Amanda B Braley
@amandabbraley.bsky.social
Nana, birder, and walker of dogs. Equity focused STEM educator, program manager, and activist. Newish to Portland, OR. PNW for a while.
Taught Lucas how to count crowds yesterday. Start with a group of five. Then make it 10. Then make it 25. Now make a group of 100. How many 100s do you see here? We both came up with between 8,000-9,000 in Beaverton, OR on 6/14/2025.
June 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Taught Lucas how to count crowds yesterday. Start with a group of five. Then make it 10. Then make it 25. Now make a group of 100. How many 100s do you see here? We both came up with between 8,000-9,000 in Beaverton, OR on 6/14/2025.
This article covers just one of many invaluable STEM pathway programs at OHSU succumbing to capricious, shortsighted federal edicts.
The National Institutes of Health has eliminated grants for training programs that help young scientists from underrepresented communities get ahead in their careers. Advocates of these programs say it will mean losing out on future leaders and scientific advancement.
Federal cuts narrow career pipeline for budding science researchers in Oregon
The National Institutes of Health has eliminated grants for training programs that help young scientists from underrepresented communities get ahead in their careers. Advocates of these programs say these terminations will mean losing out on future leaders and scientific advancement.
www.opb.org
June 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This article covers just one of many invaluable STEM pathway programs at OHSU succumbing to capricious, shortsighted federal edicts.
While not reflected by current and proposed federal science grant spending…
9 out of 10 people believed federal investment in stem education is important for future economic prosperity.
This is good!
If you want to dig into these results more, you can do that here www.astc.org/astc-news-an...
This is good!
If you want to dig into these results more, you can do that here www.astc.org/astc-news-an...
New ASTC survey shows gaps between public support for science and understanding of how science is impacted by federal actions - Association of Science and Technology Centers
New data from the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) reveal that while adults in the United States value science in their daily lives, it is unclear the extent to which they associat...
www.astc.org
June 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
While not reflected by current and proposed federal science grant spending…
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We're seeking diverse perspectives for our #oSTEM2025 conference panels!
Join us in Baltimore to discuss: medical education & healthcare; career transitions; science & advocacy; environmental justice; mental health; and faith & identity.
Apply through July 11: bit.ly/oSTEM-2025-panels
Join us in Baltimore to discuss: medical education & healthcare; career transitions; science & advocacy; environmental justice; mental health; and faith & identity.
Apply through July 11: bit.ly/oSTEM-2025-panels
June 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We're seeking diverse perspectives for our #oSTEM2025 conference panels!
Join us in Baltimore to discuss: medical education & healthcare; career transitions; science & advocacy; environmental justice; mental health; and faith & identity.
Apply through July 11: bit.ly/oSTEM-2025-panels
Join us in Baltimore to discuss: medical education & healthcare; career transitions; science & advocacy; environmental justice; mental health; and faith & identity.
Apply through July 11: bit.ly/oSTEM-2025-panels
This has to be a joke, right?
Brilliant idea! Next they’ll invent seatbelts and call them “freedom straps.”
May 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This has to be a joke, right?
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📣 Workshop deadline extended! Submit your BIOME 2025 proposal by May 16. Posters, WIPs, discussion leaders & participant apps still open! Theme: Catalysts for Change Event: July 21–23 Apply now: qubeshub.org/community/gr...
#BIOME2025 #STEMMeducation #FacultyDevelopment
#BIOME2025 #STEMMeducation #FacultyDevelopment
QUBES - 2025 BIOME
QUBES Hub - The Power of Biology, Math, and Community
qubeshub.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 Workshop deadline extended! Submit your BIOME 2025 proposal by May 16. Posters, WIPs, discussion leaders & participant apps still open! Theme: Catalysts for Change Event: July 21–23 Apply now: qubeshub.org/community/gr...
#BIOME2025 #STEMMeducation #FacultyDevelopment
#BIOME2025 #STEMMeducation #FacultyDevelopment
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55 years ago today, 4 students at Kent State University were killed for protesting the Vietnam war.
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Knox Schroeder, 19
We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Knox Schroeder, 19
We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.
May 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
55 years ago today, 4 students at Kent State University were killed for protesting the Vietnam war.
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Knox Schroeder, 19
We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Knox Schroeder, 19
We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.
“There is incredible work going on. This is not it."
People who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century
www.statnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“There is incredible work going on. This is not it."
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“The difference here is that there are ethical challenges in enrolling patients into a placebo group when an effective vaccine exists, potentially putting them at harm from a preventable illness,”- Dr. Reshma Ramachandran
@reshmagar.bsky.social
Read more:
insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/h...
@reshmagar.bsky.social
Read more:
insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/h...
May 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“The difference here is that there are ethical challenges in enrolling patients into a placebo group when an effective vaccine exists, potentially putting them at harm from a preventable illness,”- Dr. Reshma Ramachandran
@reshmagar.bsky.social
Read more:
insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/h...
@reshmagar.bsky.social
Read more:
insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/h...
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It's Fustilarian Friday, so today NSF is announcing that they, too, are slashing overhead rates to 15%.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
www.nsf.gov
May 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's Fustilarian Friday, so today NSF is announcing that they, too, are slashing overhead rates to 15%.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
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The plan is to break the parks, claim they must be privatized, take them from the American people and give them to their friends.
Update: the Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Park System by $900 million, about one third of its budget.
Please read/share if you love your national parks!
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.
They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.
They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
May 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The plan is to break the parks, claim they must be privatized, take them from the American people and give them to their friends.
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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Seems a bit at odds with the mission statement. www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Seems a bit at odds with the mission statement. www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
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🧵Measles isn’t the only vaccine-preventable disease making a comeback.
Whooping cough is surging.
Let’s talk about what’s happening and how you can stay safe. Keep reading 👇🧵
Whooping cough is surging.
Let’s talk about what’s happening and how you can stay safe. Keep reading 👇🧵
'Fighting to breathe': Whooping cough surges as vaccination rate falters
There have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to CDC data.
www.nbcnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🧵Measles isn’t the only vaccine-preventable disease making a comeback.
Whooping cough is surging.
Let’s talk about what’s happening and how you can stay safe. Keep reading 👇🧵
Whooping cough is surging.
Let’s talk about what’s happening and how you can stay safe. Keep reading 👇🧵
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#USDA reports that another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd has been detected in Arizona, the state's third.
The cumulative national total is 1,032 herds in 17 states.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
The cumulative national total is 1,032 herds in 17 states.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
April 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#USDA reports that another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd has been detected in Arizona, the state's third.
The cumulative national total is 1,032 herds in 17 states.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
The cumulative national total is 1,032 herds in 17 states.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Democratic-led congressional committees and left-wing think tanks reference research papers more often than their right-wing counterparts.
https://go.nature.com/4jIVQtf
https://go.nature.com/4jIVQtf
How Democrats and Republicans cite science: study reveals stark differences
Democratic-led congressional committees and left-wing think tanks reference research papers more often than their right-wing counterparts.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Democratic-led congressional committees and left-wing think tanks reference research papers more often than their right-wing counterparts.
https://go.nature.com/4jIVQtf
https://go.nature.com/4jIVQtf
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Join our Region F Coordinator team! Support LGBTQ+ STEM across the West Coast in this 2-4 hour/week remote role. You'll connect with chapters, organize events, and guide development.
Apply now at www.ostem.org
Apply now at www.ostem.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Join our Region F Coordinator team! Support LGBTQ+ STEM across the West Coast in this 2-4 hour/week remote role. You'll connect with chapters, organize events, and guide development.
Apply now at www.ostem.org
Apply now at www.ostem.org
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URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
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Can confirm that our IMLS docs were removed after our grant was terminated. The whole awardee search functionality disappeared. Mess
URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
April 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Can confirm that our IMLS docs were removed after our grant was terminated. The whole awardee search functionality disappeared. Mess
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US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18.
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18.
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
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So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
April 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
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Let me be clear: Trump's tariffs are a TAX that the American people will pay on everything they buy.
Trump's tariffs are pushing us toward a painful recession.
Don't forget: Republicans joined Trump last week to cheer and clap for his tariffs.
Trump's tariffs are pushing us toward a painful recession.
Don't forget: Republicans joined Trump last week to cheer and clap for his tariffs.
April 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Let me be clear: Trump's tariffs are a TAX that the American people will pay on everything they buy.
Trump's tariffs are pushing us toward a painful recession.
Don't forget: Republicans joined Trump last week to cheer and clap for his tariffs.
Trump's tariffs are pushing us toward a painful recession.
Don't forget: Republicans joined Trump last week to cheer and clap for his tariffs.
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An issue regarding NIH is that program officers & grant officials were RIF'ed so they can't respond to routine communications about grants admin - like $ not yet transferred- which means they can't send $, which means they are selectively & with no strategy, cutting grants that they haven't “cut.”
April 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
An issue regarding NIH is that program officers & grant officials were RIF'ed so they can't respond to routine communications about grants admin - like $ not yet transferred- which means they can't send $, which means they are selectively & with no strategy, cutting grants that they haven't “cut.”