I used to love this time of year, hearing from students applying to work in my lab. No more. Every day a fresh batch of nearly identical emails with nonsensical remixes of the text on my lab website. It makes me so sad.
Sheila Crowell, PhD
@sheilacrowell.bsky.social
Clinical psych prof and practicing clinician. Research and practice in emotion dysregulation, self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, psychopathology, lifespan development, and multigenerational mental health. 2024 Fulbright Scholar. Views are my own.
The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
An Iranian friend told me about their sorrow when American bombs fell on their universities. But then, my friend explained, they looked at what was happening to US universities—and realized they got off easy by comparison.
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · yesterdayThe US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
The psychology job market may be showing some early signs of regaining strength, relative to last year. A week ago last year, fewer than 200 jobs had been listed - today, it is nearly 300, a figure we didn't hit till early October in '25. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs
I’m pleased to share that I’ll be considering grad students for Fall 2027 admissions to the University of Rochester’s clinical psychology program. I’m working on updating my website (more to come)— check it out to learn more about who we are and what we do www.psych.rochester.edu/research/sta...
Starr Lab – Internalizing Disorder Research at the University of Rochester
Starr Lab
psych.rochester.edu
A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education, with some fearing for their physical safety. #lalege #lagov
University faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana Illuminator
A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education
lailluminator.com
I started translating the announcement into plain English, but got too depressed to continue before I even reached the most pernicious parts in the "full letter" linked.
Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 3d agoAnnouncement now up.
"ultimate danger remains that, when institutions comply with authoritarian wishes, the govt will just ask for greater and greater concessions. After all, if you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk." The anatomy of a coup d’université www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
That Same Ol’ Authoritarian Playbook
Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture.
insidehighered.com
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
📢 Hiring: The University of Toronto Department of Statistical Sciences is seeking a tenure-stream Assistant Professor in Statistical Learning Theory and related fields. 📅 Deadline Nov. 9, 2026 🔗 Apply here: https://bit.ly/4fM7wuc #AcademicJobs #Statistics #DataScience #CANSSIOntario #UofT
My dog is very close to her "last day, best day" and she just learned a new trick so let that give you hope 🥹
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
The battle to keep global heating from passing the agreed 1.5-degree threshold has been lost. This should be an era when human ingenuity works to save the planet from catastrophe. Instead the tech broligarchy is busy embarking upon ludicrous AI data centre “infrastructure” fuelled by coal and gas.
Battle to halt global heating at 1.5 degrees is lost - UN
Focus must now switch to limiting extent of overshoot, says United Nations' climate report
irishtimes.com
I'm super excited to share a new preprint in which @kevinmking.bsky.social and I propose an update to the affect regulation theory of alcohol use: "A mathematical and computational formalization of the affect regulation hypothesis of alcohol use" doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"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.
wuky.org
Yay I also got a paper acceptance in the Journal of Causal Inference, wherein we (me and coauthor Dan Malinsky) argue that if for social constructionists about race one shouldn't neatly separate "racism causes X" from "being of such and such a race causes X" and this has methodological implications.
The tragic landslide in Nepal is a result of the climate crisis. The Trump admin is implementing policies and rolling back regulations that fuel the climate crisis. These policies kill people. We are fighting back. Visit the link in our bio to find ways you can #StandUpForScience
A 30% cut to international enrollment is lights out at many public R1’s. And: once again, this is not bungling on the part of the administration, or unintended consequences. It is *precisely* the intention.
Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com · 3w agoAn administrator on the flagship campus offered that estimate as part of a federal lawsuit, filed this month, against a new four-year limit on student visas. https://chroni.cl/4wMDqgw
23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
This is the letter kids got at the end of the imagination library. Full disclosure: I stole it from another poster who decided to caption the image with an alt text that said "sorry I'm not typing all that" which is an abuse of alt text
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
Proud to announce that New York City has registered a record 4,200 New Yorkers in our doula care program. Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing moments. No one should be forced to navigate them alone.
Mayor Mamdani Expands Access to Doula Care Across NYC as Citywide Initiative Surpasses 4,000 People Served
nyc.gov
No biggie, just a constitutional crisis worse than any we’ve ever heard of.
tomwellborn3rd@wellborn.net · 3w agoCongress funded the CDC's Alzheimer's work, the sickle cell and epilepsy data programs and a rape prevention unit, and Vought simply will not release the money. Grassley told him to his face he lacks the authority. The pocket rescission alone took 4.9 billion.
It's pub day for PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: THE SCIENCE AND STORIES OF HOW PREGNANCIES REALLY HAPPEN. Woo hoo!!!
Book describes loss as a central feature of pregnancy – News Bureau
news.illinois.edu
This is the least harmful of Trump's bullshit, but it really does put on full display how off the rails this man has gone. The fact Republicans have not removed him from office means every last one of them is complicit in whatever happens during his presidency.
Stephanie Carvin@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 3w agoEveryday I wonder how things can get stupider and everyday I am informed how, against my will.
