Claudia Rankins
@stemhassoul.bsky.social
Helping HBCU faculty thrive, physicist, Hampton U alum, team LH44, 2 x American Record holder 4x200m relay 70+age group (nonclub), USAT&F, gardener, wanna-be woodworker, Oma of 2 greats
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Claudia Rankins
@stemhassoul.bsky.social
· Feb 10
You are looking at the new American indoor record holders in the 4x200m club relay 70-74 age group - Dorothy Erlanger, yours truly, Thelma Mack, and Diana Daniels.
8 February 25, Southeast Regionals In Hampton, VA
8 February 25, Southeast Regionals In Hampton, VA
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February 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Looking at the lastest Carnegie classifications, 39% of Historically Black Colleges and Universities hold a research classification (R1, R2 or Research College & University). In contrast, only 14% of non-HBCUs hold a research classification.
Just saying.
#HBCUs
Just saying.
#HBCUs
February 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Looking at the lastest Carnegie classifications, 39% of Historically Black Colleges and Universities hold a research classification (R1, R2 or Research College & University). In contrast, only 14% of non-HBCUs hold a research classification.
Just saying.
#HBCUs
Just saying.
#HBCUs
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Instead of saying "I didn't understand the halftime show, therefore it is bad art" maybe try and understand why you didn't get it and think critically about the presentation, symbolism, etc. This is part of the beauty of art and creativity.
February 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Instead of saying "I didn't understand the halftime show, therefore it is bad art" maybe try and understand why you didn't get it and think critically about the presentation, symbolism, etc. This is part of the beauty of art and creativity.
If you are an NSF PI or administrator at an organization with NSF awards, check the webpage “Implementation of Executive Orders” daily. That is the only communication right now we can expect from NSF.
Here are some highlights:
- NSF is resuming panel reviews as of February 10
Here are some highlights:
- NSF is resuming panel reviews as of February 10
February 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If you are an NSF PI or administrator at an organization with NSF awards, check the webpage “Implementation of Executive Orders” daily. That is the only communication right now we can expect from NSF.
Here are some highlights:
- NSF is resuming panel reviews as of February 10
Here are some highlights:
- NSF is resuming panel reviews as of February 10
A must read
No more martyrs, Kendrick Lamar seemed to say. Resistance to Trump is an “all of us” project. Dave Zirin looks at the brilliant, cooperative political art that was the Super Bowl halftime show.
How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser
The Philadelphia Eagles and Kendrick Lamar’s collective of geniuses made this the Super Bowl we needed.
www.thenation.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A must read
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Great read>>>
No more martyrs, Kendrick Lamar seemed to say. Resistance to Trump is an “all of us” project. Dave Zirin looks at the brilliant, cooperative political art that was the Super Bowl halftime show.
How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser
The Philadelphia Eagles and Kendrick Lamar’s collective of geniuses made this the Super Bowl we needed.
www.thenation.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Great read>>>
You are looking at the new American indoor record holders in the 4x200m club relay 70-74 age group - Dorothy Erlanger, yours truly, Thelma Mack, and Diana Daniels.
8 February 25, Southeast Regionals In Hampton, VA
8 February 25, Southeast Regionals In Hampton, VA
February 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You are looking at the new American indoor record holders in the 4x200m club relay 70-74 age group - Dorothy Erlanger, yours truly, Thelma Mack, and Diana Daniels.
8 February 25, Southeast Regionals In Hampton, VA
8 February 25, Southeast Regionals In Hampton, VA
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thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight
February 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight
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THE HUMAN JUKEBOX!!!!!
February 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
THE HUMAN JUKEBOX!!!!!
NSF PIs: From the NSF website: "NSF can not take action to delay or stop payment for active awards based solely on actual or potential non-compliance with the Executive Orders".
While all awards are currently under review, keep doing what you have been doing, unless possibly told otherwise later.
While all awards are currently under review, keep doing what you have been doing, unless possibly told otherwise later.
February 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NSF PIs: From the NSF website: "NSF can not take action to delay or stop payment for active awards based solely on actual or potential non-compliance with the Executive Orders".
While all awards are currently under review, keep doing what you have been doing, unless possibly told otherwise later.
While all awards are currently under review, keep doing what you have been doing, unless possibly told otherwise later.
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Yaasss!!
Mississippi Dem. Epically Trolls Pro-Lifers With Bill Making It A Crime For Men To Masturbate
That is how you do it 😂
www.comicsands.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yaasss!!
HBCUs are shelters in a time of storm. Dr Jelani Favors
HBCUs are domes of security for Black students. Dr Michael Watson
HBCUs are places where students don’t have to cater to white perceptions, & not have every interaction colored by the warping force field of white supremacy. @NegroSubversive
HBCUs are domes of security for Black students. Dr Michael Watson
HBCUs are places where students don’t have to cater to white perceptions, & not have every interaction colored by the warping force field of white supremacy. @NegroSubversive
February 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
HBCUs are shelters in a time of storm. Dr Jelani Favors
HBCUs are domes of security for Black students. Dr Michael Watson
HBCUs are places where students don’t have to cater to white perceptions, & not have every interaction colored by the warping force field of white supremacy. @NegroSubversive
HBCUs are domes of security for Black students. Dr Michael Watson
HBCUs are places where students don’t have to cater to white perceptions, & not have every interaction colored by the warping force field of white supremacy. @NegroSubversive
I really believe that the likes of M**k and them want to wipe out a significant portion of the Earth's population. Fewer people means that they can amass even more of the limited resources.
Trump/Musk shutting down USAID puts us all at greater risk.
February 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I really believe that the likes of M**k and them want to wipe out a significant portion of the Earth's population. Fewer people means that they can amass even more of the limited resources.
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Keep pushing, keep bringing lawsuits, keep making noise. It works!
NSF director just announced that all NSF funding, including mine, is back online (at least for now).
NSF director just announced that all NSF funding, including mine, is back online (at least for now).
February 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Keep pushing, keep bringing lawsuits, keep making noise. It works!
NSF director just announced that all NSF funding, including mine, is back online (at least for now).
NSF director just announced that all NSF funding, including mine, is back online (at least for now).
Dear NSF PIs, draw down on your funds and continue your work. If anyone asks, you are teachers, mentors, researchers, not people doing "DEIA" work. So keep doing the good work in these insane times. I work to support HBCU faculty. That's my job, not DEIA. I'll continue to do it.
Just received this email (received 3:25 pm ET), from the NSF director, informing that DOJ has interpreted the temporary restraining order on the funding freeze as applying to “all NSF award recipients.”
Again, I’ll shout it from the rooftops: lawsuits matter!!!!
Again, I’ll shout it from the rooftops: lawsuits matter!!!!
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Dear NSF PIs, draw down on your funds and continue your work. If anyone asks, you are teachers, mentors, researchers, not people doing "DEIA" work. So keep doing the good work in these insane times. I work to support HBCU faculty. That's my job, not DEIA. I'll continue to do it.
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February is LGBTQ+ history month. This year it comes at a difficult and uncertain time for many in the LGBTQ+ community; a time when mutual support, safe spaces, and allies are really needed. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
February 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
February is LGBTQ+ history month. This year it comes at a difficult and uncertain time for many in the LGBTQ+ community; a time when mutual support, safe spaces, and allies are really needed. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Please enjoy my portraiture of a great physicist, my friend and PhD advisor Dr. Warren W. Buck. The Journal of STEM Leadership, created by my bestie Dr. Kelly Mack at #AAC&U, is a rare journal with open access. www.casl-jslbp.net/article/9130...
#BlackPhysicists #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackPhysicists #BlackHistoryMonth
Dr. Warren W. Buck III: Physicist, Professor, Chancellor, Sailor, and Activist | Published in The Journal of STEM Leadership and Broadening Participation
By Claudia Rankins. The life of Dr. Warren Buck III illustrates the remarkable achievement of a man born during segregation who became an accomplished Mathematician and Physicist at PWIs and HBCUs.
www.casl-jslbp.net
February 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Please enjoy my portraiture of a great physicist, my friend and PhD advisor Dr. Warren W. Buck. The Journal of STEM Leadership, created by my bestie Dr. Kelly Mack at #AAC&U, is a rare journal with open access. www.casl-jslbp.net/article/9130...
#BlackPhysicists #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackPhysicists #BlackHistoryMonth
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Democratic lawmakers need to understand something:
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democratic lawmakers need to understand something:
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
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Absolutely batshit you can watch on live TV a rotting whale eating, bear corpse vandalizing, brainworm eaten, anti-science sex pest who drove an ex wife to suicide & looks exactly like corrupted Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks & sounds like Megatron auditioning to be head of America’s healthcare.
January 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Absolutely batshit you can watch on live TV a rotting whale eating, bear corpse vandalizing, brainworm eaten, anti-science sex pest who drove an ex wife to suicide & looks exactly like corrupted Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks & sounds like Megatron auditioning to be head of America’s healthcare.
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Watching in real time how the policy of complying in advance actually reduces scientific productivity
January 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Watching in real time how the policy of complying in advance actually reduces scientific productivity
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Every single report on the Trump funding freeze — every report on Medicare portal, Head Start, homeless veterans programs — needs to mention immediately WHY. The freeze is in order to complete an ideological purge of so-called “woke” programming. This is IMPORTANT, y’all.
January 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Every single report on the Trump funding freeze — every report on Medicare portal, Head Start, homeless veterans programs — needs to mention immediately WHY. The freeze is in order to complete an ideological purge of so-called “woke” programming. This is IMPORTANT, y’all.
The Constitution is unconstitutional? Got it.
Leavitt: This administration believes that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
January 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Constitution is unconstitutional? Got it.
I have been accepted by USAT&F to compete in the World Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships. My childhood dream of competing internationally has come true at age 71.
Hooray to me!
Hooray to me!
January 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I have been accepted by USAT&F to compete in the World Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships. My childhood dream of competing internationally has come true at age 71.
Hooray to me!
Hooray to me!
Don't even think of contacting your program officers right now. They know as much as you do and they hurt as much as you do. They are not allowed to talk right now. Don't jeopardize them. Call your elected officials to do something and your university leadership to speak up.
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Don't even think of contacting your program officers right now. They know as much as you do and they hurt as much as you do. They are not allowed to talk right now. Don't jeopardize them. Call your elected officials to do something and your university leadership to speak up.
Don't blame agency heads at NSF, NIH, etc for the language they have to use in their directives to employees. They are political appointees and can get fired. Imagine who would replace them, if they resigned or didn't comply.They, like us, are looking for Congress to do something.
January 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Don't blame agency heads at NSF, NIH, etc for the language they have to use in their directives to employees. They are political appointees and can get fired. Imagine who would replace them, if they resigned or didn't comply.They, like us, are looking for Congress to do something.