Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
@claudialugo.bsky.social
Associate Prof and clinical psychologist. PI of @the_lugo_lab health disparities, perinatal development, sleep, and early brain development🤰🏽
“The board of trustees must realize that this is no longer just about Columbia…we can either succumb to authoritarianism or stand up against it. Columbia’s decisions will impact not just our present community, but the entire nation and world for decades to come.”
Columbia faculty (700+ signatures!) urges our Trustees to do 6 things:
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ
To Columbia’s trustees: Protect the future of higher education
Even before coming to power this year, President Donald Trump’s administration made its plans for targeting American higher education abundantly clear. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR65Ci...
shorturl.at
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“The board of trustees must realize that this is no longer just about Columbia…we can either succumb to authoritarianism or stand up against it. Columbia’s decisions will impact not just our present community, but the entire nation and world for decades to come.”
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Columbia faculty (700+ signatures!) urges our Trustees to do 6 things:
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ
To Columbia’s trustees: Protect the future of higher education
Even before coming to power this year, President Donald Trump’s administration made its plans for targeting American higher education abundantly clear. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR65Ci...
shorturl.at
April 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Columbia faculty (700+ signatures!) urges our Trustees to do 6 things:
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
It appears that 2 things, Harvard’s strong stance resisting Trump’s demands & negative publicity toward Columbia’s potential agreement to similar demands, have resulted in the postponement of any announcement from Columbia re its capitulation to Trump. Let’s see how this goes.
April 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It appears that 2 things, Harvard’s strong stance resisting Trump’s demands & negative publicity toward Columbia’s potential agreement to similar demands, have resulted in the postponement of any announcement from Columbia re its capitulation to Trump. Let’s see how this goes.
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Join us on Monday as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
April 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us on Monday as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
MONDAY in NYC:
Stand with Columbia faculty, researchers, physicians, & nurses calling on the the Columbia Board of Trustees to resist Trump’s assault students, patients, lifesaving research, & teaching.
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@csmapnyu.org
Stand with Columbia faculty, researchers, physicians, & nurses calling on the the Columbia Board of Trustees to resist Trump’s assault students, patients, lifesaving research, & teaching.
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@csmapnyu.org
Join us on Monday as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
MONDAY in NYC:
Stand with Columbia faculty, researchers, physicians, & nurses calling on the the Columbia Board of Trustees to resist Trump’s assault students, patients, lifesaving research, & teaching.
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@csmapnyu.org
Stand with Columbia faculty, researchers, physicians, & nurses calling on the the Columbia Board of Trustees to resist Trump’s assault students, patients, lifesaving research, & teaching.
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@csmapnyu.org
Big news: I'm running my first marathon—the 2025 NYC Marathon! 🏃♀️ I'm proud to run for @AnimalLeague, who do real rescuing every day (hopefully no one has to rescue me at mile 20 😅). Support my run & help save lives: takeaction.animalleague.org/goto/Claudia...
#TeamAnimalLeague
#TeamAnimalLeague
Team Animal League - 2025 TCS NYC Marathon : Claudia Lugo-Candelas - North Shore Animal League America
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April 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Big news: I'm running my first marathon—the 2025 NYC Marathon! 🏃♀️ I'm proud to run for @AnimalLeague, who do real rescuing every day (hopefully no one has to rescue me at mile 20 😅). Support my run & help save lives: takeaction.animalleague.org/goto/Claudia...
#TeamAnimalLeague
#TeamAnimalLeague
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Scientists & faculty of the Columbia Irving Medical Center spoke out today on Trump’s ongoing assault on Columbia & all higher learning in America & how cuts in vital scientific research will harm the health of ALL Americans.
Listen to Dr. Delivette Castor, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology.
Listen to Dr. Delivette Castor, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology.
March 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Scientists & faculty of the Columbia Irving Medical Center spoke out today on Trump’s ongoing assault on Columbia & all higher learning in America & how cuts in vital scientific research will harm the health of ALL Americans.
Listen to Dr. Delivette Castor, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology.
Listen to Dr. Delivette Castor, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology.
complacency = complicity
March 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
complacency = complicity
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
What happened last night at Columbia was nothing short of catastrophic. In the blink of an eye hundreds of grants disappeared. In a particularly vile showing of this administration’s complete contempt for the long-term health and well-being of this nation, training grants were completely gutted.
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
What happened last night at Columbia was nothing short of catastrophic. In the blink of an eye hundreds of grants disappeared. In a particularly vile showing of this administration’s complete contempt for the long-term health and well-being of this nation, training grants were completely gutted.
study is back up, only a few days left to participate!
I took the study down for a second because I had an (unfounded) concern about data quality but please take this and share. I'll close in the next couple of days but the preliminary results are VERY interesting!
1: #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #LatinX/einSTEM #QueerSTEM #Science
Please share!
I'm running a survey on how *U.S.* academics (grad students, faculty, admin., etc) think and feel about recent executive orders affecting academia (e.g., diversity, funding). Here
iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please share!
I'm running a survey on how *U.S.* academics (grad students, faculty, admin., etc) think and feel about recent executive orders affecting academia (e.g., diversity, funding). Here
iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
February 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
study is back up, only a few days left to participate!
reminder to please complete this ~5 minute survey about the impact of executive orders on academia. Will only be around for a couple of more days and we want to make sure your voice is captured.
I just completed this survey and it was so validating to write out my thoughts. I'll admit that I scrolled past the last time I saw the link so, if that happened to you, here's the link again below.
February 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
reminder to please complete this ~5 minute survey about the impact of executive orders on academia. Will only be around for a couple of more days and we want to make sure your voice is captured.
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
I just completed this survey and it was so validating to write out my thoughts. I'll admit that I scrolled past the last time I saw the link so, if that happened to you, here's the link again below.
February 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I just completed this survey and it was so validating to write out my thoughts. I'll admit that I scrolled past the last time I saw the link so, if that happened to you, here's the link again below.
nerds are out, and we have our backpacks with us
February 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
nerds are out, and we have our backpacks with us
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
Please consider completed this ~5 min survey on the impact of executive orders on academics. In a time of such uncertainty, there is power in sharing our stories.
February 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please consider completed this ~5 min survey on the impact of executive orders on academics. In a time of such uncertainty, there is power in sharing our stories.
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Imagine if university presidents instead of cowering, called up their faculty too speak in a round-the-clock marathon across the nation about how their research serves every American who has ever faced illness and disease.
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Imagine if university presidents instead of cowering, called up their faculty too speak in a round-the-clock marathon across the nation about how their research serves every American who has ever faced illness and disease.
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
I wish I would’ve gotten as many emails as I am just a couple of weeks ago (into last week) when DEI was the target of attacks rather than indirects. 🤔
February 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I wish I would’ve gotten as many emails as I am just a couple of weeks ago (into last week) when DEI was the target of attacks rather than indirects. 🤔
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
This is a fantastic idea!
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is a fantastic idea!
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Quick reminder that if you have tenure, this is the time you need to use it. This is what it is for. This moment, right now. Sorry to have to inform you of this, but it's important.
We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
February 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Quick reminder that if you have tenure, this is the time you need to use it. This is what it is for. This moment, right now. Sorry to have to inform you of this, but it's important.
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Read @drnancypadilla.bsky.social's full interview: www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
@storiesofwin.bsky.social
#WomenInScience #February11 #neuroskyence
@storiesofwin.bsky.social
#WomenInScience #February11 #neuroskyence
February 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field.
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
February 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field.
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
Reposted by Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD (she/ella)
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
February 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.