Final weeks to see W. E. B. Du Bois's rarely displayed data visualizations! Du Bois's data portraits pioneered new notions of progress at the turn of the century. On view through May 29. Get discounted tickets when you book online before your visit at cooperhewitt.org

In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter nature.com/articles/s4158…

"The PACE study aims to examine the impact of personal & contextual events, e.g. loss, economic recession & infectious disease outbreaks, on the development of common mental health disorders." Omid V. Ebrahimi on his Norway study & work at OxfordPPL psych.ox.ac.uk/news/an-introd…

Noise is a secret destroyer of productivity. It is secret because it impacts cognition, not effort, so we don’t notice, but a 10db noise increase (from a dishwasher to a vacuum) lowers productivity by 5%. Noise is also greater in poorer neighborhoods... joshuatdean.com/wp-content/upl…

A Bridge Between HBCUs and High Schools. UNCF Vice President Sekou Biddle was interviewed by Inside Higher Ed. 📰 Read the article by Sara Weissman: insidehighered.com/news/diversity… #UNCF #HBCUs #BetterFutures #Education

When a first-generation college student earns a degree, it’s the beginning of a sprawling domino effect that can transform entire communities: hechingerreport.org/opinion-despit… One Million Degrees

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On our Street, we celebrate inclusion, belonging, and freedom of authentic self-expression. Happy #PrideMonth to all the people in our neighborhoods! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🤍🤎🖤

just because you can do it in excel doesn’t mean you should

HS student Georgianna McKenny made a podcast for "Real Mississippi" series in her English class to raise awareness about how water crisis in Jackson affects students. She was selected @npr 2023 Student Podcast Challenge winner. Kudos! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5dISmt…

The fourth leading cause of death in the US? Cumulative poverty, write Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and @gregggonsalves in The Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Supreme Court ruled the U.S. govt is not responsible for ensuring water access for Indigenous tribes in a 5-4 vote. Nearly 1 in 3 people who live on the Navajo Nation reservation do not have access to clean water, despite living alongside the Colorado River.

New from The Washington Post! EA Founder and CEO Mary C. Murphy (marycmurphy.bsky.social) shares insights shifting research on growth mindset from an individual trait to a cultural feature in organizations, teams and schools rb.gy/pj8tq

States using the federal Capital Projects Fund to pay for line-extensions programs to build the infrastructure needed to connect hard-to-reach households and businesses to broadband networks: ME - $20 million MN - $15 million WV - $25 million pew.org/3JjpR2f

Researchers believe this map is the first youth-focused U.S. state-level measure of anti-LGBTQ+ structural stigma. Read more about the research, which links anti-LGBTQ+ policies to depression in Black and Latinx youth ⬇️ (1/4)

NSF is conducting mass piloting of LGBTQ+ questions on college graduates & PhDs, on target to produce the first official statistics on LGBTQ+ representation in STEM in 2026. This would ensure equity via data-driven policies & benefit science for all. (1/2)news.columbia.edu/news/national-…

Organizational and process issues can result in algorithms that don’t keep up with environmental changes in the decision domain. Learn more: mitsmr.com/43sTtT3

Psypost covers my research with Kenneshia Williams and Joan Maya Mazelis, we find college students w loans have worse health, mental health, more likely to delay medical, dental and mental health care and reduce medication to save money psypost.org/2023/07/study-…