Sharlene Newman
sharlenenewman.bsky.social
Sharlene Newman
@sharlenenewman.bsky.social
I am so proud to be an engineer. I love my clan. And am very honored that they recognized me.

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Newman Inducted into the 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows – Research & Economic Development
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April 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
No one will answer my question.
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March 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I have a real question. How will they determine what is DEI? They want to make it illegal but I still don't know how they are operationalizing it. Is my existence DEI? If we use Black faces in an ad is that DEI? If we work with autistic kids is that DEI? What is it?
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I love us. This had me in tears. Just beautiful.

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“There we were, filling the space with the sound of us.” #arianabrown #middleschool #heritage #booktokfyp #poetrytok
TikTok video by Button Poetry
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March 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I identify with this. One thing is left out. I am now completely exhausted and need a sabbatical.

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February 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Black beauty, style and fashion in celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth.
This is a wonderful docuseries you can find on Netflix, #SupremeModels

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Ep. 2 - Story Of Iman | Supreme Models
YouTube video by Vogue
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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
As an undergraduate I interned in the summer and winter break at a nuclear power plant, remember my major was electrical engineering. You really do need to have people who understand nuclear safety. It is really dangerous to not have those people. Like really dangerous.
February 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My #BlackHistoryMonth
moment today is Mamie "Peanut" Johnson. A woman pitcher in the Negro League. Yes, the male teams had a few women but she was the only pitcher.

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Mamie Johnson discusses her time in the Negro Leagues | 03/09/2024
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was the only female pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues, she discusses her experience playing and more
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February 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Someone just asked a question and I haven't seen the answer. I saw some report about $8M/day but that isn't official so I can't believe it. Also how much is his team making? Don't we have a right to know how much out tax dollars are going to them? I'm just curious.
February 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Serenaaaaa
February 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Jeremy Berg (former director of an NIH institute) points out a number of quirks in the NIH announcement about the indirect cost rate cut, raising the real possibility that nobody at NIH actually wrote this
The first paragraph explains what indirect costs are. NIH would not do this as they would assume their audience was university grant administrators and nerds like me.

This reads like the beginning of a book report where a student was explaining something they just read about on Wikipedia.

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February 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You can support local farmers. Here is a national list of Black farmers across the country. You can find someone close to you and support them.

BTW, the first on the list in Alabama is one of my sister's classmates.

blackfarmersindex.com
Black Farmers Index
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February 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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@NaturallyNonny Preventing a misdiagnosis: Why #healthcare must represent everyone. #BlackSky #Doctors #Nurses #MedSky #Medicine #STEM #CulturalCompetency
February 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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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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February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I see so much of this. They make it difficult for researchers who actually care about communities. I have had a few people almost cuss me out and had to work overtime to gain their trust.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Top universities warned against unfair research partnerships on their doorstep
Domestic helicopter research — in which wealthy institutions exploit local communities — is on the rise.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don't feel comfortable with Elon's people taking people's personal, financial, information from federal government offices. They now have banking information. Please, if I am misunderstanding what they are doing correct me. Because it sounds wild.
February 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I will be celebrating Black women this year #BHM

SOJOURNER TRUTH, abolitionist and women’s rights activist
“If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there”

One of my favorite speeches.

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Sojourner Truth - Ain't I A Woman?
YouTube video by Marco Learning
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February 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM