Scott Barrett
@solaryeti.bsky.social
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Behavioral Neuropharmacology
Behavioral Neuropharmacology
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HISTORIC VOTE: Faculty leaders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln passed a "no confidence" resolution Tuesday in Chancellor Rodney Bennett. It's the first such measure to pass in UNL’s nearly 157-year history.
From Zach Wendling:
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From Zach Wendling:
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UNL faculty overwhelmingly pass historic ‘no confidence’ vote against chancellor • Nebraska Examiner
Faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln overwhelmingly passed a resolution expressing “no confidence” in Chancellor Rodney Bennett.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
HISTORIC VOTE: Faculty leaders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln passed a "no confidence" resolution Tuesday in Chancellor Rodney Bennett. It's the first such measure to pass in UNL’s nearly 157-year history.
From Zach Wendling:
buff.ly/USWLxFP
From Zach Wendling:
buff.ly/USWLxFP
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The UNL Faculty Senate passed the non-binding resolution Tuesday afternoon — a first in university history — on a 60-14 vote after rejecting a last-minute request to table the measure.
UNL faculty overwhelmingly approve vote of no confidence in Bennett
The UNL Faculty Senate passed the non-binding resolution Tuesday afternoon — a first in university history — on a 60-14 vote after rejecting a last-minute request to table the measure.
journalstar.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The UNL Faculty Senate passed the non-binding resolution Tuesday afternoon — a first in university history — on a 60-14 vote after rejecting a last-minute request to table the measure.
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Amanda Gailey is a sharp, insightful writer and her account of running into UNL Chancellor Rodney Bennett apparently eavesdropping on a Faculty Senate conversation about a no-confidence vote against him is worth reading: thebugeater.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
The Day the Chancellor became Upset that the Faculty Seem to Hate the Arbitrary and Unilateral Chopping of Academic Departments
By Amanda Gailey
thebugeater.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Amanda Gailey is a sharp, insightful writer and her account of running into UNL Chancellor Rodney Bennett apparently eavesdropping on a Faculty Senate conversation about a no-confidence vote against him is worth reading: thebugeater.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
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Extrapolating from my current output I will either become the eternal god emperor of humanity, usher in a planetary extinction event, or produce a series of modestly influential whitepapers over the next 10 years.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Extrapolating from my current output I will either become the eternal god emperor of humanity, usher in a planetary extinction event, or produce a series of modestly influential whitepapers over the next 10 years.
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📣 Our Director Rick Bevins & Joyce Besheer are organizing the 73rd Nebraska Symposium on Motivation! The event will focus on the intersection of interoception, conditioning & motivation on addiction, health & well-being.
Apr 16-17, 2026 | Hybrid | Free & Open to All
🔗 Details: motivation.unl.edu
Apr 16-17, 2026 | Hybrid | Free & Open to All
🔗 Details: motivation.unl.edu
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📣 Our Director Rick Bevins & Joyce Besheer are organizing the 73rd Nebraska Symposium on Motivation! The event will focus on the intersection of interoception, conditioning & motivation on addiction, health & well-being.
Apr 16-17, 2026 | Hybrid | Free & Open to All
🔗 Details: motivation.unl.edu
Apr 16-17, 2026 | Hybrid | Free & Open to All
🔗 Details: motivation.unl.edu
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ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
We're facing $27.5M in cuts at UNL, on top of $75M since FY20, and they're closing departments and cutting programs while further raising tuition. Meanwhile, they're sparing no expense on extravagant luxury for a football team with a cumulative losing record over the past 12 seasons.
October 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We're facing $27.5M in cuts at UNL, on top of $75M since FY20, and they're closing departments and cutting programs while further raising tuition. Meanwhile, they're sparing no expense on extravagant luxury for a football team with a cumulative losing record over the past 12 seasons.
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Reviewers are more likely to approve manuscripts if authors agree to cite their work than those who don't get cited.
Thanks to @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @balazsaczel.bsky.social and @econfeld.bsky.social for chatting with me for this story!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thanks to @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @balazsaczel.bsky.social and @econfeld.bsky.social for chatting with me for this story!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work
Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Reviewers are more likely to approve manuscripts if authors agree to cite their work than those who don't get cited.
Thanks to @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @balazsaczel.bsky.social and @econfeld.bsky.social for chatting with me for this story!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thanks to @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @balazsaczel.bsky.social and @econfeld.bsky.social for chatting with me for this story!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it
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🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
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The NIH has not issued a single new call for proposals since the end of January.
June 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The NIH has not issued a single new call for proposals since the end of January.
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"This is what we were voting for!"
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
May 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"This is what we were voting for!"
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
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All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
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A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation was supposed to help the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recruit engineering students from rural parts of the Cornhusker State.
The Trump administration canceled the grant last month: journalstar.com/news/state-r...
The Trump administration canceled the grant last month: journalstar.com/news/state-r...
Trump administration cancels grant to recruit engineering students from rural Nebraska
Among the hundreds of National Science Foundation grants terminated by the Trump administration were programs to recruit engineering students from rural Nebraska and improve math instruction at the co...
journalstar.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation was supposed to help the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recruit engineering students from rural parts of the Cornhusker State.
The Trump administration canceled the grant last month: journalstar.com/news/state-r...
The Trump administration canceled the grant last month: journalstar.com/news/state-r...
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The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
What losing billions in federal grants means for universities, and the nation
The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
www.npr.org
May 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
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A handful of US scientists will continue their research in foreign countries. Most of them will simply stop doing research altogether.
The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A handful of US scientists will continue their research in foreign countries. Most of them will simply stop doing research altogether.
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My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...
Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths
A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...
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Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to replace Fox News contributor as Surgeon General
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to be Surgeon General
Previous nominee was withdrawn amid claims she had misrepresented her medical education
www.independent.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to replace Fox News contributor as Surgeon General
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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“AI is a tool”
Imma stop you right there… the purpose of the exercise is not “essay”
The purpose of the exercise is organized thought that builds and supports an argument
If AI builds the argument you’ve missed the entire purpose of the exercise
Imma stop you right there… the purpose of the exercise is not “essay”
The purpose of the exercise is organized thought that builds and supports an argument
If AI builds the argument you’ve missed the entire purpose of the exercise
May 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“AI is a tool”
Imma stop you right there… the purpose of the exercise is not “essay”
The purpose of the exercise is organized thought that builds and supports an argument
If AI builds the argument you’ve missed the entire purpose of the exercise
Imma stop you right there… the purpose of the exercise is not “essay”
The purpose of the exercise is organized thought that builds and supports an argument
If AI builds the argument you’ve missed the entire purpose of the exercise
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The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.
Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.
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I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.
May 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
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Working on this review gave me much joy. One highlight was sharing stories and successes of the past trainees. Another was learning more about my current team.
Congrats @solaryeti.bsky.social @katiermcnealy.bsky.social @mknabel.bsky.social and those not on bsky
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Congrats @solaryeti.bsky.social @katiermcnealy.bsky.social @mknabel.bsky.social and those not on bsky
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Working on this review gave me much joy. One highlight was sharing stories and successes of the past trainees. Another was learning more about my current team.
Congrats @solaryeti.bsky.social @katiermcnealy.bsky.social @mknabel.bsky.social and those not on bsky
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Congrats @solaryeti.bsky.social @katiermcnealy.bsky.social @mknabel.bsky.social and those not on bsky
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...