They have censored Plato's "Symposium" here and then decide to have a "Civil Discourse Symposium" featuring Pence all while having our syllabi be monitored and having people not in the field say what we can or can't teach. 🙄
If a university bans Plato from the Philosophy classroom they should loose their accreditation.
This May Day, higher ed will join a massive wave of resistance to demand:
✅Make higher ed affordable
✅End the assault on science & research
✅Protect students' right to learn & faculty’s right to teach
✅Suspend ICE activity
Show up on May 1 and RSVP here: www.labor4highered.org/may-day-events
My sign from yesterday. We need to fight back to keep academic freedom!
#BTHOcensorship
Protest organized by...us!
(You're welcome!)
#BTHOcensorship
Dr. Leonard Bright speaks to protesters at the Texas A&M civil discourse symposium. Sign reads “Aggies for Academic Freedom.”
“We’re showing the Board of Regents that we’re not backing off.”
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2026/04/20/t...
We filed suit against the Trump administration (again) today to block the implementation of an unlawful executive order that seeks to undermine inclusion & equal opportunity, threatens government contractors w/ criminal prosecution, & chills protected speech.
These are not normal times.
ideas. There are topics I definitely didn't get to that I wanted. There are things we didn't spend as much time on that I wanted to. But I like that I have a place to start and I hope the students felt like they got to learn about some interesting things.
I ended up kind of keeping what I wanted them to take away from that section a little lighter on the technical calculations and I think both the students and I started having more fun.
There are definitely some things I will change if I get to teach a course like this again and I have a lot of
focusing on that part less and more or just the content, I feel like things started going a lot more smoothly. The last section I did was PDEs which was particularly hard when students didn't have a strong background and many didn't have the computational skill to analyze the models that way,
right level of mathematics for this class (some students have more math background and some have less, some have a lot of coding experience and some have none) which has caused a lot of stress for me about homework problems and what I want students as a whole to get out of the class, when I started
While this semester has been hard, there have been a lot of fun things about teaching this math bio class to upperclass STEM students. I get to be really excited about a lot of cool topics that I am personally interested in and hopefully get others excited too. While it has been hard to find the
"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Jay Bhattacharya) has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half."
!!!
🎁
Calling all physics/astronomy science communicators! Applications are open for the 2026 #Scicomm Collider at @perimeterinstitute.ca! A great opportunity for folks doing all kinds of astro/phys engagement to meet, network, and share expertise on connecting the public with science! ⚛️🧪🔭🎢
It's International Asexuality Day today!
Inspired by my experiences of coming out as asexual, I have written a zine which provides an introduction to asexuality for those newer to this invisible sexual orientation.
Download it here (enter '0' to get it for free): ko-fi.com/s/446bca3822
📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight: Megan Engel from University of Calgary! Her research focuses on molecular motors' efficiency—and how to apply these principles to bio-nanotechnology.
Check out the interview below!
Want to suggest who to feature next? Email us at gsnpsocialmedia@gmail.com
BU President reverses position on Pride flags removal without discussing broader censorship on campus.
“The statement did not address the larger pattern of free speech suppression...the admin either does not see those issues as important or does not plan to address them."
—Joseph Harris, BU AAUP
www.wbur.org/news/2026/04...
I am glad they stopped this, but it's not over.
"BU President Melissa Gilliam said the university needs “more time and opportunity” to consider the matter."
What else is there to consider? @bostonu.bsky.social Please do the right thing and support your LGBTQ+ Community
Pride flag in the window
Pride flag in a window
Good morning from Boston University. Pride flags EVERYWHERE
I ask that BU do the right thing and fix this. I ask other alum, particular queer and ally alum, to tell BU forcing the removal of pride flags is the wrong action.
one of the highest rates of suicide by population. Pride flags are not just decorations, they are welcoming signs, they are telling those of us seeing others fight for us not to have right and killings us that maybe, just maybe, there is a place of good people that care that we are around.
LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty and Staff give.bu.edu/schools/Bost..., both which currently have very little support. I ask that BU stand on the right side and recognize that these flags and symbols are important to people's existence, especially now. LGBTQIA people, particularly trans people, have
be supportive if I did come out. I didn't know how to find those places and people. As I said, I was lucky that they just sort of happened.
I ended up donating $50 to the LGBTQIA Resource center give.bu.edu/schools/Bost... and another $50 for the
my coming out would have sped out. I would have been more comfortable in myself rather than hiding it for at least another 6+ years. There are experiences and community I feel I missed out on because I was not out at that age around others that were and because I didn't know people around me could
would be supportive. I still have many of those friends. And it turns out even years later some of those friends who also presented as straight came out to me too! I was lucky.
Had the resource center existed, had there been symbols and signs that showed LGBTQIA people were accepted and welcomed,
years that I was queer. However, I did see students who were out and comfortable in their identity and proud. Very slowly, I started opening up to them. Seeing other people, especially those labeling themselves as 'bi' made me feel like I could call myself that too and that people around me at BU
while other posters and things are allowed to remain up. This is clearly politically motivated and part of the larger scale movement to isolate and make invisible marginalized people.
When I was an undergrad, the LGBTQIA resource center did not exist at BU. I was not out despite knowing for 7+
and we talked and I was reassured that BU was not going to be doing these sort of things. I made it very clear that these centers are needed now more than ever.
This is such a shame that BU is kneeling to pressures of tyranny but trying to remove the blame saying it is a "content-neutral policy"
As an Alum, this was very upsetting to see. Last year, I donated to the LGBTQIA Resource Center after not giving for years because I was seeing first hand these sorts of centers being closed on campuses, having their funding be reallocated, and more. Someone from alum relations reached out to me
