The Stanford Chapter of the @aaup.bsky.social. Fighting to preserve academic freedom for all. All Stanford academic staff are eligible to join. Opinions our own. Find out more and join here: https://aaupstanford.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mla6t57nvk2uWomen and minorities bore the brunt of NIH grant cancelations last year. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01426-707 May 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla6t57nvk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mla6qjmv4s2uActing CDC director, Jay Bhattacharya, ridicules epidemiological research designs for assessing vaccine efficacy, a causal-inference problem complicated by both ethics and logistics. https://www.science.org/content/article/cdc-leader-calls-new-journal-elevate-scientific-rigor07 May 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla6qjmv4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3ml362dqk4k2r"For example, biological sex chromosomes determine not only the sexual and reproductive organs an individual is born with, but also how females and males behave." "Determine" is an awfully strong word there 😳 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml362dqk4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3ml35srj2bc2rAbsolutely unhinged. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml35srj2bc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3ml2ufrnqos2hThe Department of Education continues its march toward re-segregation, now by investigating Stanford for having a teacher education program for people of color, arguing it is discriminatory on the basis of race. The university has chosen to terminate the program. https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/29/bipoc-teacher-program-title-vi/04 May 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2ufrnqos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mkt7maobwc25Stanford discontinues BIPOC teacher training program under pressure from US Dept of Ed: https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/29/bipoc-teacher-program-title-vi/01 May 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt7maobwc25https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mkoov6guek2j30 Apr 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoov6guek2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mk5apoy6ak2mImportant perspective on the recent Yale report by their committee on trust in higher education. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/yale-has-come-up-with-a-surefire-way-to-make-a-terrible-situation-worse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.sER5.airSRfIvq5mU&smid=url-share23 Apr 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5apoy6ak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mk52t6yy2k2mThis man is an embarassment to Stanford. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk52t6yy2k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mjzppiv27k26Retired faculty member and alum, Dr. Audrey Shafer on the DoJ investigation on admissions: “I would not be me without my history with the University. I feel assaulted by the federal government’s intrusion and overreach into higher education.” https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/20/sign-cardinal-courages-letter/21 Apr 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzppiv27k26https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mjzpivgvmc26Stanford medical students speak up on the DoJ investigation into admissions: “We want to see Stanford enroll more Black, Latino and Indigenous medical and PA students, not for optics, but because they deserve to be here without having their success dismissed as the product of DEI.” https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/19/doj-stanford-medicine-problem/21 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzpivgvmc26https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordaaup.bsky.social/post/3mjb3x66rwc2dThis is likely to get more common. Attendance at recent professional conferences has been visibly less international. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/2026/04/08/thousands-mathematicians-protest-conference-us12 Apr 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:uzfwrpmibffag4rxsqvpklt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjb3x66rwc2d