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Excited to start my UC Davis grad seminar, "In the Shadow of the Rock: The Literature of Gibraltar," tomorrow. This will be one of the first seminars on this topic offered anywhere in the world - unless there's an academic underground of GibLit seminars that I don't know about! #academicsky #booksky
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Today's puzzle on Vidarbol is based on the family of Ursidae, or as they are commonly known as, bears.
You think you know your bears? 🐻🧸🐻❄️🐼
Then try out today's puzzle: vidarbol-3baa2.web.app
#bears #phylogenetics #dailypuzzle #sciencesky #academicsky
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Tough Love | The Way(s) Forward on Measuring Learning
Higher education must prove to the public that students are ready for work and life. Here’s how we might do that. By Doug Lederman: bit.ly/4yS9kcX
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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@gisele600.bsky.social
about 4 hours ago I also read that 5000 recipients of food stamps are in the Armed Forces. That is beyond the pale. Not to mention that we taxpayers subsidize American industries to the tune of hundreds of $billions and that’s what we call capitalism. #following #news #EconSky #AcademicSky
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Well, this is ...something: universityaffairs.ca/news….
I am tired. So very tired. This is really hard work. #AcademicSky 🧪
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Remove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says - University Affairs
The Standing Committee on Science and Research says ‘discriminatory’ EDI policies are ‘weakening the quality of Canadian research’.
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My level of #academicsky nerd... my second monitor got set up for document reading and I am over the moon.
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One of the many paradoxes of academia is that institutions don’t solve budget and enrollment problems by only talking about budget and enrollment… #AcademicSky
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@mikenietzel.bsky.social
about 8 hours ago Oil tycoon gives University of Oklahoma $150 million, the largest gift in its history. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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University Of Oklahoma Receives $150 Million Gift, The Largest In Its History
The University of Oklahoma has received a $150 million gift from Harold Hamm. The historic gift will be used to promote diabetes research, health education, and research
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Joseph S. Takahashi to Deliver the Paul Doty Lecture on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at Noon 🔬 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/depar…. @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvard.edu @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social
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Joseph S. Takahashi to Deliver the Paul Doty Lecture on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at Noon - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Joseph S. Takahashi, PhD, a pioneering researcher whose discoveries helped uncover the genetic mechanisms governing circadian rhythms, will deliver the Paul Doty Lecture on Thursday, October 8, at […]
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1/3 What if your cells aren't just listening to electromagnetic fields — they're emitting their own? Cells may generate weak electric fields that could help them communicate at a distance. #academicsky #biophysics #sciwri
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this semester I'm aiming high.
My goals include once, JUST ONCE, printing all the docs I need for my seminar that week
1) to the right printer
2) with the right number of copies
3) double sided
4) without jamming the stapler or running out of staples
pray for me, I'm 0/3 for far.
#AcademicSky
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Didn't go too well. Got only wiggly lines and did a lousy job doing hatchings. But after such a week, it was ok-ish.
Tomorrow, I need to say a word about AI facilitated emails ...
#academicchatter
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A study in BMC Nutrition shows that a 1-week hands-on culinary education intervention improves food literacy in school-age children, supporting experiential learning as a tool to promote healthier eating habits from an early age.
#MedSky #AcademicSky
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Changes in food literacy following a one-week experiential culinary education intervention in school-age children - BMC Nutrition
Background Food literacy is a multidimensional construct encompassing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed food choices and support healthy eating. Food literacy education is important for fostering lifelong positive eating behaviours. However, evidence on intensive experiential, culinary education interventions for school-aged children remains limited. The objective of this study was to assess changes in food literacy skills following a one-week experiential culinary education intervention among school-aged children attending a university-based culinary summer camp. Methods A theory-informed, child-centered culinary intervention was developed using a competency-based framework to support structured skill development. A single-arm, baseline-to-endpoint study design was used to evaluate change in food literacy skills among children aged 8–12 attending a one-week culinary summer camp. Food literacy skills were assessed using an observational scoring rubric informed by a competency framework and the Experiential Learning Theory, measuring six domains: autonomy, ease and safety, measuring, hygiene, working with others, and confidence. Each domain was scored on a 12-point scale, with higher scores indicating greater skill proficiency. Paired-samples t-tests were conducted to evaluate changes. Effect sizes (Cohen’s dz) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results Eighty-eight children participated in the culinary intervention. Significant improvements were observed across all six food literacy domains following the intervention (p< .001). Mean score increases ranged from 1.46 to 2.47 points, with effect sizes ranging from moderate to large (dz = 0.62–1.36), indicating meaningful improvements in observed food literacy skills over the one-week period. Improvements were particularly notable for the ease and safety, measuring, and confidence domains. Conclusions This intensive experiential culinary education intervention was associated with significant improvements in food literacy skills among school-aged children. These findings support the potential of immersive, skills-based food literacy programs and highlight the value of experiential learning approaches for supporting children’s food literacy development.
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Another day, another peer review full of LLM-generated "reviews". (Full of nonsense, and also violates the norms of the journal)
There's no reason to submit a manuscript for publication anymore...
#academicsky #episky
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A career development client's view of a development approach
So what might a developmentalist view of career development look like in New Zealand. I begin to explore at www.samyoung.co.nz/2026/0….
# Career_Dev #Developmentalism #Aotearoa #AcademicSky
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Worth a look, especially for for PIs working in AI-enabled engineering, digital twins, autonomous systems, energy, communications, and related fields.
Applications close 2 November 2026.
🔗 uk.mathworks.com/academia….
#MATLAB #MATLABAmbassador #academicsky
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Nominate a colleague to become an APS Fellow by October 1! #AcademicSky
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#TitleIX doesn't allow #anonymousreporting. You have to name yourself to the institution that controls your degree, your funding, and your career.
Sign to change it: buff.ly/vcwI9nY
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #WomenInStem
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Require Anonymous Title IX Complaint Procedures at Every Federally Funded College
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So happy to have been invited by Rex Mitchell for this little chat about our recent tooth paper in @science.org (doi.org/10.1126/scie...) for his YouTube channel, @theskullywaglab.bsky.social, check it out 🤩:
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#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #AcademicChatter
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Skullywag Chats #2 | Dr Narimane Chatar | Teeth, Macroevolutionary ratchets, Saber-tooths
YouTube video by The Skullywag Lab
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We're heading to ACR 2026 in Chicago. Booth #2, Sept 25-26.
Talk to us about your research challenges and hear from Simon Jones on agentic incidence, Sept 25 from 8:20 AM. You can enter our raffle too for a chance to win $500 in Prolific credits.
#ACR #ConsumerResearch #AcademicSky
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One of our key recommendations for administrators and policymakers trying to smooth the pathway to economic independence? Mandate transparency and economic accountability for all #postsecondary programs and institutions. bit.ly/3pTk2jn
#AcademicSky #EconSky
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Navigating the College-to-Career Pathway: The 10 Rules of Moving from Youth Dependency to Adult Economic Independence - CEW Georgetown
Here are 10 rules students should follow to achieve economic independence when making college and career choices
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This is another research article, this one led by @laurenschudde.bsky.social, supporting long-term positive effects of corequisite #math remediation: buff.ly/pTaxugL Ours is at buff.ly/DPaXzBQ #highered #AcademicSky
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New paper on eDNA and native pollinators from PhD student Kat Lunn! 🧪 #eDNA #bees #womeninstem #academicsky
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<fc>eDNA</fc> Analysis for Native Cavity‐Nesting Bee Ecology: A Comparison of Data From Brood Cells Contents and Larval <fc>DNA</fc>
Artificial bee homes become eDNA reservoirs of insect, plant, fungal, and bacterial taxa providing a non-invasive way to assess the ecology of wild bee larvae.
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