Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP www.science.org/content/arti...

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Over half of the world’s corals have vanished in 50 years. To help restore reefs at scale, TNC and the Coral Restoration Consortium created a science-based guide with best practices, tools, and case studies tailored to local conditions. Resilient reefs start here. 🔗 https://nature.ly/4mRosBE

🌊 New SCB Marine webinar series - "Navigating Marine Conservation Careers" kicks off w/ amazing speakers: Dr. David Obura (CORDIO East Africa) & Dr. Austin Allen (Dolphin Quest) Come learn about marine conservation careers! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #MarineConservation #OceanScience

US folks: Did you know the EPA (currently run by someone more concerned with businesses than the environment) has a public-comment period right now? This is our opportunity to tell them why we think they should not repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding. www.epa.gov/regulations-...

ODU put out a cool feature article about our work! A nice way to celebrate my first official week as full professor!! www.odu.edu/monarch-maga...

Rule 52: Justifying Biking Investment Bike infrastructure brings health, equity, & economic gains. Bike commuters have a 41% lower risk of early death & 40% are low income. Bike projects also create 2x more jobs than road projects. Walkable City Rules www.amazon.com/Walkable-Cit...

If there’s going to be a liberal version of Project 2025, whoever gets this job will be a lead author on it. Some of you should apply.

Applications now open for the SSE GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants provide up to $3500 to expand your dissertation work. Submit your proposal by September 15! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Ocean Ramsey perpetuated this common trope in ocean conservation: Whites are the heroes Asians are the villains Black/browns are the victims, and dont know what's best for themselves time.com/7300868/shar...

"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me." Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know. Read it + share it with a friend: https://trib.al/pAjBVa2

Scientists have completed the largest survey of soft coral diversity ever conducted. Their results show that soft corals have been radiating in a small corner of what was once a giant sea. 🪸 Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/worl... Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Samoa’s new marine spatial plan protects 30% of the country’s ocean

Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Here's our updated speaker list for #Upwell2025 In person RSVPs are almost full -- but we have plenty of space in our virtual room Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-20...

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

I know what it’s like to go cold and hungry as a child. If Republicans were truly concerned about getting women to have babies, they wouldn’t cut SNAP or leave America’s poorest children behind in their CTC proposal. Our children are worth every dime.

When confronted by Trump, so many people and organizations look to polling for guidance, get paralyzed, talk in circles or just fold like a cheap suit. Disabled American Veterans, on the other hand, has taken the right approach. This is how you respond.

There are five categories of climate denial: 1/ it’s not real 2/ it’s not us 3/ it’s not bad 4/ we can’t fix it 5/ it’s too late They might sound different but do not be deceived, they all have the same goal: to delay climate action as long as possible.

I keep seeing heartbreaking stories about people who spend years in grad school, apply to jobs, and only then learn that their dream job needs a skill they didn’t learn during grad school. Looking at job ads *now*, years before you’re applying, can help identify skills to develop. 🧪🌎🦑🐠

Let's all take a moment to our mini grant recipients! Congratulations to our five Track 1 recipients! Recipients were awarded up to $1000 USD to support personal expenses.

I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send to the U.S. Senate next year, but I have decided against competing in either race. I wrote more here about my decision and how I view the work required of us all in this moment:

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.