Meredith Welch-Devine

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Hey #UGA folks, help spread the word? I'd love to have a few more graduate students join my GRSC8200 course this semester - Communicating research and scholarship to non-specialist audiences. We work with multiple audiences and formats. Shoot me a note if you have questions! #scicomm

During #AAA2025 seems like a good time to re-up this. LMK if you have any questions about UGA or life in Athens!

Author sitting in a comfy train seat, smiling.

Super excited to be taking the #train from Atlanta to New Orleans for #AAA2025! See you all soon(ish)! #anthropology

UGA is hiring a biological anthropologist. Come work with me!

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/457...

Flyer with a mountain landscape gives details on a talk that will be held at the University of Georgia today, October 29th, at 12:30 pm in Baldwin Hall, room G41. The talk is titled: The future of the Basque pastoral system. A lunch and learn with Simon Maraud and Edwige Marty.

If you're in Athens, come see us at 12:30 today for updates on our research project in the #BasqueCountry

“Layering” Co-Production for Authentic and Respectful Community Engagement There is great variety in how different teams approach collaborative work, and many projects fall short of authentic knowledge co-production, even when they hold that as a central goal. Drawing on ...

New article! ...in which we maybe get a little provocative by asking researchers to hold to a higher standard when they call their work #co-production of knowledge. 50 free e-prints at this link. 🧪 #anthrosky #engagedresearch #Basque #SES bit.ly/3II82Nh

The University of Georgia is hiring our next director of international initiatives. Come work with me! www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/453...

Here is a reminder that proposals for this July 2026 conference can be submitted until October 1.

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excited to share the call for the workshop

EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION

happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,

made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social

deadline: 10 September!

full call below ⤵

#envhist #envhum

Ready to welcome our new graduate students!

Where to find science communication and STEM communities | Virginia Schutte Where you can find SciComm and identity-based STEM communities online.

Just updated the #SciComm community directory on my website! www.virginiaschutte.com/scicomm-comm...

I added a "meet IRL" section that includes @capscicomm.org and 5 groups for folks around England, those lucky ducks

Want me to add a place you hang out? LMK who to get sharing permission from!

The Fallout From the Greenpeace Verdict An energy giant’s SLAPP lawsuit threatens the right to protest

“In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one that just ended in the courts of North Dakota,” said attorney Martin Garbus, an acclaimed free speech defender whose previous clients include Nelson Mandela, Daniel Ellsberg, and Vaclav Havel.

A new Melting Metropolis opportunity!

Work with @chloeduteil.bsky.social on a graphic novel/BD on summer heat in Paris 👇

Climat : les 52 mesures pour adapter la France à + 4 °C de réchauffement prêtes à être mises en œuvre Le gouvernement présente lundi la version finale du plan national d’adaptation au changement climatique, qui vise à préparer les secteurs économique et social. Le littoral, la montagne, les secteurs…

​​The French government has released a national climate adaptation plan (NDC) that accounts for a 4-degrees-Celsius temperature rise above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century. www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Why did I do this?

The short answer? Everyone is saying “someone should do something,” and I am someone.

An adorable anecdote as an antidote to the horrible: Ran a race this weekend that had me looping back by people finishing their 1st mile as I was on my 2nd. A kiddo, maybe four years old, EXUBERANTLY says to the person running with him, “I’ve never run a mile before IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!”

The #tradewar is on. Real-time electricity prices doubled few minutes after midnight EST in New England. 🔌💡

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm The recommendation by Lee Zeldin, the agency's administrator, could upend existing and future regulations on climate change.

EPA will move to unravel landmark finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, which would pave the way to end climate regulations across the economy.

Expect a legal fight on this one.

w/ @chemnick.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, in ominous sign for US vaccine policy FDA panel meeting to select flu vaccine strains canceled; Paul Offit confirms

Meeting to choose next year's flu shots is canceled.

We will not have enough shots for next flu season.

endpts.com/fda-meeting-...

Super helpful thread from Dr. Koster for anyone submitting to / interacting with NSF. @jeremykoster.bsky.social I've so appreciated working with you! What a loss for the PI community.

A Lady Professor with brown hair and glasses, wearing a scarf in red, green, yellow, & black, a gift from an incredible lactation consultant, sitting in in front of cactus.

I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.

And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.

A 🧵:

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Order The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order, the latest in a series of layoffs throughout the US government as the Trump administration se...

The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers today.

The NSF was established by Congress to promote science, advance public health and contribute to the national defense.
@bloomberg.com
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IWMF - United States Journalism Emergency Fund Application This is an application for the United States Journalism Emergency Fund established by the International Women’s Media Foundation and supported by the Luce Foundation and the Ford Foundation. To qualif...

"To qualify for this emergency fund, you must be a US journalist of any gender targeted as a result of your reporting at events related to the highly charged political unrest in the US, including elections, civil movements and other challenging environments."

iwmf.submittable.com/submit/7ea67...

Moms create chilling Super Bowl ad to call attention to major issue threatening our children's futures: 'It may be too late' A parent-led climate advocacy group ran a powerful advertisement during Super Bowl LIX to raise awareness about climate change.

Yay, Science Moms!!!!

‘Blink and you’ll miss our chance to avoid the worst of climate change…’

youtu.be/GYwPLhjAZtE

www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

sreenshot from the new york times reporting that Stanford University’s provost is talking about how the loss of funding from national institutes of health funding will cost the university $160 million. that’s not the way to get this changed — the people think “stanford is rich; no big deal.” leaders need to talk about what this will cost the public

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!

EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

I might be able to get behind that ;)

#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social