Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says the National Science Foundation has given money to thousands of 'woke DEI' studies. Researchers say that's misrepresenting science and disparaging important research.
The diamond ring effect as well as Bailey's Beads are seen as the moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas."For just a few minutes, it feels like the whole world stands still and yet everything changes," says Corinne Brevik, a physicist at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. The sky darkens, stars come out as the blaze of the sun's corona becomes visible."It reminds me that we are all part of something so much bigger than ourselves.
"It's frustrating," says Brevik."The sole goal was to share what's happening with everybody. It's not propaganda; there's no background agenda. Our goal is to help educate our youth."included research grants from all corners of the country, large research institutions and small colleges.
All NSF grants have to address how the research will impact society, including how they'll broaden participation in science."It's one of the two main criteria the National Science Foundation uses to review grants," says Visintainer."In order to be competitive, you need to attend to those things — and should attend to those things — because there are massive issues of inequity, and to pretend those aren't real is not based on evidence.
Garces was a first-generation college student."I come from a blue collar family, my parents are farmers and construction workers," she says. At times, she struggled to see a place for herself in science.
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