Category: News
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Trump Proposes 50% cut to National Science Foundation and more
On Friday April 3, 2026, President Trump proposed a 54% cut to many sectors of basic scientific research and scientific training programs in particular those that support the social sciences, health inequity, and environmental research. See the publication from Nature to learn more about Congress will need to push back on this proposal, but with…
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Your Local Epidemiologist
Just came across a great blog authored by Katelyn Jetelina and Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD. They have some great activism and educational resources and ways to do good work for anyone interested in doing this through education, healthcare, journalism, social media. Take a look . They also post amazing artwork that shows the power of social media—…
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Climate Action Across States
WIRED magazine has highlighted the ways in which NY and California have struck very different stances on state funded ballot initiatives to address climate change. Read the short report by Jackie Flynn Mogensen here regarding Prop 30 in Cali and Prop 1 in NY.
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Managing the Times- Important Reads and Hope
Hope and persistence As I contemplated all that has happened in the last week- EPA ruling, CDC’s challenges for vaccine dissemination, Miranda rights removed, and abortion made illegal, I was grateful for those that do the work sharing how to find hope and resolve to keep at it. See below from Cynthia Tabor from Cities…
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What’s going on with Monkeypox?
Some of you have been interested in the recent uptick in monkeypox virus infections, as the CDC has just raised the alert after we reached over 1000 infections. If you have completed the Genes Environment and Behavior course you are in for a treat as the most agreed upon theory for the increased transmissibility is…