Melissa Jacquart

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...

Philosophers and humanities scholars: Are you interested in effective public engagement, especially when it is inhibited by other professional duties? Come to our Zoom webinar on Friday (10/23, 11:30 to 1:30 pm ET, DM me for details, not posting publicly for security reasons)

Fantastic lineup & topic Zoom Webinar "Broader Impacts: How Philosophers Can Better Engage the Public” Oct 23, 11:30-1:30 pm ET (UTC−05:00) w/ @mjacquart.bsky.social @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social @profrichardson.bsky.social & Kyle Whyte Contact irmak.eralp@mail.utoronto.ca for link/recording #HPS

Who counts as a scientist, who gets to decide what counts as scientific, and are academics relevant to public engagement? Check out this Metascience symposium on Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project. 1/ @mjacquart.bsky.social @metasciencejournal.bsky.social #philsci #scicomm �

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

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...

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.

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.

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.”

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

The next Element in our Series is out!

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

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

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

Interested in studying philosophy at UC? Check out Melissa Jacquart's (@mjacquart.bsky.social) interview about her work and philosophy at @uofcincy! #philsky Full video:

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...

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

APA member @mjacquart.bsky.social of the University of Cincinnati is quoted in an @undark.org article on new dark energy findings. www.uc.edu/news/article...

🗣️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.