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Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#AI and #futureofwork–
upcoming hybrid event
New York City
www.showclix.com/event/unders...

#workers #workforce #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #AIethics #automation

November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Archives-based learning
at UGA
ctl.uga.edu/programs/fac...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign

November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

UGA grant can include #OER
ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #openeducation

November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Civiceducation resources –
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
emkinstitute.org/civic_educat...

#K12 #highereducation #highered #democracy #civicengagement #civicseducation

November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#AI
at #VirginiaTech
ai.vt.edu/content/dam/...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AIethics #Virginia

October 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Winners of Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in #Science Communications
National Academies of Sciences, #Engineering, and #Medicine
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

#STEM #communication #sciencecommunication #scicomm #journalism #sciencejournalism

October 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Launching
#Stanford #AI in #Healthcare Program –
program info session
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#healthtech #medtech #artificialintelligence

October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Happy #Diwali2025
to my Indian friends in #India and USA!

#Diwali
(Photo credit: Udayaditya Barua on Unsplash)

October 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

"Your voice matters in shaping how we understand and measure AI's impact on our world" –
#AI Index Survey
from #Stanford HAI
stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Time to complete survey: 2-4 minutes
Deadline: October 23

#artificialintelligence #AIethics

October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

"...he embodies the global spirit of #lifelonglearning"
www.pace.cam.ac.uk/student-stor...

Note:
University of Cambridge Professional and #ContinuingEducation (PACE).

#highereducation #highered #internationaleducation

October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#GenerativeIA workshop series for
#Harvard ID holders
Oct. 7-Nov. 4 Tuesdays
Harvard #DataScience Initiative & Faculty of Arts and Sciences
datascience.harvard.edu/education/ge...

#highereducation #highered #gradschool #PhDforum #PhDchat #postdocs #artificialintelligence #LLMs #agenticAI #AIethics

October 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

"An #AI system called Dr. CaBot –
potential for use in #meded and research,"
from #Harvard #MedicalSchool
hms.harvard.edu/news/ai-syst...

Note:
> Clinicopathological Conference (CPC)
> Video (4:38)

#healthcare #healthtech #medschool #medtech #edtech #artificialintelligence

October 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

"A conversation about the challenges and opportunities highlighted in Washington Monthly’s 2025 College Guide and Rankings" –
virtual event
October 28
New America and Washington Monthly
www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Note:
public universities dominating the top.

#highereducation #highered

October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Circuit Breakers '25
October 18-19
New York City
techworkerscoalition.org/circuit-brea...

#unionization #unions #workers #workforce #techworkers #techlabor #techjobs

October 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Meet
Aspen's Fall 2025
Rising Civic #AI Leaders –
"technologists-turned-civil-servants"
www.aspendigital.org/project/risi...

#techpolicy #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #artificialintelligence #AIethics

October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Upcoming #apprenticeship conference
events.blackthorn.io/en/41LNjj6/g...

#K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning #lifelonglearning #apprenticeships #futureofwork

October 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

The new
Discovery Lab
for undergraduate #researchers
at #VirginiaTech
news.vt.edu/articles/202...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning #STEM #science #research #Virginia

October 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Publicinteresttech documentary
roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/tec...

"We can develop tech for the #commongood – but we need all hands on deck to do it...."

#publicinterest #publicinteresttechnology #civictech

September 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Civiceducation –

Everyday #Democracy:
How Local Leaders Are
Building Trust and Belonging

In-person event on October 24, 10a–12p ET, in #WashingtonDC

events.newamerica.org/everydaydemo...

#civicengagement #citizenship #civics #civicseducation #K12 #highereducation

September 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Metascience, #openscience –
“We just cannot underestimate how empowering people with information can literally change the course of their life.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#STEM #science #research #openaccess #healthcare #patientcare

September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Futureofwork and
"next great American job" –
worker's hybrid role:
#worker is both "AI trainer" and "AI messenger"
(teaching and translating)
thehill.com/opinion/tech...

#digitaleconomy #workers #workforce #remotework #artificialintelligence #AI #robotics #automation

September 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

"Strategies for Integrating #AI into State and Local Government Decision Making"
—report from
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
in
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...

#digitalgov #govtech #civictech #artificialintelligence #AIethics

September 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

"Mythical #creativity vs. combinational creativity:
• Pulling something completely new out of thin air
vs.
• Remixing, reframing, and recombining what already exists"
—from @neuranne.bsky.social
nesslabs.com/newsletter/w...

#psychology #neuroscience