Jackie Donnelly

UUP members joined #HandsOff rallies across the state today! UUP President Fred Kowal spoke to thousands at the Albany rally to send a clear message— #HandsOff public higher education!

@aftunion.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social

Exciting things are happening at the #UUPDA! Stop by the tables to make signs for tomorrow’s #HandsOff rally, send letters, and learn more about benefits available to UUP members!

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million A quarter-century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

Why the $400 million price tag you ask? 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Brienne of Tarth ftw!

SBU’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department remains committed despite political uncertainty As President Donald J. Trump’s second term rapidly changes the political landscape in the United States, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Department at Stony Brook University is prepar...

Read this inspiring article on my Stony Brook colleagues in the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and their fierce commitment to doing the work in the spirit of resistance: sbstatesman.com/133028/news/...

SBU’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department remains committed despite political uncertainty As President Donald J. Trump’s second term rapidly changes the political landscape in the United States, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Department at Stony Brook University is prepar...

sbstatesman.com/133028/news/... "So, in spite of everything, this is an exciting moment for the WGSS department at Stony Brook, and we are feeling energized to continue doing the work of asking questions, building community, producing insurgent knowledge, and creating a more just world."

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Oh, and how much has DOGE saved, you ask? Sorry, you'll have to wait until Valentine's day for those *receipts* kids 🤡 💝

In case you were wondering how you go about getting a job at DOGE, all you need is "2-3 bullet points showcasing your exceptional ability," and a resume submitted on this random .gov site that looks like an 8yr old designed it for a class project.

✅️ Done

Folks are shocked that their institutions, after professing commitments to climate justice and DEI, are now caving to Trump and scrubbing all references.

It's brutal.

And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.

Good advice for anyone paying student loans. As the DOE is on the chopping block, save your payment records, current balance, interest rate, etc. Given the track record of haphazard decisions, safeguard yourself just in case.

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’ In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”

🎯 Let's call it what it actually is. "The 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, argues that the so-called indirect research costs targeted by the cuts contribute to the “massive growth in DEI staff at US universities.”
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...

I know a great way to support #WorldCancerDay today. Vote NO, senators!