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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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  Analysis K-12 Education STEM Science professors sound alarm on K-12 education, push new STEM ‘Franklin Standards’

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •May 14, 2025

  ANALYSIS: Independent-minded scholars push relatively new Franklin Standards to correct course.

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  Feminism STEM ‘It’s 2025, not 1970’: MIT hosts all-female debate on alleged gender gap in STEM

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •May 5, 2025

  Debate hosted by the MIT Free Speech Alliance.

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  Bias Cancel Culture DEI Social work doctoral student who refused to tout social justice flees academia

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •April 17, 2025

  'To me, what I experienced was a clear infringement of academic freedom.'

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  DEI Controversial PhD Project scrubs racially exclusionary wording from website

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •April 7, 2025

  Universities partnered with PhD Project face Education Department investigations.

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  Free Speech Legal Appeals court vindicates law professor disciplined for censored slurs on test

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •March 18, 2025

  The decision allows Kilborn to continue pursuing his claim that the university violated his free speech rights.

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  Politics Research STEM Scholars debate pros, cons of Trump order capping health research funding’s indirect costs

  Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University •March 3, 2025

  Those who stand with Trump say they’re exorbitant, unaudited and often abused. Many in the scientific community say not so fast.