Caroline B. Heafey
@carolineheafey.bsky.social
Assistant Director @GIHNYU.bsky.social. Doctoral Candidate in English at UMass Amherst.
An Outlier in Irish Politics Has Become the Country’s President www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
An Outlier in Irish Politics Has Become the Country’s President
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November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
An Outlier in Irish Politics Has Become the Country’s President www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
Looking forward to this on December 5 !
Contributors to a collection on @tramppress.bsky.social I’m editing with Tara Harney-Mahajan discuss contemporary Irish fiction & publishing & Tramp's Recovered Voices series @ #IrishStudies Seminar CUNY, Dec 5.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Looking forward to this on December 5 !
We at @gihnyu.bsky.social are hiring! uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/14767/c...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We at @gihnyu.bsky.social are hiring! uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/14767/c...
apnews.com/article/andr... Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani
Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani
Andrew Cuomo’s concession came as the race’s outcome will be decided by a ranked choice count after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
apnews.com/article/andr... Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani
It’s now incumbent on all members of university communities to understand how the funding for institutions of higher ed works. This interview offers some insight into how complex these issues are and some strategies for protecting academic freedoms.
President Trump has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to rid higher education of what he calls its woke ideology. Our reporter spoke to the president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber, who has vowed to fight.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s now incumbent on all members of university communities to understand how the funding for institutions of higher ed works. This interview offers some insight into how complex these issues are and some strategies for protecting academic freedoms.
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We've put together a list of resources on legislative threats to higher ed. Visit the site for tips for NEH grantees, webinar recordings, tool kits, MLA statements, and more. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Resources on Legislative Threats to Higher Education
The MLA is collaborating with other organizations, including PEN America’s Freedom to Learn Network, the ACLS, and the AAUP, to speak out against state and local encroachment on higher education and g...
www.mla.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We've put together a list of resources on legislative threats to higher ed. Visit the site for tips for NEH grantees, webinar recordings, tool kits, MLA statements, and more. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
@barackobama.bsky.social calls on universities to remember that academic freedom might be a little more important than new wings and gymnasiums. 🩵
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WATCH: 'It's up to all of us to fix this,' Obama says about democracy
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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April 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
@barackobama.bsky.social calls on universities to remember that academic freedom might be a little more important than new wings and gymnasiums. 🩵
youtu.be/J48l41l94HQ
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Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
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Happy pub day to @forestissacj.bsky.social, whose new book GOOD TROUBLE tells the story of how the movement for Catholic civil rights in Northern Ireland was inspired and influenced by the civil rights movement in the U.S. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
As world commemorates Selma, Forest Issac Jones traces close links between the civil rights struggles in Derry and US
As the world commemorates the 60th anniversary of the seminal events at Selma a fascinating new study has cast fresh light on the affinities between the Civil Rights struggles in the United States and...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Happy pub day to @forestissacj.bsky.social, whose new book GOOD TROUBLE tells the story of how the movement for Catholic civil rights in Northern Ireland was inspired and influenced by the civil rights movement in the U.S. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
More good news today.
April 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
More good news today.
I’m struck by criticisms of @booker.senate.gov ’s record-breaking speech that it still isn’t “doing anything.” This cynicism, while justified, feels misdirected. I read the intention of the speech as a disruption and an acknowledgement that the Democratic Party is broken and has work to do. (1/3)
April 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’m struck by criticisms of @booker.senate.gov ’s record-breaking speech that it still isn’t “doing anything.” This cynicism, while justified, feels misdirected. I read the intention of the speech as a disruption and an acknowledgement that the Democratic Party is broken and has work to do. (1/3)
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Also? Really classy and thoughtful to thank the pages, door openers, and other staff.
April 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Also? Really classy and thoughtful to thank the pages, door openers, and other staff.
One thing about me is that I love a Democratic filibuster.
April 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One thing about me is that I love a Democratic filibuster.
1 AM #Filibuster Cory Booker: “You cannot lead the people, if you don’t love the people.” @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
1 AM #Filibuster Cory Booker: “You cannot lead the people, if you don’t love the people.” @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
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This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai.
abcnews.go.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
this will be excellent!
Please join @costelkh.bsky.social, @cookiegoth.bsky.social, Paige Reynolds, and me for an online conversation about Irish Women Writers hosted by Celtic Junction in St. Paul MN on 16 April at 18:30 CST celticjunction.org/event/her-ow...
Her Own Future: A Roundtable Discussion of Women Writers
Her Own Future, a compelling online roundtable discussion exploring the voices, narratives, and evolving roles of Irish women writers.
celticjunction.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
this will be excellent!
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This is also true for womens/gender studies programs and student spaces like LGBTQ+ resource centers which arrived via not just scholarship but mass movements. While many programs and centers feel institutionalized now, attacks need to be historicized as attacks on the movements that birthed them.
March 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is also true for womens/gender studies programs and student spaces like LGBTQ+ resource centers which arrived via not just scholarship but mass movements. While many programs and centers feel institutionalized now, attacks need to be historicized as attacks on the movements that birthed them.
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For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
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Foreign students pay full tuition so that universities can give financial aid to students from the US.
"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
www.politico.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Foreign students pay full tuition so that universities can give financial aid to students from the US.
This is some dystopian capitalism.
DoorDash and Klarna have signed a deal where customers can choose to pay for food deliveries in interest-free installments or deferred options aligned with payday schedules.
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is some dystopian capitalism.
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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
www.cnn.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell
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This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
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The assault on First Amendment rights being jointly committed by the federal government & Columbia University are an attack on all workers who dare to protest, speak out, or exercise their freedom of association under the US Constitution.
uaw.org/in-shocking-...
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In Shocking Move, Columbia University Fires Union President One Day Before Contract Negotiations Begin, in Further Crackdown on Free Speech - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implem...
In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers.
uaw.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The assault on First Amendment rights being jointly committed by the federal government & Columbia University are an attack on all workers who dare to protest, speak out, or exercise their freedom of association under the US Constitution.
uaw.org/in-shocking-...
uaw.org/in-shocking-...