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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

6 years

so things do get better 🖤

Cindy Noir✨

@thecindynoir

6 years

Question: if the high school you, met the you today, what would they say?

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

1 year

and that’s a wrap 🫶🏽 katrina miller, doctor of philosophy in physics!

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@__katrinarenee

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“you don’t look like a physicist” always has me like ?????????? i don’t know what you mean. i am a physicist, so....... i actually do look like one

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@__katrinarenee

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my big brother got into med school… my heart is bursting, i am so endlessly proud 🥺 doctor & doctor loading!!

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

sometimes i forget that i have a whole master's degree & that that's a really notable thing. academia will have you thinking it's not

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@__katrinarenee

7 months

this morning @That_SoulSister became the 4th Black woman to earn a physics PhD from the University of Chicago. congratulations Dr. Andrea Bryant, so very proud of you !! 💘

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

today we marched to eradicate anti-Black racism in academia that ultimately pushes out people who look like us. in 127 years, @uchicago physics has awarded PhDs to only two Black women. Andrea & i will be the third & fourth! #strike4blacklives #shutdownstem #blackintheivory

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

my biggest resolution this year is to finish this damn PhD lol. speaking it into existence

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

6 years

hi, i’m a black woman in physics. you may know me from my greatest hits, including “No, I’m Not Lost” “Please Don’t Touch My Hair” “Sorry I’m Not Done Speaking Yet” & the crowd favorite: “You May Be an Expert in Physics But I Have 25 Years of Experience Being a Black Woman”

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

i wonder if departments removing the GRE requirement this year bc of covid recognize the huge opportunity they missed to commit to anti-racism by dropping it forever

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

what does this phrase 'stick to physics' even mean lmao, as if physics doesn't continue to be a male dominated field. as if physics isn't still being integrated. as if my existence in physics is somehow separate from the science i contribute. this is physics honey

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

3 years

#blackinphysicsrollcall hi! i’m a sixth year @uchicago PhD student. i study how neutrinos interact with matter using the MicroBooNE detector at fermilab, a contribution to searches for physics beyond the standard model + solving the matter/antimatter asymmetry of our Universe.

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

5 years

your fav black girl scientist has now made her way onto the covers of both @nature & @sciencemagazine as a grad student 💁🏽 #YallCantTellMeNothin #ImposterSyndromeWhere ?! #EarlyCareerScientistsMatter #celebrateyoself it's lit! a big congrats to the entire XENON collaboration 👏🏽

Nature Portfolio

@NaturePortfolio

6 years

On the Nature cover this week: Caught in the act. Dark-matter detector captures elusive nuclear decay in xenon. Browse the contents of this issue:

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@__katrinarenee

5 years

soooooo yall in the market for a black astrophysicist??

Neil deGrasse Tyson

@neiltyson

5 years

In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

i want academic departments to critically examine the ways they shift responsibility of toxic working environments onto their students. and then do better

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

im building particle detectors, speaking at conferences, working on my PhD, creating diversity/inclusion initiatives in my field AND shaking my fine ass in the clubs every weekend. let’s stop this narrative queen 😇 #WeCanBeBoth

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

5 years

“When you ask women why they left, the number one reason they cite is balancing work/life responsibilities — which as far as I can tell is a euphemism for family concerns.” *whispers* an environment that does not allow women to balance work/life is another form of sexism

Andre Fenton

@aa_fenton

5 years

Is it really just sexism? An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by Karen J. Morenz

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@__katrinarenee

2 years

this one is about belonging. me for wired:

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

2018 @NSFGRFP Recipient 2018 @FordFoundation Predoctoral Fellowship Recipient Published ✅ MASTERED 🎓🎓 @UChicago PhD Candidate in Physics (qualified!!) ✅ #PutSomeRespeckOnMyName #blackgirlsgraduate #BlackandSTEM #blackphysicists

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@__katrinarenee

1 year

the scoop by yours truly

The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find (Published 2023)

Radio telescopes around the world picked up a telltale hum reverberating across the cosmos, most likely from supermassive black holes merging in the early universe.

www.nytimes.com

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

3 years

happy halloweeeeeeen 🎃

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

5 years

hello! 🙋🏽 friendly reminder that diversity needs to be discussed in a larger context than the representation of cis white women.

nature

@Nature

5 years

It's almost Nobel time! Of the 607 Nobel prizes awarded for science, only 20 have gone to women. But it sounds like the trend might be changing...

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

Edward Bouchet was also the first Black American to earn a PhD - in any field! ✊🏽 #JUNETEENTH2020

✨Tracy Simone

@thetracysimone

4 years

It’s Physics Friday! In honor of Juneteenth, we highlight the first Black American to earn a PhD in physics, Dr.Edward Bouchet (1852-1918). #PhysicsFriday

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

#blackinphysicsrollcall hi folks! my name is katrina, i'm a fifth year PhD candidate @uchicago , a collaborator on the @microboone experiment @fermilab , & a Mellon/NSF/Ford fellow 😌 i study the properties of neutrinos, specifically flavor oscillations & cross sections!

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

thissssss. honestly didn’t even know what a PhD was until i got to college

Sam

@SUNSHIN3_

6 years

Sometimes it blows my mind that I’m a PhD student. It feels surreal sometimes knowing I am achieving something I never fathomed I would

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

4 years

MICHELLE !!

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

4 years

i do not want to be an academic. there i said it

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

how the fuck am i supposed to care about neutrino cross sections when there is no justice for breonna taylor, the president is planning a coup, & the health pandemic continues to worsen. HOW

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

6 years

66 black women earned physics doctorates at US universities from 1973 to 2012, compared with more than 22,000 white men and over 2,400 white women. sixty-six. in 40 years.

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

yall, writing this plenary has been a trip down memory lane. i started at duke with no exposure to physics or calculus, & this is me right after i had finished the last requirement for my senior thesis. first time i felt like a real scientist 😭

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@__katrinarenee

2 years

doctor & doctor loading 🔋

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

6 years

POWERFUL✊🏽 well done, @netflix A Great Day in Harlem (1958) A Great Day in Hollywood (2018) #strongblacklead #FirstTimeISawMe

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

one of the best skills i have gained as a physicist has been figuring out how to do or solve something i know absolutely nothing about

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

i rarely speak on this but realized today marks 7 years of recovery for me ✨ been practicing self love & mindfulness ever since. it’s also time for new affirmations so here’s my old ones ☺️ last one is still my fav

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

i have so many interests outside of physics that academia just does not afford the time to cultivate in the ways i want. this why i think i gotta go

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

i love putting together aesthetically pleasing presentation slides. it’s an underrated soft skill

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

yes, your fav physicist dabbles in modeling & fake-eloped during quarantine. but the love is real, k? 🖤

doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

4 years

@RevJacquiLewis how about some #blacklove 🥰

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

i know i’m an upper level grad student bc every so often i’ll catch myself conversing about physics & think “wowww look me at sounding like i know what i’m talking about” ✨

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

before i attend yet another "overcoming imposter syndrome" workshop, i'd love to see just as many resources allocated toward faculty workshops like "how to not make your students feel like they don't belong here" 🙄

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@__katrinarenee

1 year

my first nyt byline :')

A ‘Soda Ocean’ on a Moon of Saturn Has All the Ingredients for Life (Gift Article)

Using data from the Cassini spacecraft, scientists discovered the presence of phosphates on icy Enceladus.

www.nytimes.com

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

hey academics - there are black & brown students once again dealing with systemic racism against their own communities who are expected to continue on with work & proceed with business as usual pls keep in mind as you mentor these students

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

my first feature was published today :) on spacetime, black holes, & the structure of the universe as we know it 💫

It from Qubit and the Gravity of a Quantum Universe

It from Qubit and the Gravity of a Quantum Universe on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

science ISN’T objective. the way we think - what questions we ask, how we observe/analyze, & our methods of problem solving - is linked to the experiences we’ve had. thus diversity in the classroom is absolutely beneficial & necessary to advance scientific knowledge.

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@__katrinarenee

5 years

for me this falls under the same category as “you’re pretty 4 a black girl”

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

catch me writing for @WIRED this summer 🥳

Katrina Miller | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

www.aaas.org

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

last quarter of phd coursework & my first time ever being taught physics by a woman of color 🥰 what a way to end with a bang

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

yes. you are the red flag

Erica Dixon

@MsEricaDixon

3 years

I heard a straight guy saying another guy was nice looking. Am I tripping or that’s a red flag?

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@__katrinarenee

2 years

made the QOTD for @nature briefing 🙏🏽

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

the best thing you can do for your Black students is to let them know it's ok to not be productive during this time. lift that weight off their shoulders

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

yall don't want me to do #blackintheivory lmaoooo i have a whole document with dates, times, screenshots, & receipts

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@__katrinarenee

2 years

peep who’s coming to the science desk :)

2023-24 Fellows | The New York Times Company

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

mommmm 😭😭 this morning i found an email she wrote me four years ago: "please find time to look at this" w a link to the NSF GRFP, she's not even in science just always on the lookout for resources for her daughter 🥰 & look at me now, a 2018 nsf fellow 💞

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

universities wanna diversify but don't wanna let go of traditions/practices that actively push bipoc away. workshops on navigating unhealthy academic environments are cool but ultimately short term bandaids. get rid of the toxicity!!!!

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

i did these myself ✨15 hours

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

@RyanPlestid @PasseVivant as a product of a recruitment program, i can tell you from personal experience it's not only unfair but incredibly damaging to lure us into academic spaces without already having fixed the ideologies & systemic structures that push us out.

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

✨ by me! ✨

Fermilab

@Fermilab

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New computing algorithms expand the boundaries of a quantum future:

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

less emphasis on "how to manage your time in grad school" and more on "how to have realistic working expectations for your graduate students"

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@__katrinarenee

5 years

cleaning. bc coming home to a clean house >>>>>

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

an example of why i have not minded WFH: it was my first day back at the lab so i had to get my badge renewed white woman at the desk: “you must be katrina! i thought you would have been russian. but you are DEFINITELY not, hahahaha” me: ??????

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@__katrinarenee

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asked my s/o to attend my colloquium so he could learn more about what i do. in it i mentioned that the potassium in bananas can decay into neutrinos. today i found this 😂 glad he’s paying attention

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

it's app szn 👀 thread of advice on applying to the #NSFGRFP from a 2018 recipient:

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

my first symmetry magazine byline :) definitely a milestone for me!

symmetry magazine

@symmetrymag

3 years

The Standard Model is one of the most well-tested theories in particle physics. But scientists are searching for new physics beyond it:

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

funny you say that because i’ve co-founded & been running a scholarship / mentoring network for women of color in STEM graduating from my old high school the past 2 years. put your money where your mouth is & donate at this link! @iamstemproject

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@__katrinarenee

1 year

*laughs in quantum mechanics*

🔥Kareem Carr | Statistician 🔥

@kareem_carr

1 year

Using Physics as your template for how science works makes you stupid about science. Physics is a weird little science with a very simplistic causal structure. It’s fundamental laws are universal. They operate always and everywhere. No other science is like that.

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

yesterday the senior grad student in my group became a doctor AND our advisor announced he made tenure. what a good day

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

now THIS is what a physicist looks like ‼️ #RepresentationMatters #BlackInAstro

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

@IBJIYONGI

4 years

Took my own headshot today. Despite/because being post-exercise sleepy, didn't want to put on much makeup, just some brow and lip. A little @hiwildflower dianthus goes a long way on the lip:

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

rly about to start charging for diversity consultation at this point. what's the going rate

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

i wrote this :) 💫

Scientific American

@sciam

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New radio-based observatories could soon detect ultrahigh-energy neutrinos, opening a new window on extreme cosmic physics.

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

i officially have a byline in WIRED 🥺

WIRED Science

@WIREDScience

3 years

The instrument reads sunlight intensity to determine carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Its findings could help reduce our carbon footprint.

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@__katrinarenee

1 year

i’m honored 🫶🏽

SciComm Excellence

@SciCommAwards

1 year

Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! Learn more about the 2023 recipients: #scicomm

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

i’m about to become a regular writer for the AAS women in #astronomy blog! what type of content would yall like to read?

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

the recruitment > retention approach gives me this vibe too. "we don't have BIPOC students bc they're just not interested in science! we need to recruit!" refocus that energy inward & eradicate the racism in your department. it's not us, it's you.

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

henrietta lacks lived down the street from my grandma in turner station… i went to visit last month & found out she’s family 😭 her son married my cousin

AJ+

@ajplus

3 years

Family of a Black woman whose cervical cancer cells were taken without consent for research in 1951 are suing a biotech firm for compensation. Henrietta Lacks died in a Johns Hopkins "colored ward." Her cells were used to develop HIV meds plus HPV, polio and COVID-19 vaccines.

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

no more cropped selfies 😅📸 #headshots

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@__katrinarenee

5 years

this whole thread screams settler-colonialist bullshit. wanna know why astro/physics struggles to recruit & retain POC? hot takes like this:

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

or "how to fight anxiety in graduate school" ----> "how to develop positive working environments"

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

how is chemistry the central science ?? how you learning chemistry without physics ??

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@__katrinarenee

2 years

has a nice ring to it :)

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

another one: faculty opposition to formalizing mentorship expectations & conflict resolution. "students are adults! they need to learn to handle issues on their own!" nah, power imbalances are real. you just don't want to be held accountable for your trash mentorship

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@__katrinarenee

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@RyanPlestid @PasseVivant in other words, i don't care how much you pour into recruitment programs. if a black person in the department tells me not to come there, aint no way in hell i'm going.

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@__katrinarenee

5 years

but our healthcare does

Symone D. Sanders Townsend

@SymoneDSanders

5 years

. @JoeBiden - “The coronavirus does not discriminate based on national origin, race, gender, or zip code”

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

you can thank physics for the existence of literally every other science, bye 💅🏽

Cayendo❦

@RRRINNY1

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Biology is the best science out of all of the sciences

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@__katrinarenee

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trump's lawyer just said "negro block voting" 🙃

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@__katrinarenee

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science has taught me nothing is objective

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@__katrinarenee

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@RyanPlestid @PasseVivant the oversight is that you are not acknowledging the community of #blackandstem scholars that *already* exists in academia. you're viewing lack of representation as "why aren't black students coming", i view lack of representation as "why aren't black students staying”

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@__katrinarenee

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@RyanPlestid @PasseVivant i will always promote the philosophy that retention is your best recruitment strategy. take care of the black students you already have bc we all know & talk to each other about our experiences at different institutions.

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@__katrinarenee

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cryingg 😭 bc i finally got to meet the amazing @JedidahIslerPhD !! newest physics professor at Dartmouth, founder of @VanguardSTEM 💜, & someone who looks like me! #twistoutqueens #fordfellows #nsbp2018

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@__katrinarenee

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happy bday to us 🖤 #sagszn

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@__katrinarenee

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i covered the history of the ⁦ @blackinxnetwork ⁩ movement and day one of their inaugural #BlackInXConference :

Black Scientists Find Community—and Plan for the Road Ahead

The Black in X network mobilized last summer to bring attention to racism in STEM. This week, they’re holding their first conference to talk about what’s next.

www.wired.com

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@__katrinarenee

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like recognize the privilege it is to define "doing physics" as just that .. doing science. no micro/macro aggressions, no fighting imposter syndrome, no proving to your colleagues that you belong. all of that is encompassed in my working definition of doing physics

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@__katrinarenee

3 years

PSA today is not Juneteenth lol

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@__katrinarenee

4 years

kamala's energy is literally me every time a man interrupts me during a talk lolllll

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@__katrinarenee

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one of my friends said a lot of folks don’t really want equity, they want power and… yeah

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@__katrinarenee

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yeah & then that discovery was used to create an atomic bomb this country dropped on japan

The University of Chicago

@UChicago

3 years

79 years ago today in #UChicago history, Enrico Fermi and fellow scientists successfully achieved the world's first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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i remember trying to explain to a previous advisor that his unrealistic work expectations were giving me extreme anxiety. he basically told me "well, anxiety sounds like something internal you need to learn to deal with" HUH

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@__katrinarenee

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this white woman on fb told me that instead of recording karens & posting online black folk should just call the cops 🥴 like how out of touch can you be? i’m tired

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@__katrinarenee

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your fav physicists ready for #NSBP2018 !! ♥️ #WeOutHere

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@__katrinarenee

6 years

omg, this was my absolute fav show back in elementary school. used to rush home everyday to watch it then spend the evening making up my own math problems. they even had a black girl !! honestly can't believe it took me until college to even consider a career in STEM

Cyberchase

@Cyberchase

6 years

Celebrate with lots of math activities, games, and more on the Cyberchase @PBSKIDS website!

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doc milli 🧚🏽

@__katrinarenee

5 years

. @microboone just produced the FIRST Black woman to graduate with a physics phd from @yale , 143 years after the first Black man to get a phd (in physics but also, in anything) graduated from yale. congratulations Dr. Russell!! living history <3