dr. Martine de Vos

HU higher education specialist, Duke English/American Literature Ph.D., & mother of Béla. At home in Utrecht & Durham, NC.

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Love this. Dog goes viral for his soccer skills as World Cup excitement grows https://t.co/WfEtT9rrmT

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Very good. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s planned Albanian resort draws protests. The protests, raising concerns about conservation, transparency and the project’s ties to the Trump family, began Sunday in the Albanian capital, Tirana. https://t.co/u4vdUwytm1

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Trump administration will dismantle ocean monitoring system. The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean #research. https://t.co/34FbNzhFBm

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Increasingly, students in the US are becoming #AI resisters. The tech threatens to make young Americans ‘into a class of drooling morons.’ #HigherEd
https://t.co/tOVD0ciqH2

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Dozens of #HigherEd groups are lobbying the Education Department to revise proposed regulations that could cut off federal student aid for thousands of programs whose graduates earn meager salaries, including in theology and the performing arts. https://t.co/7RS4PzplYm

[Luiz Santos Official @LuizSantosMusic]

A very rare photo of Wes Montgomery with Dutch singer Rita Reys in 1965. During that period, Wes was performing with her husband, pianist Pim Jacobs, alongside his brother, double bassist Ruud Jacobs.
#jazz #art

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.
https://t.co/iEL4MKyMuD

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

A cancer vaccine made just for you. mRNA is back and it's fighting melanoma.
https://t.co/fSto1zYsen

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Americans echo Pope Leo’s concerns about #AI: ‘It threatens workers, privacy and human life.' https://t.co/DArbuNOHCF

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An interesting piece: “America’s First A.I. High School Is Great. But Not Because of #AI.”
https://t.co/CjvJKy7Sw1 via @NYTOpinion

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time since the review began more than 15 years ago for their treatment of Palestinian detainees.
https://t.co/4nkjN31vwy

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

US Impressionist Daniel Garber plays with light and shadows in ‘The Old Mill’ (1921)

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

More than 600 University of California faculty members are calling on the system to reinstate standardized testing requirements for STEM applicants, saying that six years of test-free admissions has not reliably assessed student readiness. #HigherEd
https://t.co/RcHYz4HAnk

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

De legendarische jazztrompettist Miles Davis zou vandaag 100 zijn geworden. Zijn invloed is nog altijd groot. ‘Ik kom altijd weer bij hem uit.' #jazz
https://t.co/8hBZvjtnnv

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95.
https://t.co/naKDRPOiGx

[Luiz Santos Official @LuizSantosMusic]

Childe Hassam (American, 1859 - 1935)
Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob, 1902
National Gallery of Art #art #arts #finearts #painter

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Israel’s president just gave a harsh indictment of what he sees as brutalization creeping into Israeli society. He cited examples of a surge of mob violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the abuse of detainees in Israeli custody.
https://t.co/eY7dC6nqt5

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

On May 28th France may formally annul its slave laws, or Code Noir— 341 years after they were signed into existence. But what the Code Noir reveals about the architecture of France’s colonial #slavery deserves far more attention than a symbolic vote.
https://t.co/YyE9yqBV6u

[dr. Martine de Vos @martine_devos]

Average tax rates on wages rose for the fourth consecutive year across the majority of the 38 countries that comprise the OECD. An average earner faced a tax burden of 35.1 percent in 2025, the highest level in a decade. https://t.co/KZtxJAGEgX