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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Kim L. Scheppele, Lisa W. Fazio , and 7 more

donmoyn.bsky.social
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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freerangestats.info
We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...
Statistics Adviser (Demography)
Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...
careers.spc.int
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charlesjkenny.bsky.social
At its peak, about 1 in 7 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa caused by HIV/AIDS. It is now one in 20. PEPFAR takes a lot of credit. Since the launch of PMI in 2005, death rates from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa are down by a third. This is the time to double down, not walk away.
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by Clark Gray

clarklgray.bsky.social
Postdoc w/Miyuki Hino
Post-Doc Research Associate
This full-time position will contribute to projects on natural hazards and disasters.The primary projects will focus on extreme weather events and their impacts to communities in the Southeastern US. ...
unc.peopleadmin.com
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gugunderwater.bsky.social
The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row.

#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Francis Martin

bernoid.bsky.social
Every day is #UKFungusDay for me.
Caloboletus calopus - Bitter Beech Bolete
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mixotrophe.bsky.social
🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Mark Rice

whstancil.bsky.social
The reality is that the US Department of Homeland Security has been openly seized by unapologetic white nationalists who freely indulge in neo-Nazi rhetoric and use their huge and growing paramilitary army to mount massive attacks on communities of color in the US in a campaign of racist oppression
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Matthew P. McAllister, Daxton R. Stewart

biblioracle.bsky.social
University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Valerie Mueller, Todd Pugatch

rnajam.bsky.social
Exciting news. We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Public Policy. Focus areas: environmental policy, international development, or poverty.
Link:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025.
Don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Assistant Professor
This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...
unc.peopleadmin.com
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koriedean.bsky.social
New: UNC has paid nearly $1 million for PR support since last year, with some work focused on the university’s reputation.

The firm found stakeholders believed “Carolina has lost its ‘Way.’”

With @shelbyswanson.bsky.social & @jwatsonfisher.bsky.social: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
UNC has paid nearly $1M for PR help since 2024, in part to find its ‘Way’ again
“Over the last 10 years, there’s been a degradation of what UNC stands for,” said one interviewee who the consultant interviewed last fall.
www.newsobserver.com
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keunghui.bsky.social
NC State University sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination. NC State alleges Monsanto marketed PCB mixtures to the building industry as being safe despite knowing they were toxic. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced
NC State sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination
Poe Hall has been closed for nearly two years after the toxic chemicals were discovered.
www.newsobserver.com
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nathanharness.bsky.social
I found this rove beetle friend on the rainforest floor. They are so so fast, you can imaging me chasing it around with my camera just rolling around in the leaf litter. Just unbelievable colors. In person the rainbow iridescence is stunning. It’s hard to say much here beyond just wow.
Red green and yellow beetle on a leaf Red green and yellow beetle on a leaf
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capture907.bsky.social
There were several nice bursts last night. The first was around 930pm (what an early treat!). This is another bigger one about 125am. This timelapse covers about 5 minutes of time.
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Jocalyn Clark

charlesjkenny.bsky.social
Widespread disruptions to the delivery of lifesaving US foreign assistance including antiretrovirals and malaria medicines laid out in this:

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
www.washingtonpost.com
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Sharing. Because we need to know. Also because “John Brown Gun Club”.
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by Jessica Leight — Reposted by: Clark Gray

leightjessica.bsky.social
One fascinating new paper published in REHO shows that there is a positive relationship between daily temperature and incidence of domestic violence (using administrative data from Brazil)
link.springer.com/ar...

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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Ruha Benjamin, Marc Lynch , and 24 more

nkalamb.bsky.social
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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by Clark Gray

clarklgray.bsky.social
US GEOG majors declined by almost 50% over the past 10 years 😢. Environment is doing well, though, and Data Science is through the roof. You will be surprised to learn that we are working on a new BS in Geospatial Data Science at UNC 🙃.
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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 10d
Ten-year changes in majors by field -- when I first made this for the American Historical Association in 2018, history had the bottom slot, so slightly nice to see that it's rising.
A chart "Change in degrees, 2014-2024", with increases for Statistics and Computer science, and steep drops for most humanities and humanistic social sciences.
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bschmidt.bsky.social
Ten-year changes in majors by field -- when I first made this for the American Historical Association in 2018, history had the bottom slot, so slightly nice to see that it's rising.
A chart "Change in degrees, 2014-2024", with increases for Statistics and Computer science, and steep drops for most humanities and humanistic social sciences.
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by Joshua S. Weitz — Reposted by: Clark Gray, Nancy Kanwisher, Linda J. Skitka , and 3 more

joshuasweitz.bsky.social
NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
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by Clark Gray

clarklgray.bsky.social
Looks like it 😢

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ben-parker.bsky.social
new GRFP solicitation says "Individuals enrolled in graduate degree programs can apply only once, in the first year of their first graduate program" - does this mean 2nd year students who didn't not apply last year are now ineligible?
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Brian Keegan, Marco Albertini , and 1 more

haphazardsoc.bsky.social
Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Assistant Professor
This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.
unc.peopleadmin.com
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo — Reposted by: Clark Gray

karenguzzo.bsky.social
At UNC.

What could go wrong?
Trustee suggests AI-scanning syllabi for DEI, raises academic freedom and copyright concerns
Board of Trustees member Marty Kotis, who suggested the AI usage for DEI principles, said the goal is to ensure protection and policy compliance on both sides of academic rights: for instructors and s...
www.dailytarheel.com
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by Michael A. Clemens — Reposted by: Clark Gray, Seema Jayachandran, Sona Golder , and 2 more

mclem.org
The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration.

First H-1B visas.

Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation.

I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Greg O’Brien

themhartman.bsky.social
breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
Former Provost Sues UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Over Closed Meetings
Chris Clemens accused the trustees of "hiding matters of grave public concern,” including tenure debates, using a Signal group and closed session.
www.theassemblync.com
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Reposted by: Clark Gray

demographyvienna.bsky.social
📢 Registration is open & the agenda is now available!
Participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna and online.
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...

#WICVienna #demography
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Reposted by: Clark Gray, Monica G. Turner

science.org
One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming year’s awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc
Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students
After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines
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