@jocelynviterna.bsky.social
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.

You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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“A new study suggests that these vaccines might boost the effects of immunotherapy drugs, perhaps by alerting the immune system & helping direct immune cells to attack tumors. That’s in addition to helping protect against Covid, which can be particularly important for cancer patients”
mRNA Covid shots may boost the effects of certain cancer treatments, study suggests
The potential reasons that a Covid vaccine would help treat cancer are intriguing.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Last night CHRISTINA CROSS presented her book, INHERITED INEQUALITY to a standing-room-only crowd in Harvard Square. A must read for sociologists, students, and especially our political leaders. lnkd.in/eDwqkia9
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Last night, I had the pleasure of watching my former student, Allison Daminger, present to a packed house on her book tour visit to Boston. What a rush! And what a must-read book for sociologists and all people with families. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM