These student journalists on the radio sound so fucking scared.

.WKCR-FM NY reporting that NYPD have begun tear gassing columbia students

“We are alive, but we are not okay. We are tired. Everybody here is devastated.”

#Gaza ’s healthcare workers are tired, hungry, and scared.

Our staff share their haunting stories and the stories of their colleagues in our latest article: doctorswithoutborders.ca/enduring-the-u…

Take the AAS CSMA Astro Poverty Survey

This survey on poverty in #astronomy will look at initial statistics & information regarding a potential new underrepresented population in the US astronomy community based on socioeconomic status. aas.org/posts/news/202…

Astronomers: please consider lending your support to this new IAU resolution led by Mia de los Reyes (Dr. Mia de los Reyes) to rename the LMC/SMC Galactic clouds as simply the “Milky Clouds.” It will be voted upon at the next meeting this year in Cape Town. drive.google.com/file/d/1eU2ne4…

Hi everyone, unfortunately we found out our mom didn’t have life insurance and we need to pay out of pocket for the funeral and burial. If anyone would be able to help support us for her expenses we would appreciate it. Please share around. We need a minimum of $4300 in 1wk. 😢

happy to announce i accept less than $15k *and* still have room this year for talks if anyone's looking lol

topics i've done in the prof dev realm include careers, transitions, mentorship science policy/advocacy/communication, etc

list of upcoming engagements is on my website

‼️ Tomorrow is the LAST day to sign up as a mentor for VanguardSTEM #GuerillaMentoring event! bit.ly/VSmentors2024

Mentees: sign-ups start ✨next Monday✨!

#NationalMentoringMonth #BlackinSTEM #LatinXinSTEM #IndigenousinSTEM #wocinstem #womeninstem

Black physics & astronomy students are encouraged to apply for the #TEAMUPTogether Scholarship Program. This $10K award aims to reduce financial barriers that prevent Black students from attaining their undergraduate degrees. Apply here: teamuptogether.org

Folks, a recent college grad in the Sudan cold emailed me looking for work or an internship to help grow his career & escape war. He's an electrical engineer, specializing in control/robotics. It's out of my field so my network's limited but if anyone has interest please lmk.

Medical staff in #Gaza are so inundated by the sheer mass of patients arriving that the surgical board used to keep track of the weeks upcoming surgeries has been wiped clean and replaced with these words:

We are deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza. We have lost contact with some of our Palestinian colleagues on the ground. We are particularly worried for the patients, medical staff and thousands of families taking shelter at Al Shifa hospital and other health facilities.

Are you struggling to put the work into a writing project? Join Movement (Movement Consulting) and the League of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy (@lumamentoring) for our FREE writing accountability group, the Lightning Collective:

bit.ly/mvmt-luma-tlc

I just love the design of our animated series #YoungLove that our art director Ed Li created. We really tried to showcase the architecture of Chicago with the two-flats and three-flats that are featured so prominently on the west and south sides of the city.

I need yall to see this massive garlic I got at my local farmers market 😶

ruler tattoo for scale

This profile tells more of my story than I’ve ever publicly shared and I hope people get to read it. Especially those from the middle east and community college students.
mcgovern.mit.edu/2023/09/07/one…

YALL the news is public so I finally get to brag about my badass friend Jacqueline Antwi-Danso winning a NSERC / CRSNG Banting Fellowshipppppp 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

UofT D. A. Dunlap Dept of Astronomy & Astrophysics is blessed to have her!

SGMA event: “Grad Schools in the Current Political Climate” Sep 13 @ 4:30pm ET. Panelists will discuss pathways to grad school, choosing queer-friendly locations, fellowships & grants, fee waiver, & international applications. QR code or link to register umd.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Latest paper on arxiv! We discovered a massive z~7.65 heavily obscured radio-loud QSO (furthest radio-loud as of yet!) thanks to COSMOS-Web and the rich ancillary data of the COSMOS field.

Here is a little thread on why this source is so important! arxiv.org/abs/2308.12823