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Honored to be selected as the Queensborough Community College / CUNY Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy Award winner this year!

“This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals? This is a generational loss of innovation, technology, and economic power.”

-An anonymous researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital responds to a survey of scientists in Massachusetts about the impact of Trump administration policies on the state, which is home to Harvard University and many other research heavy-hitters. (The Boston Globe | 18 min read)

‘My scientific career is essentially over.’ A brain drain imperils Massachusetts’ biomedical future. In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.

Favorite journal article title for today:
Integrating the CRAAP Framework to Support Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
Jonathan Sing Huat Ong, Fun Man Fung, et al.

Integrating the CRAAP Framework to Support Critical Thinking and Information Literacy The rise of fake news, encompassing misinformation and disinformation, threatens societal progress, particularly in environmental science and the pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This study explores the integration of the CRAAP framework (Currency, Relevance, Authority, A...

I’m really happy to be featured in the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)’s Effective Teaching Practices certification course, within the refreshed learning modules that support faculty in creating a productive learning environment for students. This set of modules promotes practical, research-based strategies to help faculty build community, foster intrinsic motivation and persistence, and provide formative feedback that empowers students to succeed. Check out this brief clip from my experience!

ACUE Feature: Dr. Kevin Kolack This is "ACUE Feature: Dr. Kevin Kolack" by ACUE on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The US govt disinvestment in science is nothing short of treason:
"China is leading research in nearly 90% of the crucial technologies that “significantly enhance, or pose risks to, a country’s national interests” according to a technology tracker run by an independent think-tank. The nation tops the table for 66 of the 74 technologies, including nuclear energy and synthetic biology, with the United States leading the other 8, including quantum computing. The results indicate that China has flipped the script over the last two decades — at the beginning of this century, the US led on research into more than 90% of assessed technologies and China less than 5%."

China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.

In case any anti-vaxxers (or those believing the crap RFK Jr. is forcing onto the CDC and FDA websites) are interested in science:

Vaccines are tested against placebos Lately, my page has been flooded with people insisting that “no vaccine is tested against a placebo” (sometimes stated with additional qualifiers like “double-blind” or “saline placebo”).…