Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they)

Text reads, "Capacity Building at MSIs Webinar Series. Building Bridges: Leveraging External Partnerships to Strengthen S-STEM Scholar Success. Mar. 5 at 2 p.m. ET." Logos at the bottom include AAAS, S-STEM REC, and National Science Foundation.

Join the S-STEM REC on March 5 at 2 p.m. ET for Building Bridges: Leveraging External Partnerships to Strengthen S-STEM Scholar Success

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4 policy trends that should be on college leaders’ radars in 2026 From accreditation to civil rights probes, we’re rounding up policy shifts we’ll be watching — and expert predictions on how they’ll unfold — for the year ahead.

📣Federal policy shifts are moving fast in 2026 — and Leadership matters. Grateful to contribute to #HigherEdDive's roundup of key #HigherEd trends leaders can’t ignore.

🧪Dive in: highereddive.com/news/4-policy-trends-college-leaders-2026/810793/
#Policy #Leadership @aaas.org @aaascsew.bsky.social

Trump Administration Drops Appeal in School D.E.I. Lawsuit

🧪 The administration has dropped its appeal in the DEI schools lawsuit, leaving in place a ruling blocking guidance that threatened funding over diversity & equity efforts. A win for student opportunity — but the larger debate continues.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
#STEMM #Education #Access

WATCH: “Renee Good was not a domestic terrorist. No one acting in good faith actually believes that, no matter what some of our Trump officials say at press conferences,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.

After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

📢 We’re hiring!
AAAS is looking for a Program Director to lead national STEMM education & workforce initiatives—especially those supporting MSIs and students from underserved communities.

Hybrid role (DC-based)-Please share with your networks!
🧪 bit.ly/4sarbcN

#HigherEd @aaascsew.bsky.social #Jobs

Check out CSEW's own @travisyork.bsky.social on the benefits of engaging with the scientific method -- in STEMM and beyond!

The scientific method: It’s not just for science anymore The same exercises in logic and reason can extend to assignments in the social sciences, humanities and more.

I had a great conversation w/ K-12Dive on why the scientific method isn’t just for 🧪science class — it’s a framework to help students think critically, reason with evidence, and navigate complexity across subjects: www.k12dive.com/news/scienti...
#Teaching #EdReform @aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

Fewer Grants & Funds = Fewer Innovations & Discoveries
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
Federal Funding for Scientific R&D and Education is by far the greatest investment in America's Future!
A Fantastic 🧪 READ: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.

Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.

They voted to confirm him anyway.

L’Oréal Funds Research and Mentoring Award for Five Women Scientists | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Five postdoctoral scientists will receive grants of $75,000 to fund their innovative research along with their outreach activities to support young women and girls in STEM.

Congratulations to the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science awardees for 2025! The five postdoctoral scientists will receive grants of $75,000 to fund their innovative research along with their outreach activities to support young women and girls in STEM.

www.aaas.org/news/loreal-...

L'Oréal USA Announces 2025 For Women in Science Awardees, Underscoring Commitment to Advancing Careers in STEM /PRNewswire/ -- Today, L'Oréal USA revealed the 2025 For Women in Science (FWIS) awardees, providing five women postdoctoral scientists grants to advance their...

Proud to share L'Oréal USA’s 2025 For Women in Science awardees — five brilliant women driving discovery & innovation in STEM. Honored to be quoted in the release. 🌍🧪
Read: prn.to/3Xsnila
@aaas.org @aaascsew.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM #ForWomenInScience #L'OrealUSA

Nearly a month into a government shutdown, CSEW Director @travisyork.bsky.social's comments about impacts on research and educational institutions are more relevant than ever. If you haven't read his insights in Inside Higher Ed yet, catch up now:

Thankful for @insidehighered.com's reporting on how the federal government shutdown is hurting the research ecosystem.

The shutdown is more than a budget pause — it delays new grants and strains institutions & innovation.

We need urgency, not inertia.
@aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org @science.org

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today – donate at the link below.

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The U.S. government has shut down, and the impacts on STEMM are wide-ranging. CSEW Director @travisyork.bsky.social provides insights on what it means for #HigherEd.

The Federal Government Has Shut Down. Here’s What It Means for Higher Ed. The first shutdown since 2018 could leave the higher-education sector with mounting challenges if prolonged.

Grateful to be featured in the @chronicle.com today. Shutdowns don’t just stall DC—they steal time from science, students, and innovation. #HigherEd must keep showing up for our communities & make STEMM a national priority. 🧪

🔗 www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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All people deserve to be included & contribute to the 🧪STEMM enterprise. Data is key to fair systems allowing America to leverage its rich talent, particularly for Queer & Trans scientists. Thank you @freemanjb.bsky.social & @democracynow.org for demanding public transparency & gov accountability!

2025 HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase Day One Plenary, Thursday, Sept. 25, The promo contains seven headshot photos, each with names and titles underneath. The pictured people are: Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff, STEM program director-AAAS and NSF PI; Dr. Travis York, director, Center for STEM Education and Workforce-AAAS; Dr. Monya Ruffin, deputy divisional director (DRL)-NSF; Ms. Rycal Blount, sample lab technician-Mother Murphy Flavors; Ms. Demetria Gallagher, vice president, higher education innovation ecosystems, Venturewell; Mr. Luke Lawal Jr., founder and CEO-HBCU Buzz; Dr. Mike Brizek, director, higher education ecosystems-Venturewell

Meet our #Maker2025 speakers! The @aaas.org HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase, supported by the National Science Foundation and VentureWell, starts next Thursday! Our opening plenary kicks off with seven members of our community of practice, ready to set the stage for the Maker students & faculty.

Education is the enemy of fascism.

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data.

(Published May)

Louise Boyd was born 138 years ago today. She used her gold mine inheritance to fund a series of scientific expeditions to Greenland in the 1930s to record the varieties of botanical life there, then carried out an extensive ethnographic study of Eastern Europe.

#WomenInSTEM #Botany 🌱🧪

The Golden Goose Award The Golden Goose Award recognizes federally funded, silly sounding research award that has made an impact on our society.

Read more about the awardees here: www.goldengooseaward.org

White card with the text "The Golden Good Award" and the award logo to the left of the text, which is a golden egg with the head of a goose in the negative space.

🥂✨ Golden Goose night! Celebrating the “odd-sounding” 🧪research that saves lives—like platinum chemo that turned testicular cancer survival from 10% to >90%, and cell-biology breakthroughs powering modern diagnostics. Federally funded basic science delivers. #GoldenGoose #ScienceMatters
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The U.S. has led the #STEMM 🧪R&D & Education enterprise for decades thanks to shared values, international collab, & phil+fed funding. In 2022, we founded @stemmopportunity.bsky.social to jointly realize the change required to build a #workforce to power the future of innovation, science, & society.

Blue card with SOA logo at the bottom and in the center of the card is white text saying, "Did you know? STEMM workers contribute more than $10.87 trillion to the nation's GDP, which accounts for 39.2% of America's GDP?"

Want a better 🧪STEMM ecosystem? We shape our world, and alignment & connection are essential to achieve great things. Join the @stemmopportunity.bsky.social to connect across the #STEMM education and workforce sectors during #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth and beyond.
@aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org

Navy blue card with the text "The STEMM Opportunity Alliance is committed to adding 20 million new STEMM workers to the U.S. economy by 2050. #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth" and the SOA logo at the bottom of the card.

🧪We’re celebrating #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth this September! Join @aaascsew.bsky.social & @stemmopportunity.bsky.social this month to learn more about how STEMM jobs contribute to the U.S. economy and how SOA Partners are connecting education and workforce efforts to achieve great things.
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Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

7/7🧵 |We need data-informed, inclusive strategies that target inequity head-on.

Equal opportunity starts with naming disparities and dismantling barriers—not pretending they don’t exist.

#Equity #Education #Inclusion #EduSky #SciSky @nepc.bsky.social @uscpullias.bsky.social @newamerica.org

6/7🧵 | When we strip away race, gender, or income data, we don’t create fairness—we ignore the track altogether.

“Blind” policies let inequities fester, while those with privilege continue to win.
@hepi-news.bsky.social @brookings.edu @insidehighered.com @chronicle.com @ncse.bsky.social