Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university

Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracy Nathan Cofnas, the academic who made plagiarism allegations against Prof Jason Arday before his death, has been suspended by a university. Arday, 41, resigned from his role at the University of Cambridge this month after Cofnas accused him of plagiarism. The allegations, which were not proven in any formal investigation, triggered questions about Arday’s achievements. Continue reading...

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To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare | Folger Shakespeare Library

This landmark exhibition at the Folger explores the histories of Black women in Shakespearean performance and highlights the ways in which Black women have engaged Shakespeare's language, stories, and...

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When I first went on the job market, I got offers from the best places & chose Stanford. The joy of that moment was tempered by the vitriol of those convinced I was unworthy of such opportunities. I learned long ago I’ll never convince them I am worthy. What great freedom came from that awareness.

There needs to be a sustained campaign to ostracize Nathan Cofnas after this. I have written to PhilPeople to demand his page and publications are removed. Please do likewise. philpeople.org/profiles/nat...

Nathan Cofnas (Cambridge University) - PhilPeople

I work in the philosophy of biology and ethics. For a complete list of publications (including papers in science journals) see https://nathancofnas.com/papers/.

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My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story

We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

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🚨Sixty civil rights groups are sounding the alarm: The Trump Department of Education is purposely weakening civil rights protections for students by removing disparate impact standards from Title VI regulations. Read their warning here: youthlaw.org/press/2026/0...

Civil Rights Groups Condemn Department of Education Final Rule Weakening Civil Rights Protections for Students | National Center for Youth Law

Civil Rights Groups Condemn Department of Education Final Rule Weakening Civil Rights Protections for Students Final Rule Would Enable Policies that

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After a year+ under review (no fault of @philscijournal.bsky.social) I am happy to finally share as forthc my paper "Peirce, Abduction, & Inverse Problems in the Geosciences" doi.org/10.1017/psa.... (2/3 had to be cut to fit word limit, but is part of my ever in-progress book) #HPS #phigeo #philsky

How the nearly 90-year-old club helped desegregate the city’s public courses and advance the civil rights movement.

The Women of the Pitch & Putt Golf Club Drive Home a Powerful Legacy

How the nearly 90-year-old club helped desegregate the city’s public courses and advance the civil rights movement.

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Great read featuring my grandmother, second from the left!

Baltimore Magazine@baltimoremagazine.com · last mo.

How the nearly 90-year-old club helped desegregate the city’s public courses and advance the civil rights movement.

A perfect poem for this day "Let America Be America Again" BY LANGSTON HUGHES www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · last yr.

"O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be!" Starting the day sharing my favorite Langston Hughes poem in the family group chat before doing my own reading poets.org/poem/let-ame...

Have you ever heard James Earl Jones read Frederick Douglass', "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tTk...

James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass

YouTube video by prosario2000

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“Flore mentioned that while gender equality is something European academia has progressed on, race is not something brought up in these discussions. ‘I am a woman, but I am also Black. I think there is still work to be done taking into account everyone’s identity.’” 🎯🎯🎯

Astrobites@astrobites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

From @astronokaz.bsky.social: As part of Astrobites coverage of Black Space Week, we interviewed members of the Black in Astro community. Today’s interviewee is Flore Milien! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/06/18/flore-milien-interview/

From @astronokaz.bsky.social: As part of Astrobites coverage of Black Space Week, we interviewed members of the Black in Astro community. Today’s interviewee is Flore Milien! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/06/18/flore-milien-interview/

Black Space Week 2026: Interview with Flore Milien

As part of Astrobites coverage of Black Space Week, we interviewed members of the Black in Astro community. Today's interviewee is Flore Milien!

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The Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences issued a statement on the hiring of Nathan Cofnas /43 www.ugent.be/lw/philosoph...

Happy news from the Phi-Geo group: My fantastic PhD student Matilde Carrera ( @matildecarrera.bsky.social ) was awarded this postdoc position at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science! She'll join a fantastic group of philosophers, #HPS scholars, & scientists there. Congrats Matilde!! 🎉🎉🎉

Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science@mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Two-year postdoc w/ Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science! Scholars in all areas of #philsci, inclusive of philosophical approaches to logic&math, are eligible. This is understood broadly to include issues in the history&practice of particular sciences.Deadline 5 Dec 2025. buff.ly/MhR4PcK

Call for nominations (including self-nominations!) for Philosophy of Science & Race Prize for best recent (w/in 5 yrs) published work on #philosophy of race &/or history/critiques of scientific racism (incl. medical/techno racism, etc.) *Deadline June 15* #HPS More info 👇 philsci.org/psa_prize_in...

PSA UPSS Initiative@psa-upss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Submissions open for Philosophy of Science & Race Prize: best book or article by PSA member integrating #philsci w/ race, ethnicity, or racism (eg, scientific racism) published 2021-2026. Recipients receive a $500 cash prize at PSA mtg in CA Deadline: June 15, 2026 #HPS philsci.org/psa_prize_in...

Jasmine Clark led a March for Science in 2017. She just won a Georgia primary for a safe Democratic House seat. @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social spoke with Science about her background, the roots of her political activism, and what she hopes to accomplish in Washington, D.C. https://scim.ag/4uzbXyE

Meet the microbiologist and science advocate who’s headed to Congress

Jasmine Clark led a March for Science in 2017. She just won a Georgia primary for a safe Democratic House seat

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State Rep. @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social wins the Democratic primary in the vacant #GA13, @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social projects. Clark is now poised to become the first Black woman PhD scientist to serve in Congress. My interview with her here: 19thnews.org/2026/05/geor...

Jasmine Clark is poised to be the first Black woman Ph.D. scientist in Congress

Rep. Jasmine Clark is poised to become the first Black woman Ph.D. scientist to serve in Congress from Georgia’s 13th Congressional District.

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Microbiologist Jasmine Clark campaigned on her science background--and won. www.science.org/content/arti...

The Trump administration's position is that Yale must be discriminating against white students because Yale admits at least some Black students

Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students

The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.

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It's good that Congress has rejected the scale of the proposed NSF cuts, but it's not clear whether it plans to maintain funding for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate (which Trump admin is trying to dissolve completely). If you care about this, contact your congresspeople!

US lawmakers vote to reject Trump’s massive budget cuts — but call for substantial decreases

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20%.

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www.blackinphysics.org/about/ #BlackInPhysics #ContactSite #Physics #Mentors #STEM

WE ARE BLACK IN PHYSICS - Black In Physics

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Edward Hitchcock's (1793-1864) ichnofossil collection from western Massachusetts.

A Phi-Geo research group fieldtrip today to see the Holyoke dinosaur footprints in situ & a behind-the-scenes tour of the Beneski museum.

African American women mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson did the complex calculations that made spaceflight possible. Johnson helped map the trajectory for Apollo 11. Vaughan lead unit of Black women mathematicians. Jackson became NASA’s 1st Black woman engineer.

From hidden figures to Artemis: How NASA women reshaped America’s race to the moon

The Artemis program to land the first woman on the moon, following the path of many trailblazing women in space.

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ha4rvey@ha4rvey.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

Imagine the math involved in this.

Sophie Germain, born on 1st April 1776 in Paris, made important contributions to the field of #Mathematics, in particular to number theory and the applied mathematics of acoustics and elasticity. My post➡️ www.lanostra-matematica.org/2025/04/soph... 🧪 ⚛️ #histsci #WomenInStem #histmaths #mathsky 1/4

Sophie Germain – A Life Between Numbers and Freedom

1880 illustration of a young Sophie Germain (circa 1790)                                                                    We know that wom...

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"these attacks were designed to set up the Trump administration to act with impunity. [They] laid the groundwork ...[to] make decisions based on ideology rather than evidence; remove staff, scientific findings, & regulations that could have been roadblocks to its agenda" blog.ucs.org/jules-barbat...

One Year in, the Anti-Science Agenda of the Trump Administration Is Evident

We are now more than a year into President Trump’s second stint in the White House, establishing a grim and undeniable record of attacks on science. Every month that has passed since his inauguration ...

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Aliyah is the first African American student to earn a PhD in Marine Sciences at UNC. Thanks to her incredible mentorship and work as CEO and founder of the non-profit Mahogany Mermaids, Aliyah is helping the next generation find their place in STEM. Learn more on her website! aliyahgriffith.com

Today's Find: My blog post about the first certified, practicing female physician in Alabama tinyurl.com/ph4ykgv Halle T. Dillon at Tuskegee Institute in the 1890s #histmed #medicalhistory #tuskegeealabama #alabama #alabamayesterdays

We end the chapter by saying that this return of race science, given the history of race science, provides reason for disquiet. You can find the page proofs for this chapter here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Philosophy and race science

PDF | This chapter focuses on the history of the philosophy behind race science. Although the scientific and philosophical debate about race goes back... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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