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Janet R. Wojcik, Ph.D., FACSM
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Professor, Exercise Science; #100FitCities, Co-Chair ACSM BEAT SIG; rock music, sports, cars, cats; opinions my own, drjanetrwojcik on IG, Threads
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I know I'm more than a day late on this, but for some reason it came across my feed now — I confirmed with Sanofi today that they haven't yet shipped the Novavax shot, so it isn't available anywhere. They plan to start shipping next week.
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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There are so many things wrong with Canvas already, and this is what they decide is important.
“…faculty members will be able to click an icon that connects them with various AI features…, like a grading tool, a discussion-post summarizer… Canvas’s parent company, Instructure, is also in partnership w/ OpenAI… so instructors can use generative-AI technology as part of their assignments.”
Instructors Will Now See AI Throughout a Widely Used Course Software
New features integrated into Canvas include a grading assistant, a discussion-post summarizer, and even a way to pair assignments with generative AI tools.
www.chronicle.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.

Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
July 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
New publication in collaboration with the Physical Activity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (PAPREN) on the need for physical activity with GLP-1 medications.

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July 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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This isn’t a webinar. It’s a live reflection session for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs who aren’t sure whether to stay in academia. One hour. No slides. No pressure. Register for free or pass it on. #PhDSky
Get on my calendar! (Jennifer Polk, PhD)
Jennifer Polk, PhD, is a career coach, educator, and recognized expert in PhD careers. She regularly facilitates professional development workshops and delivers keynote presentations at institutions across the US, Canada, and internationally. Jen created her PhD Career Clarity Program to help PhDs navigate their career paths with confidence.   Jen’s writing is published in University Affairs, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Globe and Mail, Academic Matters, and in three books. More recently, she was an expert panelist for the 2021 Canadian Council of Academies report, Degrees of Success, on the challenges PhDs face transitioning to employment. Jen currently serves on the board of directors for the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, and she’s on the management committee for a multi-year transborder project about PhD career paths. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto. Find Jen online at From PhD to Life.
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July 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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This is also happening in Michigan. Michigan State University will lose ~$10 million in these funding cuts, and is laying off 120 MSU Extension workers who teach nutrition education to people across the state. I will link in thread below how you can take action.
Congress Cut a Federal Nutrition Program, Jeopardizing Campus Jobs and Community Services
The elimination of SNAP-Ed funding has already prompted layoffs at one campus, with more likely to follow.
www.chronicle.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Making America Healthy Again by defunding research on cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s is an…interesting, and reckless, strategy

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I was trying to come up with an analogy and the best I could think of was "imagine if you were sick and the government denied access to modern medicine and forced you to rely on outdated 19th century stuff" and, oh
Taxing wind and solar, while subsidizing fossil fuels and biofuels. Get it yet?
June 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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A major reason we have so few Black physicians is the 1910 Flexner Report that closed almost every medical school that primarily served Black students. This scholarship was an effort to correct that historical error, and UAB just terminated it and gave the money back to the sponsoring family.
Anti-DEI is about re-segregation and the erasure of Black and Brown people. Every day brings another example of the blatantly racist agenda of this policy.
eji.org/news/fearing...
June 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Today marks the 44th anniversary of the publication in the MMWR of a new syndrome that we now know as AIDS www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview... (MMWR 1981;30:250--2). Much progress since then but much remains to be done.
Pneumocystis Pneumonia --- Los Angeles
www.cdc.gov
June 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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This might be a good time to recall Arnold Relman's wise words: "There really is no such thing as alternative medicine-- only medicine that has been proved to work and medicine that hasn't."

gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-is-op...
RFK Jr. Is Opening the Alternative Medicine Floodgates
Kennedy plans to make it easier for people to take unregulated, potentially unsafe treatments like stem cell and chelation therapy.
gizmodo.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅
June 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Interesting article about current commercial fitness landscape. I saw on someone’s account their Gold’s Gym in El Paso abruptly closed this week.

athletechnews.com/hvlp-low-pri...
As HVLPs Enter Golden Era, Mid-Tier Gyms Could Feel Squeeze
Low-price gym chains are poised for continued growth, fueling a wave of consolidation that could see mid-tier gyms get swallowed up.
athletechnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Starting on Wednesday, travelers in the U.S. will need a Real ID, passport or other federally recognized document to board domestic flights, a requirement that has sent many Americans scrambling for the security-enhanced, star-emblazoned identification cards.
‘No Appointments Here’: A Mad Dash to Get a Real ID Ahead of the Deadline
A Real ID, passport or other federally recognized document will be required starting next week for domestic flights. Good luck booking an appointment.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Hi, I’m God.

How many pandemics must I send before humans once again learn to revere scientists?

How many millions must die? Not trying to be dramatic, just earnestly inquiring for My Notes.

Thanks,

God
April 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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This is why it’s so frustrating that RFK’s food dye distraction is getting so much coverage. Salmonella is much worse for you!

www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#CDC was notified of 6 more kids who died from #flu this season. They bring the total to date to 204, the third highest count since CDC started collecting pediatric death data in 2004-05. The worst year, 2009-10, was the year of the #H1N1 pandemic.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
April 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I still have a mountain of grading, but we played Cornhole and pickleball with the students, and my special populations class went to Pilates.
April 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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"'Instead of cutting red tape, they are strangling grantees with it,' said Robert Gordon, who served as the HHS assistant secretary of financial resources during the Biden administration."
DOGE is killing NIH. They froze the panels that determine funding. Then they froze funding announcements. Then they cancelled 100s of funded grants. Now they're freezing the remaining funded grants by making it impossible to actually access the funds
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review
DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Something to remind you
It's a world worth saving
April 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!

Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.

Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Reminder that the USPS often provides "last mile" (or multiple miles) delivery for the private shippers and companies, particularly for rural areas, including important medications and supplies for people who need home delivery.
NEW: Sens. @padilla.senate.gov and @lujan.senate.gov lead six other Senate Democrats in a letter opposing Trump admin calls to fold what Congress set up to be an independent postal service into the Commerce Department and potentially privatize USPS services
www.padilla.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
April 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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A non-exhaustive list of things to try if we actually want to support families:

-universal basic income
-free or low-cost childcare
-universal healthcare
-federally-mandated paid parental leave
-eliminate the motherhood penalty
-eliminate the manosphere

But they want to try “menstrual classes”
The Trump administration is assessing ways to persuade women in the U.S. to have more children, as a movement grows on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values. Some pitched ideas include cash baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes. nyti.ms/4jh3UAR
April 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM