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Prashant Shenoy

@pshenoy.bsky.social

Distinguished Professor at UMass Amherst, Computer Scientist, Distributed Systems researcher. Views my own. people.cs.umass.edu/~shenoy

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AAUP@aaup.org · last yr.

It’s vital that presidents publicly defend their institutions & “be brave right now,” Todd Wolfson, president of the AAUP said. Presidents need to recognize what the administration is trying to do by attacking higher ed: They want total control. open-campus-dispatch.beehiiv.com/p/how-univer...

How university leaders are — and aren’t — speaking out against Trump’s attempts to overhaul higher ed Trump wants to overhaul higher ed. College presidents have hesitated to fight back.

‘If you don't stand up now, no institution is safe.’

open-campus-dispatch.beehiiv.com

Prashant Shenoy@pshenoy.bsky.social · last yr.

CRA statement on the cuts at NSF: "These cuts are the very definition of being pennywise and pound foolish — a shortsighted move that will undermine American innovation and technological leadership .." cra.org/cuts-to-nsf-...

Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing

A statement from the Computing Research Association (CRA) The reported termination today of 10 percent of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) workforce — including significant cuts to the Compu…

cra.org

James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · last yr.

This absolutely will make flying less safe. Maybe not today. But inevitably. Conceivably *this* will finally get public attention? About the danger of just blowing up structures built with care over decades? Maybe some GOP Sen/Rep will think: "I'd rather not be on the wrong side of this one"?

Louis 〓〓@louishenwood.bsky.social · last yr.

Elon Musk's DOGE team of misfits have fired everybody at the Federal Aviation Administration ✈️ who is a probationary employee Thinking they have got rid of all the new hires It turns out many of these were experienced technicians, recently promoted and were on probation for their new senior role

Dear Senator I am writing as a constituent, former FAA air traffic controller (26 years) and current Airline Transport rated commercial pilot. On Friday, hundreds of FAA technicians and engineers were terminated. These technicians and engineers maintain every piece of equipment that keeps flying safe, from the radars to the ILS, to ATC automation. They were identified as "probationary" and there is a reasonable speculation that Al was used to "find" probationary employees, assuming that meant that they were new hires. That is not an accurate assumption. A newly hired federal employee is probationary and may be subject to at will termination, but the term "probationary" is also applied to promotions, to describe not that you are a probationary employee, but if the promotion or transfer is not successful, the employee would return to the pre-promotion position. That allows the government to retain needed expertise. However, even that is not the case in these positions as workers were indeed succeeding in their new roles.
Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁@eisch.bsky.social · last yr.

@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal: Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01; Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72; Heidi Ledford: hledford.01; Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11; Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01; General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature

Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last yr.

Once again, maybe the presidents of major R1 research universities think existential threats to their business models & institutions might be worth loudly & collectively speaking out against in front of microphones 🤷‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Daniel Aldrich@danielaldrich.bsky.social · last yr.

Another consequence from Trump's attack on science : Vanderbilt has temporarily paused graduate student admissions. Current graduate students and faculty raised alarm about research funding, doctoral stipends, visas and career opportunities vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/15/g...