It's a picture-perfect day in Ann Arbor! Welcome to #nwav53, attendees! Check out the NWAV 53 "Getting Around" information for conference information, including accessibility, and importantly—restaurant recommendations for tonight and beyond! docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Later today, with the support of @sbagen.bsky.social and @richardprimus.bsky.social, I’ll be moving a Faculty Senate resolution calling on the University of Michigan to reject the federal government’s proposed “Academic Compact.” Join the discussion if you can! docs.google.com/document/u/0...

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The University of MichiganUniversity SenateMotion #110325-3 Resolution to Reject Participation in the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” Whereas on 1 October 2025 the Trump Admin...

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Reminder!! We are hiring in Linguistics at Michigan with a focus on "AI and Linguistics" (broooaaadly construed). This is part of a cluster of positions in Psychology and Philosophy in collaboration with the Cognitive Science program. Applications now open! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/a...

Student newspapers, again doing the work @michigandaily.bsky.social specials.michigandaily.com/2025/grant-t...

Your guide to grant terminations at UMich

A collection of research projects at the University of Michigan, many focused on marginalized communities, health equity and public health, whose grants have been terminated following a directive from...

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University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language: tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-... Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine. @snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth. w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social

Another job here at Michigan - this one in Linguistics! Part of a cluster of hires with a focus on Cognitive Science and AI. Happy to chat to interested folks. apply.interfolio.com/171006

Be my colleague!! We're hiring in cognitive science and AI as part of a cluster of positions across Linguistics, Psychology, Psychiatry and Philosophy. The Psychology posting is now up; the linguistics job posting will be up soon. apply.interfolio.com/169170

I'm hiring at least one post-doc! We're interested in creating language models that process language more like humans than mainstream LLMs do, through architectural modifications and interpretability-style steering. Express interest here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NYU LLM + cognitive science post-doc interest form

Tal Linzen's group at NYU is hiring a post-doc! We're interested in creating language models that process language more like humans than mainstream LLMs do, through architectural modifications and int...

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my lab (lacns.github.io) at @mpi-nl.bsky.social and @dondersinst.bsky.social is recruiting for two PhD and two postdoctoral positions funded by an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator - come join us! PhD: www.mpi.nl/career-educa... Postdoc: www.mpi.nl/career-educa... (please share widely)

bit of good news: approved technical staff position! link below. please be in touch if this matches your skills & interests! drive.google.com/file/d/16J2J... (hr listing posted harvard-internal now; external soon, per guidelines), happy for ?s & plan on quick turnaround! #CogSciSky #PsychSciSky 🐦🐦

The Society for the Neurobiology of Language meeting will be at Gallaudet University, September 12-14th. We have 4 outstanding keynotes (Fumiko Hoeft, Duane Watson, Carol Padden, Fatemeh Geranmayeh). Abstract submissions are open! Hope to see you there! #SNL2025 2025.neurolang.org/abstract-sub...

I might be able to hire a postdoc for this fall in computational linguistics at UT Austin. Topics in the general LLM + cognitive space (particularly reasoning, chain of thought, LLMs + code) and LLM + linguistic space. If this could be of interest, feel free to get in touch!

If you know UM Faculty members: The University Senate is voting on four motions on DEI, protecting our immigrant community and resisting against Trump. Ballot vote ends on Sunday, April 20th, at 4pm. Only faculty can vote! Need to pass please share. To vote, please visit: vote.umich.edu

www.geo3550.org/2025/04/08/g... “To our knowledge, these visa revocations are not due to pro-Palestine or labor organizing. Some have to do with minor infractions or traffic violations that are years, if not decades, old, others are not given any reason at all.” donate at bit.ly/GEOWorkerSolidarity

🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨 @protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835...

Yes! The leadership of Eastern Michigan and Michigan State have displayed incredible courage during these times. My master's degree alma mater, Wayne State in Detroit, also remains committed to DEI. wayne.edu/strategic-pl...

Diversity, equity and inclusion: An unwavering commitment

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are integral to Wayne State's mission and vision, and codified in our values and strategic focus. Today, and throughout its rich history, Wayne State has welcomed...

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John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social · last yr.

Yet another example of the lesser-ranked schools taking the stand that the bigger schools are too scared to. Here: even as Ann Arbor caves on DEI, Eastern Michigan does not. The courage of the smaller schools is laudable. The refusal of the bigger schools is frustrating.

I'm teaching an undergrad EEG/MEG/iEEG methods course and created a pair of interactive webpages to help build intuition about the Fourier Transform. dbrang.github.io/Fourier-Wave... dbrang.github.io/Fourier-Wave...

Finally it's here, in the flesh!!!

Fernanda Ferreira@fernandaedi.bsky.social · 2y ago

And we have a release date: "Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction" comes out January 23, 2025!

Two new papers led by amazing students (some positivity in These Dark Times)...

Why Official English is a terrible idea for the United States, from @lingsocam.bsky.social. Like and share! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

Here's what linguistics experts think about the recent executive order declaring English as the official language of the US (spoiler: they don't think it's a great idea): www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... I'm so proud to be a member of the executive committee of @lingsocam.bsky.social!

I'm grateful for the chance to write this and so impressed by all the amazing things scientists are doing in Central Illinois and the impact the NSF/NIH are having in my hometown. Many thanks to the folks at @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for this initiave and all the resources to get started

Science Homecoming@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · last yr.

David Jurgens credits his childhood in Central Illinois 🌽 for setting him on the path to becoming a professor at University of Michigan. Illinois science does a lot—from removing PFAS from water to fighting drug-resistant infections. 🧪🏠 @davidjurgens.bsky.social herald-review.com/opinion/colu...

✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz... looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠

@andreaeyleen.bsky.social has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for her proposal 'DYNALANG: Integrating structure and statistics in language processing: an ecological neural dynamics and manifolds approach'. Read more on our website: mpi.nl/news/erc-con...

I'm involved in an NIH-funded project led by Christian Brodbeck at McMaster U (Canada) on aging, brain, and speech perception. He's looking for postdocs, grad students & a full-time RA. Happy to answer questions & share widely! christianbrodbeck.net/projects/con...

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McMaster University. Christian Brodbeck Lab at McMaster University

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UW-Madison Psychology is hiring a new assistant professor in the area of computational approaches to language (broadly construed). Please share with interested parties! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, Computational Approaches to Language - Cluster Hire - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: This position is a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the Department of Psychology at UW-Madison. The search is for a job candidate whose exper...

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Endowed Professorship of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford, closing date 13 January 2025: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #jobs #sociolinguistics #linguistics #professor

We are going to launch an 8-pager format for CCN2025 next to the 2 page format. We have organised 2 zoom sessions for questions about this new format and CCN2025 in general. Today (21:00 CET, 15:00 EST) and on the 21st (10:00 CET, 16:00 EST). See 2025.ccneuro.org/call-for-pap... for reg.

The University of Texas at Austin's Dept. of Linguistics is hiring two tenure-track positions in computational linguistics with a focus on research connecting linguistics and artificial intelligence. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/158280 (review starts Dec. 1).