12 University of Michigan faculty and staff members have been recognized as @AAAS fellows for their extraordinary scientific and socially distinguished achievements. myumi.ch/bEVe6

FYI this is NOT how one unlocks their office

today's #racistedu is a reminder that the SAT has been intentionally used to maintain segretation after Brown.

'Decades ago, administrators at UT calculated that standardized tests would tamp down the number of African Americans at UT,'

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The lab is hiring a technician, hopefully to start in May! Please RT, thanks! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/247…

Weekend Update: Caitlin Clark on the WNBA Draft - SNL youtu.be/Cuf29fvlfb0?si… via YouTube

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Personal update

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'Botanists estimate as much as half of the planet’s undiscovered flora could be found in herbaria backlogs.'

The world's botanical records are in danger. Jeva Lange 🫎 talks to Kathleen Pryer and Mason Heberling about the urgent need to preserve herbaria:

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Duke University One herbarium’s thorny future: Duke to close century-old 'gem' of biodiversity research wfae.org/2024-04-08/duk…

Editors are biased too: An extension of Fox et al. (2023)'s analysis makes the case for triple‐blind review - Srivastava - 2024 - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Interested in evolutionary genomics/population genomics and plant genetics? Want to do your PhD in beautiful Stockholm? We have two 4-year PhD student positions available in my group at Stockholm University. More info, see tanjaslottelab.se Please RT #ecrchat #PhD 1/4

Calling people 'toxic' is rarely helpful. It focuses on their impact instead of their actions.

Toxicity comes in 5 flavors: disrespectful, dishonest, cutthroat, exclusionary, and abusive.

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We’re hiring a new faculty member! Candidates from all disciplines relevant to the Danforth Center and its mission to ‘improve the human condition through plant science’ are encouraged to apply.

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That he calls women 'females' is all you need to know. It is dehumanizing when used as a noun instead of the term 'women'. 'While anything can be a female, only humans can have the status of 'woman''. washburnreview.org/43125/features…

Stop blaming academic mothers. Like hiring a cleaner and a cook is going to solve the issue? Seriously? 1) Postdocs can't afford this, 2) lack of universal childcare, and 3) we ask people to move to places without family support. These are systemic problems Academic Mom, PhD

So f'ing sick of this advice from wealthy senior women in academia. Also see 'just hire someone to watch your kids/pick them up' ....as if there are scores of magical people around who can work for you for 4 hours a week on the most inconvenient schedule

Ahem, the *man* who talks the most is most likely to become the leader.

Mounting evidence that sivanto (flupyradifurone) has sublethal effects on bees despite not impacting bee survival. It also negatively interacts with fungicides commonly used in crops. Nice study Sabrina Rondeau, PhD and Nigel Raine!

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