Great job by the undergrads in our lab with their poster presentations today at the UW Undergrad Research Symposium. Bella Andre presented her work using thermal imagery to study pinniped ecology. Brian Lam presented his work using machine learning & drone imagery to measure coastal biodiversity.

A great opportunity for current or recent undergraduates. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social @cientificolatino.com @kelprescue.bsky.social

Curator of Fishes position available at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Note the opening and closing dates. trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/... Please share.

Writing a diversity related STEM grant proposal without really being able to talk about diversity related issues in STEM or use the associated terms is quite the challenge and test of my knowledge of synonyms.

Pictures can tell a powerful story. Our drone work in S. California is helping demonstrate how coastal communities have changed over time Picture 1 depicts the intertidal in Laguna Beach in 1973. The second image shows the same location surveyed by drone in 2026 now devoid of seastars & mussels.

Time for the best day of the year. May the 4th be with you. #starwarsday #maythe4thbewithyou #thisistheway

Now accepting applications for our 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs to conduct #ecology and #evolution research. Deadline is June 30, 2026: bit.ly/4umYKZd #science

A good opportunity for students working with marine technologies to present their work & network with others in the field. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwatmossci.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @cientificolatino.com

Nice story on the near peer mentoring program that my office offers for first generation college students in @uwenvironment.bsky.social It’s been great getting to work with the students this past year. environment.uw.edu/news/2026/04...

Dive into California’s kelp crisis: forests pushed into urchin barren collapse. The Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project shows how action can get kelp “unstuck” and bring life back. 🌊 Will CA allow trained divers to help? Find out April 23 at Ocean Hoptimism. www.oceanhoptimism.org/save-the-date

“For a fault that has had so much attention, there’s so much we still don’t know.” Read on to learn what scientists are still uncovering about the Seattle fault and the risks it poses to the Pacific Northwest. eos.org/articles/on-...

A good look at the experiences of BIPOC faculty hired during the DEI push of 2020 & how the rhetoric of the universities that hired them matched the on the ground realities that these faculty experienced. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy Jackie Robinson Day!!!

Are you passionate about ocean science & want to contribute to research? 🔎 Try your hand at annotating some of the 30K+ hours of underwater footage from ONC’s coastal community observatories! Dive in on Seatube 🦭 bit.ly/4vtmmNo Video highlights 🐟 bit.ly/3Mv4lMF #KnowTheOcean #CDNsci CFI | FCI

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

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Absolutely wild (not in a good way) to see the Department of Education posting about eliminating programs that help students from underrepresented backgrounds with such glee. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 the latest from @mbarinews.bsky.social - Vampire squid is not a squid - and eats snow ;-) youtu.be/JgytSJNKrkE?...

If you or a student you know are in need of financial support to attend a field camp this summer, check out this scholarship!

Shocked and disappointed that this is the language NSF is using for its 2027 budget request.

A good opportunity for early career scientists interested in marine technology. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @cientificolatino.com @accessiblegeo.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social @csucoast.bsky.social www.iie.org/programs/oce...

Rain or shine, here are some AFS events you don't want to miss! Want your event featured in May? Email [email protected]!

Conducting drone surveys today on Catalina Island with my former undergrad & postdoc mentor Carlos Robles & my lab’s lead drone tech Jason Ching. We visited sites on Bird Rock that Carlos started studying in the early 1980s.

Thanks to our research permit we were able to turn the no drone zone into a “yes, drone zone!!!”

Conducting drone surveys with my former postdoc advisor Carlos Robles in So. Cal. this week. First up Laguna Beach before heading to Catalina Island on Friday.

There’s this bright thing in the skies over the UW campus. It hurts the eyes.

Looking forward to having our Monterey Bay White Sharks film play at the International Ocean Film Festival next month. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social

Attention Physical Oceanographers....NOAA is hiring?! 5 positions, closing date is 3/25 so hurry. 🌊🧪 #oceanography www.usajobs.gov/job/861651700

A good look at the reluctance of universities to resume DEI efforts after the recent Department of Education ruling.

It really is that easy. There’s lots of great scientists from diverse backgrounds out there. There’s also plenty of great organizations & people out there who can help you connect with scientists in communities that can often be absent from conference panels.

We held the first networking event for students in our Valiant Near Peer Mentoring Program. The program supports first gen college students in @uwenvironment.bsky.social As a first gen college student myself, I enjoy being able to develop these types of programs. environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...

Applications for student travel scholarships for the 2026 @sacnas.bsky.social conference in Long Beach, CA are now being accepted. SACNAS is a great conference for first time student conference attendees & presenters. Apps due March 27. www.sacnas.org/conference/t...

So much to unpack here. From not knowing what DEI is to the lack of critical thought put into the job they were asked to do and what they were supposed to be looking for. My goodness.

Happy Women’s History Month! 💛

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Looking forward to talking about drones, AI & pinniped ecology today @ 2:30 @ the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social #drone #drones #dronesforgood #OSM26

One of the cool ways that the Ocean Sciences Meeting solved a space limitation issue has been through the use of “silent” talk sessions where talks are broadcast through wireless headphones. This let the organizers set up 7 talk stages in one of the exhibit halls.

With #bem2026 our amazing new student committee has created an instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DU9ef50jCC... - and is now on here at @benthicsmeeting.bsky.social - marine ecology folk, go give them a follow and forward this post! 🌍🧪🌊

From the deep sea to Scotland! 🌊✨ The MBARI team is @agu.org's Ocean Sciences Meeting, sharing the latest in ocean research, engineering innovation, and other stories from the deep. Stay tuned for more updates and stories from the week! #OSM26 #OceanScienceMeeting

When the Department of Education issued vague threats to defund schools that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, we sued and now they're backing down. This is a win for students' right to a full and honest education.

Some good news this week. A federal court ruled that the Dept of Ed directive against DEI programs can no longer be used to deny or revoke funding from academic institutions. Since the Dept of Ed dropped its appeal to the initial ruling, they can’t revive this initiative. www.nea.org/about-nea/me...

How are faculty all across the country fighting back against attempts to dismantle diversity & equity programs at universities and to stifle academic freedom? Noon, Feb. 18 on Zoom (register at docs.google.com/forms/d/1nuc... - open to all regardless of location). #academicsky #blacksky

Did we just buy a new drone for our coastal research group? Yes. Did we just name that new drone Rogue One to signify how it’s going to change how we study coastal systems? Perhaps.

The deadline for our ASPIRE working group RFP is coming up on February 27. The program supports early career geoscientists interested in conducting community-based research. Funding includes $30,000 for research & $10,000 to support community partners. aspiregeoscience.org/programmatic...

It might be getting lost in all that’s going on but it’s personally uplifting to see the captain of the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team is Mexican-American & the son of an immigrant from Mexico. For good measure, they’re also one of the top hockey players in the world. www.espn.com/olympics/hoc...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Learn more about today at the link below. www.un.org/en/observanc...

A couple of great job opportunities in Bamfield, B.C. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwsmea.bsky.social @csucoast.bsky.social @waseagrant.bsky.social

We are now recruiting for the next Dean of the College of the Environment @ the University of Washington. Come lead a vibrant education & research community here in Seattle. The full job description & application instructions can be found @ the following link drive.google.com/file/d/1IXN8...

Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Someone had an “oopsies” with their sailboat right in front of one our study sites on Catalina Island. Apparently the boat has been stuck there for a couple of months.