This week, I participated in a 4-day Dissertation Accelerator at the University of Kansas. I was able to: - Write over 3000 words (~ 13 pages) - Revise twice that amount - Format 3/5 chapters - Complete & revise drafts of all 5 chapters Feeling super prepared to defend my dissertation in April!!

Are you a graduate student nearing the end of your degree? All you have left to do is write the dissertation or thesis, and you're realizing that writing for 40 hours a week is impossible. I've put together a list of tasks necessary for writing, but doesn't necessarily require as much brain power.

Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below! launchku.org/campaigns/20...

The end of an era... we pulled everything from king's creek in Konza prairie, leaving no trace that AIMS ever happened. It took 8 people an entire day to clear the watershed. 1,601 days of data. 14 wells. 50 stics. And a scan and exo at the outlet. So long to this beautiful site, hello data!

One benefit of attending a conference at Konza Prairie: making a quick pit stop at our field site to do sensor maintenance! Had so much fun at Great Plains Limno and still feeling inspired by all the cool science.

Very grateful to have been able to do a 10k at my field site! I set a goal to do this race before leaving Kansas and I'm so proud of myself for completing it. Konza is one of my favorite places, and I've faced so many challenges here. It felt amazing to overcome one last challenge.

Hey folks! I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for my dissertation. I'm not defending this semester, but I'm getting close. What are some things that you found helpful or wish you would have done earlier on in preparing for your defense? For context, I'll be TAing until I'm done!

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

I'm going through my first peer review process after submitting my first paper. While the decision was "reject and resubmit," I was so pleasantly surprised by how kind, constructive, helpful, and specific the reviews were. Feeling a lot of gratitude and excitement to get this done.

Thanks to state legislation, state universities are compelling their employees to suppress their identities. Rather than prioritizing dignity, autonomy, and respect, Kansas leaders have demanded employees comply by erasing a piece of themselves. What message does this send to students?

What do you all do on sick days? Anyone else guilt themselves into being "productive?" Or any tips on how to actually be restful? I've been going back and forth between doom scrolling and trying to make a dent in my "to read" list of papers and neither feels great. #phdlife #migrainessuck

The National Science Foundation continues to be threatened with major cuts. The link below lists the Congresspeople who are on the frontlines of deciding these cuts this week and would be well worth a quick call today if they’re in your state to advocate for not cutting NSF’s budget.

Budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration could lead to the closure of 26 long-term ecological research, or LTER, facilities across the United States, including the @kbslter.bsky.social. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Curious about non-perennial stream biogeochemistry, BACI experiments, or what I’m working on next? After lots of coffee and an intense battle with Weebly, I made a website!: ecosarahflynn.weebly.com #FreshwaterScience #PhDLife #AcademicSky

Wrapping up your PhD? I’m planning to hire a postdoc in the next few months (start date flexible). Will start formally advertising soon, but you heard it here first!! Possible research topics include - critical zone hydrology, agricultural water quality, SW-GW interactions. Reach out if interested!

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Congratulations to everyone who ran the SFS 5k fun run this morning! #SFS2025

So excited to see some familiar faces at our special session tomorrow! It'll be a good one, pop by! @connorbrown.bsky.social @vanessa-gc.bsky.social #SFS2025

Really looking forward to #SFS2025! Helping out with the Mentor Mixer with @crsmith.bsky.social was such a fun way to give back and grow our community. Can’t wait to keep "expanding horizons."

Congratulations Dr. Pruitt!!!

I passed! I’m so grateful for all the support :) Dr. Pruitt sounds pretty cool!

Final reminder with #SFS abstracts due Sunday, Feb 2, to submit to this session if you're planning to present on non-perennial stream systems! and if you haven't yet - please fill out our final survey on non-perennial stream research! tinyurl.com/6b87ytxn

~Deadline Extended!!~ Abstracts are now due February 2nd! We're excited to see everyone in PR!

Reminder! If you haven't submitted an abstract for SFS 2025 and are interested in presenting about non-perennial streams come and join this DOPE special session!!!

And! If this session is of interest to you, please take this very relevant survey to further or knowledge of nonperennial stream research: tinyurl.com/6b87ytxn

Fellow nonperennial stream enthusiasts and researchers! We are excited to announce that we are hosting a special session at SFS 2025 “From the mountains to the seas: Expanding the sciences of non-perennial streams."

The main advantage of a custom feed is that it gathers all posts on a given topic--in this case, rivers--in one place, instead of having them scattered along your timeline. It can work without hashtags. Thanks to custom feeds it's easier to stay up to date on a topic & join conversations!

Good to see this publication from the @British Ecological Society on how to support transgender ecologists - more to come in our webinar tomorrow with @iaglr.bsky.social and Scas.

I just created a starter pack for folks who study nonperennial streams! All career stages and disciplines welcome. go.bsky.app/PoUMyq1

Said so long to my favorite field site! Had about 25 STICs, 7 piezometers and stilling wells, and one high frequency water chemistry sensor paired with soil moisture content in a nonperennial watershed in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

🚨 New paper alert!🧵 Our paper in @SpringerNature shows how irrigator-driven conservation efforts in Kansas cut aquifer depletion by 65% while maintaining agricultural productivity. Discover how this model can shape global aquifer sustainability. 🔗 Read here: rdcu.be/dWeH8

Week 15 of trying to bend a stream to our will and force it to dry down. Stream 5, Ecologists 0

Sad to be leaving #sfs2024 early but happy and grateful to see my Freshwater friends. So cool to see so much #nonperennialstream and #AIMS representation! Thanks to everyone who came to and supported our special session on nonperennial streams, and for participating in the mentor mentee mixer!

Join us for dinner and drinks at Culinaria on April 17 to raise money for EEB graduate students!

Deadline extended to February 14! Consider submitting an abstract to our session so we can connect over disconnected streams! @bugginbusch.bsky.social @stephenplont.bsky.social @kacizarek.bsky.social

Are you a freshwater scientist who finds yourself studying streams that sometimes have no water? Sign up for our SFS 2024 special session S15: Connecting the Disciplines of Disconnected, Non-Perennial Streams!

If spotify wrapped was for research: 2023 saw... 378 DEAs 756 Nitrification Incubations 18 GC runs of 1,134 samples total 18 spec runs of 2,268 samples total Aprox 50 days in the field & 200 days in the lab Here's to hoping 2024 sees all this data published!!

THANK YOU! We have successfully surpassed our fundraising goal with still 4 days left to donate. These funds will be used to support graduate student research, travel, and community outreach. www.launchku.org/project/39391

SO excited to share that Kari Snelding will be defending her Master's work on Friday Nov 17th at 9 Central. If you are local, feel free to join us in person; if you want to watch, please let me know and I'll send the zoom details.

Hi Everyone! We are KU's EEB Graduate Student Organization, and we're hoping to connect with other Jayhawks, EEBers, and academics. Follow along to learn about opportunities in EEB and to keep up with what are awesome grad students are accomplishing!

Looking through my camera to find a photo to submit to the Governor’s WATER Conference photography contest - but all my photos are of dry stream beds. 🥲

The Shogren lab is recruiting! I’ll be taking ✨2✨ grad students to work on a collaborative DOE project! Sensors, water chem, collaboration, oh my!

And another opportunity to join the Shogren Lab. Come work on ecosystem-scale impacts of warming & drying in Iceland!

Can confirm there are great folks at KGS! Some of my favorite collaborators work there.

Hi folks! I'm a PhD candidate at KU on the AIMS project, studying how stream drying impacts biological processes and water chemistry. I'd love to connect with other biogeochemists and folks concerned with water quality and water scarcity!