Does this mean someone is going to invite me to give a seminar?

I'm delighted to share that Yale EEB is doing a search in Vertebrate Functional Biology! We are casting a wide net and welcome applicants from several disciplinary foci. If you have questions about the position, feel free to reach out! apply.interfolio.com/153439

Come work with us at Duke Biology ! Openings for ***Three*** Assistant Professors in Ecology, Evolution or Organismal Biology... biology.duke.edu/about-us/jobs

Full instructions are now available for the 2024 Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants, part of our Graduate Research Excellence Grants, provide up to $3500 US in funding for PhD candidates. Submit your research proposal by October 15! evolutionsociety.org/content/societ…

Pure, pure degeneracy. What an embarrassment. I want to see Democrats talking about this clip.

Lovely afternoon in the mailroom copying exams. First machine jammed up twice. Second machine ran out of staples midway through the job and I had to staple them by hand.

Top 5 Benny Golson songs as measured by number of recordings listed in the Tom Lord Jazz Discography. 1. I Remember Clifford, 466 2. Whisper Not, 368 3. Stablemates, 212 4. Along Came Betty, 176 5. Killer Joe, 155 Yet he also wrote dozens of tunes primed for rediscovery.

I wrote up a few thoughts about Golson iverson.substack.com/p/tt-437-benny…

Express Trane It too just 40 years to go from Louis Armstrong's "Gut Bucket Blues" to John Coltrane's "Transition." Today would have been Trane's 98th birthday. My all-time favorite Coltrane Quartet LP: youtube.com/watch?v=5LngpA…

Are you looking for a postdoc or assistant professor position in evolutionary biology? New jobs just added to our jobs board: bit.ly/SSEJobBoard

I keep getting reminded that being on time is usually more important than how good of a job you do

Birthday present from ECM

Huge congrats to Jeff Walters on this richly deserved honor. There is no better example of the real-world impacts of basic science than Jeff's work. Award announcement: goldengooseaward.org/01awardees/woo… VT news story: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

On the occasion of former President Jimmy Carter turning 100 on October 1, President Biden honors Carter’s decades of public service and humanitarian work, as well as his hopeful vision of our country and tireless commitment to a better world. cbsn.ws/3Blhv9x

Our study Journal of Evolutionary Biology shows how adaptation overrides constraints in the evolution of #SexualDimorphism in #Cichlids. We highlight that integrating intra-specific variation with comparative methods can advance macroevolutionary research. @ #SpecialIssue with Gaboriau Théo Thibault Latrille

When you're 45, you really need a cup of coffee at 2:30 PM but you can't have it because then you'll be awake at 2:30 AM

Congrats, Martha!

I don’t know what to say. This is for kind and careful mentors, gifted and inspiring trainees, patient and supportive family….. and magical, magical beetles. ❤️