Emplacing sustainability Elizabeth Sanna Barron

April speaking engagements continue, and this one is ONLINE so please come! This Weds. Apr 22 at 12 EST. Learn about emplacement for #earthday.
Follow the link below to register.
www.eventbrite.com/e/emplacing-...

So you do or do not want us to buy from Amazon?

This Friday in Amherst. All are welcome!

UCO Graduate Student Earns Top Honors at Three Minute Thesis Competition The University of Central Oklahoma's Jackson College of Graduate Studies (JCGS) recently hosted its ninth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) research competition, highlighting the innovative work of gra...

I am so proud of my former MS student, Benjamin Boateng and the work he is doing in central OK.

news.uco.edu/uco-graduate...

Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg.

Read it.

Then act.

“Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now.

Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”

Friday afternoon is when I dip the chocolate straight into the peanut butter jar to keep writing.

An unstoppable mushroom is tearing through North American forests. Fungi enthusiasts are doing damage control A rogue mushroom is ripping through North American forests, after escaping from cultivation. As it runs riot, mushroom enthusiasts are rescuing the native fungi in its path.

A nice little read about invasive fungi and amateur efforts to combat their spread, but a shout out to greater need for fungal conservation and my post-doc supervisor, @AnnePringle!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Apparently there is a "personal branding" workshop today @ntnu. My brand while I'm in Boston when people ask me where I am based, I just tell them, NTNU, it's like a Norwegian MIT, and suddenly, they get it. #itworks

Trying your best in a second language? Here’s why native speakers seem so rude Judgements of politeness go beyond language and culture – they are also deeply tied to emotion and moral intuition.

An interesting commentary on how we perceive communication in our second language, and how it affects multicultural workplaces.
theconversation.com/trying-your-...

A great group of interdisciplinary PhDs worked with me 1.5 yr to produce the Mjøsa Assessment. Of interest to those wanting to know more about the lake and its surroundings. The entire report is available på norsk: www.ntnu.no/oppdrag-mjos... and English: www.ntnu.edu/mission-mjos...

Excited to be participating in the Cities@Tufts lecture series in April!

19.3 | Current Conservation Before their ecological relevance and unique properties were revealed to me, my earliest memory of fungi was as a whimsical toadstool in the background of a fairytale book. Growing up, I also saw them...

So pleased to have been guest editor for this special issue of @currentconservation dedicated to #fungalconservation. The authors and artists were all fantastic to work with. The pieces are beautiful and interesting.
www.currentconservation.org/issues/19-3/