a budget pause — it delays new grants and strains institutions & innovation.

We need urgency, not inertia.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today – donate at the link below.

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The U.S. government has shut down, and the impacts on STEMM are wide-ranging. CSEW Director @travisyork.bsky.social provides insights on what it means for #HigherEd.

The Federal Government Has Shut Down. Here’s What It Means for Higher Ed. The first shutdown since 2018 could leave the higher-education sector with mounting challenges if prolonged.

Grateful to be featured in the @chronicle.com today. Shutdowns don’t just stall DC—they steal time from science, students, and innovation. #HigherEd must keep showing up for our communities & make STEMM a national priority. 🧪

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All people deserve to be included & contribute to the 🧪STEMM enterprise. Data is key to fair systems allowing America to leverage its rich talent, particularly for Queer & Trans scientists. Thank you @freemanjb.bsky.social & @democracynow.org for demanding public transparency & gov accountability!

2025 HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase Day One Plenary, Thursday, Sept. 25, The promo contains seven headshot photos, each with names and titles underneath. The pictured people are: Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff, STEM program director-AAAS and NSF PI; Dr. Travis York, director, Center for STEM Education and Workforce-AAAS; Dr. Monya Ruffin, deputy divisional director (DRL)-NSF; Ms. Rycal Blount, sample lab technician-Mother Murphy Flavors; Ms. Demetria Gallagher, vice president, higher education innovation ecosystems, Venturewell; Mr. Luke Lawal Jr., founder and CEO-HBCU Buzz; Dr. Mike Brizek, director, higher education ecosystems-Venturewell

Meet our #Maker2025 speakers! The @aaas.org HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase, supported by the National Science Foundation and VentureWell, starts next Thursday! Our opening plenary kicks off with seven members of our community of practice, ready to set the stage for the Maker students & faculty.

Education is the enemy of fascism.

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data.

(Published May)

Louise Boyd was born 138 years ago today. She used her gold mine inheritance to fund a series of scientific expeditions to Greenland in the 1930s to record the varieties of botanical life there, then carried out an extensive ethnographic study of Eastern Europe.

#WomenInSTEM #Botany 🌱🧪

The Golden Goose Award The Golden Goose Award recognizes federally funded, silly sounding research award that has made an impact on our society.

Read more about the awardees here: www.goldengooseaward.org

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🥂✨ Golden Goose night! Celebrating the “odd-sounding” 🧪research that saves lives—like platinum chemo that turned testicular cancer survival from 10% to >90%, and cell-biology breakthroughs powering modern diagnostics. Federally funded basic science delivers. #GoldenGoose #ScienceMatters
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The U.S. has led the #STEMM 🧪R&D & Education enterprise for decades thanks to shared values, international collab, & phil+fed funding. In 2022, we founded @stemmopportunity.bsky.social to jointly realize the change required to build a #workforce to power the future of innovation, science, & society.

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Want a better 🧪STEMM ecosystem? We shape our world, and alignment & connection are essential to achieve great things. Join the @stemmopportunity.bsky.social to connect across the #STEMM education and workforce sectors during #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth and beyond.
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Navy blue card with the text "The STEMM Opportunity Alliance is committed to adding 20 million new STEMM workers to the U.S. economy by 2050. #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth" and the SOA logo at the bottom of the card.

🧪We’re celebrating #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth this September! Join @aaascsew.bsky.social & @stemmopportunity.bsky.social this month to learn more about how STEMM jobs contribute to the U.S. economy and how SOA Partners are connecting education and workforce efforts to achieve great things.
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Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

7/7🧵 |We need data-informed, inclusive strategies that target inequity head-on.

Equal opportunity starts with naming disparities and dismantling barriers—not pretending they don’t exist.

#Equity #Education #Inclusion #EduSky #SciSky @nepc.bsky.social @uscpullias.bsky.social @newamerica.org

6/7🧵 | When we strip away race, gender, or income data, we don’t create fairness—we ignore the track altogether.

“Blind” policies let inequities fester, while those with privilege continue to win.
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5/7🧵 | Children from the top 1% are 77 times more likely to attend an Ivy-Plus college than kids from the bottom 20%.

Opportunity is stratified by wealth. lnkd.in/eArDczHg

4/7🧵 | 📊 Evidence shows the gaps:
And access depends on school demographics too.

Only 52% of schools with high student-of-color populations offer Calculus, vs. 76% of low-diversity schools.

Low-income schools? Just 45% offer Calculus, compared to 87% in wealthy schools. lnkd.in/eArDczHg

3/7🧵 | 📊 Evidence shows the gaps:
In Algebra I, the story repeats:

Black 8th graders = 15% of students, but only 10% in Algebra I.
Latino 8th graders = 25% of students, but only 18% in Algebra I.

Systemic inequity, not “merit,” drives these gaps. lnkd.in/epNKMd6x

2/7🧵 | 📊 Evidence shows the gaps:

Black students = 15% of HS population, but only 9% of AP enrollees.
Latino students = 25% of HS population, but only 21% of AP enrollees.
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1/7🧵Ignoring race, gender & income doesn’t deliver fairness—it deepens inequity. 🚫
Policies that erase demographic data in admissions don’t level the field. They hide barriers and advantage those already holding resources. Check out the evidence below!
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Digital poster for the Just?Tech webinar Finding a home for AI in addressing gender equality and social sustainability. Event on 4 September, 15:00–16:00 CEST. Speakers: Faheem Shah (Jolint Network Analytics), Klaudia Mur (Jolint Network Analytics & Epicz Labs), and Pernilla Alexandersson (Add Gender). Includes registration link to receive the Zoom link by 3 September.

🧪Can AI advance gender equality & inclusion?
Join the Just?Tech webinar Finding a Home for AI in Social Sustainability|4 Sept, 15–16 CEST|Speakers: Faheem Shah, Klaudia Mur & Pernilla Alexandersson
Register by 9/3 👉 forms.office.com/e/8HWqkkKtXg
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What Can Science Philanthropy Do? With federal funding of science in disarray, philanthropy may become an even more important supporter of scientific research.

🧪What Can Science Philanthropy Do? issues.org/science-phil...
Conn et al argue for a strategy to align nongov actors to advance US #STEMMEcosystem - 100% AGREE - @stemmopportunity.bsky.social was created in 2022 & produced the US National STEMM Strategy stemmopportunity.org/national-str... @aaas.org

Innovating for Everyone: Lunch and Inspirational Talk on Gendered Innovation with Prof. Londa Schiebinger, Stanford University | Goto 10 Join us for an inspirational talk followed by a hands-on workshop, and discover how applying intersectional thinking can lead to more inclusive products, services, and business strategies - while unlo...

🧪 Innovation works best when it works for Everyone.

Oct 28 (12:00 CET), join Londa Schiebinger for a short but powerful talk on Gendered Innovations—tools to drive better tech, smarter design, & business opportunities.

Register: www.goto10.se/event/innova...
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🧪TODAY (8/13) 4-5:30 PM ET - Deep Dive into the #FAIRModel for #IndirectCostRates with Kelvin Droegemeier, hosted by @aaas.org!
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Could lithium stave off Alzheimer’s disease? The metal is depleted in brains of people with disease and can reverse memory symptoms in mice, new study shows

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