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Funding research, fighting divestment
"Details about oil majors contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to top universities to build relationships that could help the industry avoid taking climate action were inside thousands of pages of documents unveiled Tuesday by Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Budget committees.Of the files released Tuesday, many show the extraordinary lengths energy giants have gone to in order to maintain public support for the oil industry — a major employer that’s also one of the nation’s top corporate climate polluters.
Companies have acknowledged, then flat-out ignored, stark warnings about the fate of the planet in relation to their activities."
Big Oil document dump spotlights industry influence in academia
#academia #climate #AcademicChatter
Big Oil document dump spotlights industry influence in academia - E&E News by POLITICO
Democrats will focus on what they see as damning evidence of the industry's inaction on climate change during a hearing Wednesday.Emma Dumain, Corbin Hiar (E&E News)
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A major issue is when to let go of data taking hundreds of terabytes of space, and no one in the lab remembers what exactly it is, and the associated metadata and documentation (a wiki page) was lost some time ago or no longer makes sense. One never has time to go through these.
I do not have a good solution. The solution I'd want is an annual review of data, tied with the 5-year cycle of data servers (that's how long they're expected to last).
‘Political arrest’ of Palestinian academic in Israel marks new civil liberties threat | Israel | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/political-arrest-palestinian-academic-nadera-shalhoub-kevorkian-israel-civil-liberties-threat
#Israel #Academia #CivilLiberties
‘Political arrest’ of Palestinian academic in Israel is civil liberties threat, say lawyers
Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s legal team and employer speak out after arrest over podcast commentsEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
Hcommons.social is an academic server for humanities scholars and practitioners around the world:
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University protests against Israel's war in Gaza are spreading across the U.S. After multiple Columbia University students were arrested last week for refusing to leave an encampment, arrests were made at Yale University today.
Daily Beast has a recap of what's happening, including new protests at New York University and the University of Michigan: https://flip.it/2MJY.s
For more stories on the Mideast crisis, follow @israel-hamas-war-thenewsdesk
This article really resonates with me. The current system is untenable and most university administrations have taken away any agency that faculty have in the system.
It's time for a major change.
It’s Not Your Fault That Academic Life is Getting Harder by Glen O’Hara
Universities are in trouble, and it’s not just money we’re talking about. They are living through something of a crisis of confidence, even of trust and faith. More and more, I find myself, and my …Voices of Academia
eNeuro is looking for an editor in chief.
https://www.sfn.org/publications/eneuro/eNeuro-Editor-in-Chief-Search
Made me ask: what is the job of an editor in chief, and what kind of qualifications should an applicant have? And what kind of job is it – full time job, or part time? Paid or not? A practising scientist or a dedicated specialist? The ad doesn't specify much beyond the obvious.
It's Alive!! The #openscience lab has moved in (well, almost everything) to its new home!! Interestingly we are occupying an almost abandoned corridor at #universityofsussex, with the goal of bringing needed updates and life to certain lab/#science/#research practices!
If you would like to chat anything open science do send me a message!
