Sharing my newest open-access article, where I compared some new neutron activation analysis (NAA) data of Puerto Rican ceramics to previously studied ceramics in Puerto Rico, eastern Dominican Republic, and St. Croix! Also attached another pie chart figure! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Want to learn more about ceramics and exchange in early Puerto Rico? New paper by myself and colleagues is now out! We looked at 12 sites and +300 ceramics to recreate ancient routes of interaction, including their directionality and intensity. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Quick plug for my SAA poster, I will be presenting some new radiocarbon dates at 2 ballcourt sites in Puerto Rico! My poster is Saturday morning from 10-12. Pending supplies, I will also have some Caribbean archaeology themed stickers and pins to give out. 😎🫡

as our department moves into a new building at the end of the semester we've had to say goodbye to our large globe and Al the allosaurus. but i cant say i hate the temporary replacements 🤪

GeoSPACE is the only accessible for-credit geology field course in the US and we need your help! Help us keep this camp financially accessible for students by donating at the link below through 2/20 and typing "geospace" in the text box at the bottom of the form. givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

My feed is overwhelmed with scientists right now calling out the catastrophic consequences of the NIH indirect cost order from last night. If those same people aren't also speaking out against the anti-trans, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant orders...we are lost. The only path forward is solidarity.

Y’all they cancelled the NSF MPS Ascend Program after encouraging underrepresented folks to only apply to it and not both the Ascend and the MSPRF. This is astronomically fucked up for many grad students and postdocs of color in math. #MathSky

post from twitter. not surprising given i was warned by a prospective PI to not apply here. seems like this is happening to countless unis. ivies are no exception.

trying to channel good vibes for the semester!! last week i got wilderness first aid certified 💪 yesterday was my first time as a grad TA for a course called natural disasters and i just started a science outreach fellowship today 🧪 a good way to wrap up my last sem here at princeton :)

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

NSF's Undergraduate Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology program has been abruptly archived. The deadline was tomorrow. People were submitting proposals. This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.

NSF spokesman Michael England did not answer questions about which review panels were canceled or when they could be restarted. via www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I'm seeing folks posting about NSF pausing operations or sending stop-work notifications to PIs (I haven't received one, despite having two active proposals). Please be very careful about what you post and share. Vet information first. Cite sources. Maintain credibility via information hygiene.

Hi again folks: If you're an NSF panel reviewer whose panel was canceled today -- or if you have submitted a proposal/grant application and are worried about it -- would love to chat with you today. Feel free to DM or email!

Prof Franke not pulling her punches: "In a time when assaults on higher ed are the most acute since the McCarthyite assaults of the 1950s, the University's leadership & trustees have abandoned any duty to protect the university's most precious resources: its faculty, students, & academic mission."

my first in-person geology conference!! #agu24

submitted my first phd app of the cycle last week and had the last of my letter writers submit yesterday!! a few more apps to go then the waiting game begins, eek!

howdy! i am a MA student in princeton's geosciences department. i study u-th dating of ostrich eggshells across archaeological sites in africa & the middle east. my previous undergrad experience is in ar/ar dating and geochemistry work of volcanic tephras tied to an arch site in ethiopia!