Liz Lightfoot
@lizlightfoot.bsky.social
Director, School of Social Work, Arizona State University. Study social welfare policy, disability, and caregiving. Worry about the future of social work and higher education. Fulbright scholar. #Adoptee. Posts my own, reposts ≠ endorsement #socialwork
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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Join our team! The School of Social Work is looking for an assistant to help support our director. Applicants should be organized, dependable and able to work in a fast-paced academic environment. This position offers valuable professional experience in higher education. Apply today: bit.ly/SSWJobs
October 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Join our team! The School of Social Work is looking for an assistant to help support our director. Applicants should be organized, dependable and able to work in a fast-paced academic environment. This position offers valuable professional experience in higher education. Apply today: bit.ly/SSWJobs
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When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.
The disabled teen stuck in a hospital for six years finally gets her own home
When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.
n.pr
July 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.
Really concerned about the Fulbright program!
Fulbright changes:
“The Fulbright Program is reauthorized solely for master’s-level study in national security–related disciplines, including but not limited to strategic studies, cybersecurity, nuclear policy, counterterrorism, intelligence, energy security, and regional or area studies.” contd..
“The Fulbright Program is reauthorized solely for master’s-level study in national security–related disciplines, including but not limited to strategic studies, cybersecurity, nuclear policy, counterterrorism, intelligence, energy security, and regional or area studies.” contd..
April 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Really concerned about the Fulbright program!
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International students contribute $44 billion to the US economy annually, creating 1 job for every 4 students enrolled.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN.
April 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
International students contribute $44 billion to the US economy annually, creating 1 job for every 4 students enrolled.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN.
I'm very concerned about the dismantling of the Administration on Community Living. ACL funds programs like Meals on Wheels or Independent Living Services that support people to live in the community. This has not been much getting attention in the media.
www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I'm very concerned about the dismantling of the Administration on Community Living. ACL funds programs like Meals on Wheels or Independent Living Services that support people to live in the community. This has not been much getting attention in the media.
www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
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Attend the 2025 Ann Adalist-Estrin Memorial National Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference to explore the impact of parental incarceration and ways to foster healing.
Register today: childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP
Register today: childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP
March 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Attend the 2025 Ann Adalist-Estrin Memorial National Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference to explore the impact of parental incarceration and ways to foster healing.
Register today: childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP
Register today: childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP
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Univ of Minn student taken by ICE. mndaily.com/293237/top-s...
ICE detains UMN student
A University of Minnesota graduate student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers Thursday night, according to a statement from University leadership. The international gra...
mndaily.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Univ of Minn student taken by ICE. mndaily.com/293237/top-s...
Meta might have used 42 of my articles to train its AI. I'd encourage social work scholars to search their name and see how much of your work might have been pirated.
#socialwork
#socialwork
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Meta might have used 42 of my articles to train its AI. I'd encourage social work scholars to search their name and see how much of your work might have been pirated.
#socialwork
#socialwork
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
The Council on Social Work Education (@cswe.bsky.social) is a signatory to the American Council on Education letter in response to the February 14th "Dear Colleague" letter aimed at institutions of education K-12 through higher ed. #socialwork
February 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Council on Social Work Education (@cswe.bsky.social) is a signatory to the American Council on Education letter in response to the February 14th "Dear Colleague" letter aimed at institutions of education K-12 through higher ed. #socialwork
Great to see 225+ faculty, staff, and students from Arizona State University School of Social Work at our talk yesterday about recent federal changes and their potential impacts on social work education, social work research, and social work practice. Social workers are paying attention.
February 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great to see 225+ faculty, staff, and students from Arizona State University School of Social Work at our talk yesterday about recent federal changes and their potential impacts on social work education, social work research, and social work practice. Social workers are paying attention.
One of our faculty at @asusocialwork.bsky.social, Dr. Shanondora Billiot, is an author of this major report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
One of our faculty at @asusocialwork.bsky.social, Dr. Shanondora Billiot, is an author of this major report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
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How Trump’s medical research cuts would hit colleges and hospitals in every state: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My colleagues and I crunched the numbers.
How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How Trump’s medical research cuts would hit colleges and hospitals in every state: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My colleagues and I crunched the numbers.
Nice distraction to read about the history of Valentines Cards. Apparently may of the original cards sent in the 1860s were "absolutely intended to be sent as cruel insults."
Victorian #Valentines cards weren't all hearts and roses. Some were designed to mock, insult or discourage unwanted suitors. A history professor explains how a whole subgenre targeted specific professions.
Christopher Ferguson, Auburn University 🗃️ #ValentinesDay
Christopher Ferguson, Auburn University 🗃️ #ValentinesDay
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to reveal how emotions were being ‘manufactured.’
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nice distraction to read about the history of Valentines Cards. Apparently may of the original cards sent in the 1860s were "absolutely intended to be sent as cruel insults."
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.
Sam Nujoma, Namibia's fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.
This will have huge effects on research universities.
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This will have huge effects on research universities.
Apparently there has been an all night fillibuster in the Senate that's still going on. It wasn't mentioned in the NYT. Guess I need to go to Bluesky first in the morning...
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Apparently there has been an all night fillibuster in the Senate that's still going on. It wasn't mentioned in the NYT. Guess I need to go to Bluesky first in the morning...
Pretty good article discussing various ways campuses are responding to potential ICE raids.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Campuses no longer off-limits to ICE
The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond.
www.insidehighered.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Pretty good article discussing various ways campuses are responding to potential ICE raids.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Social Work Educators, Researchers and Students: SSWR, CSWE, and NADD are hosting an event: "Safeguarding Social Work Education and Science in Uncertain Times." Tuesday, February 11 from 2:00-3:15 EST (12 AZ time).
Register here: cswe.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: cswe.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Social Work Educators, Researchers and Students: SSWR, CSWE, and NADD are hosting an event: "Safeguarding Social Work Education and Science in Uncertain Times." Tuesday, February 11 from 2:00-3:15 EST (12 AZ time).
Register here: cswe.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: cswe.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A list of terms that will get grants flagged at the National Science Foundation.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A list of terms that will get grants flagged at the National Science Foundation.