Applying to grad school can be a lot, especially for #firstgen, low-income, and minority students. Here's some advice that helped me make the application process a little less stressful! I hope it helps. Please share widely! ❤️ #AcademicTwitter #PhD itsafronomics.medium.com/applying-to-gr…

Announcing major new funding coming to SFEI and research partners: NOAA's MERHAB program will provide $3 million supporting new multi-year efforts to monitor harmful algae in SF Bay and Estuary! See the fliers for a description, or more info here sfei.org/news/grant-to-…

Today a professor made a comment about how departments cannot afford to support visiting speakers because we as grad students got a pay raise (after being on strike for 2 months with little faculty support)… and you want us to stay in academia?! #phd #academia

No one asked and I don't care! Heres a list of questions I think BIPOC students who are applying to grad school should ask potential advisors - likewise questions that I think advisors should be reflecting on and ready to answer. (all based off my own experiences)...a thread

When you finish a PhD I hear they give you one of these bad boys

PhD student opportunity in my lab at Colorado State University! Focused on quantitative integration of geospatial and field data to understand disturbance in western US forests. Involves collaboration with a great team including Matthew Hurteau francisforestecologylab.com/opportunities

Lenticular clouds partially obscuring the Villarica volcano activity. [📷 Fransisco Negroni, Chile]

ICYMI, we’re still looking for another editor to join Megan Hochstrasser on our publishing team Arcadia Science. If you’re excited to push the boundaries of how we share science, apply now! jobs.lever.co/arcadiascience…

Recruiting my FIRST doctoral student UC Santa Barbara’s counseling/clinical psych program. We'll examine: 1) Race-related (dis)empowerment & mental health in Black communities. 2) Psychosocial experiences of mixed-race individuals. Deadline: Nov 15. Please share! 🌟#phd #psych

Cotton candy swirl in the sky.

It's not okay to offer funding where the recipient uses their own money first and is reimbursed later. This barrier puts serious pressure on those in less privileged positions. Many struggle (silently) or lose out completely. Reduce inequity by offering resources up front.

Fully funded Ph.D. and postdoc positions at the Meng Lab of Global Change Ecology at Vanderbilt University. Details:menglinmet.wixsite.com/meng/skills-1 Come work with us. Please RT & thanks! #PhDposition #PhDjobs #FindaPhD #STEM Vanderbilt University #phenology #climatechange

My department is searching for a Postdoc Fellow that will convert to a tenure-track Asst Professor job after 1-2 years! Do you use eDNA? Or remote sensing? Or modeling? Or field work? Do you study environmental science? Or paleoclimate? Or #BEAVERS? Our search is broad! Apply!

Anyone have a code they would be willing to give me for the place that rhymes with newtry 👀

Join the AMS Scientific+Technological Activities Commission AMS Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting! We are looking for 4 new members (2 students and 2 professionals) to join our committee. Help shape future American Meteorological Society meetings and network with others in the field! Apply by 10/27 via the contact info below.

🐸 Salamanders 🐸 are extremely resistant to cancer. Why? We don't know! We have a postdoc position WCMM_LU Lund Stem Cell Center now open to delve into to the tumor resistance mechanisms of salamanders. Big thanks to Cancerfonden for making this possible! Apply now!

I didn`t start my academic career until I was 30. I didn`t obtain my PhD until I was 35. At 20, I thought my life was over🎗️ At 42, I know it`s just the beginning & I signed the contract for my permanent position (tenure track/ assistant professor). It is never too late to start.

The summer 2024 application for the Lamat program UC Santa Cruz is now open and due Dec 1, 2023. Applications are open to all undergraduate students but we particularly encourage students from community colleges, historically Black colleges and universities and Tribal colleges to apply.

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Cognitive dissonance where folks are trying to justify wealthiest celebrities & their right to use private jets unabatedly, polluting the planet & normalizing hyperconsumption, while millions are facing a fossil-fuel driven imperialist genocide. 👀 Both are climate justice issues