Philosophers of the PSA #philsci @philsci.bsky.social: 2 reminders of deadlines on August 1st from the PSA Outreach and Engagement Committee! PSA Outreach & Engagement Prize, and AAAS | SciLine Workshop!... 1/4

I was at a workshop last week (by @alyssaemery.bsky.social) on time poverty. One idea discussed was @brigidschulte.bsky.social's "time confetti", fragmented scraps of time between tasks too small for deep work, too frequent to ignore. I've been thinking a lot about this the past week, and...

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

Announcing a new opportunity to join the PEWS team!! PEWS is excited to be hiring a new postdoctoral fellow, ideally starting August 2026. Anyone with a PhD in any related discipline is encouraged to apply! Learn more: #SciEd #STEM #SciComm ucengagingscience.org/2026/04/13/n...

Now hiring: PEWS Postdoctoral Fellow!

PEWS is excited to be hiring a new postdoctoral fellow to support the important work done at the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS). Anyone with a PhD…

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If you know a public engagement with science'y academic looking for a postdoc next year (August 2026 start), @ucpews.bsky.social Center for Public Engagement with Science is hiring! #philsky #SciComm #STS #SocSky #HPS #SciEd jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...

1/4 Have you have always wanted to go to the @theaapt.bsky.social workshop/conference, but didn't think you had something to submit for a session? WELL! This year, The American Association of Philosophy Teachers has 2 amazing opportunities for grad students and early career faculty!

Yet another act of anticipatory obedience. The '27 budget is a *request* from the president. Congress can appropriate more $ to NSF (including SBE) if it wants. In fact... a bipartisan majority JUST rebuked POTUS' deep cuts to science funding a couple months ago! This is only over if we let it.

Leslie Rissler@ljrissler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

This is a cataclysm for social science in the United States. SBE helped to foster the field of Science and Technology Studies in the country (it supported the development of #STS training programs at UCSD and my alma mater, Cornell, in the 1990s). Unfortunately, Vannevar Bush would love this part.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request to Congress

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The next volume in the Public Engagement with Science series is available to download FREE until March 12th! #SciComm www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Mothers as Science Storytellers

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Mothers as Science Storytellers

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Center for Public Engagement with Science@ucpews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Read "Mothers as Science Storytellers" FREE online until Mar 12! 📖 New in the @universitypress.cambridge.org series edited by @apotochnik.bsky.social & @mjacquart.bsky.social. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #STEM #ScienceStorytelling

The next Element in our Series is out!

Center for Public Engagement with Science@ucpews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Read "Mothers as Science Storytellers" FREE online until Mar 12! 📖 New in the @universitypress.cambridge.org series edited by @apotochnik.bsky.social & @mjacquart.bsky.social. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #STEM #ScienceStorytelling

Read "Mothers as Science Storytellers" FREE online until Mar 12! 📖 New in the @universitypress.cambridge.org series edited by @apotochnik.bsky.social & @mjacquart.bsky.social. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #STEM #ScienceStorytelling

The Physics + Dance Lab (supported by the National Science Foundation) explores arts & STEM! 🩰⚛️ PEWS' @mjacquart.bsky.social is partnering on the project. HS & Undergrads: Apply by March 9! 👇 ucengagingscience.org/2026/02/24/p... #SciComm #STEAM #Physics #Cincy

A great thread for those thinking of philosophy grad school to consider applying to UC!

University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy@ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The PhD program in philosophy at the University of Cincinnati is excited to invite new applications for the 2026-2027 academic year, please share! 🧵 (1/9)

Interested in studying philosophy at UC? Check out Melissa Jacquart's (@mjacquart.bsky.social) interview about her work and philosophy at @uofcincy! #philsky Full video:

Melissa Jacquart, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati

Meet Melissa Jacquart, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, in our video series to get to know our Philosophy Department!

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APA members @mjacquart.bsky.social and Thomas Polger's course on Taylor Swift and Philosophy challenges students to explore the deeper meanings behind the singer's lyrics and public persona as well as broader questions about love, identity, and ethics. www.uc.edu/news/article...

Swiftie in school

UC’s Taylor Swift class gained attention on Oct. 2, when Local 12 reporter Chelsea Sick visited campus to cover the course the day before the release of Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl.

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Physicists will spend $10 billion on a particle accelerator to understand why there is an "unnatural" hierarchy between the Planck scale and the weak scale, then insist that philosophy has no role and we should shut up and calculate.

Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Today in #PhilosophyOfCosmology we talked about fine-tuning and naturalness, and introduced inflation and eternal inflation. So many juicy philosophical questions that physicists don't take as seriously as they should! What does it mean for parameters/initial conditions to be "unnatural," anyway?

Professor Melissa Jacquart (@mjacquart.bsky.social) was the keynote speaker this summer at The Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy (HCSPiP) Conference in Pedagogical Innovation! academics.hamilton.e...

Seeking science journalists: @quantamagazine.bsky.social is hiring a physics editor! A rare opportunity to join this great team and lead coverage of this foundational vertical. Please reach out with any questions and share widely simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...

PEWS is highlighting UC student opportunities for 2025–2026 - from internships to communication training, all designed to connect STEM with the broader community. 🔗 ucengagingscience.org/2025/08/18/uc-student-opportunities-2025-2026/ #UCincy #UCPEWS #STEMEducation #CommunityEngagement

UC Student Opportunities 2025-2026

UC graduate and undergraduate students are invited to get involved with the Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS) this year by applying for a paid internship, registering for the Sharing…

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Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.

STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support

STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.

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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

Laura Weiss@lauralew105.bsky.social · 12mo ago

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!! “Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...

APA member @mjacquart.bsky.social of the University of Cincinnati is quoted in an @undark.org article on new dark energy findings. www.uc.edu/news/article...

Shifting Forces: The evolving debate around dark energy

In an article in Undark Magazine, a new device has the scientific community questioning whether established theories on dark energy are still valid. Science philosopher Melissa Jaquart weighs in on…

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🗣️REMINDER: Trump and Republicans are still trying to pass their 3 TRILLION dollar spending bill that would kick 16 million people off of their health insurance and literally take lunches away from school children.    We can’t let them get away with it.

Last Call! Philosophers consider submitting to this @theaapt.bsky.social Studies in Pedagogy Special Issue on Teaching Graduate Students. This special issue is one of (if not the?) first big efforts to think more intentionally about how we as a discipline teach our graduate students ... (1/3)

Calls for Abstracts and Essays

Current Calls: Volume 11CALL FOR PAPERSAre We Having Fun Yet?Joy and Playfulness in Teaching & Learning Philosophy Edited ByRebecca Scott Paper Submission Deadline: Monday, January 13, 20...

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We have another great post on the #projectEPIC blog today from @apotochnik.bsky.social that summarises her fantastic new Element co-authored with @mjacquart.bsky.social on public engagement and science: epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/03/what... #science #philsky

What is Public Engagement with Science?

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“We are DEI” Go undergrads go! #NoSB1

Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.

WESA@wesa.fm · last yr.

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.