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Stand up universities and science:

"For people outside higher education, this is a moment to speak publicly about why universities matter. They promote public health, economic growth and national security....They are an unmatched, if imperfect, engine of upward mobility"

#universities #research #science #safety #mobility

nytimes.com/2025/03/15/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back.By The Editorial Board

This is so sad. 😢 And I can see no end to the ongoing tragedy...
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Whether they hop around the prairie, dabble in wetlands, flit through forests, or forage along the shore, birds are suffering rapid population declines across the United States.

That’s the finding from the latest State of the Birds report, a status check on the country’s avian life published every few years by a coalition of science and conservation groups. The 2025 report shows that birds across most habitats have suffered major losses since 1970. Grassland and aridland species have been dealt the heaviest blow: both groups lost more than 40% of their total populations over that period.

What’s more, the trends for many habitat groups have gotten worse. Even waterfowl, which had previously been a conservation bright spot amid the alarming declines, have seen their numbers drop since the last edition of the report. Overall, around one-third of U.S. birds, or 229 species, are of high or moderate conservation concern, according to the report — dealing with low population levels, declining trends, or other threats that call for conservation action to step up.
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FULL ARTICLE -- audubon.org/magazine/sweeping-

#Trump heeft het ook gemunt op wetenschapsinstituten als de National Institutes of Health. Eerder sneed de regering in beurzen voor onderzoek naar de gezondheid van de lhbti-gemeenschap. In de afgelopen weken zijn miljoenen dollars aan beurzen voor vaccinatieprogramma’s en onderzoek ingetrokken. Daarmee loopt onder meer onderzoek naar mRNA-vaccins gevaar, de technologie achter de vaccins die de coronapandemie indamden. #health #science #protest
trouw.nl/buitenland/trump-verk

Trouw · Trump verklaarde universiteiten eerder al tot vijand, nu barst de strijd echt losStudenten, universiteiten, onderzoeksinstituten en het ministerie: onder Trump is niemand in de wereld van het Amerikaans hoger onderwijs meer veilig.

“Australia must double down on getting a seat at the table to access the world’s largest research fund, Horizon Europe”

Via @johnquiggin , reporting on Australian universities realising that research cooperation with the USA will soon be dead.

aus.social/@johnquiggin/114165

Aus.SocialJohn Quiggin (@johnquiggin@aus.social)Dispensing with US universities, ready or not https://johnquigginblog.substack.com/p/dispensing-with-us-universities

DATE: March 15, 2025 at 03:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Good News in History, March 15

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/events0703

Happy 50th Birthday to singer–songwriter, record producer, actor, fashion entrepreneur, and NASA enthusiast Will.i.am (pronounced Will I am). Legally named William James Adams Jr., he was best known as a rapper in the group Black Eyed Peas, which has released nine studio albums. He also became a coach on The Voice UK, and a prolific […]

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Good News Network · Good News in History, March 15 - Good News NetworkThis daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—March 15.