Hannah Frank
@hannaherf.bsky.social
#ActOnClimate.
Sustainable agriculture. Mycorrhizae. Vineyard soils. PhD student Cornell horticulture. (she/her/they)
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Sustainable agriculture. Mycorrhizae. Vineyard soils. PhD student Cornell horticulture. (she/her/they)
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Read what Emma said. I’m not even going to try and summarize my thoughts because she does it so well.
An excerpt from my remarks to the annual gathering of Cornell trustees & alumni from Oct. 23 as part of a plenary panel “Research at risk”. I stand by what I said. Cornell continues to fail its researchers. In light of this week’s news, I’m afraid the timing of this event was too convenient. (1/🧵)
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Read what Emma said. I’m not even going to try and summarize my thoughts because she does it so well.
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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
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Another casualty of the war our govt is waging against itself. Already lost 117 filled positions + 57 open positions, then another 60 to be announced this week. Shaved ad'tl $ by cutting future "grad employees" ie slots for doctoral students to do research/teach
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
University of Oregon announces 60 staff cuts, no layoffs for tenured faculty
The cuts did not eliminate any programs and delivered a softer blow than campus unions expected.
www.oregonlive.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Another casualty of the war our govt is waging against itself. Already lost 117 filled positions + 57 open positions, then another 60 to be announced this week. Shaved ad'tl $ by cutting future "grad employees" ie slots for doctoral students to do research/teach
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
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Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! If you signed up to participate, there is still time.
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! If you signed up to participate, there is still time.
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
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“Before Trump, the review process was based on merit & impact. Now, it’s like rolling the dice because a Doge person has the final say...There has never in the history of NSF been anything like this. It’s disgusting what we’re being instructed to do.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Before Trump, the review process was based on merit & impact. Now, it’s like rolling the dice because a Doge person has the final say...There has never in the history of NSF been anything like this. It’s disgusting what we’re being instructed to do.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Interestingly the original 'tree huggers' weren't about intimacy with nature as such
They were rural women defending the forests that supported their livelihoods from loggers, after gov sold their forests to cricket bat manufacturers and lured the men away to a meeting
They were rural women defending the forests that supported their livelihoods from loggers, after gov sold their forests to cricket bat manufacturers and lured the men away to a meeting
How a tree-hugging protest transformed Indian environmentalism
Fifty years ago, a group of women from the villages of the Western Himalayas sparked Chipko, a green movement that remains relevant in the age of climate change.
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Interestingly the original 'tree huggers' weren't about intimacy with nature as such
They were rural women defending the forests that supported their livelihoods from loggers, after gov sold their forests to cricket bat manufacturers and lured the men away to a meeting
They were rural women defending the forests that supported their livelihoods from loggers, after gov sold their forests to cricket bat manufacturers and lured the men away to a meeting
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Whoopsie!
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Whoopsie!
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Elderly and disabled people told Congress that cutting Medicaid could kill people and in response, they were arrested in their wheelchairs.
What the hell are we doing?
What the hell are we doing?
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Elderly and disabled people told Congress that cutting Medicaid could kill people and in response, they were arrested in their wheelchairs.
What the hell are we doing?
What the hell are we doing?
Why is the US aggressively defunding agricultural research that could address some of these challenges???
Around the world, food staples — including wheat, beef and coffee — are being affected by widespread drought, with some prices climbing to record highs.
Drought Is Hurting Global Food Supplies
Staples including wheat, beef and coffee are all being affected by the lack of rainfall. In some cases, prices are climbing to record highs.
trib.al
June 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Why is the US aggressively defunding agricultural research that could address some of these challenges???
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Netanyahu was wrong in 2002.
He Is wrong now.
He Is wrong now.
June 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Netanyahu was wrong in 2002.
He Is wrong now.
He Is wrong now.
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What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers
Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...
BREAKING: ICE raids at farms and hotels are back on. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids
ICE agents have been told to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about effects on the food industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
Early career scientists! And graduate students, technicians, aspiring, etc. Want to be focusing on your work but distracted by the fact that your work is being defunded? Sign this letter! @silencedscience.bsky.social
@science.org @scinews.bsky.social @nature.com
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@science.org @scinews.bsky.social @nature.com
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
docs.google.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Early career scientists! And graduate students, technicians, aspiring, etc. Want to be focusing on your work but distracted by the fact that your work is being defunded? Sign this letter! @silencedscience.bsky.social
@science.org @scinews.bsky.social @nature.com
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@science.org @scinews.bsky.social @nature.com
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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#McClintockLetters wouldn't be possible without @snapcoalition.bsky.social members such as ASAP leadership @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social
The McClintock Letters made it to NBC News! Take a look at ours and the other initiatives we’ve been working with over at @cornellasap.bsky.social to humanize scientists and make our voices heard. Be a part of the movement!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people
Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#McClintockLetters wouldn't be possible without @snapcoalition.bsky.social members such as ASAP leadership @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social
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"In a May 21...recording..., Provost Robin Forman said that when Tulane leadership met with elected officials in April, they were pressed as to why “‘Tulane has taken a stand on the chemical industry as harming communities’,” and this “left people feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable.” "
Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research
A Tulane University researcher has resigned, citing censorship from university leaders. Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the u...
apnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"In a May 21...recording..., Provost Robin Forman said that when Tulane leadership met with elected officials in April, they were pressed as to why “‘Tulane has taken a stand on the chemical industry as harming communities’,” and this “left people feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable.” "
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Rewording my earlier post.
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
June 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rewording my earlier post.
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
I cannot claim I work in agricultural research to help farmers without also speaking out when farm workers are under attack. In case your humanity doesn’t convince you, shortage of labor is one of the biggest challenges for many growers. @altusda.altgov.info
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I cannot claim I work in agricultural research to help farmers without also speaking out when farm workers are under attack. In case your humanity doesn’t convince you, shortage of labor is one of the biggest challenges for many growers. @altusda.altgov.info
The wonders of fungal taxonomy never cease to amaze me. #mycology
Have you ever heard of the term “dark taxa”?
Published in @currentbiology.bsky.social, a new study reveals an astonishing 83% of ectomycorrhizal #fungi are classified as dark taxa, existing only through their DNA sequences and eluding formal classification. 🧵
Published in @currentbiology.bsky.social, a new study reveals an astonishing 83% of ectomycorrhizal #fungi are classified as dark taxa, existing only through their DNA sequences and eluding formal classification. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The wonders of fungal taxonomy never cease to amaze me. #mycology
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Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
BREAKING: The Pentagon said the deployment of National Guard members and Marines to protests over immigration raids in LA will cost $134 million.
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to Los Angles and Pentagon chaos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been quickly met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to fire key military leaders and and purge diversity programs.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
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Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
forms.gle
June 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
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Early career scientists, please sign this Call to Preserve the Future of American Science:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
docs.google.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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This workshop was magical and it made me a little teary to see so many scientists come together to advocate for the future of research here in the US 🥹 if you haven't signed up to write a McClintock Letter yet, do itttt:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This workshop was magical and it made me a little teary to see so many scientists come together to advocate for the future of research here in the US 🥹 if you haven't signed up to write a McClintock Letter yet, do itttt:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?