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I was so excited to find this caterpillar when I was in Peru this time last year! Okay, so it wasn’t technically alive when I found it, but this was fitting given the dude it’s named after is also dead inside... 🐛 If you’ve zoomed
I tried to type out this caption several times, each time starting with some version of “I’m having a hard time with....” And then I realized the obvious, which is, simply, I’m having a hard time. . Today one of my mentors com
Stopping to smell the flowers looks a little different these days, but I’m doing my best.
More photos of me looking out over magical summits. Chon Kemin Conservancy, Kyrgyzstan. At low elevation for snow leopard habitat in this region, just under 10,000 ft in elevation.
Grief is like learning how to hike with extra weight added to your pack: it can’t be avoided, it doesn’t go away, and you’re going to be really, really tired before time helps you develop the muscles to help you carry it. And even w
I love plants. Especially the ones in my parents’ garden.
Just keep fucking swimming. And when you can’t, let someone carry you.
This time last year, somewhere in Kyrgyzstan. I had just seen my first snow leopards the month before in China, and I was leading my first field effort with National Geographic. Our team collected several scats in previously unsampled parts of southe
My dad died unexpectedly on July 16th. There are no words to describe the depth of our grief. The world has lost a true kindness, a genius, and a wonderfully funny friend. In the two weeks since, I’ve learned that grief is like being hit by tid
I’ve been to China three times as part of my dissertation research, working at Peking University in Beijing, and traveling to various remote regions on the Tibetan Plateau for field work. I’ve eaten amazing food, seen wild snow leopards,
Despite being a long-celebrated holiday, this year, Juneteenth carries deeper meaning and broader public attention as a result of the ongoing protests against police brutality and systemic racism against the Black community. To all my Black friends a
Today I spent time evaluating my work in light of the Black Lives Matter protests. Today marked the transition that we as non-Black academics and STEM professionals begin our lifelong commitment to action against anti-Black racism. It is not enough t
We, members of the university of Delaware community, are demanding change from our administration regarding systemic racism. We stand in solidarity with Black scientists and completely support the Black Lives Matter movement. . We are petitioning the
#blacklivesmatter . . . Link will be permanently listed in the comments.
Our listening and learning must extend beyond today’s hashtag if we are to take long-term, meaningful action. #blackouttuesday
We have been complicit. It is not enough to simply not be racist, we must be actively anti-racist. #blacklivesmatter #blacklivesmatter✊🏾 #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿