Want to stay in higher ed or postsecondary but aren't committed to teaching or research? You have options, PhDs! fromphdtolife.com/2020/07/16/whe…

Today, we recognize with our graduate students that paper rejections are a normal part of #academic life. Our faculty compete for sharing the worst rejection experience. Our PhD students are the jury.

The U.S. National Science Foundation Racial Equity in STEM program now has a solicitation NSF 22-634. The solicitation gives more info and guidance than the previous program description did. Due dates for proposals are: January 17, 2023, October 10, 2023, October 08, 2024, October 14, 2025.

On October 11 at 11 CT/12 ET, I’ll be moderating “Transforming Medical Education to Advance Equity and Inclusion,” an AAMC IDEAS Learning Series webinar with Dr. Yolanda Haywood and Dr. Laura Henderson Kelley. Registration is open! 👇🏾 #BlackinAnatWeek #MedEd #AnatEd #DEI

New paper suggests introductory STEM courses disproportionately push underrepresented minority students out of the natural and applied sciences. #HigherEd #AcademicTwitter bit.ly/3rsPVih

Back for a 3rd year! Are you an undergrad interested in genomics/bioinformatics? We have paid U.S. National Science Foundation #REU openings for the summer (2023)! You'll be able to work on research involving geladas, macaques, and dogs!. Info & application here: smack-lab.com/reu Please RT/share!

Thank you Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha Sarahana Shrestha for meeting with New Paltz CSTEP. Your support makes it possible for thousands of students from historically underrepresented groups & low income backgrounds to enter STEM, health & licensed fields. #standup4studentaid

Ideas to convince young scientists to join science twitter?

One of my students was denied the U.S. National Science Foundation GRF this year by virtue of being deemed ineligible because they took a one-week bootcamp prior to starting grad school and it showed up as a summer "class" on their transcript. Seems this could affect many applicants. Be aware! #NSFGRFP

Do you know someone who has broad contacts to candidates interested in graduate school (college seniors, research assistants, etc...)? Deans, directors of summer programs or postbacs - comment or DM me with contact info so I can connect them to Cientifico Latino, Inc.'s GSMI this year!

After running a lab that centers inclusion for 4 years now, I’d like to share some of our lab practices that have really worked in case this info is helpful for others.

Have any R1 tenured scholars written publicly about the moral injury of running PhD programs -- mentoring, supporting, encouraging fantastic students -- knowing that the jobs have dried up?

Yesterday, 23 former academics told me what they missed most about academia. Here's what they said: 1. "I miss the five minutes of chatting with students before class started."

🚨Check out our call for REU participants this summer American Museum of Natural History. An opportunity to work with your biology peers in the heart of #NYC. Ashley Hammond and I have an exciting project on #dental 🦷wear and development. Description is in the link here: amnh.org/bioreu

A new law in South Carolina will ban diversity training, the use of diversity statements, the employment of DEI officers, and identity-based hiring and admissions practices. See where else we've found anti-DEI legislation." chroni.cl/47CaN9A

Excited to share my first dissertation chapter! We measured urinary C-peptide to quantify seasonal variation in energetic condition in geladas at Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia GeladaResearch

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n

This is Trump’s first major loss. When we fight, we win. We may not have majorities in the House and the Senate, but we DO have the power to loudly educate and mobilize against the mass looting the Trump admin is attempting against our veterans, healthcare, education, and more.