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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · 18d

Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 27d

The history of Black travel during Jim Crow is archived at the Green Book Project. Contribute to that history. Know a neighbor or elder with Green Book memories? Invite them to share their story.

Submission form here: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu

#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky

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FemQuant @femquant.bsky.social · Sep 4

‼️PhD Funding‼️ Check out this fully-funded PhD position in Stockholm, part of the a 5-year mixed method project investing Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes of Violent Crime led by Dr. Signe Svallfors

Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · Sep 4

PhD studentship with quantitative focus: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · Aug 28

Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · Aug 19

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · Aug 19

The quotes in this article are just wild

kate conger @kateconger.com · Aug 19

I am actually shrieking www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Aug 18

From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”‬
#academicsky #data #umich
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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Aug 13

Goal-striving stress - a largely ignored stressor of blocked opportunity & dashed aspirations - is implicated in chronic pain among low income white adults, regardless of other health & economic factors myumi.ch/kPjQn
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Goal-Striving Stress and Bodily Pain among Working-Age Black and White Americans - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

This study tests novel research questions regarding Black-White disparities in bodily pain and goal-striving stress (GSS). A largely overlooked chronic stressor, GSS measures the psychosocial strains ...

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · Aug 9

What happened today at #Emory & #CDC should outrage us all.

We once settled our disagreements through debate—but now, fueled by misinformation and disinformation, we are more divided than ever and innocent lives are being lost. The state of affairs in our country is truly heartbreaking.

Sean Keenan @thatseankeenan.bsky.social · Aug 9

NEW: The Emory shooter thought the Covid-19 vaccine was to blame for his medical problems, NYT confirms, so he shot CDC buildings, killing a police officer in the process.

Our latest:
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Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside C.D.C. in Atlanta

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jul 29

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Federal data has been disappearing under Trump

There’s been a “targeted, surgical removal of data sets, or elements of data sets, that are not aligned with the administration’s priorities,” said Denice Ross at the Federation of American Scientists...

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Rick Hass @rwhass.bsky.social · Jul 9

Come be my colleague. This is a for-real #health #equity position. I can attest to the commitment that Jefferson and Jefferson Health has maintained to this work. I have too many PhD students so now you can have some! 😜 #episky #publichealth

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Humana Professor for Health Equity, College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University

Job Details The Jefferson College of Population Health is recruiting a senior scholar to join the faculty as the inaugural Humana Professor of Community Health & Equity. The endowed professor will...

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Jul 4

Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.

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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · Jul 5

This 👇

#PublicHealth

🙏 @nisreenalwan.bsky.social

Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Jul 4

Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jun 3

Canadians make up the largest proportion—nearly 28 percent—of international travelers visiting Florida. They also comprise the largest number of international visitors for the entire United States.

But that comfortable relationship may be taking a turn.

Canadians have cooled on US travel

Mexico is looking like a much better option.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”.

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CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns

The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.

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Eos @eos.org · Jun 3

National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt just began speaking at the annual #StateoftheScience address in Washington, D.C. McNutt is expected to address the challenges researchers are facing in a rapidly changing scientific landscape. 🧵👇

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · May 22

NIH Extends the ESI eligibility window drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/n...

NIH Extends the ESI eligibility window

A tiny ray of positive news has sunbeamed through the storm clouds. The NIH has announced (NOT-OD-25-114) that Early Stage Investigators (ESI) who reached the end of their eligibility from the Fall…

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Jun 3

I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · Jun 4

Ugh www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...

The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · May 31

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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · May 30

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Opinion | The U.S. Made a Terrible Mistake When It Deported This Scientist

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Reed DeAngelis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social · May 29

A new study w/ @acdennis.bsky.social et al. finds that Black adults w/ darker self-rated skin tones report diminished feelings of mattering and show signs of faster biological aging, regardless of interviewer-rated skin tone and various other social-economic factors.
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(PDF) Colorism and Health Inequities among Black Americans: A Biopsychosocial Perspective

PDF | The mechanisms generating skin-tone based health inequities among ethnic Black Americans remain poorly understood. To address this gap, our study... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · May 24

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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

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Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social · May 20

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Justice Dept. to Use False Claims Act to Pursue Institutions Over Diversity Efforts

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