📢 Hello everyone!
Join us May 8 (12:00–14:00) in Groningen for a discussion on embedding #OpenScience in Rewards & Recognition policy.
Featuring Ana Parrón Cabañero, Ana Ranitovic & Manuel Pinto Reyes.
📍 Academy Building @universityofgroningen
🔗 Sign up: https://www.rug.nl/research/young-academy/what-we-do/ecr-support/ecrlunch-topics-overview?lang=en
#Academic #Research
TIL that in the 15th century, Burgundy included Holland and its capital was Brussels. #history #academic #bookstodon

Jeffrey Epstein didn't just abuse women and girls -- he actively used his power and money to keep women out of the rooms where scientific careers are made. "The women are all weak, and a distraction sorry," he wrote in a 2018 email (...)

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM

https://19thnews.org/2026/02/epstein-files-academic-research-women-scientists

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #WomenSTEM #misogyny #STEM #academic #research

Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown; Hundreds of Papers At Risk of Retraction

"This is not a series of coincidences; it is a blatant, industrial-scale quid pro quo."

Chris Brunet
Controversial academic arrested and fined for trespassing at University of Lethbridge
Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was arrested for trespassing at the University of Lethbridge over the weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/frances-widdowson-university-of-lethbridge-9.7180156?cmp=rss
Controversial academic arrested and fined for trespassing at University of Lethbridge
Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was arrested for trespassing at the University of Lethbridge over the weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/frances-widdowson-university-of-lethbridge-9.7180156?cmp=rss
Controversial academic arrested and fined for trespassing at University of Lethbridge
Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was arrested for trespassing at the University of Lethbridge over the weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/frances-widdowson-university-of-lethbridge-9.7180156?cmp=rss

Exam question idea:

“Using the quantities listed on the label calculate the pH of the buffer solution in this enema bottle.”

Thoughts?

#chemistry #teaching #applications #academic #enema

Hihi! As you may know there has been an #encampment going on at Campus Coupure to pressure the #UGhent to implement a full #academic #boycott. In light of this, we as Ghent Student Encampment are organizing a #protest on Thursday the 30th of April. The plan is to have a collective lunch from 12h onwards at the encampment and a march at 13h30 from Campus Coupure to the Rectorate, where there will be a protest with speeches and chanting! The goal is to get as many people there as possible to put pressure on the University

At 12:30, there is collective lunch; at 13:30 we walk from coupure to the rectorate where we'll arrive and protest/chant/make noise

I've started checking if in-text citations match their references in meaning and strength with this.

Is it error prone? Yes, like any LLM job it is non-deterministic and error prone.

Does it save time and find useful stuff? Also yes!

#AI #AcademicPublishing #Academic

https://github.com/gpowerf/citation-relevance-auditor

GitHub - gpowerf/citation-relevance-auditor: “You cited it, but does it fit?” — A prompt that systematically checks if in-text citations match their references in meaning and strength. Drop in a paper, specify the reference numbers, and get a clear, per-reference relevance verdict (Highly relevant, Somewhat relevant, or Not relevant) with reasoning.

“You cited it, but does it fit?” — A prompt that systematically checks if in-text citations match their references in meaning and strength. Drop in a paper, specify the reference numbers, and get a...

GitHub