Watching the world fall apart The Column: 01.09.26

I had wondered if Uber-Minnesota guy Garrison Keillor had anything to say about all this. And he does.

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Looking for tips to modify my approach to teaching a 200-level scientific writing course so it discourages AI use. I prefer to not spend my semester being the AI police. How are others adapting their courses? #scicomm #help #undergrads

Excited to share our new publication, examining deer fences for managing ticks on suburban residential properties: bit.ly/deerfences (Super photo by @thetickguy.bsky.social) #ticks #deer #Lyme #prevention

WCSU Tick Lab seeks properties for tick study DANBURY, Connecticut — Researchers at the Western Connecticut State University Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory need the public’s help for Project ITCH (Is Tick Control Helping?), […]

Tick study alert! Please share with all your friends living in CT? news.wcsu.edu/wcsu-tick-la... #ticks #Lyme #prevention #cedaroil

Excited to bring #FranTick to ESA’s It’s a Bug’s World event this weekend in Harrisburg! If you’ll be at the meeting, please come say hi! @entsocamerica.bsky.social

Cool opportunity for creative sci comm enthusiasts! 👇🏽

This is what is possible when a vector scientist is also a lifelong #LEGO enthusiast! The LEGO blacklegged tick was designed by the talented Dr. Xia Lee. Super fun to build and helps teach kids about tick anatomy! #ticks #LymeDisease #prevention

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Scientists, PLEASE SHARE! We have two open faculty positions in our WCSU Biology dept, one for a biologist using bioinformatics and the other for a climate scientist: wcsu.edu/hr/employment/… #biology #faculty #pui #CT #academia #climate #careers

BIOLOGISTS: My dept is seeking a new faculty colleague! Come join us in Connecticut! #biology #PUI #faculty #careers #academia #westconn bit.ly/4iNm9OL

At the #Entsoc24 annual meeting in November, there are 24 FIT-associated events! Check out the online program here: entomology2024.eventscribe.net/SearchByBuck... and scroll down to Formal and Informal Teaching.