Donna Blankinship
Writer at Freelance
News editor @cascadePBSnews (Crosscut). Formerly at The Seattle Times, The Associated Press. Dog mom, Human mom. [email protected]
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Trump’s research cuts threaten to set off wave of university brain drain • Washington State Standard
2 weeks ago |
washingtonstatestandard.com | Donna Blankinship
Emma McDonnell has one of those jobs it takes a few minutes to explain. She’s a biomedical informatics researcher in the University of Washington School of Medicine. But that doesn’t really explain what she does, even if you know what informatics is. Her research is centered on making health care and medical technology accessible to people with disabilities. Her Ph.D. and master’s degrees were in human-centered design, a field she describes as highly interdisciplinary. I just call it very cool.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Donna Blankinship
The University of Washington School of Medicine is among the institutions feeling pressure from federal research cuts that the Trump administration is moving ahead with. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)Emma McDonnell has one of those jobs it takes a few minutes to explain. She’s a biomedical informatics researcher in the University of Washington School of Medicine. But that doesn’t really explain what she does, even if you know what informatics is.
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2 months ago |
dgblankinship.substack.com | Donna Blankinship
News is breaking at 100 miles per hour. Don’t let overwhelm paralyze you from taking action. There’s always something you can do to make a difference. You have many opportunities to make sure your voice is heard, other than complaining to your friends and family and shouting into the Internet void. One thing you can do right nowFirst things first: Figure out who represents you in the U.S. House and Senate.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
dgblankinship.substack.com | Donna Blankinship
Civics can be fun. I hope you will find something interesting or distracting in today’s post. If you know other fun facts about Inauguration Day, please share them in the comments. Has Inauguration Day always been on Jan. 20? President George Washington was inaugurated on March 4 and that was the traditional date until the Constitution was amended in 1933. According to the Library of Congress, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to be sworn into office on Jan. 20, for his second term in 1937.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
cascadepbs.org | Donna Blankinship
When will the power be back on? Your power company has been posting regular updates on their websites and posting on social media. Here’s the interactive map for Seattle City Light, which was reporting about 43,000 customers without power. Here’s the map for Puget Sound Energy, which was reporting more than 400,000 customers without power. Tacoma Public Utilities says its customers should log into their account for information.
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“Fun” facts about Inauguration Day, including the weather, the calendar and certain dark historical notes. #civicsforadults https://t.co/W68sHX0qVD https://t.co/hv7P73k1kA
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