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Ecologist, book lover, travel enthusiast Editor-in-chief of Ecosphere All views my own

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Episode 1 - What's all the buzz with honey? This week on The Sapling, meet host Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot, a Senior Professor of Practice at Tulane University, and dive into the world of honey and honey harvesting with a focus on the Kalenjin peopl...

New podcast from EEB’s Dr. Cheruiyot

The Sapling is a podcast that explores the interplay between natural systems, science, and shared cultural practices. Its host is Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot a scientist, educator, and Kalenjin (Keiyo) woman.

www.podbean.com/ei/pb-msiv8-...

21.09.2025 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My department is hiring a Professor of the Practice (non-tenure track) position in Marine Biology. Please help spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/171874

21.08.2025 22:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Today it is official; I have been promoted to full professor at Tulane University 🎉. Achievements like these require a village and this couldn’t have happened without excellent teamwork by the members of our lab group. Thank you!

01.07.2025 16:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow I will be sharing an overview of our team’s research with crushed, recycled glass and coastal restoration. If you are at the State of the Coast conference, check out session 55, and also our 5 posters in the evening session!
Recycleforthecoast.org

21.05.2025 02:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ReCoast Restores Louisiana’s Coastline with Recycled Glass
YouTube video by FathomVerse ReCoast Restores Louisiana’s Coastline with Recycled Glass

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24.04.2025 15:04 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Today we planted bald cypress, irises and native grasses out at the glass island project. Grow, grow, grow!

12.04.2025 20:17 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@bat-lady.bsky.social Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Frank for winning the Early Career Achievement Award from Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering. Well deserved!

11.04.2025 01:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Tulane EEB standing up for science today!

08.03.2025 02:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Since there have been zero hurricanes in the Gulf of America, I should get to pay a lower home insurance cost, right? Right?

06.03.2025 01:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Study unearths sophisticated year-round corn-growing system in ancient Bolivian Amazon Between 600 and 1,500 years ago, Indigenous people of the seasonally flooded savannas in the Bolivian Amazon created an advanced farming system that allowed them to grow corn throughout the year, acco...

news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud.... By Liz Kimbrough

03.03.2025 21:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Gulf States Stand Up for Science 2025 Join us on March 7, 2025, at 4 PM for Gulf States Stand Up for Science

Stand up for Science in New Orleans: www.eventbrite.com/e/gulf-state...

03.03.2025 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Check out this course that I am teaching in Ecuador: we welcome undergraduates from anywhere. The deadline has been extended to March 9. Join us in beautiful Ecuador! Or share this with your network.

27.02.2025 23:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

29.01.2025 16:52 — 👍 3132    🔁 739    💬 42    📌 44

Great letter - thank you!

15.05.2024 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The ESA journal, “Ecosphere” has a track that is specific to coastal and marine ecology.

11.02.2024 02:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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