it's official - I'm an NSF and Kaleta A Doolin Foundation Oceans Decade Champion. What's REALLY exciting about this is that it means UD will be hosting a climate change themed video game design competition! Stay tuned for more science geekery + the power of play! www.nsf.gov/news/news_su...

Check out the ✨4✨ tenure track faculty openings in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke: ✅ The John Hope Franklin Chair in Environmental Justice (Asst or Assoc Prof) ✅ Climate Policy (Asst Prof) ✅ 2 x Ecology (Asst or Assoc) See link for details and deadlines. #geosky 🌏

Controlled burn to demolish one of the last homes on the street in #flood #buyout. House built in '50s as summer cottage. Saw 4 generations. Bought out after repeat floods. Owner "would rebuild in a heartbeat" if allowed. Only 3 of 63 homes on street remain.

stand up comedy should be required PhD training for those on the academic track; and/or improv (aka "just in time teaching")