Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP)
@cornellasap.bsky.social
A #Cornell #GradStudent org that connects students, postdocs, and other members of the Cornell community with #SciencePolicy on and off campus.
#SciPolCareers #SciComm #SciPol #ASAP https://blogs.cornell.edu/asap/
#SciPolCareers #SciComm #SciPol #ASAP https://blogs.cornell.edu/asap/
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Major update to #SCIMaP visualization of impacts of cuts to federally supported health research. Map now includes information on future economic losses (impact of proposed reduction of NIH IDC to 15%) and current economic losses (impact of terminated NIH grants).
scienceimpacts.org
scienceimpacts.org
Scientists, let's share our work with the public, so they can know how our work benefits their everyday health and wealth. Share your research & story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm #DefendResearch
Sign up & learn more: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Sign up & learn more: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
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Thanks to all who came out to discuss impacts of federal cuts to science, our work via scienceimpacts.org, and how to constructively speak out with grassroots initiatives:
@standupforscience.bsky.social, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
Impact Project
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@standupforscience.bsky.social, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
Impact Project
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For those in/around College Park, MD come on over to Ledo Pizza, 4509 Knox Rd, next Tuesday 11/18, 6pm+ for Science on Tap, where I will share a talk and dialogue on:
"Science Matters: Confronting the Impacts of Federal Cuts to Research on Communities Nationwide"
science.umd.edu/events/scien...
"Science Matters: Confronting the Impacts of Federal Cuts to Research on Communities Nationwide"
science.umd.edu/events/scien...
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Thanks to all who came out to discuss impacts of federal cuts to science, our work via scienceimpacts.org, and how to constructively speak out with grassroots initiatives:
@standupforscience.bsky.social, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
Impact Project
+ more
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@standupforscience.bsky.social, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
Impact Project
+ more
a 🧵
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I've written a comprehensive report on plutonium pit production - including a critical look at the history, the risks and costs, and the science of Pu aging. Short story: new pits are unnecessary, dangerous, and expensive and alternatives provide a safer future. Please read and circulate! #NukeSky
Plutonium Pit Production
The US plan to build new plutonium pits for nuclear weapons is unnecessary, risky, and dangerous to the health of workers and communities.
www.ucs.org
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I've written a comprehensive report on plutonium pit production - including a critical look at the history, the risks and costs, and the science of Pu aging. Short story: new pits are unnecessary, dangerous, and expensive and alternatives provide a safer future. Please read and circulate! #NukeSky
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Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
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With the population aging, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation is creating programs to ensure every older person lives with purpose, fulfilment, and dignity. Discover CABHI’s AgeTech Insights—your hub for market intelligence to inform science, policy and innovation in Canada: bit.ly/4fvFS45
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
With the population aging, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation is creating programs to ensure every older person lives with purpose, fulfilment, and dignity. Discover CABHI’s AgeTech Insights—your hub for market intelligence to inform science, policy and innovation in Canada: bit.ly/4fvFS45
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Jonas E. Salk, born #OTD, developed the first safe and effective vaccination against poliomyelitis. 🧪
Salk polio vaccine - Lasker Foundation
Explore All 1956 Winners & Awards > Jonas E. Salk University of Pittsburgh For developing a safe and effective injectable vaccine against poliomyelitis The development of a safe and effective…
laskerfoundation.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jonas E. Salk, born #OTD, developed the first safe and effective vaccination against poliomyelitis. 🧪
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Read about what the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy has been up to and how we support early-career scientists in policy advocacy and community engagement efforts!
Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
Inform & Influence 51 Guest Writer: Oh, SNAP! Getting Early-Career Scientists to Engage with Policy and Community. | Deborah D. Stine
Hello Newsletter Readers,
Exciting news! While I am off on my trip to Southern Africa, I asked several organizations to talk about their activities in science and technology policy through my newslet...
www.linkedin.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Read about what the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy has been up to and how we support early-career scientists in policy advocacy and community engagement efforts!
@bdavisbio.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social
Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
Inform & Influence 51 Guest Writer: Oh, SNAP! Getting Early-Career Scientists to Engage with Policy and Community. | Deborah D. Stine
Hello Newsletter Readers,
Exciting news! While I am off on my trip to Southern Africa, I asked several organizations to talk about their activities in science and technology policy through my newslet...
www.linkedin.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
Inform & Influence 51 Guest Writer: Oh, SNAP! Getting Early-Career Scientists to Engage with Policy and Community. | Deborah D. Stine
Hello Newsletter Readers,
Exciting news! While I am off on my trip to Southern Africa, I asked several organizations to talk about their activities in science and technology policy through my newslet...
www.linkedin.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
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Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" is unconstitutional and should be universally rejected by colleges and universities.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
A Brief Legal Analysis of the Department of Education’s Proposed Compact for Higher Education
knightcolumbia.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" is unconstitutional and should be universally rejected by colleges and universities.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
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More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Please call your state's elected officials!
Please call your state's elected officials!
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Please call your state's elected officials!
Please call your state's elected officials!
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FYI, the closing date for submitting comments on the US Dept. of Eds plans to prioritize "patriotic education" in its discretionary grant programs is this Friday, Oct. 17. The @historians.org has an excellent resource to help folks weigh in! www.historians.org/news/action-... #Education #Censorship
Action Alert: Submit Comments on Proposed Patriotic Education Funding Priority
The American Historical Association (AHA), National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and Organization of American Historians (OAH) jointly encourage our members and other supporters of a full ac...
www.historians.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
FYI, the closing date for submitting comments on the US Dept. of Eds plans to prioritize "patriotic education" in its discretionary grant programs is this Friday, Oct. 17. The @historians.org has an excellent resource to help folks weigh in! www.historians.org/news/action-... #Education #Censorship
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Plant, Baby, Plant is a new grassroots movement started by Robin Wall Kimmerer "to care for the Earth in the garden and in the streets." "...we will counter the forces of destruction with creative resistance in support of life." plantbabyplant.com
Plant, Baby, Plant - Robin Kimmerer - A Call to Action
Join a new grassroots climate movement centering nature-based solutions and ecosystem restoration. Heal land, build community, grow power!
plantbabyplant.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Plant, Baby, Plant is a new grassroots movement started by Robin Wall Kimmerer "to care for the Earth in the garden and in the streets." "...we will counter the forces of destruction with creative resistance in support of life." plantbabyplant.com
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Please repost and share this flyer with any STEM undergrads in mentorship programs that you know! This work important to better understanding the role of mentorship in professional development.
Undergrads sign up here: go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...
@kassstem.bsky.social #STEMeducation #mentorship
Undergrads sign up here: go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...
@kassstem.bsky.social #STEMeducation #mentorship
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Please repost and share this flyer with any STEM undergrads in mentorship programs that you know! This work important to better understanding the role of mentorship in professional development.
Undergrads sign up here: go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...
@kassstem.bsky.social #STEMeducation #mentorship
Undergrads sign up here: go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...
@kassstem.bsky.social #STEMeducation #mentorship
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Fellowship in action | 9 Oct. 2025
This could be you. Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS fellowship. Deadline: Oct. 31
Info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellows on fellowship in their own words in a suite of short videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
This could be you. Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS fellowship. Deadline: Oct. 31
Info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellows on fellowship in their own words in a suite of short videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fellowship in action | 9 Oct. 2025
This could be you. Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS fellowship. Deadline: Oct. 31
Info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellows on fellowship in their own words in a suite of short videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
This could be you. Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS fellowship. Deadline: Oct. 31
Info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellows on fellowship in their own words in a suite of short videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
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Trump admin plans to RIF 1100-1200 HHS employees according to court filing
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump admin plans to RIF 1100-1200 HHS employees according to court filing
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What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
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At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…
www.sfpublicpress.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
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Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.
What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…
www.sfpublicpress.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.
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Six of nine Nobel Laureates so far this year have been American based, half of whom immigrated to the US. Four have ties to University of California.
Prof Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents who could barely read and write. He immigrated to the US as a 15 year old.
Prof Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents who could barely read and write. He immigrated to the US as a 15 year old.
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Six of nine Nobel Laureates so far this year have been American based, half of whom immigrated to the US. Four have ties to University of California.
Prof Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents who could barely read and write. He immigrated to the US as a 15 year old.
Prof Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents who could barely read and write. He immigrated to the US as a 15 year old.
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The prize is shared by Susumu Kitigawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Omar Yaghi of UC Berkeley
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The prize is shared by Susumu Kitigawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Omar Yaghi of UC Berkeley
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Today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for the discovery and stabilization of metal-organic frameworks, stable networks of metal ions and carbon (organic) molecules
Applications of these porous compounds include catalysis and pollution remediation
Today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for the discovery and stabilization of metal-organic frameworks, stable networks of metal ions and carbon (organic) molecules
Applications of these porous compounds include catalysis and pollution remediation
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for the discovery and stabilization of metal-organic frameworks, stable networks of metal ions and carbon (organic) molecules
Applications of these porous compounds include catalysis and pollution remediation
Today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for the discovery and stabilization of metal-organic frameworks, stable networks of metal ions and carbon (organic) molecules
Applications of these porous compounds include catalysis and pollution remediation
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🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
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Day156 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's #JohnOliver w/ fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John(H. sapiens) having a lovely time with the Paleozoic Pal of Isotelus gigas ⚒️
#trilobitetuesday #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed #Paleontology #SavePRI #Cornell
John(H. sapiens) having a lovely time with the Paleozoic Pal of Isotelus gigas ⚒️
#trilobitetuesday #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed #Paleontology #SavePRI #Cornell
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Day156 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's #JohnOliver w/ fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John(H. sapiens) having a lovely time with the Paleozoic Pal of Isotelus gigas ⚒️
#trilobitetuesday #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed #Paleontology #SavePRI #Cornell
John(H. sapiens) having a lovely time with the Paleozoic Pal of Isotelus gigas ⚒️
#trilobitetuesday #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed #Paleontology #SavePRI #Cornell
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Exclusive: "The CDC is far too important to just give up on" says Susan Monarez, who was director of the CDC for just 29 days under the current administration
go.nature.com/4nUJZd8
go.nature.com/4nUJZd8
Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired
Nature - “I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.
go.nature.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Exclusive: "The CDC is far too important to just give up on" says Susan Monarez, who was director of the CDC for just 29 days under the current administration
go.nature.com/4nUJZd8
go.nature.com/4nUJZd8
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🧵How to counter science skepticism in the manosphere, from an astrophysicist-explain scientific virtues as purpose driven:
"Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
"Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Opinion | Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🧵How to counter science skepticism in the manosphere, from an astrophysicist-explain scientific virtues as purpose driven:
"Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
"Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
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@cornellasap.bsky.social presents 314 Action- How does a scientist run for public office?
Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. She'll share how scientists can influence public policy.
In-person and online: cglink.me/2ee/r2290923
Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. She'll share how scientists can influence public policy.
In-person and online: cglink.me/2ee/r2290923
314 Action - How does a scientist run for public office? - Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club
Curious about what it takes to run for public office as a scientist? Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. Since then, she has been on a mission to bring t...
cglink.me
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
@cornellasap.bsky.social presents 314 Action- How does a scientist run for public office?
Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. She'll share how scientists can influence public policy.
In-person and online: cglink.me/2ee/r2290923
Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. She'll share how scientists can influence public policy.
In-person and online: cglink.me/2ee/r2290923