Paulyn Cartwright

All hands on deck. I don't know how to get this across to the majority on SCOTUS, but speaking up now is critical. They do read newspapers I assume.

Yep!

Invertebrate paleontologists to improve how data is used in their discipline Click for more on conclave of paleontologists, data scientists and publishers at KU

Very excited to be hosting this workshop with Natalia Lopez Carranza at the @kunhm.bsky.social on #paleontology publications and data: biodiversity.ku.edu/news/article...

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

it's another purge: www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Terminated NIH grants are being reinstated almost entirely in blue states Researchers in Democratic congressional districts stand to have $2.1 billion in NIH grants reinstated, compared to $62 million in Republican districts.

Terminated NIH grants are being reinstated almost entirely in blue states www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/n... via @statnews.com

The implications of living and working in a red state just got a lot more frightening. In Kansas, our constitutional rights are now under the discretion of Kobach et al.

Cover of Harvard magazine showing boxing gloves

I’m not seeing evidence of backing down.

what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.

Reading over what has been cancelled will make you sick. So much work to achieve funding for these projects and training grants, and so much work put into them already.

I'm excited for you and for whatever new adventures await. Wherever you go, you always make such a positive impact and I have no doubt this will continue. Thank you for your service and for your unwavering dedication to making science a better space for all of us.

Excited to participate in the non-bilaterian symposium at #PASEDB2025.

Stay tuned. More to come.

Judge Young ruled narrowly today since he did not have time to justify broader rulings. But I don't think he has any uncertainty about where the law and justice fall on these cases.

This is incredible! But what does it mean for us that had NIH grants terminated? What about red states?

Very excited to have this paper with Luke Strotz out in 50th Anniversary of #punctuatedequilibria issue of the journal Paleobiology @paleosoc.bsky.social #macroevolution #paleontology #palaeontology @nilese.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/pab....

MBL Awards Whitman Center Fellowships to 24 Outstanding Investigators | Marine Biological Laboratory

Honored to be awarded the Whitman Fellowship and can't wait to be in my element this Fall @mblscience.bsky.social .

Meet @stoilovamarina.bsky.social
(eeb.ku.edu/people/stoil... )
ICB submitting author
Have you ever seen #jellyfish eyes?
Here we have to two #Cladonema sp. medusae full of orange brine shrimp after feeding. If you look closely at the base of their tentacle bulb, you can see their tiny eye spots.

Nematostella farts through an anus!

a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin in front of a crowd Alt: a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin in front of a crowd of people trying to evacuate the ship

There’s a real rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic vibe going on in academia right now.

Or in other words, ignorant people who say they oppose DEI don't even understand what it means.

KU Biology Students receive Spring 2025 Scholarships and Awards The Undergraduate Biology Program awarded nearly $35,000 in awards and scholarships to students in Spring 2025.

Congrats to MARC scholars, Anjali, Maya, Mollie and Lou, for receiving scholarships and research awards from @kubiology.bsky.social . While nothing can replace MARC, kudos to these resilient scholars who continue to pursue opportunities for research.

biology.ku.edu/news/article...

Thinking of the undergraduates that just learned that their dreams have been crushed by last Fridays NSF terminations of LSAMP awards. This plus the cancellation of MARC, URISE etc. is tragic for all the talented students aspiring to become scientists and a real setback for the future of science.

I just sent in mine :) Although I think it was a day late. Sorry :(

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

🚨🚨🚨🚨 NOT A FUCKING DRILL!!!

NSF just announced slashing its indirect rate down to 15%, using the same previous fuckery at NIH.

Applies to new awards made to institutions of higher education on or after May 5 or after.

Demand to talk with your rep about reversing these cuts!!

Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy “I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

...orders from the White House to accept a 55% cut to the agency’s $9 billion budget next year and fire half its 1700-person staff may have been the final straws...

Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Harvard University Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

Every single research university needs to have a homepage like Harvard's. This is fantastic messaging. www.harvard.edu

Students in defunded Haskell, KU programs prepare to present their research projects Student researchers in programs at Haskell and KU have been hard at work preparing for the yearly symposium that showcases their work. It's coming up Thursday — a week to the day after the program dir...

One of our MARC scholars shares her thoughts on NIH cancelling her funding.

Students in defunded Haskell, KU programs prepare to present their research projects lawrencekstimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

Paraphrasing an email from NIH that we received today:

Hey you know that termination email I sent a few days ago that said you have 10 days to wrap things up? JK. You actually have four months. Or maybe sooner. Who knows? LOL

The NIH-funded Haskell-KU Bridges Program was terminated. It was one of the longest running programs of its kind, placing >130 Native American students into STEM labs over the last ~25 years. So many alums spoke of this program as being the entry point to their interest, and later, careers in STEM.

I got my start on student programs as the 1st KU-HINU Bridge program coordinator in 1998.

Sad for the students and staff who built up these amazing programs.