“What CITI Program is Reading” is our biweekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
Research
Restoring Gold Standard Science
Source: The White House Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly.
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Philanthropist gives $90 million to support theoretical physics research
Source: Science Leinweber Foundation donation will help fund postdocs and graduate students at multiple institutions.
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NASA Interns Conduct Aerospace Research in Microgravity
Source: NASA The NASA Science Activation program's STEM SEES Summer Intern Program continues to expand opportunities for high school students to engage in authentic spaceflight research.
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How Paradoxical Questions and Simple Wonder Lead to Great Science
Source: Quanta Magazine Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a philosophy he calls “recreational biology.”
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Technology Ethics
AI-based mammography is here, and it has a trust problem
Source: STAT Radiologists interpret more than 40 million mammograms in the United States every year. In 2025, AI tools to help detect or diagnose possible cancer will be applied to millions of them.
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Researchers Dump 2 Billion Scraped Discord Messages Online
Source: Gizmodo If you're in a public Discord, your messages may now be science.
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Healthcare
‘We can’t keep working in silos’: Florida systems tackle OB-GYN deserts
Source: Becker's Hospital Review In Florida, 91% of rural hospitals do not have OB-GYN services, the highest percentage in the country.
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Compliance
FDA to Expand Unannounced Inspections of Foreign Facilities — Manufacturers, Research Firms Should Prepare
Source: McGuire Woods On May 6, 2025, the FDA announced a plan to expand its use of unannounced inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities that produce foods, essential medicines and other medical products intended for American consumers and patients.
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CMS Rolls Out Aggressive Strategy to Enhance and Accelerate Medicare Advantage Audits
Source: CMS Agency Will Begin Auditing All Eligible Medicare Advantage Contracts Each Payment Year and Add Resources to Expedite Completion of 2018 to 2024 Audits.
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Higher Education
Reconciliation Bill Would Block Access to Higher Ed, ACE Leader Warns
Source: Inside Higher Ed The head of the American Council on Education said the legislation would make higher ed more elite, while Trump’s cuts to research funding risk the country’s standing as a global superpower.
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