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Mathematician. Assoc prof in CMSE at MSU studying TDA. 55N31, 62R40. Mother of 2 dragons. Half of a 2-body opportunity. She/her.

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You won't get any notification that potentially important emails are in there and they'll get deleted after 30 days so you might want to see if there's anything important there....

16.01.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a poster for the lost city shows a woman holding a lantern in a cave Alt: a poster for the lost city shows a woman holding a lantern in a cave

PSA for everyone forced to use outlook..... there's a magical land of hidden emails at security.microsoft.com/quarantine.

16.01.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent piece, Chad! Bravo!

08.01.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Friends don't let friends make a college wide calendar event for their colloquium.

19.11.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of research.gov stating that the uploaded file contains "no machine-readable text or images"

A screenshot of research.gov stating that the uploaded file contains "no machine-readable text or images"

Grant writing is 20% perspiration, and 80% WTF RESEARCH.GOV WHY WILL YOU NOT LISTEN TO ME!

08.09.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

20.08.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save the Date! ATMCS 12 is coming up fast, January 26-30, 2026, in Leipzig. More info at the link below, call for contributions coming soon!

www.mis.mpg.de/events/serie...

14.08.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a little girl is looking out of a window and says `` take my money '' . Alt: a little girl is looking out of a window and says `` take my money '' .
06.08.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh how I have missed the brown sharpie!

06.08.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An overview of the Euler Characteristic Transform, illustrated for a single Euler Characteristic Curve, i.e., the calculation of Euler characteristics along a single direction.

An overview of the Euler Characteristic Transform, illustrated for a single Euler Characteristic Curve, i.e., the calculation of Euler characteristics along a single direction.

#MachineLearning loves data. #Topology loves shape.
Let's bring them together!

πŸ‘‰The Euler Characteristic Transform (ECT) bridges both worlds, as I outline in a recent article in the Notices of the
@amermathsoc.bsky.social

Engage!

🧡1/n

22.07.2025 08:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh, right, that's why I never fly United.....

28.06.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gah no spoilers but the end BLEW MY MIND!

24.06.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha ok so first off, I was tipped off at the answer, and second, it's because the answer was my last name 😜

20.06.2025 00:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had given up on wordle for a while, but a friend gave me a heads up that my usual starter word was FINALLY the answer πŸ˜œπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

Wordle 1,460 1/6*

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

18.06.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooooh, party in the PoincarΓ© disk!

22.05.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Math professors for trans rights

21.05.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america ' ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

New personal best:

From revise and resubmit request email to resubmit in 12 hours 32 minutes.

06.05.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Between his attacks on NIH, NSF, and higher ed generally, Trump has very nearly placed a moratorium on public scientific research in this country, yet legacy media seems determined to frame it exclusively as a snit over Harvard.

02.05.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

The average American has three friends: ℝ, β„‚, and ℍ.

02.05.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The average American has three friends.

02.05.2025 01:26 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

The average American has three friends.

02.05.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

the function of ChatGPT isn't *being* correct it's *looking* correct. often the two line up surprisingly well! but sometimes they don't!

01.05.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

My colleagues and I draft a statement about the recent end of equal opportunities employment practices at @michiganstateu.bsky.social

It’s incredible that our community is standing up where our administrators aren’t.

#academicsky #edusky #highereducation #msu

26.04.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

25.04.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 60151 πŸ” 20587 πŸ’¬ 593 πŸ“Œ 831
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New NIH grant rules override the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring recipients from DEI activities The National Institutes of Health (NIH)β€―is rolling out rules that block new grants for any researcher or institution ad | The National Institutes of Health is rolling out rules that block new grants f...

This feels existential for US science:

To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work

(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)

No institution could *ever* comply.

22.04.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 911 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 31

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK #MSU

So, we don't provide equal opportunities anymore?

>Per the guidance from MSU Human Resources, please remove the following language from all letterhead immediately: β€œMSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer”.

22.04.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Picture of women researchers from the WinCompTop workshop in 2016 at the IMA in Minnesota.

Picture of women researchers from the WinCompTop workshop in 2016 at the IMA in Minnesota.

I am still in research and in academia because I found community in the WinCompTop research network. Beautiful work in the April Notices putting numbers behind the impact of these important networks.
www.ams.org/journals/not...

22.04.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MSU students and faculty fight to protect education MSU students and faculty came together Thursday, fighting to protect higher education. They're hoping to be heard by the federal government.

Proud to stand with and for my colleagues. We’re just getting started.
www.fox47news.com/neighborhood...

18.04.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here's what I said if you are interested:

danny.hellmo.space/posts/speaki...

#academicsky #solidarity #highered #msu #MichiganState #puremichigan #unionstrong

17.04.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0