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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 8h

Makes sense. I'm over by Otsego. I thought the taxa list was awful familiar.

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Chris Gilman 🐸 @chris-gilman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Odds and ends from the lake #art #illustration #sketch #nature #sciart

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Winesap. Hands down. Super flavorful, great texture. Late harvest.

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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A little more about the 2027 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program and who can participate! Whether you’re looking for mentorship or hoping to support disabled people in STEM, there’s a place for you in our community. Applications are open through Dec. 11!

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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Come to University of Canterbury to do a PhD on penguin genetics with Sarah Flanagan and me! Everything you need to know is in the link below, check it out and please spread the word 🧪🦑🌍🦉🐧 www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/uc-gra...

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Leveraging lessons in international conservation from Antarctica to build adaptive management plans for taonga species in Aotearoa | UC

This project focuses on the conservation of two iconic penguin species, who live in two extremes: emperor penguins, the largest penguins who breed on the extreme cold, isolated ice in Antarctica; and ...

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m recruiting a grad student to join our lab at CU-Boulder in Fall 2027. I’m especially interested in students excited about insect community ecology and biodiversity, sp. interactions, and landscape connectivity. Please share with students who may be interested! www.colorado.edu/lab/resasco/...

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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The BBC axing its coverage of the World Pipe Band Championships sends a 'clear message' that Scottish culture is unworthy of investment, Iona Fyfe writes✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/comment/2660...

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The latest victim of BBC cuts is nothing but tone-deaf cultural vandalism

At a time when piping is going from strength to strength with worldwide appeal, this will be a devastating blow to the global pipe band community and its enthusiasts, writes Iona Fyfe

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fair, though my favorite kuegel uses fine noodles. I agree with the sentiment though.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One neat thing about my grad students all picking individual species for their research us that I think of them ever time I see their critter in the field. Thankfully, my grads have all been nice folk that I enjoy the reminder. I'm a lucky mentor.

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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees

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Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some bee species can look very similar but be completely different behaviourally. 🐝 The Ivy Bee and the Honeybee are good examples of this. If you’re not looking closely you might not realise they are different… 🧵👇

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Exactly. It was never genetics terms that tripped up my genetics students. It was "decline", "refute", and once "pea hen"

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Literally as quiet as during an exam. 😭😭

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yep and they are like "Woah! Thinking about that is important?" I often feel like STEM fields need an equivalent of a historiography class/module for their major.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having my students do in-class group work to build community and connection. Tricks on me, they divvied up the questions and worked silently and individually anyway. 😭

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I especially love when I'm on my phone and Outlook wants me to log in and then sends a security message to my phone to make sure I'm me.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did this change your timeline for decisions? I'd be worried about students just wanting to know (we get a bunch of anxious applicants) jumping somewhere else to know they had A place, before we got back to them. We also don't have that applicant-to-spots ratio though.

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Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our next step in this project is a bibliography of avian type publications. It's incomplete, but 1120+ refs to 210+ collections is a good starting point! Searchable by institution, country, city. albnd.github.io/bird_types/ #Ornithology #Taxonomy

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Bird Type Specimen Bibliography — Directory of Collections

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trying to teach this to STEM majors and they act like it is. 😭

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Student journalists are always much more willing to hold violent students accountable that university administrators. And their call out of the “educational interventions” used by schools to left rapists off the hook is a must-read.

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Tofte @tofte.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I finished my first jewelry pieces!

Glass pendant of a monstera leaf in shades of green

Glass earrings of monstera leaves in shades of green

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My parents stopped playing scrabble with me years ago because I "made up words and secretly got them inserted in the dictionary." Also, I was like "wow such spot on entomology issues, I should follow these two". I already do. So much for finding new entomologist accounts. 🤣

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚨 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Please share! We're looking for an entomologist to join our dept.! I'm excited as it's broadly advertised to find someone who can build a stellar teaching program w/research on insect ecology. Deadline is tight (end of Oct.). Read more & apply at jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235...

Flyer that says:

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

We're hiring!

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is seeking applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology (60% teaching/40% research). The position will play a central role in the department’s undergraduate curriculum, including ENT 201: Insects and People, as well as additional undergraduate and graduate courses. The position also provides an opportunity to build a nationally recognized research program in insect ecology, secure external funding, and mentor undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead instruction for ENT 201: Insects and People and teach additional courses using effective, technology-enhanced approaches. Mentor undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs.

Establish a nationally recognized, externally funded research program in insect ecology (e.g., behavior, plant–insect interactions, community ecology, conservation, or global change biology). Publish in peer-reviewed journals and engage students in research.

Contribute to departmental, college, and university service, engage with scientific societies, review manuscripts and grant proposals, and participate in outreach.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Expertise in one or more areas of insect ecology (e.g., IPM, invasive species, pollination biology, vector ecology, trophic interactions, global change, or molecular/community ecology).

Ph.D. in Entomology or a related field, with a proven publication and funding track record (as PI/Co-PI or lead author).

JOIN OUR TEAM!

For more information and to submit your application, please visit:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234875

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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🧪🚨ATTENTION: TENURE TRACK JOB POSTINGS!🚨Come work with me in Buffalo! We are hiring TWO TT faculty lines: -Physical/Analytical Chemistry -Genetics/Microbiology Biologist Please Share!! 1/7

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That's awesome!!! They've always been my favorite member of the family. Glad you were able to draw them in.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That looks so much like a lycid beetle, it's uncanny. What an amazing moth!

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Collin Schwantes @collin-schwantes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Need a #mosquito taxonomist to weigh in on the existence of Culex cancer. #entomology #culex

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#AcademicChatter Is there a site that consolidates academic job openings in Europe? Higheredjobs.com is nice, but mainly North America jobs.

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Dr. Natalie Mendoza @drmendozan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🗃️ Some of us have been saying this for awhile (like Lindsay and OP). It’s simple. Give faculty time and resources to teach, per basic pedagogy practices, no innovation needed. It’s a matter of prioritizing this as necessary for the university to do well as an institution of higher learning.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Shana tova! I was maybe overgenerous on the raisins.

A braided raisin challah crown on a breadboard.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

May this year be sweeter and kinder than the last.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

And 2 minutes later @alexwild.bsky.social posts the perfect addition to the lecture, so I guess it wasn't done. 🤣

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

And now I have the perfect post to add to the lecture I (thought) i just finished for tomorrow. Thank you!

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Another reason a business model will never be appropriate for #HigherEd : had to update a lecture for tomorrow (base slides and concept already done) spent 3 hrs reworking the lecture and getting it ADA compliant... for a 1 hr lecture. Class is IN my speciality and been writing lectures for 20 yrs.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is how I feel about entomology society of America meetings, to be honest.

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We're advertising for a field crops entomologist who will lead extension & research on soybean, sweetpotato, & peanut in North Carolina. I'm excited to have a new future colleague!!! 🥳 To see the description + apply, please use the link below. Please share! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234...

A red and metallic blue sweetpotato weevil sits on a sandy background. It is elongate and ant-like, with sausage-like antennae.

A black peanutworm moth with a pale orange saddle sits on a white background.

A velvety gray stem borer longhorn sits on a green leaf. Its antennae are striped black and gray.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Can you transfer one in from somewhere else? We offer a grad writing course every Spring semester.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

ADL has become a hate organization

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Our house too. My daughter loves it all the year round.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

so democratic socialism is good

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I had a dean like this. Abuse first, nice to try and get you to forgive.

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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Most peoples' "honest": "This sentence sucks." Real honesty: "there are more clear ways to phrase this" or "I'm not sure what you mean here, what are you intending to say?" Thank you for pointing out the difference.

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