he/they 🏳️⚧️ Horticulture Biology PhD Cornell Active Learning Postdoc @biodiversifying affiliate Founder of Ithaca Pride Alliance
Ithaca, NY
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Dr. Andrew Scheldorf retweeted
Diversity. Equity. Inclusion.
That’s what DEI stands for. It’s why you never hear Republicans actually spell it out. Because when you say “I’m opposed to diversity, equity & inclusion,” you sound like a white supremacist, which is what their entire policy agenda is built around.
Dr. Andrew Scheldorf retweeted
PSA to universities:
When your PhD students can’t afford rent, groceries, healthcare, childcare and other essentials, something is very wrong.
We can’t expect students to succeed when they are struggling to cover basic living costs.
Provide more $ support and raise stipends now.
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I had a fantastic time speaking and hosting this cute little show! I hope in the future we can do a full event for @ASA_CSSA_SSSA !!
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Dr. Andrew Scheldorf retweeted
"If great teaching is as important as universities claim in mission statements, then they should reward it with career advancement. The same holds for faculty activities that are praised by so many, but barely noticed when it’s important (tenure)."
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ALT "Why can't universities break out of these ossified patterns?" H. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-chief, Science journals.
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SnapDragon, developed at Cornell University, was named 2023 Outstanding Fruit Cultivar by the ASHS Fruit Breeding Professional Interest Group.
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BREAKING: Grad Workers Vote for Tentative Agreement (TA) with U-M
Winning a living wage for most PhD students and major gains in harassment protections, police abolition, and parent & transgender grad care, the TA is a testament to the power of our strike.
Ok I think everything is turned in, and all the boxes checked, so I can announce, I will be starting as an Active Learning Initiative Postdoc next week at Cornell! I am excited to work with the faculty to develop new courses and continue my work in inclusive teaching 🌈🌼🍎
Dr. Andrew Scheldorf retweeted
Providing demographic data for NSF: Actually, I do wish to provide my gender, but your survey does not include nonbinary scientists. You are not accurately assessing diversity when you erase queer and transgender scientists. @ISNBS_ #QueerinSTEM
General note for folks editing or making comments on writing, especially if the student is neurodiverse; be specific with what you mean and what you'd like changed.
ESPECIALLY if it's an edit that wasn't given until the end, because then I will be upset it wasn't made earlier and now I am just upset and unsure what else is wrong
So how many glitches in MS Word do I have to endure with my dissertation before I am just given my doctorate as a consolation prize? Cuz I am pretty sure it's getting close 😬😣
Dr. Andrew Scheldorf retweeted
J.B.S Haldane: "The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we CAN suppose."
Let's talk about the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum:
It can 'feed' on sunlight; gives birth to live, pregnant clone-babies & needs to be bacterially infected to survive.
ALT Pea aphids extracting sap from the stem and leaves of garden peas. One large and two small green-colored insects feed on a green stalk. The background is a flat black. Shipher Wu (photograph) and Gee-way Lin (aphid provision), National Taiwan University - PLoS Biology,
Dr. Andrew Scheldorf retweeted
wow. The anger, myopia and meanness in the "debates" around sex biology and the human experience. just wow. The US and UK (where most of what I saw today comes from) need to really improve their elementary school biology and history. A little compassion goes a long way too.