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Love that this is named in honor of Jan. She was a fantastic mentor.

The entire budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which has been devastated by Trump & Musk) is 3% of this.

The Clean Air Act — and your family's health and safety — are under attack The Clean Air Act is under attack from the Trump administration and its EPA chief, Lee Zeldin.

Lee Zeldin, the new head of the EPA, announced plans to take a broad swipe at this bedrock law that protects people across the U.S. from harmful pollution. Here’s what you need to know: vitalsigns.edf.org/story/clean-...

Roundtable: Native American Studies Today The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · Episode

I was on my first podcast! The latest episode of The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast is out today, featuring a round table with myself, Cathleen Cahill, and Boyd Cothran on the field of Native American History. You can find it on Spotify, Apple, Acast, etc.: open.spotify.com/episode/4ycp...

Assistant Professorship in Digital History at University of Aarhus An academic position as a Assistant Professorship in Digital History is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

Assistant Professorship in Digital History
University of Aarhus - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA099/a...

Congratulations!!

We are only a month into 2025 but I already feel the word of the year is clear.

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

AHA–OAH Statement on Executive Order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling” The American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.”

#AcademicSky ##Skystorians

Congratulations to editors Mary E. Mendoza & @tracibrynne.bsky.social and all the contributors, including @embsumek.bsky.social, @colinfisher.bsky.social, @arikelman.bsky.social, & many, many more!

A photo of a book, titled Not Just Green, Not Just White: Race, Justice, and Environmental History, atop a wooden surface. In addition to the book title, the other text on the cover includes the names of the editors, Mary E. Mendoza and Traci Brynne Voyles, as well as that of Patty Limerick, who wrote the foreword. The cover image features a landscape painting that shows a windswept and vibrant green bristlecone pine tree, along with grey hills in the background and a large sky, in soothing shades of aqua, light blue, and dark blue, above.

NEW 📗: If you're interested in race, justice, & environmental history, then I highly recommend NOT JUST GREEN, NOT JUST WHITE, a collection out this week from @univnebpress.bsky.social. #envhist
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

A good example of how students can use ClioVis to, as the student in the video says, ‘crush their coursework.’ Click on the link and check out our non-AI digital tool. :)

What Trump's order means for birthright citizenship President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is an attempt to change the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment. It's already facing major legal challenges.

Thanks to ⁦‪Scott Tong and NPR’s ⁦‪Here & Now‬⁩ for a chance talk about birthright’s past, present, and future. News was fast breaking yesterday with welcome change out of Seattle by midday! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Introducing the ClioVis Syllabus Generator—your tool for effortless course planning! Enter course details to create, customize, export, and update polished syllabi with ease—no IP mining here! Click the link below to check out our tool yourself!

Link: cliovis.com/syllabus-gen...

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...

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Meet Clio, the muse of history and guardian of knowledge. We've teamed her name with "Vis," symbolizing visualization. Together, ClioVis embodies our mission to empower students to conquer their studies through the power of visualization.

UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings. After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...

Only 0.1% of patients formally appeal denials. But when they do…

Great post-doc opportunity at the JCB!

Core values anyone?

If you're a reporter writing about these bathroom protests, you should reach out to Bryant Simon at Temple, as he's currently writing a really fascinating history of public restrooms.

Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time.

So, MIT researchers built Undermind, an AI-powered search engine.

It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar.

Here's how to use it:

Ad for the position posted at interfolio @ apply.interfolio.com/159279

Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!

Chefs' Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2024, Part 3 - The Scholarly Kitchen The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 3 today.

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2024, Part 3 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/04/c...

Hot take: one of the essential skills we need to teach our grad students is how to schedule a meeting that includes a calendar invite.

The slush pile of L.Powell at its lowest level in almost 60 years, back ends of canyons breathing once again.

Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this!

Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:

What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects

PEN America Condemns University of North Texas System's Extreme Overcompliance in Implementing A DEI Ban - PEN America Overcompliance of DEI law at University of North Texas cause for alarm.

NEW: The University of North Texas administration "has gone totally rogue," I write for @penamerica.bsky.social, censoring syllabi and research grants even though the state's DEI ban explicitly exempts them. One of the worst cases of overcompliance I've ever seen. pen.org/press-releas...

I used a tool called Cliovis developed by @embusmek.bsky.social. Here is the link to the #syllabus: www.prof2prof.com/resource/syl...