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  1. Five major US higher-ed associations have written an open letter to Jay Bhattacharya, director of the #NIH, asking that he "direct the reinstatement of all grants that NIH has terminated under agency directives found by a federal court to be unlawful."
    acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-NI

    The letter is signed by the:
    * Association of American Medical Colleges (#AAMC)
    * Association of American Universities (#AAU)
    * American Council on Education (#ACE)
    * Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (#APLU)
    * Council on Governmental Relations (#COGR)

    #Academia #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
    @academicchatter

  2. It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡

    Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.

    🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence

    @antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt