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"I was late learning about science … For much of my scientific training I feared I was behind my peers. But I have been able to close the gap—and that is something to be proud of."

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BREAKING NEWS
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

This year’s medicine laureates have discovered how the immune system is kept in check. The body’s powerful immune system must be regulated, or it may attack our own organs. Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi have been awarded this year’s medicine prize for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.

The laureates identified the immune system’s security guards, regulatory T cells, which prevent immune cells from attacking our own body.

The laureates’ discoveries launched the field of peripheral tolerance, spurring the development of medical treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. This may also lead to more successful transplantations. Several of these treatments are now undergoing clinical trials.

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“I will miss the creativity of teaching.”

On , check out this Working Life from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. https://scim.ag/3IpLD7B

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BELGIUM OPENS DOORS FOR FILIPINO SCHOLARS📚✈️

Belgium’s Academy for Research and Higher Education is offering fully funded scholarships for Filipinos to study in Europe, from bachelor’s to master’s to short-term specialized programs. Applications close Sept. 19.

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"No one’s Ph.D. journey is the same, and no one deserves to be shamed for how long it takes." https://scim.ag/45UfUVg

👀 Are you an educator or teacher? Have you used any AI tools 🌐 to aid you in your learning process or pedagogy?

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PhD Opportunity!
Are you from the Global South and passionate about Sustainable Development?
Join The University of Bonn and pursue your PhD with a DAAD EPOS scholarship! 🧑🏽‍🎓📚

📅 Deadline: August 31, 2025

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There’s a big difference between using AI to assist your thinking and outsourcing your thinking to AI.

But that line is getting blurrier by the day.

AI can help you brainstorm, outline, clarify, refine.

It can help you say what you already think—better.

That’s assistance.

That’s smart use.

But when you ask it to generate your ideas…

Write your argument…

Solve your problem…

You’re not just using AI.

You’re skipping the thinking part.

The result?

You save time

But you lose depth.

Critical thinking can’t be outsourced.

And intellectual growth doesn’t come from passivity.

So here’s a simple rule of thumb:

If AI is helping you express what you’ve already thought—it’s assisting.

If it’s doing the thinking for you—it’s replacing.

That’s the line.

And, as far as I am concerned, it’s one we can’t afford to lose sight of.

For more details, check out my blog post, link the comment!

Our latest update includes additions from Philippine English, Malaysian English, Singapore English, South African English, and Irish English.

Find out more in our release notes by OED Editor, Danica Salazar: https://oxford.ly/4iNrKnU

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐄𝐂𝐎-𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐎 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 (𝐒𝐒𝐏)

The call for applications for the Manila Economic and Cultural Office – Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (MECO-TECO) Sandwich Scholarship Program (SSP) for the year 2025 is now open and is accepting applications until 18 April 2025.

For the application procedures, you may visit this link:
https://tinyurl.com/Call2025SSP