What is the purpose of a university if we cannot use our knowledge to serve others? What good are these hands, if not to repair the world? What use is my voice, if it is expected to keep silent? Why do I have a heart, if I am meant to ignore its breaking?

academic tip #12: write random equations on the white board behind you before you zoom so ppl think you’re smart 👍

Check this article out by Dr. Ubadah Sabbagh on the possibilities of building research infrastructure in the Arab world!

More broadly, that university administrators continue to write statements using 'security concerns' as an excuse for suppression, implicitly criminalizing their own students and staff who they're supposed to protect and paints them as a threat, is despicable.

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor researches how the sensation of touch happens in the skin and in the brain. In an interview with Quanta, the molecular biologist discusses his journey to this work and his hopes for its future. quantamagazine.org/pleasure-or-pa…

📢'The World Is Your Oyster' is for those who are born in global north countries--don't experience visa bureaucracy & emotional burden that non-white global south scholars do. Citizenship is a privilege that we need to recognize in the academe. 1/n

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Neighborhood cherry blossoms blossoming just in time for the marathon 🌸

We had a great discussion on biomedical #research reforms in #universities and what the federal #government can do to support the #STEM pipeline. Watch the recording: youtube.com/watch?v=Iqs2MX… #policy #advocacy #postdocs #mentoring #DEI #funding