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otters_raft in academia
Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication | " The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto"
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/12/03/influential-study-on-glyphosate-safety-retracted-25-years-after-publication_6748114_114.html
I added the additional quote to the title in order to add context ... read full post
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validiarim in academia
The Autocrats’ War on Universities - Why the far-right always targets academia and what academics can do about it
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/autocrats-war-on-universities-no-accident-requires-strategic-resistance-by-jan-werner-mueller-2025-12
A very important article. Everyone should read it.

The author is a respected scholar. Jan-Werner Mueller is probably the world's best expert on populism.
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DmitriiBaturo in academia
ICT-Model (Information-Consciousness-Time): Can Information Alone Explain Matter, Consciousness and Time? Early Feedback from a Time-Physics Researcher
TL;DR: ... read full post
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delena in academia
Northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/northwestern-university-agreement-us-government
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Vanayo in academia
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/noam-chomsky-jeffrey-epstein-ties-emails
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Vanayo in academia
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/uva-cornell-trump
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Valyri in academia
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/
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vipec in academia
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/14/faculty-reax-summers-epstein/
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sijifec in academia
University of Virginia president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this surreal letter
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6xW62HI5oZaP15xhmtbaemtBtqrNZR/view?usp=drive_link
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33550336 in academia
Alternatives to Elsevier
As I read in the Wiki, "Researchers have criticized Elsevier for its high profit margins and copyright practices. The company had a reported profit before tax of £2.295 billion with an adjusted operating margin of 33.1% in 2023. Much of the research that Elsevier publishes is publicly funded; its high costs have led to accusations of rent-seeking, boycotts against them, and the rise of alternate avenues for publication and access, such as preprint servers and shadow libraries." ... read full post
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Salamence in academia
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/21/fas-phd-admissions-cuts/
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6498593 ... read full post
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Venduan in academia
Are these the happiest PhD students in the world?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03346-4
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cm0002 in academia
Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/indiana-university-school-paper
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cm0002 in academia
Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Amid Trump's "Antifa" Fearmongering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYlvxpMBHX0
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Severus_Snape in academia
US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/academics-professors-charlie-kirk
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fossilesque in academia
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/09/anti-fascism-mark-bray-rutgers-university
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fossilesque in academia
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/08/uk-universities-offered-to-monitor-student-social-media-for-arms-firms-emails-show
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fossilesque in academia
Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/02/trump-university-funding-compact
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Salamence in academia
FACT BRIEF: Did the Trump administration propose cutting funding for tribal colleges by almost 90%?
https://azcir.org/news/2025/10/01/did-trump-administration-propose-funding-cuts-tribal-colleges-almost-90percent-yes/
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Salamence in academia
Students Stage Walkouts in Dozens of Spanish Cities to 'Stop the Genocide' in Gaza | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/spain-student-protests-gaza
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6322801 ... read full post
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fossilesque in academia
Northwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism training
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/northwestern-university-classes
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cm0002 in academia
Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny from the Twentieth Century
https://scholars.org/contribution/twenty-lessons-fighting-tyranny-twentieth
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otters_raft in academia
In the Age of AI, Are Universities Doomed? | The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/universities-in-the-age-of-ai/
The ending in particular: ... read full post
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otters_raft in academia
Emmy-winning ER drama ‘The Pitt’ shines a light on compassionate teaching
https://theconversation.com/emmy-winning-er-drama-the-pitt-shines-a-light-on-compassionate-teaching-265429
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cm0002 in academia
Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’
https://www.404media.co/union-warns-professors-about-posting-in-the-current-climate/

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Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication | " The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto"

The Autocrats’ War on Universities - Why the far-right always targets academia and what academics can do about it

ICT-Model (Information-Consciousness-Time): Can Information Alone Explain Matter, Consciousness and Time? Early Feedback from a Time-Physics Researcher

Northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding

Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal

The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey Epstein

Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein

University of Virginia president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this surreal letter

Alternatives to Elsevier

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles

Are these the happiest PhD students in the world?

Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media

Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Amid Trump's "Antifa" Fearmongering

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas

FACT BRIEF: Did the Trump administration propose cutting funding for tribal colleges by almost 90%?

Students Stage Walkouts in Dozens of Spanish Cities to 'Stop the Genocide' in Gaza | Common Dreams

Northwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism training

Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny from the Twentieth Century

In the Age of AI, Are Universities Doomed? | The Walrus

Emmy-winning ER drama ‘The Pitt’ shines a light on compassionate teaching

Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’