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Cindy Blanco

@YeahThatCindy

Deputy Editor of Learning Content @duolingo. Linguistics PhD, thinking, growing, exploring, and eager to tell you the new thing I just learned. (she/ella)
Brooklyn, NY sites.google.com/site/cynthiapb… Joined October 2018
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Cindy Blanco @YeahThatCindy
🚨 Are you a PhD student conducting research on learning + SLA, math, or music?

Apply for @duolingo's Dissertation Grant! 💰

Applications are due MAY 31! See @AudreyKittredge's post for more details
Audrey Kittredge @AudreyKittredge Mar 29, 2024
The Duolingo Dissertation Grant program is giving out seven grants this year!

5 Second Language Learning Grants
1 Music Learning Grant
1 Math Learning Grant

Applications are due May 31, 2024. See the FAQ below for more info.

Help us spread the word!

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Cindy Blanco @YeahThatCindy
I am fortunate that I went to @UNCG 18 years ago—and not today.

In 2006, I graduated with a degree in linguistics and a minor in Russian. Today’s students can do neither.

Without those degrees, I would have been unprepared for graduate school and for my career at @duolingo.
UNCG_AAUP @UNCG_AAUP Mar 4, 2024
Colleagues at Duke have also expressed dismay at the cutting of thriving programs like Russian language: "I will be blunt: this move will damage the reputation of
UNC-G at all levels."
Re: Discontinuation of Russian, Chinese, Korean, certain STEM and other programs at UNC-Greensboro Date: March 3, 2024 From: Professor Jehanne Gheith, Chair, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Duke University Dear Chancellor Gilliam, In these days of the obvious geopolitical importance of Russia and the knowledge of Russian language, culture, and policy, I found it hard to believe when I heard that UNCG is terminating its thriving program in Russian language, literature, and culture. I have since verified this and find I am embarrassed for you, for Provost Storrs, for the institution. I will be blunt: this move will damage the reputation of UNC-G at all levels. I already know a group of donors who had been considering a major gift to the humanities at UNC-G who have decided not to give at this point, because of this decision.
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