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Stanford AAUP
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The Stanford Chapter of the @aaup.bsky.social. Fighting to preserve academic freedom for all. All Stanford academic staff are eligible to join. Opinions our own.

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Our chapter president, Jessica Riskin, is now speaking on the attacks on higher education, journalism, and law. She expresses dismay at how these professions have caved to the government’s bullying. It’s time for us to fight back!
Photo of Professor Riskin standing on an outdoor stage next to a Stanford AAUP banner
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Our teach-in continues with Professor Monismith talking about the negative impacts of xenophobia and visa revocations on higher education and science in the United States. “We should stand up for international students and…make clear they are a feature, not a bug!” @aaup.org
Photo of Professor Monismith on an outdoor stage with a microphone
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
Phot of David Palumbo Liu standing on an outdoor stage talking
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Hope the folks in our Stanford community can join us for a teach-in this coming Friday as part of the @aaup.org National Day of Action for Higher Ed! 12-1pm at White Plaza. Please share!
Flyer for an event on Friday, November 7 from 12-1 pm at White Plaza at Stanford. Speakers include: Peter Michelson Physics V Prof Stephen Monismith Civil and Environmental Engineering V Prof David Palumbo-Liu Comparative Literature v Prof Jessica Riskin History Prof Arghavan Salles Medicine; Gastroenterology/Hepatology
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Twenty years from now, is the language of science still going to be English? AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh testifies to Congress that he doesn't know if that will be true.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The global enterprise will adapt to the lack of American leadership, but the steep loss for the country itself is unambiguous. The United States will no longer have the same window into the technologies of the future that will allow it to shape and anticipate commercial and societal advances.
June 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Private equity and hedge-fund (PEHF) managers gain valuable information serving on university boards, allowing them to beat the market. PEHF trustees have taken an increasingly central role in elite-uni trustee networks, while there has been no change in public university networks.
Weighted networks (projected from bipartite graphs of trustee vs university) from 2003 and 2017 showing the growth of the importance of PEHF in the structure of the networks in private universities but not public universities.
June 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Thanks to everyone who came out for this event! We had a series of incredible speakers addressing the importance of speaking up in this moment. Silence will not protect us, and a neutral position is complicity.

We will continue fighting for the Stanford community and higher education broadly!
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May 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Rally to Defend Education and Research
Friday, May 30 · 12 - 1:30pm PDT
White Memorial Plaza Stanford, CA

All are welcome!

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MAY 30, 12:00-1:30 PM WHITE PLAZA RALLY TO DEFEND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH & Get fired up for summer action & FACULTY, STUDENT, AND COMMUNITY SPEAKERS LIVE MUSIC CONNECT WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
May 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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RALLY TO DEFEND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
MAY 30, 12:00-2:00 PM
WHITE PLAZA, STANFORD
MAY 30, 12:00-2:00 PM WHITE PLAZA RALLY TO DEFEND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Get fired up for summer action & FACULTY, STUDENT, AND COMMUNITY SPEAKERS LIVE MUSIC CONNECT WITH CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
May 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Which @standupforscience.bsky.social microflyer is your favorite???

Find more here: www.standupforscience.net/microflyering
Thanks to the taxpayer-funded National Science Foundation, we have: 3D printing MRI machines THE INTERNET Doppler radar LASIK eye surgery The Magic School Bus Deep-sea exploration American Sign Language Speech-to-text technology Kidney transplant matching The first picture of a black hole ...AND MORE! Trump wants to cut the NSF budget over 50 percent. The future of American innovation is at stake. STAND UP for SCIENCE LEARN MORE AND CALL YOUR REPS: standupforscience.net Insta: @standupforscience TikTok: @stand.up.for.scie
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The federal government will cease awarding Harvard any research grant.
May 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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🔥In April, the National Firefighter Registry shut down due to CDC/NIOSH staffing cuts.🔥 The registry was created by the Congress in 2018 to study firefighting and cancer in the US, to help us find solutions to make the job safer.🔥

🔥Firefighters are heroes. #HandsOff Firefighter safety!!!🔥
#CDCcuts🔥
CDC logo. Text: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH). National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer. NOTICE: "Due to the reduction in force across NIOSH, firefighters can no longer enroll in the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer." Text: "Why should I join? Having many types of firefighters join the NFR is vital to examining the relationship between firefighting and cancer. The more researchers know about cancer, the more that can be done to prevent it. By joining the NFR, you can: • Help protect your brothers and sisters in the fire service from developing cancer • Help lessen the impact of cancer on firefighters' families and friends • Pave the way for new health and safety measures to keep the next generation of firefighters safe • Improve understanding of cancer risk among minority, female, and volunteer firefighters, as well as groups like wildland firefighters."
May 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Save the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)!

“investing in scientific research is crucial for the advancement of knowledge and the betterment of society”

#SaveNSF
#StrongerTogether

www.savensf.com
Text: “Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation.” A young child stands at the edge of a complex looking marble run. Text: “Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.”
May 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Looking forward to joining @indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social and @standupforscience.bsky.social next Friday for:

Stand Up for Science and Sanity
May 9, 12-2pm
Lytton Plaza in Downtown Palo Alto

Reservations: www.eventbrite.com/e/protest-st...

#standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #strongertogether
Red flyer depicting Statue of Liberty and text of event details: May 9th, Noon-2pm, Lytton Plaza, Downtown Palo Alto, "Stand Up for Science and Sanity" and a quote "Science and democracy go hand in hand"
May 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Tomorrow!

Stanford Stand for Democracy!
Friday, May 2nd 12PM-3PM
White Plaza
Flyer for "Stand For Democracy National Day of Action" in Support for Academic Freedom. Friday, May 2nd 12PM-3PM at White Plaza. Featuring: Student and faculty speakers. Live student bands Marmalade | Richard and the Red Flags. Concrete steps to make a difference: letter writing, phone banking, public art, know your rights, voter registration. Connect with student orgs supporting Democracy: StanfordVotes, ACLU, SWIP, Students for Educational Equity, AAUP, more! Presented by Stanford Education & Democracy United (EDU) @edustanford | educationdemocracy.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Stanford AAUP’s “What Does Higher Education Mean” alongside Rodin’s “The Burghers of Calais” — bronze figures of citizens who offered their own lives to prevent their community from being pillaged by a king, sculpted to express the struggle of facing fears in devotion to a just cause.
Plaque says: The Burghers of Calais In 1884 the French city of Calais commissioned Auguste Rodin to create a memorial honoring heroes of the Hundred Years' War. He depicted the six burghers, or citizens, who in 1347 volunteered to leave the defeated city barefoot, tied by rope at the neck, and offer their own lives and the keys to Calais to King Edward III of England. The burghers' fortitude, de-termination, and devotion to their community preserved Calais from being pillaged at the end of a devastating siege. The burghers are shown at the moment of departure from the city. For Rodin this episode was an opportunity to celebrate the idea that heroic deeds may be performed by ordinary people. He did not follow tradition by idealizing the figures, rather he was uncompromising in his depiction of the emaciated hostages and represented them as distinct individuals. Their faltering steps, despairing gestures, and anguished expressions eloquently express the inner turmoil of each man struggling in his conscience between fear of dying and devotion to their cause. This installation of independent casts was suggested by the sculptor's wish to have the figures set amidst the paving stones of Calais' town square so that the citizens of today might learn from the example of their heroic ancestors.
April 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!
April 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM