New podcast from EEB’s Dr. Cheruiyot The Sapling is a podcast that explores the interplay between natural systems, science, and shared cultural practices. Its host is Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot a scientist, educator, and Kalenjin (Keiyo) woman. www.podbean.com/ei/pb-msiv8-...

My department is hiring a Professor of the Practice (non-tenure track) position in Marine Biology. Please help spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/171874

Today it is official; I have been promoted to full professor at Tulane University 🎉. Achievements like these require a village and this couldn’t have happened without excellent teamwork by the members of our lab group. Thank you!

Tomorrow I will be sharing an overview of our team’s research with crushed, recycled glass and coastal restoration. If you are at the State of the Coast conference, check out session 55, and also our 5 posters in the evening session! Recycleforthecoast.org

Today we planted bald cypress, irises and native grasses out at the glass island project. Grow, grow, grow!

@bat-lady.bsky.social Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Frank for winning the Early Career Achievement Award from Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering. Well deserved!

Tulane EEB standing up for science today!

Since there have been zero hurricanes in the Gulf of America, I should get to pay a lower home insurance cost, right? Right?

news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud.... By Liz Kimbrough

Stand up for Science in New Orleans: www.eventbrite.com/e/gulf-state...

Check out this course that I am teaching in Ecuador: we welcome undergraduates from anywhere. The deadline has been extended to March 9. Join us in beautiful Ecuador! Or share this with your network.

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.