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Associate Professor of the Practice @BostonCollege | ecology, behavior, evolution | dad | first-gen | he/him | views my own
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A reminder that applications for our Memorial Grants program are due soon on March 1st. These $2000-10000 USD grants provide unrestricted funds (direct or indirect costs, including salary) to promote conservation research in Neotropical grasslands. conservegrassland.org/our-programs/

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Welcome to the newest Eagles! Messina College has begun accepting its second class to the Heights 🦅

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www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...

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In the Boston area and interested in adjunct work teaching microbiology or A&P labs? My department at Boston College has two openings for the spring. apply.interfolio.com/157621 apply.interfolio.com/157617

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Conducting conservation research in Neotropical grasslands? Our Student Grant Program provides grants ($1500) towards transportation and consumables, and our Research Equipment Program provides basic research equipment ($100-2000). The next application deadline is December 1st! conservegrassland.org

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Rise and shine! ☀️ 🐦 As a treat for making it through the week, BOW is OPEN ACCESS TODAY through Monday, 18 November! There's been a lot of updates over the last 3 weeks, so come catch up with us. Maybe you'll see some new faces... 👀 Tell your friends! buff.ly/48L0thD

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My department at Boston College is hiring a full time, non-tenure track Assistant Professor of the Practice. The primary responsibilities are teaching 1st/2nd year labs in anatomy, physiology, and microbiology. Job listing: apply.interfolio.com/153618&source

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I appreciate it when students have the levity to draw a picture or write a note on an exam question when they don’t know the answer

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Ornithology biodiversity practical exam today had some empty stations with placeholders that students scribbled notes on. Some favs, "be the bird," "I like big birds and I cannot lie," and "you look like a bird-of-paradise today"

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Had a great time with some ornithology students on a field trip this weekend. Mainly sea ducks in Gloucester MA area. These students (mostly pre-health) don’t get out in nature that often given our urban/suburban campus.

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Science editorial from Chuck Davis (Harvard Herbaria) “natural history collections are not only facilitating a deeper and broader understanding of the past and present world but are also providing tools to meet both known and unforeseen challenges facing humanity”

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LIVING FOSSILS: They GAR for REAL. www.science.org/content/arti... Thanks @scattercushion.bsky.social for the story in Science, see article for link to research paper led by Chase Brownstein et al! 🧪🐟

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Good advice for making figure legends, from Meghan Duffy at Dynamic Ecology: dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/c...

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sad news - Duke University decided to dump their herbarium, which has over 800,000 plant specimens, one of the largest among in America, and includes many type specimens of Lady Gaga ferns. What a shame. Please stop Duke admins for making this horrible mistake!!

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