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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 2h

What one see's in the mirror some mornings.

a clown in a green polka dot outfit is dancing on a stage

Alt: a clown in a green polka dot outfit is dancing on a stage

media.tenor.com

CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 1d

74 students and 48 mentors have signed up so far! We can accommodate more of both groups.

Student sign-up link is in the first comment.

CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

Attending SACNAS conference? Sign up ->

10th Annual SACNAS 1-on-1 Mentoring Workshop. Need 100+ mentors. Oct. 30th, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, N. Short Ballroom

Mentors Link (Faculty/Postdocs/Staff): 1 min to fill out forms.gle/daTSoT8yniJ8...

Each mentor is assigned 1-2 students.

Sign-up to be a MENTOR: "10th Annual 1-on-1 Mentoring with a SACNAS Leader" Mentoring Undergraduates using a modified-IDP

Meet for 35-40 minutes with an Undergraduate/Postbac/Grad student to discuss their career goals. You will meet with 1-2 individuals during the 90 min session. We have a much bigger space this year so ...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

Being a podcaster costs $40 for a decent mic and $18 per month for hosting. The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 4d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 4d

Rest in power. Nice guy in my admittedly limited conversations. Thoughtful and interesting both times.

KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 4d

How could a man who never set foot in a library until he was in college create what is considered the most extensive online collection of global Black history?

Maybe it had something to do with the story Dr. Quintard Taylor's father told him when he was a young boy.

m.kuow.org/stories/reme...

Remembering Quintard Taylor: Historian of the Black West and beyond

Dr. Quintard Taylor taught history at the University of Washington and created BlackPast.org, an online collection of global Black history. He died Sept. 21, 2025, at the age of 76.

m.kuow.org

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 4d

We have 60 students signed up and 42 mentors so far.

CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

Attending SACNAS conference? Sign up ->

10th Annual SACNAS 1-on-1 Mentoring Workshop. Need 100+ mentors. Oct. 30th, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, N. Short Ballroom

Mentors Link (Faculty/Postdocs/Staff): 1 min to fill out forms.gle/daTSoT8yniJ8...

Each mentor is assigned 1-2 students.

Sign-up to be a MENTOR: "10th Annual 1-on-1 Mentoring with a SACNAS Leader" Mentoring Undergraduates using a modified-IDP

Meet for 35-40 minutes with an Undergraduate/Postbac/Grad student to discuss their career goals. You will meet with 1-2 individuals during the 90 min session. We have a much bigger space this year so ...

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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 5d

Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...

Join the lab

The Caetano lab at Towson University (Maryland, USA) is seeking a Master's degree student to start in Fall 2026. A Research Assistant (RA) position is available to the student during part (or all) of....

caetanods.weebly.com

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 6d

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 8d

Got 40 mentors & 47 students signed up so far.
Need more of both, but particularly students.

Typical year, we get ~125 mentors & 250+ students. I know this year will not be typical.

CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

Attending SACNAS conference? Sign up ->

10th Annual SACNAS 1-on-1 Mentoring Workshop. Need 100+ mentors. Oct. 30th, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, N. Short Ballroom

Mentors Link (Faculty/Postdocs/Staff): 1 min to fill out forms.gle/daTSoT8yniJ8...

Each mentor is assigned 1-2 students.

Sign-up to be a MENTOR: "10th Annual 1-on-1 Mentoring with a SACNAS Leader" Mentoring Undergraduates using a modified-IDP

Meet for 35-40 minutes with an Undergraduate/Postbac/Grad student to discuss their career goals. You will meet with 1-2 individuals during the 90 min session. We have a much bigger space this year so ...

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 10d

Crypto Snape!

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 10d

Dude looks like if Professor Snape got way into crypto.

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 10d

zuckerberg trying for John Wick this Halloween but ending up more ghislaine maxwell

CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 11d

GRFP workshop today!

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 11d

Science news article about 2nd year grad students being unceremoniously dropped from the GRFP eligibility with no explanation or warning:
www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11d

Interesting episode of short wave about the origin of endometriosis. I really appreciate that they end with how uncertainty in NIH funding affects the future of their work.

www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

What causes endometriosis? Scientists are closer to finding out : Short Wave

Since the age of nine or ten, Katie Burns has had debilitating pain from endometriosis, a condition where tissue resembling the uterine lining grows outside the uterus. For years, Katie was in the dar...

www.npr.org

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 11d

Ugh. I am told that community support for this man is high.

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents

The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

www.iowapublicradio.org

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 11d

I can understand why NSF is limiting GRFP apps to undergrads and 1st year grad students .

What I can't why they didn't wait one cycle to implement after making the announcement.

But I do trust that the program officers are doing their best to keep science afloat under extraordinary conditions.

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 12d

The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Adrienne Wood @adriennewood.bsky.social · 12d

Heads up that the NSF #GRFP guidelines suddenly changed and now only current first-year grad students are eligible...my second-year student who intentionally waited to maximize her chances is devastated, as countless others will be. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

We typically have ~125-150 mentors meeting with 250-300 students during the workshop.

We also accommodate on-site drop-ins through an ad hoc speed matching of mentors and mentees.

Here is a video from 2024 that was toward the end of the workshop. We had over 400 mentors+mentees last year.

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

Link for your students/postbac/grad students: forms.gle/GCZht2pDVPh4...

Student Application for "10th Annual 1-on-1 Mentoring with a SACNAS Leader" Workshop

Get advice from Faculty and STEM Mentors on Planning for your Science Career. Matches will be based on your interests and career advice need. Meetings with mentors are in-person 1on1 meetings. The e...

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

Attending SACNAS conference? Sign up ->

10th Annual SACNAS 1-on-1 Mentoring Workshop. Need 100+ mentors. Oct. 30th, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, N. Short Ballroom

Mentors Link (Faculty/Postdocs/Staff): 1 min to fill out forms.gle/daTSoT8yniJ8...

Each mentor is assigned 1-2 students.

Sign-up to be a MENTOR: "10th Annual 1-on-1 Mentoring with a SACNAS Leader" Mentoring Undergraduates using a modified-IDP

Meet for 35-40 minutes with an Undergraduate/Postbac/Grad student to discuss their career goals. You will meet with 1-2 individuals during the 90 min session. We have a much bigger space this year so ...

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14d

Thread. The new McCarthyism is, and has been, tearing through education for years. These are just a sampling, and they have been the rehearsals for purges in places like late-night TV.

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 14d

How about the Texas teacher fired for reading an excerpt from an illustrated Diary of Anne Frank?

Teacher Fired for Reading Excerpt from Illustrated Diary of Anne Frank to Eighth-Grade Class

An unidentified teacher at the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District in Texas has been fired after she read aloud an excerpt from the illustrated version of Anne Frank’s 'The Diary of a Young G...

people.com

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 15d

I'm open & frank about the loss of many career pathways & the uncertainty. I share changes as they happen. I remind them that the problems needing science-trained people will not go away because leaders are ignoring them.

I don't share: this reality has sucked a chunk of the joy from my work.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15d

This one followed every child born in Denmark from 1999-2010, with more than 650,000 children.

No association between MMR vaccine and autism was observed.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30831578/

Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study - PubMed

Novo Nordisk Foundation and Danish Ministry of Health.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15d

Trump again just implied that the MMR vaccine causes autism.

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism.

This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism | NEJM

It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark from January 1991 th...

www.nejm.org

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 15d

A milestone for plant genomics just out @natgenet.nature.com

130 bryophyte genomes!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

www.nature.com

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