Stand up for Science NM

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Brainwaves and breakthroughs a neuroscience teachin event. Saturday 8/24 at 3 pm

Happening tomorrow, register here: actionnetwork.org/events/teach...

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Brainwaves and breakthroughs a neuroscience teachin event. Saturday 8/24 at 3 pm

Happening tomorrow, register here: actionnetwork.org/events/teach...

This is why I’ll never stop fighting for science Northwestern alum Felicia Tuchman chronicles her path from high school science student to pursuing a Ph.D. — and what she’s learning along the way

Thanks to Northwestern News for publishing an extended version of my @sufsnewmexico.bsky.social / @scholars.org op-ed! Grateful to have had an opportunity to speak in detail about memorable mentors @jnfrltackett.bsky.social & @cmbrandes.bsky.social 💜

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Where: ABQ Main Library Auditorium When: Saturday, August 23rd at 3:00 PM Join us for Brainwaves and Breakthroughs, a community teach-in spotlighting the power of neuroscience and the importance of scientific research in our everyday lives. This event, organized by the New Mexico chapter of Stand Up for Science, will feature local neuroscience PhD researchers sharing their work and insights on how brain science shapes our understanding of memory, addiction, and aging. Come hear from: Sam McKenzie, PhD – on how memories are formed and stored in the brain Fernando Valenzuela, MD, PhD – on alcohol exposure and its effects on the developing brain Nicole Maphis, PhD – on the links between alcohol use and Alzheimer’s disease Whether you're a science enthusiast, student, advocate, or just curious about how neuroscience impacts public health and policy, this event is for you! Free and open to the public.

Don’t miss our educational event happening this Saturday!! Learn more and register here: actionnetwork.org/events/teach...

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Don’t forget to register for this event! Link is in bio.

Brainwaves and Breakthroughs: A Neuroscience Teach-In Hosted by New Mexico Stand Up for Science Where: ABQ Main Library Auditorium When: Friday, August 23rd at 3:00 PM Join us for Brainwaves and Breakthroughs, a community teach-in spotlighting the power of neuroscience and the importance of scientific research in our everyday lives. This event, organized by the New Mexico chapter of Stand Up for Science, will feature local neuroscience PhD researchers sharing their work and insights on how brain science shapes our understanding of memory, addiction, and aging. Come hear from: Sam McKenzie, PhD – on how memories are formed and stored in the brain Fernando Valenzuela, MD, PhD – on alcohol exposure and its effects on the developing brain Nicole Maphis, PhD – on the links between alcohol use and Alzheimer’s disease Whether you're a science enthusiast, student, advocate, or just curious about how neuroscience impacts public health and policy, this event is for you! Free and open to the public.

Join us Saturday, 8/23 at 3 PM for our first Teach-in event! Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/teach...

Brainwaves and Breakthroughs: A Neuroscience Teach-In Hosted by New Mexico Stand Up for Science Where: ABQ Main Library Auditorium When: Friday, August 23rd at 3:00 PM Join us for Brainwaves and Breakthroughs, a community teach-in spotlighting the power of neuroscience and the importance of scientific research in our everyday lives. This event, organized by the New Mexico chapter of Stand Up for Science, will feature local neuroscience PhD researchers sharing their work and insights on how brain science shapes our understanding of memory, addiction, and aging. Come hear from: Sam McKenzie, PhD – on how memories are formed and stored in the brain Fernando Valenzuela, MD, PhD – on alcohol exposure and its effects on the developing brain Nicole Maphis, PhD – on the links between alcohol use and Alzheimer’s disease Whether you're a science enthusiast, student, advocate, or just curious about how neuroscience impacts public health and policy, this event is for you! Free and open to the public.

Join us Saturday, 8/23 at 3 PM for our first Teach-in event! Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/teach...

OPINION: Moments are being taken away from the next generation of scientists I’m 17 years old. In AP Psychology, our final project is to design an experiment, collect data, and write up the results. My teacher suggests that our group, fascinated by

Don’t miss our latest @standupforscience.bsky.social op-ed by @feliciatuchman.bsky.social! Read it here: www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...

Big update to scienceimpacts.org: See the devastating impact of cancelled NIH grants across the country, and how losses at specific institutions ripple out to surrounding communities.

This is all in addition to the future losses that would result from cutting funds for indirect costs of research.

Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now! Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...

🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨

Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.

We’ve launched an open letter.

SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

Cassie said it best in yet another great piece in the ABQ Journal from addiction scientists: "We owe it to every person struggling with substance use, and their families, to act now to save the very infrastructure that saves families from unnecessary suffering." Check it out here:

@standupforscience.bsky.social

UNM post-docs forewarn threats to research at Stand Up for Science event • Source New Mexico New Mexico Stand Up for Science tabled at the University of New Mexico, to organize against federal defunding of science research.

NM Stand Up for Science organizers canvassed UNM's campus on the last day of classes for the spring semester, hoping to engage undergraduate and graduate students in organizing against federal cuts against research.

Happening tomorrow! Will you be there?

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE It's time for a Summer Send-Off NATIONWIDE CAMPUS ACTION Stand Up, Fight Back - TOGETHER! STAND UP WITH US BECAUSE SCIENCE, HIGHER ED, AND DEMOCRACY ARE FOR EVERYONE Where: Cornell Mall @ UNM When: Friday, May 9th 12-1 PM

Don’t miss out on our event happening at UNM this Friday!!

Come learn more about the threats to science and ways to get involved

@standupforscience.bsky.social

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE It's time for a Summer Send-Off NATIONWIDE CAMPUS ACTION Stand Up, Fight Back - TOGETHER! STAND UP WITH US BECAUSE SCIENCE, HIGHER ED, AND DEMOCRACY ARE FOR EVERYONE Where: Cornell Mall @ UNM When: Friday, May 9th 12-1 PM

Don’t miss out on our event happening at UNM this Friday!!

Come learn more about the threats to science and ways to get involved

@standupforscience.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social @ninachristie.bsky.social @matwmccool.bsky.social @faheypsych.bsky.social

OPINION: Science cuts: The five stages of grief The five stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance — rarely happen in any specific order.

The latest NM SUFS OpEd is out in @abqjournal.bsky.social!

Read "Science Cuts: The Five Stages of Grief" by Nikki Maphis at the link

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This isn’t just a funding freeze. It’s an attack on free inquiry.
Science is under siege—but this is just the beginning. We’re fighting back, stay tuned.

#StandUpForScience
#WithoutNSF
#NSFFreeze

Federal Funding Freeze: Share Your Story Trump's funding freeze is causing chaos and harming Americans. Share your story to build the movement.

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MAKE NOISE:
1. Share your story. Post how NSF funding has impacted your research or your life. Use #WithoutNSF to raise your voice.

2. Share your story on the Federal Freeze Tracker to help lawmakers and the public understand what’s at stake:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

🔔BREAKING🔔

The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.

This is censorship disguised as oversight.

Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.

SCOOP: A startup founder and early DOGE recruiter posted in a Palantir alumni Slack recruiting for a new DOGE-related project. The project's goal, he said, is to automate work that's currently performed by 70,000 federal workers. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨
The NIH just withdrew from Safe to Sleep®—a campaign that helped cut SIDS deaths by 50%.
This quiet decision will cost babies’ lives.

We need noise. Fast. Here’s what to do ➡️🧵(1/3)

www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

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If you're protesting this May Day, know your rights.

#MayDay, we reject this admin’s dark vision of society—where regular people exist only to serve billionaire tech oligarchs. Where tools of surveillance and big data are used to monitor us and keep us in line. Don't stop calling your reps. Demand that DOGE stay out of our personal data.