2026 starts on a good note.. What a moment!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor

💡 Is the U.S. at risk of a scientific brain drain? My latest article, “America’s Brain Drain: International Scientists and the Shifting Global Landscape,” is part of the Winter 2025 issue of International Higher Education. ihe.bc.edu/pub/d6snhiz8...

America’s Brain Drain: International Scientists and the Shifting Global Landscape

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At #IFORE25 we discussed the importance of international #PhDs in the #STEM #workforce, challenges and opportunities for #policy change, and how the #braindrain can impact retention of U.S. #scientific #talent. Missed the talk? Watch it here: bit.ly/4rLLCwj. @sonali-m-19.bsky.social

Sigma Xi@sigmaxi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It's almost time! The all-virtual #IFoRE25 is just 2 days away. Registered? Log in to the IFoRE event page on Whova to start planning your session agenda: ow.ly/hotO50Xk0eT #SigmaXiConference #Innovation #STEMLeaders #ResearchMatters #GlobalScienceCommunity #NextGenScientists #Sustainability #AI

Tried mom’s recipe of lamb-chickpea curry (Mangsher Ghugni in Bengali) for the first time today..turned out quite well Much to be thankful for…

my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia

Joe Fore@joefore.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ. It's a surreal--and troubling--read. drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...

My favorite part about the book post-release phase is seeing it in the hands of friends and inspirations like @itaiyanai.bsky.social

Itai Yanai@itaiyanai.bsky.social · 9mo ago

International scientists constitute the engine of much of the most exciting US science. My friend Sonali Majumdar has written precisely the kind of guide that international scientists crave in order succeed as resilient and brilliant scientists. Check it out! @sonali-m-19.bsky.social

In today’s @insidehighered.com article, @abankston.bsky.social and I draw from our book 'Thriving As An International Scientist' to unpack: - challenges international scientists in U.S. face - concrete actions universities, employers & scientific societies can take for their dynamic career success.

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 9mo ago

Career Advice | From Training to Thriving: Building Systems That Support International Scientists Universities and professional organizations can take practical steps to remove systemic barriers faced by international Ph.D. students and postdocs in their career planning. https://bit.ly/3LuxbfE

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Zohran's campaign success party is playing Bhangra while waiting for his speech.. Bring it ON... NYC's first South Asian Mayor

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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City after running on a platform centered on making the city affordable for working people.

Waiting with bated breath.. Go Zohran!

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Shubh Deepavali! Wishing everyone a very happy Diwali. Across our city, families are lighting diyas and celebrating the triumph of light over darkness and hope over despair. New York shines brighter tonight because of the people who bring their light and traditions home.

who knew quirky millennial energy is such a strong election campaign strategy

Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10mo ago

An important message to the people of New York City. More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

The US Administration has mounted an unprecedented and unpopular attack on high skill immigration. It’s working. The world’s best and brightest are starting to understand that the US government considers them an infection. www.economist.com/science-and-...

Excited to co-author a chapter on #systemic reforms and #policy change for the #academic #research community in @sonali-m-19.bsky.social's book supporting #international #scientists! The book will be out Oct 28. Pre-order it @ucpress.bsky.social w/ 30% discount code UCPSAVE30: bit.ly/4oj7DjN.

🙏 to @harmitmalik.bsky.social for sharing tips on mentoring and support international graduate students and postdocs (especially now) in my book 'Thriving As An International Scientist'. Many international scientists have benefitted from his generosity of support when they most needed it.

Harmit Singh Malik@harmitmalik.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.

Got the first hardcover of my book Thriving As An International Scientist (@ucpress.bsky.social, out Oct 28)! 🎉 What began as an awkward office pic request turned into a photoshoot by colleagues on Princeton's iconic Clio Hall with Morrison Hall (named after Toni Morrison) in the background.

such a pleasant and earnest vibe in these deeply cynical and dark times

Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford. Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

You've likely seen the new $100,000 penalty on high-skill immigrant workers. Here's the next, separate bomb the White House is dropping on high skill immigration, to be officially published *tomorrow*. tl;dr: Most H-1Bs now inaccessible for entry-level jobs, e.g. new grads from US universities.

🎉 My first book, Thriving as an International Scientist (@ucpress.bsky.social), is out on Oct 28. Can’t wait to share with 🌍. This is the first career guidebook for international grad students, postdocs in the US and their mentors. Consider pre-ordering (30% off on UC Press site (flyer) 1/2

I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today: Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.

This campaign keeps getting better every time I think they can't top their last video.. So creative..

Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Statement tonight from Alan Garber, 31st president of Harvard. Good for him. Good for Harvard. Good for standing up to defend "core values of American higher education." And (again) what about all those "Harvard about to cave" stories? Main point: Worth reading what Garber says.

Game on.

Brutal! Glass houses, stones, and all

Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · last yr.

#ReleaseTheCuomoList

Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.

We are on a bullet train to the end of US science, and possibly the country as a whole, when political appointees are reviewing every scientific grant submitted to NIH to determine if The Regime finds the science acceptable.

Further consolidating control over federal research funding under Russell Vought and a cadre of apparatchiks. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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