Annie Leonard

Scholarship established in memory of University professor Jeanne Zeh worked at the University of Nevada, Reno for 22 years and will have a scholarship established in her memory to benefit biology students.

A great way to remember a super colleague. www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

A hand holding a postcard of a four-panel comic in a Mary-Worth-esque art style. At the top it says PROVIDENCE in letters that outline bits of the city’s skyline. Byline reads: BY THE MAD PECK, DOC DANIELS, I.C.LOTZ, & THE FRONT PORCH Panel 1: “PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. WHERE IT RAINS TWO DAYS OUT OF THREE EXCEPT DURING THE RAINY SEASON WHEN IT SNOWS LIKE A BITCH” A woman in a vampy dress runs through the rain. Offpanel, someone says “A MESS, AIN'T IT?” Panel 2: “AND FRIENDSHIP IS A ONE WAY STREET” Two cars crash in front of a street sign that reads Friendship and One Way Panel 3: “RICH FOLKS LIVE ON POWER STREET.” Three obviously rich women lounge in a room; it’s raining outside Panel 4: “BUT MOST OF US LIVE OFF HOPE.” Two couples, dressed in more working-class clothes, dance in front of a phonograph

I just learned that the artist behind this iconic comic, a copy of which hung in my apartments off Hope for a decade and still hangs in my faraway house today, died in March.

Godspeed.

Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University Serving the Brown University community since 1891

Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.

www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Field Botanist - Roanoke, Virginia, United States Title: Field Botanist State Role Title: Scientist II Hiring Range: $55,000 - $65,000 Pay Band: 5 Agency: Dept Conservation & Recreation Location: Roanoke, VA Agency Website: www.dcr.virginia.gov R...

Field botanist job with Virginia Natural Heritage, based in Roanoke, VA. $55-65K pay range. Please share widely! www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/field-b...

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California

2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.

ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003

Parents lament end of Dolly Parton’s free books in Clark County, say it will hurt literacy - The Nevada Independent More than 18,000 children younger than 5 will no longer receive a free book every month, after the state legislature failed to renew the program's funding.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program sent free books every month to more than 18,000 children in Clark County. In November, those books will stop coming, after the program lost state funding. Learn more about the program here:

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Huge crowd October 18,2025 at the No Kings rally in Reno, Nevada

From a buddy: No Kings Rally in Reno Nevada today #NoKings #NoTyrants #NoFascists

Day at the Museum!

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University of Nevada, Reno’s Day at the Museum returns Oct. 18 | University of Nevada, Reno The event is free and open to the public

A fall tradition returns! Join us Oct 18th for @unevadareno.bsky.social 's Day at the Museum!

The bees, butterflies, and snakes at the Natural History Museum are always a big highlight! #reno #northernnevada #renotahoe

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This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

How the cavefish lost its eyes — again and again Mexican tetras that got swept into pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. They lost their eyes in multiple ways — and gained some nifty traits too.

Friday afternoon after a long week: cave-dwelling lifestyle sounding appealing? Dr. Misty Riddle interview may be of interest!

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@unevadareno.bsky.social Biology Assistant Professor Misty Riddle featured in this career profile in @dev-journal.bsky.social!

(We love the shout-out to former Biology Facilities Manager Lou Christensen!)

The rumors are true, "Nevada Plants: An Annotated Checklist of the State’s Botanical Diversity" is now out!

This represents the hard work of Jerry Thiem and Jan Nachlinger and all sales benefit the @unevadareno.bsky.social Museum of Natural History! 🌱

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Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Evolutionary biologist Misty Riddle receives NSF CAREER Award | University of Nevada, Reno Riddle will explore the genetic basis of host-microbiome interactions

Congratulations Biology Prof. Dr. Misty Riddle on her new #NSF CAREER award! 🦠+ 🐟 = 🎉

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Assistant Professor, Neurobiology - Reno, Nevada (US) job with University of Nevada, Reno - College of Science | 674336 The Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor to join us starting July 1, 2026. We...

We are hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno @unevadareno.bsky.social. 🧪🧠 #neuroscience #neuroskyence

jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Biological Science Administrator (Program Director) <p>The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for a Biological Science Administrator (Program Director) position for the Population and Community Ecology Cluster within the Direct...

NSF is seeking a permanent Program Officer in the Population and Community Ecology cluster, Division of Environmental Biology.
If you are a mid-career academic ecologist still in love with science, but not so much with academia, this could be a great position for you! 🌎
www.usajobs.gov/job/759052000

I am looking for a postdoc! Please share with Evo-devo-neuro-sensory people who might be interested.

We have multiple projects available so don't feel like you are not qualified to apply if you don't check every single box on the job ad!

Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

Assistant Professor, Neurobiology - Reno, Nevada (US) job with University of Nevada, Reno - College of Science | 674336 The Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor to join us starting July 1, 2026. We...

We're hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology at UNR jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...

🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!

My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!

We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!

Donate to the JAZ memorial scholarship, organized by Adrian Zeh Jeanne Zeh carried out research at the interface of behavior, genetics and evolution… Adrian Zeh needs your support for Donate to the JAZ memorial scholarship

Sad news from UNR Biology @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social: longtime faculty Dr. Jeanne Zeh has passed away.

An impactful #animalbehavior and #evolution researcher, she created popular courses on #epigenetics.

To help fund a scholarship in her honor: tinyurl.com/mv9suehw

Obit: tinyurl.com/269844jf

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels “There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.

"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)

A snapshot of the map from the study showing the location of an alpine, shoreline, and suburban site in Northern Nevada (USA) where Bombus vosnesenskii were sampled from

Now out in @royalsociety.org Open Science! Anna Tatarko explored how site of origin affects wild bumble #bee responses to pesticide combos! Collaboration with Rachel Vannette and Steve Frese allowed her to also look at the gut #microbiome 🐝🦠🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish. The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget.

It's not going to "vanish," it's going to be eliminated by the current administration.
🌿🌎

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

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