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Sumie Okazaki

@sumieokazaki.bsky.social

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Retired NYU Applied Psychology professor, Asian American psychology, author, rescue dog mom, Asian+Jewish, foodie, wine nerd WSET3

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jun 18

Voted!

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Apr 24

“Whaaat?”

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Apr 19

New Yorkers protesting tyranny, malice, & incompetence

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Apr 17

This 👇👇👇 - Reject false choice between Jewish safety & democracy jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...

BROAD COALITION OF MAINSTREAM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS RELEASE STATEMENT REJECTING FALSE CHOICE BETWEEN JEWISH SAFETY & DEMOCRACY - Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Today, a coalition of ten organizations representing a broad swath of mainstream American Jewry – including three of the four denominations – issued a joint statement rejecting the false choice betwee...

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Apr 5

New York!

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Mar 30

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 24

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Mar 19

I still can’t figure out what’s in it for Elon/Trump to decimate NIH & the US research infrastructure & pipeline - is it just being anti-science? Anti-health? Some petty personal vengeance?

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Mar 10

Raising funds for research on rare cancers #cycleforsurvival

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.

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Cancellation megathread

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Feb 11

What’s on Google maps won’t stop me from calling it the Gulf of Mexico, but how much gov’t $ will be wasted redoing road signs and printed materials for this vanity project?

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · Feb 11

One more really important thing that IES does: It runs a program in Statistical and Research Methodology in Education that has generated MANY important advances, e.g., about identifying causal mechanisms in quasi-experimental studies, understanding heterogeneity of effects, etc.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Feb 11

From the org I work at (AIR) about IES cancellations:

"This is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars, which have been invested—per Congressional appropriations and many according to specific legislation—in long-standing data collection and analysis efforts"

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Dana Tofig, a spokesman for the American Institutes for Research, an education research organization that holds many contracts with IES and the Education Department, said that IES has issued notices of termination for convenience on multiple contracts, including those dealing with evaluations of federally funded programs and education statistics.

“This is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars, which have been invested—per Congressional appropriations and many according to specific legislation—in long-standing data collection and analysis efforts, and policy and program evaluations,” Tofig said. “These investments inform the entire education system at all levels about the condition of education and the distribution of students, teachers, and resources in school districts across America. Many of these contracts are nearing completion and canceling them now yields the taxpayers no return on their investment. If the purpose of such cuts is to make sure taxpayer dollars are not wasted and used well, the evaluation and data work that has been terminated is exactly the work that determines which programs are effective uses of federal dollars, and which are not.”

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Feb 8

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

grants.nih.gov

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy lunar new year to all who are celebrating

a poster for 2025 with a snake and the words wisdom and strength

ALT: a poster for 2025 with a snake and the words wisdom and strength

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · Jan 29

This is a moral horror and a five alarm fire.

To be clear, Guantanamo has always been a moral horror. But Trump is going to use it to sweep anyone he designates as an unperson / enemy beyond the easy reach of advocacy, legal support and media attention. Migrants are just the first on the docket.

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Trump to Sign Order to Use Guantanamo Bay to House
Migrants
The president said the facility could house up to 30,000 people
CAMP VI
JOINT DETENTION GROUP
JOINT TASK FORCE - GUANTANAMO
BLDG # 2515
The control tower of a detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. PHOTO:
ALEX BRANDON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 22

And here is our qualitative study of how children of working class immigrant families describe their family support on their college pathways

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thanks for lifting up our work @agamoran.bsky.social

Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Jan 22

New article in the American Journal of education by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social grantees H-Y S Cherng, @sumieokazaki.bsky.social, Amy Hsin, & colleagues finds prior test scores can explain diffs among Whites in who pursues STEM majors, but not for other groups. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 21

My co-chairs and I, with amazing support from clergy & staff, planned and pulled off an engaging Mitzvah Day on this MLK Day. And the best part was that I didn’t look at the news all day!

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 19

Second time was just as magical as the first, maybe even a little more emotionally resonant. I love this show. #maybehappyending

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thinking of everyone in harm’s way in the terrifying fires in LA. Thank you to all the firefighters and those saving lives. The devastation is unimaginable.

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Jan 8

First time venturing south of the 60th St since the congestion pricing went into effect. Park & 33rd around 5pm looked - well, non-congested.

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Dec 21

Shaaray Tefila Manna for Chanukah: Because the 1st night of Chanukah falls on Christmas, we served Chinese food & donut holes. Kudos to our chef-in-residence Liz Alpern. And how cute are the takehome boxes with gelt, dreidels, & Pirket Avot fortune cookies? This is AsianJewish dream come true 😉

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Dec 13

We had the first-ever “Cook the Book” potluck led by our chef-in-residence Liz Alpern at Temple Shaaray Tefila. We cooked recipes from Jeremy Salamon’s Second Generation cookbook filled with reimagined Hungarian Jewish cuisine. So flavorful. So good.

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Nov 30

Good use of the giant message board overlooking the Millennium Park

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Nov 24

Loved, loved, loved Maybe Happy Ending! If you’re in NYC, go see it!!

Sumie Okazaki @sumieokazaki.bsky.social · Nov 21

Attending ElluminateWomen convening - a gathering of feminist Jewish women leaders & philanthropists. In times like these, drawing inspiration from those who are relentless in moving forward.