This has been painfully obvious to those of us in higher education for some time.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/u...
US high school students math and reading scores hit record new low, continuing yearslong decline | CNN
A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to...
www.cnn.com
I received a call today asking me to participate in @CDC BRFSS. The pitch was terrible - sounded like a scam.
Sometimes I actually want to type <3 @Office! The fact that it defaults to autocorrecting to a ❤️ is embarrassing.
Proud math-loving mama moment: my son received a 5 on his Calc AB AP exam. 🙌🏼.
And he didn’t even study!🙄
And he didn’t even study!🙄
Reviewers don’t forget to suggest your postdoctoral mentees as reviewers if you decline a manuscript.
Sponsorship is so important with regard to helping someone develop a national reputation!
Sponsorship is so important with regard to helping someone develop a national reputation!
The word transformational should be reserved for things that are truly transformational.
I strive to deliver the grandest and roundest talks of them all.😂
I just received an email asking me to evaluate the grand rounds lecture that I gave last week.🧐
It was fabulous?🤷🏻♀️
It was fabulous?🤷🏻♀️
Halting NIH business operations isn’t efficient or fiscally or socially responsible.
And data are plural, at least in the scientific literature.🤷🏻♀️
I want to be a feline reproductive epidemiologist.
I need a self-inking stamp that says, “Data are plural; datum is the singular.”
Tip of the day for early career folks: use Dr. or credentials, not both.
For instance, I’m either Dr. Courtney Lynch or Courtney Lynch, PhD MPH
NOT
Dr. Courtney Lynch, PhD MPH
For instance, I’m either Dr. Courtney Lynch or Courtney Lynch, PhD MPH
NOT
Dr. Courtney Lynch, PhD MPH
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know behind it
ALT: a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know behind it
media.tenor.com
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Cannot wait to return home & tell Marquie that deletion of X linked ARHGAP36 is the reason she has orange patches.
Love these two preprints and the fact that they coordinated release - and yes, we need more cat papers
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Love these two preprints and the fact that they coordinated release - and yes, we need more cat papers
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
It’s bad when your home network is more reliable than your network at the office.🫠
Agar should really smell better than it does!
Don’t yell at or curse at graduate students (or other colleagues). We’re all adults. Please act like it.
I can live without SAS. Thank you for the intel!
Well, this feels like more credibility than I deserve.😂
Thank you F&S for the merch!
Thank you F&S for the merch!
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I made one for 'types of paper in epidemiology and public health'
#EpiSky
#EpiSky
Anyone else have a needy cat? I was gone for only 2 hours.
