Elizabeth Rudzki

Our new pub in @MethodsEcolEvol guides you through the process of writing a field safety manual that actively and thoughtfully addresses accentuated risks faced by field researchers from marginalized groups. @BritishEcolSoc doi.org/10.1111/2041-2… #AcademicTwitter #Science #ACWRI

It's official, I'm a doctor! 🎓🎉 (Congratulations to my two friends, Karen and Aigbe as well!) P.S. I am moving, follow me on bluesky @zoomingbio.bsky.social

Follow me on bsky! :) Also drop your own handle in a reply if you want. Moving on over. zoomingbio.bsky.social

@KStJBirdblog So happy to hear they've both been sighted. <3 Thank you for the update!

Peregrine update for SW PA. Lots of activity! Want to see peregrines? Visit one of these sites. birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2024/05/08/per… (@ZoomingBio you're mentioned in this article)

@KStJBirdblog I worked at a raptor wildlife rehab center before and concerned it had signs of a concussion at minimum. It's a good sign that it flew off, but some of those head traumas don't appear life threatening until some time has passed. Fingers crossed no peregrines are unaccounted for.

@ZoomingBio I'm the one who monitors peregrines in Pittsburgh. Do you have a photo of the bird?

What current group(s) keep track of the peregrine falcon population in PGH? Unfortunately saw one of the adults strike a window at high speed in Shadyside.😧 @KStJBirdblog

@KStJBirdblog Unfortunately no. He/she was able to perch shortly after on a fence but was definitely dazed. I went to grab a box from my car in case I needed to take it to a rehabber but it did leave (I checked the area, no sign of it, so hopefully flew) before I got back.

First ever @Mol_Ecol paper accepted in my career. Thanks to @KevinDKohl @ZoomingBio @NickAntonson and others!

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Apparently except GSRs. The brief hope I had to even partially offset that $4,200 bill I have coming up thanks to the insurance change has been dashed. Well that was a roller coaster of emotions.

Note for anyone else: They excluded GSRs from this... I misread the email. 🙃 Welp.

My school (Dietrich) heard the outrage & raised stipends by an additional 6% to try and (partially) offset the horrendous damage the university did by decimating our health insurance. Yet there has been continued radio silence from the university level. Where are you @PittTweet ?

This is just another strong example of why it shouldn't be in the power of the university to make these unilateral changes, and we shouldn't have to hope each individual school has the resources to somewhat 'save' us. This is why we need a union @PittGrads #SavePittGradHealthcare

As well as #transgender students, students with dependents, and pregnant students. All marginalized communities that deserve equity and protection from Pitt, not additional disproportionate financial barriers.

@BoyleLab @biguncle_al @PittGrads And if the university treated other external funding sources like NIH differently, I can't speak to that.

@BoyleLab @biguncle_al @PittGrads Just wanted to give some background as to why their "supplementation" of health insurance premiums for those students with external funding like the NSF GRFP is simply based on (now) following the agreement they had with the NSF to obtain the CoE funds.

@biguncle_al @BoyleLab @PittGrads This is also my understanding

@BoyleLab @biguncle_al @PittGrads And sounds like it may have changed even further since then - but I've been off of GRFP funding for a bit now so I can't speak much to that.

@BoyleLab @biguncle_al @PittGrads To clarify, later iterations of this 'program' removed that secondary fund pool that gave opportunity to cover conference travel & then streamlined it such that students did not have to submit individual receipt reimbursements per month (instead gave everyone a stipend increase)