Lots of darkness in the world, but one bright spot was getting to see my first grad students walk at commencement this last weekend. @alecchristensen.bsky.social @rhall01.bsky.social

It is a bit overdue, but fun to finally have a photo to share of the whole lab, courtesy of today's hike at Buffalo River State Park.

Fun to announce @alecchristensen.bsky.social defended his MS thesis yesterday in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences program. Looking forward to helping chapters get out and to see what he does as he goes off to do his PhD at West Viriginia University (Advisor fail for not getting a photo)

Had a great time speaking in the Ecology portion of #SRM2025 I'm also excited to give a poster presentation starting at 5 p.m., and would love to talk to anyone interested in grazing management and plant diversity! #rangelands #ecology #PhDLife

Rhiannon Hall @rhall01.bsky.social tackled a split poster for both chapters of her MS work: landscape genomics of two bumblebee species in North Dakota and occupancy modeling to understand bumble bee nest selection out at the Central Grasslands Research and Extension Center. 3/6

The dismantling of American Science continues. The Organismal Response to Climate Change grant call has been cancelled. The NSF Director is a disgrace

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

Just a reminder that Appalachia is not code for white- my kid’s dad is Appalachian and Indian- there are tons of communities of color throughout Appalachia.

Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding: The Internet Smartphones DNA analysis MRIs Doppler radar Bar codes And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.

This is exactly why NSF's response is so concerning. We need leaders who aren't complying in advance to unlawful orders that are paused by courts or rescinded by the WH