This is terribly sad news. Hampshire is very a special place and this is a real loss for US academia overall in addition to a loss for the students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community of Hampshire College.
The SAVE America Act looks set to die in Congress, but 23 mostly Republican-led U.S. states have recently changed their voting procedures to mirror key aspects of Pres. Donald Trump’s sweeping package of voting restrictions in time for November’s midterm elections
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Are we tired of winning yet?
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I appreciate rabbit/bunny themed content on Easter. Good times. 🐣 But I sincerely hate Updike’s Rabbit Run. Hard pass. As Auntie Mame would say, “How vivid.” 🤢
I have called out decades of grad students for this basic error (place of work/place of residence). Drives me bonkers. 🤯
Patio garden with trellis.
And this little kitchen garden is coming together as well.
Tulips blooming white with green accents in the flower.
Tulips started to bloom today.
Cover of the book entitled 'Improving inclusive innovation outcomes' with a pale blue cover showing clip art images of houses, tower blocks and bridges.
New RSA Policy Impact Book just published: “Improving inclusive innovation outcomes: Lessons from post-industrial and post-conflict cities” by Michael Glass et al. Find out more at www.regionalstudies.org/news/improvi...
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🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World
📆 15-18 June 2026
🌍 School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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🚨Ohio has a new absentee ballot deadline that requires mail-in ballots to arrive by 7:30pm on Election Day
📬 If you vote by mail, request your ballot now so you are one of first to receive it: ohiosos.gov/elections/elections-administration/forms-and-petitions/absentee-ballot-application-html-to-pdf
😮💨🙄 This is some next level in loco parentis nonsense.
In a recent @theatlantic.com article on the SAVE Act, LWV CEO Celina noted that the bill would disproportionately affect the approximately 8 in 10 married women who change their names. Full article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
If you are a student looking to get involved, here is a list of Democracy Summer 2026 openings democracy-summer.breezy.hr
Democracy Summer 2026 is happening! Hope + Action = Change. 🗳️ Learn how to get involved here: www.wesleyan.edu/about/democr...
Every single serious person involved in economic development understands US colleges and universities to be the cornerstone of the national (& regional) innovation system. We built the system over a century to provide opportunity and access to rural communities and big cities. And the system works.
US Colleges & Universities are engines of regional economic development. They educate the new workforce, partner w/ industry to train incumbent workers & foster innovation and incubate new technologies. They employ thousands of people in cities and small towns. We need more investment not less.
Thank you to @acls1919.bsky.social @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social for leading this effort to restore the normal functioning/funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This is the advocacy we need from our learned societies and professional associations in these times.
We’ve highlighted the most-read articles from each journal in 2025. Explore the list at www.regionalstudies.org/new...
☎️ Call your Senators! Tell them to Stop the SAVE Act. Requires a passport/birth certificate to register to vote. 14% of women keep their names when they marry ➡️ Their current names don’t match their birth certificates. 🙄 A passport costs $130+. This bill is🦇💩 insane. Voter suppression + poll tax.👎
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD Student to join the Board of the Regional Studies Association.
www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-stu...
The @lwvohio.bsky.social said the SAVE America Act could limit women, rural Ohioans, students, older Ohioans, Black Ohioans & those with disabilities from voting. These groups are less likely to have qualifying IDs, which can be expensive and time consuming to acquire.
www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...
Worried about this election? We have the antidote: be a poll worker. Nothing will make you feel better about voting, democracy, or our country than seeing what happens behind the scenes and connecting with neighbors, we promise.
Go here pollworkertracker.ohiosos.gov/signup to sign up today.
300 in less than 24 hours. But we’re aiming even higher.
Sign and circulate to everyone who values Ohio State, in any capacity. We need a transparent and inclusive process. We need to turn this ship in the right direction.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You were lovely and thoughtful in graduate seminars! As you are today. No cheap shots; just real engagement. A+ work. 😉
Recently published #openaccess in @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social "Uneven regional development in a contentious world of changing global production networks: ‘chips war’ and the geopolitics of semiconductor production in the United States and Southeast Asia" by Henry Yeung
doi.org/10.1080/2168...
This #IWD2026, we're celebrating 7 years of the RSA Women's Network!
Since 2018, we've grown into a vibrant, welcoming community where women across regional studies collaborate & support each other at every stage of their careers.
For some reason, in my little corner of the world, everyone is humming the theme song from Top Gun at work today. 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbyo...
Thank you to friends, family, colleagues, community in Minnesota for the work. Your solidarity is an inspiration. We grieve with you, we stand with you, and we win with you. Stay strong out there!
🌟 Registration is now open for #RSA26 🌟
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🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories
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