The SRC is seeking donations for the 2024 live auction! This fundraiser supports the SFS endowment, which funds travel and research for students. If you (or your PI) would like to donate an item, please fill out this form: forms.gle/8phPP8YkbALR... Questions? Contact sfsliveauction@gmail.com
New IN law conditions the ability of universities to provide tenure on politically defined framing of "intellectual diversity." Tenure can be revoked if profs don't share a variety of political frameworks. fox59.com/indianapolit...
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb recently signed Senate Bill 202, a higher education and tenure-related bill, into law. This bill, initially brought forward by the Indiana Senate, imp…
Teaching Mathematical Methods in Population Biology again this Winter. Thought it would be fun to provide a thread about the weekly content here. #MathematicalMethodsInPopulationBiology 1/n
Pls repost this 3-yr remote post-doc to work with 5 US National Parks on adaptive forest mgt. This arrived via email late last week and I have not seen it posted here yet -- seems like a great opportunity for someone.
RIP to Damo Suzuki. Sang on some of the best (and most innovative) albums of the 70s.
Can - "Moonshake" is taken from a new compilation album The Singles. Buy/Stream here: https://mute.ffm.to/can-singleshttp://mute.com/http://www.spoonrecords....
Wildfires can blur the line between nature and neighborhood, reshaping risks and routing contaminants to streams via impervious surfaces. In my first paper, I explore metal mobilization after the 2018 #CampFiredoi.org/10.1039/D3EM... Some key takeaways...
Teaching intro data science or stats in environmental sciences / ecology this fall? The lterdatasampler package is now on CRAN, with curated real world datasets from the US Long Term Ecological Research program! Check it out: lter.github.io/lterdatasamp...
You may have seen all the news headlines about electric cars failing in the cold. Bear in mind that there is a well-funded campaign against EVs. It runs out that 1) gas cars fail in the cold at much higher rates; and 2) most of the failures are in poorly insulated charging stations. Go figure!
Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas-powered cars in the extreme cold, according to a road assistance service...
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Summer 2024 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES, BIOLOGY at the American Museum of Natural History. Application Deadline: January 31st 2024 www.amnh.org/research/ric...
Approximately eight students gather each summer at the Museum for a ten-week experience working with curators, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows.