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Sara Bombaci

@justscience.bsky.social
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Asst. Prof @ ColoradoState • Social Justice • Urban ecology • Acoustic Ecology • Human Wildlife Interactions • Latina • NSF/Ford/Nat Geo Fellow/ESA EEE Scholar

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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
New paper shows DEI is rated highly by students and faculty in higher ed. These findings challenge claims of DEI ineffectiveness, underscoring the universal benefits of inclusive practices and the importance of sustaining and improving them. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Many DEI initiatives are viewed as generally effective by students and educators - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Many DEI initiatives are viewed as generally effective by students and educators
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Our lab is hiring a Graduate Research Assistant (M.S) Position in Wildlife Crossing Ecology at Colorado State University. Details in link below. Please share! jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
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Graduate Research Assistant (M.S) Position: Wildlife Crossing Ecology | Natural Resources Job Board
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New article out on "Optimization of passive #acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of #BirdNET settings" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Optimization of passive acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of BirdNET settings
BirdNET is a popular machine learning tool for automated recognition of bird sounds. However, evidence on how to optimize its settings for accurate bird monitoring remains limited. Here, we evaluate ...
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
New research reveals 74% of students and educators across varied identities find #DEI initiatives effective! Top strategies: family care support, accessible campuses/classes, diverse leadership, and mentorship. #HigherEducation #Academia #DEIworks Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
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Many DEI Initiatives are Viewed as Generally Effective by Students and Educators
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are integral to many U.S. universities’ missions to foster supportive campus communities. Despite progress, challenges like limited resources a...
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Job alert! Come join our department as an Assistant Professor in Stream Fish Ecology! We have an amazingly collaborative and collegial space for you to grow your research program! Share widely! #AcademicTwitter #academicCareers
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Bradley Allf @bradleyallf.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Science funding is drying up so we’re out here, cap in hand, asking for your support so we can buy hats for our bird monitoring volunteers! Donate link: give.colostate.edu/schools/Colo... @justscience.bsky.social
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Help Public Science Study of Urban Birds
Support the Public Science Study of Urban Birds!
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Help support public science research on urban ecology: give.colostate.edu/schools/Colo...
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Help Public Science Study of Urban Birds
Support the Public Science Study of Urban Birds!
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
New paper out "Making conservation more inclusive is a realization of our land ethic" - such a pleasure to work on this with such a great team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Making conservation more inclusive is a realization of our land ethic
Aldo Leopold's essay The Land Ethic is a cornerstone of North American conservation science. It is celebrated for its emphasis on the interconnectedne…
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Plenary speakers shape careers & culture in science. Our new study of ecology conferences (2000–2023) shows women’s representation is rising—but still trails by career stage & disciplines. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #WomenInSTEM #SciComm
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Forward steps, lingering gaps: gender representation among distinguished speakers at professional conferences
Abstract. Plenary speakers serve as role models for early-career scholars, and these talks advance the speakers’ careers while celebrating the important sc
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🌟 Today, I got TENURE! There aren’t many first-generation, non-traditional, Chicana scientists I’ve met on this path. That's why this moment is significant to me. Tenure isn’t just a milestone—it’s a testament to the power of showing up authentically in spaces not built for us. #WomenInSTEM
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/05/2025
More evidence that recent cuts to health, science and climate don't reflect what voters want: New @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social research finds 75% of registered US voters want federal agencies to maintain or increase efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming. Read more:
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A majority of registered voters want federal agencies to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming
55% said federal agencies should do more to protect people from the health harms of global warming.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Super excited for this rockstar. Meet the newly minted Dr. Nelson-Olivieri! #DrNO
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Tried a little creative writing this morning...
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Today!
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US:
Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 1Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 2Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 3Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 4
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Trump is trying to have total authority and nullify the constitution. Read that again and let it sink in, then petition to congress to stop him: Share widely. resist.bot/petitions/PF...
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Executive order undermines checks and balances, review needed
Text SIGN PFSSCY to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My colleague is running an African Field School for camera trap studies. A great opportunity for postgrads/ecologists looking for some African exposure for camera trap training. See: wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/courses/
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Courses
African Field School on Design and Analysis of Camera Trap Studies – 2025 This is a 12-day active training course in game reserve in a game reserve in South Africa. Participants will learn th…
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I created a petition to protect federal jobs. It can easily be signed on resistbot. 📜 text SIGN PEBSVX to 50409 or share: resist.bot/petitions/PE...
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Protect federal jobs. Prevent setbacks and economic losses that hurt Americans
Text SIGN PEBSVX to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Petition against the persecution of DEI in science: SIGN PDYKUA to 50409 or share: resist.bot/petitions/PD...
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Support NSF's mission, foster inclusive scientific progress
Text SIGN PDYKUA to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jim Whittington🔥 @jimwhittington.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Many don't know that USFWS runs the world's only wildlife forensics lab. Yes, that's right, the only one in THE WORLD. It's also the official wildlife crime lab for CITES and Interpol. It's an amazing place staffed by amazing and conscientious scientists and one of our underappreciated crown jewels.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A must read if you don't want a dictator. Key takeaways from a government employee in the last Trump administration: Public Protest is a Powerful Tool Resistance Can Be Effective Sustained Activism Matters www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Opinion | Notes to the American People — and Government Workers — on How to Stop Trump
Resistance to Trump can work. I’ve seen it happen.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Resistance made easy! Website: resist.bot What it does: Text-based service that allows you to send faxes, letters, and messages to your representatives via SMS or social media platforms.
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Resistbot
Text RESIST to 50409 to contact your federal, state, or local elected officials; create movements; and more. Over 30,000,000 letters delivered and counting.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I created a petition to protect academic freedom and constitutional rights on campus. Use resistbot: text SIGN PLFDDD to 50409 share: resist.bot/petitions/PL...
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Protect academic freedom and constitutional rights on campus
Text SIGN PLFDDD to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
To those in #DEI in #education. Please read the fine print in the executive order and don't surrender to fear tactics and give up your right to academic freedom and free speech. Sec. 7. Scope. (a) This order does not apply to...
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In other news, #Trump blames the sky being blue on #DEI and Democrats! 🤷‍♀️
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Only a few days left to apply. Come join our wonderful department in beautiful Colorado! #jobs #Fisheries #Ecology #aquatics #conservation bsky.app/profile/just...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/
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Andrew Marcinko @marcinko.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Joined the trend and created a Starter Pack for #DEI researchers (particularly in the organisational context). Let me know if you'd like to be added! #Diversity #Inclusion go.bsky.app/N63QJib
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🧨 Systematic reviews are in peril ! AI will be soon (if not already) massively be used to generate tons of fake and/or replicated papers; this wave will becomes a tsunami 🌊 ... There really is a need for falsification/copy control in science now! 🧪🌐🌍🦤 www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril
Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator Please share widely. 🧪🌎 therevelator.org/scientists-m...
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Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator
The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
New paper published today on #LGBTQIA perspectives on safety and belonging in the field of #conservation biology: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community
Conservation scientists work in diverse settings, sometimes requiring them to exist in spaces where they do not feel safe, included, or accepted. This is often the case for the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay...
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our department @ CSU FWCB is hiring an Assistant Professor in Lake/Reservoir Fish Ecology. Our department is one of the most supportive and collegial that I've ever known! It's an amazing place for new faculty! Come join us, and please share widely‼️ jobs.colostate.edu/postings/153...
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Assistant Professor in Lake/Reservoir Fish Ecology, Conservation, and Management
Lentic ecosystems provide key services to humans but are under increasing threats that include reduced water availability, nonnative species, and a changing climate. Lentic ecosystems are vitally impo...
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Sara Bombaci @justscience.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm new here! Excited to meet other academics, scientists, and (hopefully) kind people!
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