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Daniel Nuccio

College Fix contributor Daniel Nuccio holds master's degrees in both psychology and biology. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in biology at Northern Illinois University where he is studying the impact of social isolation on host-microbe interactions and learning new coding techniques to integrate into his research.

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  Curriculum K-12 Education STEM Professors argue K-12 science lessons should prompt activism

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •January 27, 2023

  'Teaching students about the non-scientific issues related to global climate change must not displace the opportunities required for a student to obtain a deep, objective scientific understanding,' critic of proposal said.

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  DEI STEM Psychology journal editor’s ouster over racism allegations continues bad precedent

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •January 20, 2023

  ANALYSIS: Ouster is latest example of academic journals narrowing the scope of acceptable views and cancel culture getting its way.

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  Curriculum Scholars develop ‘Plantifa’ curriculum to promote eco-justice ‘guerrilla gardening’

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •January 11, 2023

  ‘Guerrilla gardening’ entails intentionally ‘gardening without borders’ on other people’s land.

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  Analysis Curriculum LGBTQ LGBTQ ideologies embedded into biology lessons to help validate queer identities

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •December 30, 2022

  Curricular adjustments benefit LGBTQ students, scholars argue.

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  DEI STEM NIH denies scientists access to genetic databases if research deemed stigmatizing

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •December 20, 2022

  Researchers say they are not allowed to use certain datasets to investigate topics deemed stigmatizing or taboo.

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  Curriculum DEI Scholars work at ‘Decolonizing Light’ to combat ‘colonialism in contemporary physics’

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •December 14, 2022

  Project intentionally targeted physics for decolonization due to field’s ‘unique scientific authority.'