Mark Wilson
@markawilson13.bsky.social
Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Community forestry advocate, bibliophile, long-time tea drinker. Views are my own.
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The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
I don't disagree that the US university business model was/is fragile, but surely not for this reason?
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
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NEW: Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism.
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
NEW: Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism.
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
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No matter what you think of the Israel/Palestine situation, and no matter what you think of the Columbia Univ. protests:
If ICE can grab a permanent resident, suddenly revoke their Green Card (!) and whisk them away to a distant prison incommunicado, no one’s liberties are really safe.
If ICE can grab a permanent resident, suddenly revoke their Green Card (!) and whisk them away to a distant prison incommunicado, no one’s liberties are really safe.
Uses the word "proudly" in the first sentence. Says it is the "first arrest of many to come" in the second sentence.
If you think this ends with "Hamas Students" you are not paying attention
If you think this ends with "Hamas Students" you are not paying attention
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
No matter what you think of the Israel/Palestine situation, and no matter what you think of the Columbia Univ. protests:
If ICE can grab a permanent resident, suddenly revoke their Green Card (!) and whisk them away to a distant prison incommunicado, no one’s liberties are really safe.
If ICE can grab a permanent resident, suddenly revoke their Green Card (!) and whisk them away to a distant prison incommunicado, no one’s liberties are really safe.
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The funds were designated for more than 100 communities, organizations and tribal nations around the country over the next five years.
$75 million Arbor Day grant to plant trees in Nebraska, elsewhere canceled amid anti-DEI push
The funds were designated for more than 100 communities, organizations and tribal nations around the country over the next five years.
journalstar.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The funds were designated for more than 100 communities, organizations and tribal nations around the country over the next five years.
Great article about community forestry in New Haven, CT
yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/602...
yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/602...
Reforesting the Elm City
The Urban Resources Initiative is planting thousands of trees to make New Haven a cooler city.
yalealumnimagazine.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Great article about community forestry in New Haven, CT
yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/602...
yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/602...
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"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..."
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..."
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Nebraska: In 2024, 2 schools received more than $10 million in NIH grants, for a total of $109 million. Of that, $71 million went directly to research and $38 million went to facilities and administration. The new rate would bring that to $11 million, a loss of about $27 million.
February 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Nebraska: In 2024, 2 schools received more than $10 million in NIH grants, for a total of $109 million. Of that, $71 million went directly to research and $38 million went to facilities and administration. The new rate would bring that to $11 million, a loss of about $27 million.
"Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example."
-Justice Louis Brandeis (dissenting), Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 485 (1928)
-Justice Louis Brandeis (dissenting), Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 485 (1928)
January 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example."
-Justice Louis Brandeis (dissenting), Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 485 (1928)
-Justice Louis Brandeis (dissenting), Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 485 (1928)
This is my first foray into social media, and my feed is likely to be a haphazardly curated, strange mix of my personal and professional interests.
November 13, 2024 at 4:02 PM
This is my first foray into social media, and my feed is likely to be a haphazardly curated, strange mix of my personal and professional interests.