Plant evolutionary biologist, population geneticist, Bayesian geek, Dean of The Graduate School @Uconn Emeritus ORCID: https://xitter.cf/t.co/sQCZtH3Ytm
Storrs, CT
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Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
The roof of this Upper West Side water tank was removed earlier today, destroying an active nest of the well-known Barn Owl family that lived there, despite federal and state laws protecting such nests. The DEC is on site to investigate.
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
excited that this came out. congrats to everyone involved!
nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
“The easiest thing for a political leader to do is to appeal to our bigotry and our hatred and xenophobia and prejudice, and point to people who are unlike us and say they’re the ones who are damaging our country," Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., August 5, 2016 on Larry King Now.
There was a time when I completely agreed with my brother. Today, I am deeply ashamed of him.
Arab and Muslim people alike have made extraordinary contributions to the world across literature, science, mathematics, medicine and countless other fields. To name a few, Omar M. Yaghi won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 2018 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2025. Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999, and Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988.
A person’s race, religion, ethnicity or socioeconomic background does not determine their intellect, creativity or capacity to contribute to humanity.
My thoughts are with all those hurt by my brother’s false, cruel and derogatory words.
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/rf…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
@UConnNeag researchers are bringing whole child screening assessment to a company that provides schools with connected set of solutions that turn every student signal into timely, equitable, coordinated, and measurable tools to track and manage supports.
bit.ly/488WQ5p
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
We are searching for a new colleague in our Department of Biology at University of Oregon!
This is a super special opportunity-- an endowed chair position in Genetics/Genomics. Come join us!
I'm happy to answer any questions folks might have
careers.pageuppeople.com/726…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
‘Minute’ comes from the Late Latin ‘minuta,’ referring to 1/60 of a unit, such as an hour.
A minute is the first division of the hour.
The second division of an hour is called...a 'second.'
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
Taken September 23, 2015 at The White House. Mum loved to add clever lines and thought bubbles to photos. She prominently displayed this photo of herself with Pope Francis and President Barack Obama. She added a thought bubble above the Pope’s head that read, “Lord, please make her let go.” The bubble coming out of Obama’s mouth said, “That’s enough, Ethel.”
🔗 ETHEL KENNEDY releases October 13. Preorder your copy now: harpercollins.com/pages/ethe…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related.
The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.”
The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.”
Both are a means to an end.
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
Sorry to hear in The New York Times obituary that Joe Romm died of suicide. Deepest possible condolences to his family. nytimes.com/2026/10/06/clima… (gift link)
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
Kevin co-chairs our scientific advisory board
Kevin is at @MIT and one of the smartest people in the world on issues of engineered pathogens
Kevin's tweets are worth your time
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
Many of you have been tracking the Irkutsk lab situation over the last few days.
I've been gathering facts and trying to understand what is happening before weighing in.
Now that I have, I have to say — I'm concerned
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Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
A student just told me, "I like your teaching style. You don't make people feel stupid." It sounds corny, but that is a huge part of my classroom philosophy. Yes, we must maintain academic rigor, but intimidated students will not contribute, and no good can come from that. (1/2)
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
A new National Science Foundation (@NSF) award coming to UConn aims to build understanding of evolution and adaptation.
bit.ly/4yyi3kM
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
Reminder:
When Students cheat on Exams — using AI or by any other means — they do so because School Systems value Grades more than Students value Learning.
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
More writing output never did mean more knowledge gained. We knew that. And yet we continued to act like it did. This isn't AIs fault. It's science's.
We have to stop using "paper count" as a useful scientific metric. More writing output no longer means more knowledge gained
washingtonpost.com/education…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
UNC just inherited a great collection. Will it build a great program?
My op-ed in today's @newsobserver on the Duke–UNC herbarium transfer. The collection is safe. What happens next depends on how many curators and faculty UNC hires — and when.
yahoo.com/news/science/artic…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
30 years ago, 50% of Americans lived in an area where the heat index exceeded 90 degrees for an average of 25+ days annually. That number has since climbed to 70%.
Summer is losing its fun, and will only get more unbearable if we don't act.
nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
Maybe you have heard about our Alaska stickleback introduction experiment? You might want to apply for our multi-PI freshwater science postdoctoral position.
The video below is of one of our source lakes for the intro.
scasscsa.mcjobboard.net/jobs…
Kent Holsinger @keholsinger@ecoevo.social retweeted
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a 10-page memo signaling a retreat from its traditional role of giving grants to individual researchers to pursue their best ideas and to train the next generation of scientists.
Instead, the memo makes clear, NSF will devote the bulk of its resources to addressing the research priorities of President Donald Trump and his administration, many of them technology focused. scim.ag/4ipE1kY
