Sarah Smith-Frigerio
@ssfrigerio.bsky.social
Assistant Professor teaching PR, Crisis and Health Comm classes. Chronically online. My students love trying to find a social media trend or news story I haven't heard of yet.
www.ssfrigerio.com
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“Higher education is a public good. It’s good for democracy, it’s good for the economy. And so it’s worse for all of us if it gets controlled one way or the other from the outside”
AAUP Protests Against Trump Admin’s Higher Ed Compact
Fordham faculty and students attend a protest against Marc Rowan and the Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.
thefordhamram.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Higher education is a public good. It’s good for democracy, it’s good for the economy. And so it’s worse for all of us if it gets controlled one way or the other from the outside”
Come and work with us at UTampa! We're looking for someone to fill a TT role in Strategic Communication, with preference for science communication!
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October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Come and work with us at UTampa! We're looking for someone to fill a TT role in Strategic Communication, with preference for science communication!
utampa.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
utampa.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
I have a writing deadline coming up (an R&R) and I’ve been allowing other things distract me from getting it done. Today’s the day it gets done! So, please, feel free, ASK ME HOW THE WRITING IS GOING TODAY! 🤣😬🤣
September 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I have a writing deadline coming up (an R&R) and I’ve been allowing other things distract me from getting it done. Today’s the day it gets done! So, please, feel free, ASK ME HOW THE WRITING IS GOING TODAY! 🤣😬🤣
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Just a few images from our #solidarity event this #LaborDay!
September 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just a few images from our #solidarity event this #LaborDay!
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Watch live now: Supporters cheer CDC staff as they walk out following firings by Trump administration: www.youtube.com/live/KZ7QvPH...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Watch live now: Supporters cheer CDC staff as they walk out following firings by Trump administration: www.youtube.com/live/KZ7QvPH...
I’m honored to have received the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Tampa this afternoon. What a blessing to have found my academic home!
April 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m honored to have received the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Tampa this afternoon. What a blessing to have found my academic home!
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Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, the university president announced www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
April 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, the university president announced www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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We’re seeing #KillTheCuts flyers popping up on UTampa doors this morning! Please feel free to add yours in the replies!
April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We’re seeing #KillTheCuts flyers popping up on UTampa doors this morning! Please feel free to add yours in the replies!
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“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks.
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Letter to Faculty on Self-Censorship and Boldness (opinion)
In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.
www.insidehighered.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks.
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
What a wonderful talk this evening! Thank you to @loriemerson.net for coming to @uoftampa.bsky.social to discuss your new book! #othernetworks
I'd love to see you in you live in the area! #othernetworks
Looking forward to hearing the great @loriemerson.net discuss her new book, Other Networks, for our annual Communication and Media Studies Lecture tonight in Tampa! If you are local, please do join us.
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What a wonderful talk this evening! Thank you to @loriemerson.net for coming to @uoftampa.bsky.social to discuss your new book! #othernetworks
I have to admit, watching universities cave, watching friends go quiet on some of the most egregious actions, and all because we’re supposed to be terrified of folks who can’t follow the PowerPoint on SCIFs & handling classified materials or check the random number in the group chat? Sigh.
March 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I have to admit, watching universities cave, watching friends go quiet on some of the most egregious actions, and all because we’re supposed to be terrified of folks who can’t follow the PowerPoint on SCIFs & handling classified materials or check the random number in the group chat? Sigh.
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🚨 BREAKING: Last night, @aftunion.bsky.social filed a lawsuit against @usedgov.bsky.social for illegally denying student loan borrowers’ access to affordable loan payments through IDR and blocking progress towards PSLF for public service workers.
Statement:
protectborrowers.org...
Statement:
protectborrowers.org...
AFT Sues U.S. Department of Education, Demands Justice for Student Loan Borrowers Blocked from Affordable Loan Payments - Student Borrower Protection Center
Last night, the 1.8 million-member AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers’ access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), in violation of federal law.
protectborrowers.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Last night, @aftunion.bsky.social filed a lawsuit against @usedgov.bsky.social for illegally denying student loan borrowers’ access to affordable loan payments through IDR and blocking progress towards PSLF for public service workers.
Statement:
protectborrowers.org...
Statement:
protectborrowers.org...
Hot take: This was piloted with New College (and others, to be sure) a couple years back and no one moved to stop it. The FL publics didn’t band together to fight it. Two years on, and we have a clear example of what will happen if we all don’t come together now. #dontcomplyinadvance
Opinion | Every American Has a Stake in @columbiauniversity.bsky.social's Fate
The federal government is trying to put the entire private university into a state of receivership, Austin Sarat writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kZlISk
The federal government is trying to put the entire private university into a state of receivership, Austin Sarat writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kZlISk
Why Every American Has a Stake in Columbia’s Fate (opinion)
The federal government is trying to put the entire private university into a state of receivership, Austin Sarat writes.
bit.ly
March 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hot take: This was piloted with New College (and others, to be sure) a couple years back and no one moved to stop it. The FL publics didn’t band together to fight it. Two years on, and we have a clear example of what will happen if we all don’t come together now. #dontcomplyinadvance
My senior portfolio students called me out for not having updated my personal website in years. 😳 So I spent this morning updating my personal website a bit. Looks like I might have a larger summer project to add to the list! 😬 These young folks keeping me honest…
March 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My senior portfolio students called me out for not having updated my personal website in years. 😳 So I spent this morning updating my personal website a bit. Looks like I might have a larger summer project to add to the list! 😬 These young folks keeping me honest…
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The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
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NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
www.wired.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
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The NSF’s Higher Ed Research ‘Hit List’
Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic that... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Qxe0RH
Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic that... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Qxe0RH
The NSF’s higher ed research "hit list"
Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic tha...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The NSF’s Higher Ed Research ‘Hit List’
Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic that... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Qxe0RH
Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic that... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Qxe0RH
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Weeks and Months After Natural Disaster, Colleges Stand By Their Students
Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43brkCS
Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43brkCS
After hurricane and wildfires, colleges continue aiding students
Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Weeks and Months After Natural Disaster, Colleges Stand By Their Students
Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43brkCS
Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43brkCS
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
Watched this OpEd and really appreciated it! Also, glad to see traditional media actually working with TikTok here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yj3NTf/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yj3NTf/
@nytopinion columnist Ezra Klein argues that if you look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term, you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see. #nytopinion
TikTok video by New York Times Opinion
www.tiktok.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Watched this OpEd and really appreciated it! Also, glad to see traditional media actually working with TikTok here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yj3NTf/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yj3NTf/
The last couple of days has just solidified my belief that I should never be in charge of a country. I would not have called and cajoled him. I would have just posted “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” on my socials and watched the tantrum. 😬
February 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The last couple of days has just solidified my belief that I should never be in charge of a country. I would not have called and cajoled him. I would have just posted “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” on my socials and watched the tantrum. 😬
Every time I hear news that overwhelms or enrages me now, my new thing is to do an act of self-care. Fired 1100 EPA agents? CDC data gone? Liter of water! Healthy homemade breakfast. Tried to break into a SCIF at USAID? Laundry done and put away! Stock market crash? Skincare and moisturize…
February 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Every time I hear news that overwhelms or enrages me now, my new thing is to do an act of self-care. Fired 1100 EPA agents? CDC data gone? Liter of water! Healthy homemade breakfast. Tried to break into a SCIF at USAID? Laundry done and put away! Stock market crash? Skincare and moisturize…
Saw a TikTok from yesterday that the passport application system (website) is down (“for maintenance”) and fillable form is expired. Confirmed it myself this morning on the Travel State gov website.
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Saw a TikTok from yesterday that the passport application system (website) is down (“for maintenance”) and fillable form is expired. Confirmed it myself this morning on the Travel State gov website.
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Academics: Do you imagine you're in the clear b/c you've played it safe, avoided commenting on so-called "controversial" issues, and/or don't teach or write on one of "those" subjects? Think again. It may start with x, y, or z "issues" or subjects. But rest assured that will be just the beginning.
January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Academics: Do you imagine you're in the clear b/c you've played it safe, avoided commenting on so-called "controversial" issues, and/or don't teach or write on one of "those" subjects? Think again. It may start with x, y, or z "issues" or subjects. But rest assured that will be just the beginning.
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it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.