Brendan Harley
@profharley.bsky.social
#blacklivesmatter | #translivesmatter | 🍉 Harvard & MIT trained bioengineer Professor @ U. Illinois & Cancer Center at Illinois health | society | Imagination & discovery Partner @kateclancy.bsky.social | runner | dad | nerd
Big night at the #Illinois football game celebrating the NCI designation of the #CancerCenteratIllinois. First new basic laboratory cancer center designated since 1978 in the US. Illiinois Powered. Fighting Cancer.
Victor’s right. If we take him seriously (we should) gta reckon w fact that every uni that sheds DEI and says “time to double down on academic excellence” (👋 Ivies) is saying a university can be segregated and be excellent. That’s no less racist than Trump. bsky.app/profile/vict...
Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d agoWhen, in January 2025, I wrote that the Trump administration was segregationist folks said I was exaggerating. I would have *loved* to be wrong about this but the unfortunate evidence remains on my side. This is just racism, pure and simple.
On the one hand, the press hound a black scholar to death, on the other hand, on this one, where the academic fraud is front and centre and the dude is an Epstein pal... crickets... www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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A higher ed leader not leading with values and with an eye towards care for the the people the populate their institutes?!! How (not) surprising. Its like we all keep trading senior leaders who are incapable of standing for something...
Crystal Fleming クリスタル@alwaystheself.bsky.social · 4d agoMcInnis was president at Stony Brook when I was on the faculty there. Let's just say, I'm not surprised by any of this chicanery.
McInnis was president at Stony Brook when I was on the faculty there. Let's just say, I'm not surprised by any of this chicanery.
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · last wk.Yale President McInnis has been telling people that Yale has no choice but to negotiate a settlement with the Trump administration. This is a willful misreading of the law and as such, a lie. A resolution process is voluntary and legal scholars have been pushing back. 1/ abcnews.com/US/yale-face...
They are using trans people to establish the state‘s right to optimize people’s future reproductive labor according to its preferences.
Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 4d agoI can’t put into words the fury this reporting fills me with. How more indignity must trans people be spoken be subjected to by our national broadcaster?
You cannot say this and remain in office. He has to go. And Democrats have to make an enormous deal out of threats to exterminate an entire group of people.
Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · 5d agoSomeday soon hes going to be over and trans folk will continue to exist and, hopefully, thrive, for as long as there are humans on this planet.
Really heartwrenching, important read
Kate Clancy@kateclancy.bsky.social · 3d agoMiscarriage is painful, sometimes more so than labor itself. Doctors at best prescribe alternating ibuprofen and tylenol. Why do we let people with the capacity for pregnancy suffer when there are more pain treatment options on the market than ever? My latest for PUP Ideas:
the literal position of the trump administration is that any school that has any more than a smattering of black students is engaged in illegal racial discrimination against whites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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The consequences across higher ed - where many institutions have already been complying in advance - will be profound. We need our leaders and orgs to stand up for our shared mission and values.
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 3d agoTump admin tripling down on white supremacy in its attack on education... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
This article succeeds where most on the same topic fail (most notably Heller's infamous New Yorker piece on the 'end of the English major') bc it shows the relationship between 'declining majors' and 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 defunding and disinvestment in programs administrators want to diminish or end.
Durba Mitra@durba.bsky.social · 3d agoThe attack and defunding of WGS at Harvard betrays the long tradition of wgs at Harvard’ with profound implications for the future of feminist scholarship @jennifercnash.bsky.social www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Next week, September 9 at 6:00 pm, celebrate the launch of @kateclancy.bsky.social's book, Pregnancy Interrupted, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! Books will be available for purchase and signing after the talk. Learn more about this free, in-person event: buff.ly/t4bRh80
CONCERNING NIH NEWS Administrator's access to ERA Commons has been taken away! Please share and confirm if true. Please correct me if I am getting bad information 1/3
Sesame Street's Cookie Monster: 'So Share It Maybe'
ALT: Sesame Street's Cookie Monster: 'So Share It Maybe'
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Angel S. Rampersad Michael Swinton Tyler J. Feehan Isabella Gonzales Gabriel Edwards John Klinner Ariana Savino Ashley Pruitt Seth Koval Curtis Angst Tyler Simmons Benjamin Pennington Jeffrey O’Brien Robert Marzan Nicole Amor Declan Coady Cody Khork Noah Tietjens Stop lying.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoLutnick: "The way the president is playing Iran -- there haven't been American deaths, it's really just an economic choke-out ... " (There have been 18 American deaths!)
The number of leaders who have turned away from taking care of the people they supposedly support... Good riddance
John Cluverius@johncluverius.bsky.social · 4d agoIn 2024, Moulton said he didn't want his daughters, then 3 and 6, to be "run over on the playing by a formerly male athlete." the in-town soccer league they would have been eligible to play in WAS COED AT THE TIME. Oh, and he gave an absolute loser non-apology about it.
moulton is a good example of someone who fucked up his career because he misread 2024. many such cases.
John Cluverius@johncluverius.bsky.social · 4d agoIn 2024, Moulton said he didn't want his daughters, then 3 and 6, to be "run over on the playing by a formerly male athlete." the in-town soccer league they would have been eligible to play in WAS COED AT THE TIME. Oh, and he gave an absolute loser non-apology about it.
Yale’s Office of Public Affairs banned reporters from Yale’s campus today. It’s corroborated by Francie Diep in her story for the @chronicle.com. This was an attempt to squelch press coverage today of the rally protesting Yale’s attacks on freedom of expression, their pending deal with Trump. 1/
I listen to @chanda.blacksky.app, and when Chanda tells me I should write something about a bad article on perimenopause, I write something!
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"So here’s the problem – again, as a literal expert in ovarian hormones. Hormones do influence everything. We have receptors for these hormones on nearly every cell type in our bodies." -- @kateclancy.bsky.social
Kate Clancy@kateclancy.bsky.social · 5d agoI listen to @chanda.blacksky.app, and when Chanda tells me I should write something about a bad article on perimenopause, I write something!
But don't listen to me! Or Wired! Listen to an actual expert: @kateclancy.bsky.social! "Now imagine all this dysregulation is happening all over your body, because you have receptors for these hormones everywhere. Your brain, your bones, your breasts; your muscles, your bladder, your skin."
Period 49: Perimenopause reporting (and grifting) can kiss my hot flashing butt
(QUICK ASIDE: MY BOOK IS OUT!!! BUY IT HERE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS GOING TO NEED LOTS OF HAND SELLING FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND IT’S AN...
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When does pregnancy begin? The lines we construct have implications for miscarriage, abortion, and more.
Jesus Christ, this. Platner was given the benefit of the doubt despite having a fucking Totenkopf tattoo on his own skin, while many of the same people are demanding El-Sayed answer for any random comment from anyone who supports him.
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 5d agoThe value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
While I'm excited to be hiring, its also crazy that campus administration has mandated we: 1) significantly narrow language about being an equal opportunity employer 2) add in a *required* statement that we may use AI in the candidate review process. sigh....
@chbeillinois.bsky.social is hiring at the Asst/Assoc/Full Prof Level! It's a broad search, so please take a look: www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form
higher education is the LARGEST employer in 20 states and in 60 of the 100 top cities; when the regime attacks students and faculty it is sabotaging local economies, local restaurants, local services, local real estate.
"A projected 111,000 fewer international students are expected in the U.S. this fall — a more than 9% drop in enrollment. A coalition of higher education organizations (AND UNIONS) sued the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the rule from taking effect." www.wuky.org/wuky-news/20...
U.S. colleges, universities brace for loss of international students
The Trump administration is capping the length of time international students can legally remain in the U.S., and declines in their enrollment could spell disaster for colleges and universities.
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