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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Very excited that *Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide* is now available open access! Lucas and I have a chapter in it on "Doing Public Engagement with Science as a Philosopher of Science" #philsci #scicomm. In our chapter we ...

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Final Call: PSA Outreach & Engagement Prize Nominations recognizing outstanding work of a scholar or team to engage members of general public about philosophy of science. Recipient will receive a $500 cash prize & recognition at #PSA26 Deadline: September 1, 2026 11:59 pm (anywhere) #philsci

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Philosophers of the PSA #philsci @philsci.bsky.social: 2 reminders of deadlines on August 1st from the PSA Outreach and Engagement Committee! PSA Outreach & Engagement Prize, and AAAS | SciLine Workshop!... 1/4

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I was at a workshop last week (by @alyssaemery.bsky.social) on time poverty. One idea discussed was @brigidschulte.bsky.social's "time confetti", fragmented scraps of time between tasks too small for deep work, too frequent to ignore. I've been thinking a lot about this the past week, and...

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/05/2026

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Announcing a new opportunity to join the PEWS team!! PEWS is excited to be hiring a new postdoctoral fellow, ideally starting August 2026. Anyone with a PhD in any related discipline is encouraged to apply! Learn more: #SciEd #STEM #SciComm ucengagingscience.org/2026/04/13/n...

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Now hiring: PEWS Postdoctoral Fellow!

PEWS is excited to be hiring a new postdoctoral fellow to support the important work done at the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS). Anyone with a PhD…

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

If you know a public engagement with science'y academic looking for a postdoc next year (August 2026 start), @ucpews.bsky.social Center for Public Engagement with Science is hiring! #philsky #SciComm #STS #SocSky #HPS #SciEd jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Public Engagement with Science

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

1/4 Have you have always wanted to go to the @theaapt.bsky.social workshop/conference, but didn't think you had something to submit for a session? WELL! This year, The American Association of Philosophy Teachers has 2 amazing opportunities for grad students and early career faculty!

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Yet another act of anticipatory obedience. The '27 budget is a *request* from the president. Congress can appropriate more $ to NSF (including SBE) if it wants. In fact... a bipartisan majority JUST rebuked POTUS' deep cuts to science funding a couple months ago! This is only over if we let it.

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 04/04/2026

This is a cataclysm for social science in the United States. SBE helped to foster the field of Science and Technology Studies in the country (it supported the development of #STS training programs at UCSD and my alma mater, Cornell, in the 1990s). Unfortunately, Vannevar Bush would love this part.

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

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Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request to Congress

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The next volume in the Public Engagement with Science series is available to download FREE until March 12th! #SciComm www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Mothers as Science Storytellers

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Mothers as Science Storytellers

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The next Element in our Series is out!

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Read "Mothers as Science Storytellers" FREE online until Mar 12! 📖 New in the @universitypress.cambridge.org series edited by @apotochnik.bsky.social & @mjacquart.bsky.social. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #STEM #ScienceStorytelling

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Physics + Dance Lab (supported by the National Science Foundation) explores arts & STEM! 🩰⚛️ PEWS' @mjacquart.bsky.social is partnering on the project. HS & Undergrads: Apply by March 9! 👇 ucengagingscience.org/2026/02/24/p... #SciComm #STEAM #Physics #Cincy

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A great thread for those thinking of philosophy grad school to consider applying to UC!

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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

APA members @mjacquart.bsky.social and Thomas Polger's course on Taylor Swift and Philosophy challenges students to explore the deeper meanings behind the singer's lyrics and public persona as well as broader questions about love, identity, and ethics. www.uc.edu/news/article...

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Swiftie in school

UC’s Taylor Swift class gained attention on Oct. 2, when Local 12 reporter Chelsea Sick visited campus to cover the course the day before the release of Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl.

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Physicists will spend $10 billion on a particle accelerator to understand why there is an "unnatural" hierarchy between the Planck scale and the weak scale, then insist that philosophy has no role and we should shut up and calculate.

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University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy @ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Professor Melissa Jacquart (@mjacquart.bsky.social) was the keynote speaker this summer at The Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy (HCSPiP) Conference in Pedagogical Innovation! academics.hamilton.e...

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Hannah Waters @hanner.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Seeking science journalists: @quantamagazine.bsky.social is hiring a physics editor! A rare opportunity to join this great team and lead coverage of this foundational vertical. Please reach out with any questions and share widely simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...

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Physics Editor, Quanta Magazine

POSITION SUMMARY Quanta is seeking an editor to contribute to the magazine’s award-winning physics coverage. This editor will be tasked with finding the most exciting developments in the world of the ...

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

PEWS is highlighting UC student opportunities for 2025–2026 - from internships to communication training, all designed to connect STEM with the broader community. 🔗 ucengagingscience.org/2025/08/18/uc-student-opportunities-2025-2026/ #UCincy #UCPEWS #STEMEducation #CommunityEngagement

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UC Student Opportunities 2025-2026

UC graduate and undergraduate students are invited to get involved with the Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS) this year by applying for a paid internship, registering for the Sharing…

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 20/08/2025

Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.

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STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support

STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/08/2025

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

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Senator Alex Padilla @padilla.senate.gov · 17/06/2025

🗣️REMINDER: Trump and Republicans are still trying to pass their 3 TRILLION dollar spending bill that would kick 16 million people off of their health insurance and literally take lunches away from school children. We can’t let them get away with it.

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Last Call! Philosophers consider submitting to this @theaapt.bsky.social Studies in Pedagogy Special Issue on Teaching Graduate Students. This special issue is one of (if not the?) first big efforts to think more intentionally about how we as a discipline teach our graduate students ... (1/3)

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Calls for Abstracts and Essays

Current Calls: Volume 11CALL FOR PAPERSAre We Having Fun Yet?Joy and Playfulness in Teaching & Learning Philosophy Edited ByRebecca Scott Paper Submission Deadline: Monday, January 13, 20...

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Jodie Russell @jelliedsours.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We have another great post on the #projectEPIC blog today from @apotochnik.bsky.social that summarises her fantastic new Element co-authored with @mjacquart.bsky.social on public engagement and science: epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/03/what... #science #philsky

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What is Public Engagement with Science?

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/02/2025

Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

He nails it.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.

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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The American Institute of Physics is looking for an associate director who will lead our new policy research and analysis function, which is within my portfolio. We will be busy. americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/openings

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

@hanneand.bsky.social kicking off Historical & Philosophical Literacy As Core Elements of Scientific Proficiency session at #AAASmtg #HPS on how to retool our courses in history & philosophy of science for aspiring scientists & how HPS courses are part of required science curriculum in Denmark.

Hanne giving tLm with slide text "Teaching history and philosophy of science
Reflections on literacy and proficiency
• Traditional introductory courses in history and philosophy of science (HPS)
• Structured as introduction to history and philosophy of science as academic disciplines, often focussed on key concepts, positions and theories, how they differ, and how they have developed as seen from within these disciplines
• Goal to intrigue and attract students and to prepare them for futher studies in HPS
• Proficiency in history and philosophy of science
• Courses in history and philosophy of science for aspiring scientists
• Structured instead around challenges that scientists commonly face and which call historical and/or philosophical reflection
• Goal to be enable students in their future careers as scientists to critically their own practices, and to engage in conversations with policy makers as general public on the role of science and scientific knowledge

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Third talk in Historical & Philosophical Literacy As Core Elements of Scientific Proficiency session at #AAASmtg #HPS is @williamthomas.bsky.social on importance of researching, teaching documenting, & preserving (!) recent history of efforts to diversify the sciences.

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Great reflections by @historyscience.bsky.social Pres. Evelynn Hammonds @ #HPS session @ #AAASmtg on history of HPS in science efforts; how build trust in science every step of process & need for critical reflection along way; current complicated media world & how HPS needs to engage more w/ media

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Great turn out at the "The Value of History & Philosophy of Science for a Strong Scientific Ecosystem" session at #AAASmtg #HPS

Jane Maienschien asking a question to panel

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Second talk in Historical & Philosophical Literacy As Core Elements of Scientific Proficiency session at #AAASmtg #HPS is @mjacquart.bsky.social on what philosophy of science can contribute to public engagement with science.

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This Friday 10-11 at #AAASmtg a fantastic session on "The Value of History & Philosophy of Science for a Strong Scientific Ecosystem" with talks by @hanneand.bsky.social @mjacquart.bsky.social @williamthomas.bsky.social Moderated by Evelynn Hammonds #HPS

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Historical and Philosophical Literacy
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Hanne Andersen, Section for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Role for Philosophy of Science in Public Engagement With Science Melissa Jacquart, Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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The Value of History and Philosophy of Science for a Strong Scientific Ecosystem
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• Room 204 (Hynes Convention Center)
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Hanne Andersen
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

sreenshot from the new york times reporting that Stanford University’s provost is talking about how the loss of funding from national institutes of health funding will cost the university $160 million. that’s not the way to get this changed — the people think “stanford is rich; no big deal.” leaders need to talk about what this will cost the public

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University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy @ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Professors Angela Potochnik (@apotochnik.bsky.social) and Melissa Jacquart (@mjacquart.bsky.social) recently published a Cambridge Element titled ‘Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project’! It’s open access, check it out at this link! #philsky #Philsci

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Public Engagement with Science

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Public Engagement with Science

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We are excited to announce a new Element on Public Engagement with Science by PEWS Founder and Center Director Angela Potochnik and PEWS Curriculum and Pedagogy Director Melissa Jacquart! 🌟 The Element is open access - just follow the link to read! ⬇️ www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Public Engagement with Science

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Public Engagement with Science

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Dr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Yep! Grant-funded PhD students' entire income is at stake. Their tuition as well. And maybe also their health insurance. There are lots and lots of students who are funded on federal grants.

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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Very excited to share that @apotochnik.bsky.social and my element on Public Engagement with Science is out (+ open-access)) I'm really proud of this work of ours. It puts in writing much of the work + thinking done over the last several years @ucpews.bsky.social... www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Public Engagement with Science

Cambridge Core - Life Science Professional Development - Public Engagement with Science

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Angela Potochnik @apotochnik.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project, by @mjacquart.bsky.social and me, is now out! For an interdisciplinary audience, the book introduces resources and principles for effective public engagement with science. Open access, free PDF at this link. #scicomm #sciengage #philsci #science

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Public Engagement with Science

Cambridge Core - Life Science Professional Development - Public Engagement with Science

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University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy @ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

@mjacquart.bsky.social was awarded the David W. Concepción Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching by the APA! The APA (@apaphilosophy.bsky.social) is one of the largest professional organizations for academic and public philosophy and only gave 16 prizes for the fall. Congrats, Melissa! 🥳

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