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Sarah Bratt, PhD
@sarahbratt.bsky.social
Data management, science of science, & library science scholar 💻
College of Information Science (iSchool) @ University of Arizona 🌵
Lover of coffee, sunshine, and Debussy's early works (fight me) 🎹
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We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
IC2S2 2026 | Burlington, Vermont
YouTube video by UVM Office of Research
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yet another great example for the "Information Organization"
class: Scientists are instructed to enter the '*sex' of an organism for NCBI BioSample database. Oh, if only it were that simple.
July 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
OSTP Memo on “Gold Standard Science” encourages publication of “negative results as positive outcomes.” www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... Seems non-partisan?
www.whitehouse.gov
June 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Name the social theories in this EDM song. Considering doing this instead of quizzes for InfoSci courses.
April 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Postdoc opp! University of Arizona school of sociology is seeking Quantitative/string communication skills and tech transfer /IP research interests. A great chance to work with the inimitable Erin Leahey! Apply here:

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
March 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The current administration is straight up censoring the scientific record by requiring authors to alter an already-accepted research paper because it uses banned words such as "gender" and "equitable" and presents data broken down by sexual orientation.
We were asked to change language and delete data from a paper that already been through peer review successfully - "in order to comply with the Executive Order."

This is from the official journal of the US Surgeon General and the US Public Health Service.

criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2025/03...
Resisting Attacks on Science - Center for Critical Public Health
So it happened. We have officially withdrawn a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.
criticalpublichealth.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
✨New research presentation! ✨Check out our new preso work on fine-tuning deBERTa to classify humility in the full-text of scientific articles: youtu.be/9nQsguKaFm4?... supported by the Templeton Foundation #humilityininquiry w/ @classiter.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Register now! Women in Data Science conf at @uarizona.bsky.social on March 28 (hybrid, UA campus). Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Catherine D'Ignazio @kanarinka.bsky.social (co-author of Data Feminism w/ Dr. @laurenfklein.bsky.social). Join us! wids-tucson.github.io/conf2025.html
March 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Data rescue” - backing up and preserving govt data (eg 2016 climate data, 2025 census.gov) when open data websites go dark.

Great ep from Slate Money Talks podcast on the matter: open.spotify.com/episode/1Isy...
Money Talks: The Disappearing Databases
Slate Money · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@classiter.bsky.social welcome to bsky, classy Lassiter!

*jazz hands*
February 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
where might one get data on the guerrila tactics academics doing DEI are taking to fly under the silly regex radar…? 🤔 (euphemistic word changes on academics’ websites using Wayback Machine plus git version control / diff n’ diffs?)

… not that I need a new #ScienceofScience research project 😭😹
February 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
February 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Hello Bluesky! We are ICSSI: The 2025 International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation

Save the date! 🗓️ JUNE 16-18, 2025 ✍️
in beautiful Copenhagen, Denmark
www.icssi.org
November 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
CFP! Submit an abstract to our open panel on "Reverberations in the Archive" 4S 2025 @4sweb.bsky.social Due: Jan 31, 2025. www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
January 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Dr. Adele E. Clarke, a distinguished sociologist and trailblazing figure in women's health and STS, passed away on January 19. As we bid farewell to her, we honour a pioneering scholar, mentor, and activist whose legacy will continue to shape the field.
4sonline.org/news_manager...
February 1, 2024 at 4:32 PM
CFP! Join us at NetSci 2025! Submissions to "Networks in the Science of Science" the 3rd annual satellite workshop due Feb 7, 2025. netscisci.github.io/cfp
@netscisociety.bsky.social #scienceofscience #CFP
January 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM