Stephanie M. Lee
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social
Senior writer at @chronicle.com, writing about scholarship, scholars, and society. stephanie.lee@chronicle.com / Signal: stephaniemlee.07 / stephaniemlee.com / San Francisco
All year long I've ben reporting on the decimation of federally funded research. It's been distressing for many scientists, and on the latest College Matters podcast, I tried to break it all down in conversation with the great @jackstripling.bsky.social. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All year long I've ben reporting on the decimation of federally funded research. It's been distressing for many scientists, and on the latest College Matters podcast, I tried to break it all down in conversation with the great @jackstripling.bsky.social. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
feel like I got to watch the Beatles reunite last night, I am a lucky girl 🥲
September 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
feel like I got to watch the Beatles reunite last night, I am a lucky girl 🥲
Over and over, scientists worried that the instability would harm their ability to train the next generation. “When you don’t have steady state funding, people can’t plan for the future,” one told me. “If people can’t plan for a future, then no one has a future.”
www.chronicle.com/article/thei...
www.chronicle.com/article/thei...
July 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Over and over, scientists worried that the instability would harm their ability to train the next generation. “When you don’t have steady state funding, people can’t plan for the future,” one told me. “If people can’t plan for a future, then no one has a future.”
www.chronicle.com/article/thei...
www.chronicle.com/article/thei...
"As the NIH begins to reinstate these grants, it is creating a surprising map of winners and losers at odds with the Trump administration’s politics." great story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/n...
July 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"As the NIH begins to reinstate these grants, it is creating a surprising map of winners and losers at odds with the Trump administration’s politics." great story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/n...
More details on what's happening to NIH grants right now: www.chronicle.com/article/an-n...
May 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
More details on what's happening to NIH grants right now: www.chronicle.com/article/an-n...
ANORA (2024), dir. Sean Baker
December 28, 2024 at 2:54 AM
ANORA (2024), dir. Sean Baker
UC Berkeley's alumni magazine has an overview of the war over the California math framework, and quotes some high-school teachers/students about their experience with the Youcubed data-science class
alumni.berkeley.edu/california-m...
alumni.berkeley.edu/california-m...
December 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
UC Berkeley's alumni magazine has an overview of the war over the California math framework, and quotes some high-school teachers/students about their experience with the Youcubed data-science class
alumni.berkeley.edu/california-m...
alumni.berkeley.edu/california-m...
the stanford connection www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
the stanford connection www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
happy thanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 5:16 AM
happy thanksgiving
some quotes that illustrate the divide in the meeting, via the Stanford Report. ultimately the senate voted 21-13 to keep the 2020 censure.
here's my story from earlier in the year on the proposal to reverse it, when it first came up for a vote: www.chronicle.com/article/stan...
here's my story from earlier in the year on the proposal to reverse it, when it first came up for a vote: www.chronicle.com/article/stan...
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
some quotes that illustrate the divide in the meeting, via the Stanford Report. ultimately the senate voted 21-13 to keep the 2020 censure.
here's my story from earlier in the year on the proposal to reverse it, when it first came up for a vote: www.chronicle.com/article/stan...
here's my story from earlier in the year on the proposal to reverse it, when it first came up for a vote: www.chronicle.com/article/stan...
Of the three "data science" courses examined, "YouCubed uses the least mathematics," the UC's math workgroup writes in a newly released report.
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/commi...
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/commi...
February 22, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Of the three "data science" courses examined, "YouCubed uses the least mathematics," the UC's math workgroup writes in a newly released report.
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/commi...
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/commi...
Math news: A University of California workgroup just confirmed an admissions panel's decision (from July) that "data science" classes don't validate the UC's algebra II requirement—specifically, Youcubed, Introduction to Data Science, and CourseKata. senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/commi...
February 22, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Math news: A University of California workgroup just confirmed an admissions panel's decision (from July) that "data science" classes don't validate the UC's algebra II requirement—specifically, Youcubed, Introduction to Data Science, and CourseKata. senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/commi...
all hail the king
October 22, 2023 at 5:07 AM
all hail the king
Also, Harvard wants to publicly post a minimally redacted version of its 1,200-page investigation into the four studies of Dr. Gino's. Her team was on board — then backed out, according to Harvard. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 10, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Also, Harvard wants to publicly post a minimally redacted version of its 1,200-page investigation into the four studies of Dr. Gino's. Her team was on board — then backed out, according to Harvard. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Harvard just filed a partial motion to dismiss Francesca Gino's lawsuit against it, saying that she failed to state claims for breach of contract and defamation, among other things
October 10, 2023 at 11:21 PM
Harvard just filed a partial motion to dismiss Francesca Gino's lawsuit against it, saying that she failed to state claims for breach of contract and defamation, among other things