Melanie M. Hughes
@melaniehughes.bsky.social
Sociology prof & GIRL co-director @ Pitt | Researches gender & politics globally | Loves animals & growing food | She/her | Opinions are my own
Reposted by Melanie M. Hughes
Reposted by Melanie M. Hughes
ASA member Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, argues that Trump's latest travel bans are primarily about using national security as an excuse to deny visas to nonwhite applicants. bit.ly/44ibeqT
Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism
Foreign terrorism accounts for a miniscule portion of violence in the United States.
bit.ly
June 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
ASA member Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, argues that Trump's latest travel bans are primarily about using national security as an excuse to deny visas to nonwhite applicants. bit.ly/44ibeqT
My university: basically running on an NIH-shaped IV drip
Judge: “Those NIH cuts? Discriminatory. Put the money back.”
Labs across campus: 💃💃💃
Here’s hoping this ruling survives appeal.
Judge: “Those NIH cuts? Discriminatory. Put the money back.”
Labs across campus: 💃💃💃
Here’s hoping this ruling survives appeal.
June 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My university: basically running on an NIH-shaped IV drip
Judge: “Those NIH cuts? Discriminatory. Put the money back.”
Labs across campus: 💃💃💃
Here’s hoping this ruling survives appeal.
Judge: “Those NIH cuts? Discriminatory. Put the money back.”
Labs across campus: 💃💃💃
Here’s hoping this ruling survives appeal.
Reposted by Melanie M. Hughes
Full story here
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Full story here
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Finally made the jump to BlueSky.
New platform, same doomscroll reflex.
But the fonts are nicer here, so that’s healing.
New platform, same doomscroll reflex.
But the fonts are nicer here, so that’s healing.
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Finally made the jump to BlueSky.
New platform, same doomscroll reflex.
But the fonts are nicer here, so that’s healing.
New platform, same doomscroll reflex.
But the fonts are nicer here, so that’s healing.