Jenni Momsen
@jennimomsen.bsky.social
Promoting change in how we teach college biology through research, outreach, and passion. Slightly obsessed with my cats, baking, fiber arts, and Squirrel!
Some days I really appreciate past Jenni who forgot she tucked a little treat into her backpack and left it for me to discover today.
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Some days I really appreciate past Jenni who forgot she tucked a little treat into her backpack and left it for me to discover today.
Irony on my desk.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Irony on my desk.
I curled for the first time in about five years. Definitely rusty! But I managed to win the tie breaking skip’s rocks!
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I curled for the first time in about five years. Definitely rusty! But I managed to win the tie breaking skip’s rocks!
Absolute perfection!
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Absolute perfection!
Masquerading as my esteemed colleague and giving sheet to everyone here!
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Masquerading as my esteemed colleague and giving sheet to everyone here!
Worst name for a service ever: PaperCut. Absolutely no one wants a paper cut - an injury that hurt an inordinate amount for how small they are.
After installing PaperCut, printing just got inordinately more difficult for no good reason. I guess it's an apt if crap name.
After installing PaperCut, printing just got inordinately more difficult for no good reason. I guess it's an apt if crap name.
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Worst name for a service ever: PaperCut. Absolutely no one wants a paper cut - an injury that hurt an inordinate amount for how small they are.
After installing PaperCut, printing just got inordinately more difficult for no good reason. I guess it's an apt if crap name.
After installing PaperCut, printing just got inordinately more difficult for no good reason. I guess it's an apt if crap name.
My cat excels at escape rooms in a box.
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My cat excels at escape rooms in a box.
Cher Louvre…
a man in a hat and trench coat is saying it is my business to know
ALT: a man in a hat and trench coat is saying it is my business to know
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Cher Louvre…
Reposted by Jenni Momsen
“There is no place in American higher education for death threats against professors,” Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors and a Rutgers faculty member.
If you are so moved, please sign.
If you are so moved, please sign.
Disband the Rutgers Chapter of Turning Point USA
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“There is no place in American higher education for death threats against professors,” Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors and a Rutgers faculty member.
If you are so moved, please sign.
If you are so moved, please sign.
If you’re an alumni… sign. This is absolutely wild.
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
If you’re an alumni… sign. This is absolutely wild.
Updates! We have misconceptions in SciFi, misconceptions in the media, green energy, taste (!), meal planning, measurement in science. Quite a wild range - I'm excited to see what they come up with!
I have always wanted my grad class on teaching STEM to work in cross-disciplinary groups to design a kick-ass interdisciplinary out-of-the-box instructional modules and folks, I think this is the year I figured out how to make this work... Stay tuned - I will share the teaching topics soon!
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Updates! We have misconceptions in SciFi, misconceptions in the media, green energy, taste (!), meal planning, measurement in science. Quite a wild range - I'm excited to see what they come up with!
Well this is infuriating. Hope my bookstore has postcards…. And stamps!
Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)? #RFKJr is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health
When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Well this is infuriating. Hope my bookstore has postcards…. And stamps!
Spell check recommending I add a comma after Dr. as in: Dear Dr., Smith. Is this a new kind of comma I didn't learn about? Like we have the Oxford comma and now the AI comma?
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Spell check recommending I add a comma after Dr. as in: Dear Dr., Smith. Is this a new kind of comma I didn't learn about? Like we have the Oxford comma and now the AI comma?
I have always wanted my grad class on teaching STEM to work in cross-disciplinary groups to design a kick-ass interdisciplinary out-of-the-box instructional modules and folks, I think this is the year I figured out how to make this work... Stay tuned - I will share the teaching topics soon!
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I have always wanted my grad class on teaching STEM to work in cross-disciplinary groups to design a kick-ass interdisciplinary out-of-the-box instructional modules and folks, I think this is the year I figured out how to make this work... Stay tuned - I will share the teaching topics soon!
As an "AI hater", this article resonated with me. Since we are starting an honors college centered on the ethics of AI, it's also timely. Bring the AI haters on board!
My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As an "AI hater", this article resonated with me. Since we are starting an honors college centered on the ethics of AI, it's also timely. Bring the AI haters on board!
With no national search, the ND higher education system just appointed a new chancellor, er, commissioner. This is now 100% a political appointment. northdakotamonitor.com/2025/09/23/b...
Board appoints former lieutenant governor to lead North Dakota University System • North Dakota Monitor
MINOT, N.D. – North Dakota’s State Board of Higher Education voted Tuesday to make interim Chancellor Brent Sanford the long-term leader of the state’s University System. Board member Tim Mihalick sa...
northdakotamonitor.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
With no national search, the ND higher education system just appointed a new chancellor, er, commissioner. This is now 100% a political appointment. northdakotamonitor.com/2025/09/23/b...
He FAILED to tie autism to Tylenol use in pregnancy because the evidence is inconclusive. Don’t give this claim an inch. Call a duck a duck.
Trump ties autism to Tylenol use in pregnancy despite inconclusive scientific evidence
Trump ties autism to Tylenol use in pregnancy despite inconclusive scientific evidence • North Dakota Monitor
President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration believes it’s found one contributing factor of autism and a possible treatment, though experts have said such claims are inconclusive…
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
He FAILED to tie autism to Tylenol use in pregnancy because the evidence is inconclusive. Don’t give this claim an inch. Call a duck a duck.
I’ve been following the GRFPs kinda closely and at this point, if they don’t move the deadlines, it’s game over for our students. We just don’t have the resources to whip a proposal out in four weeks.
One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming year’s awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc
Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students
After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines
scim.ag
September 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I’ve been following the GRFPs kinda closely and at this point, if they don’t move the deadlines, it’s game over for our students. We just don’t have the resources to whip a proposal out in four weeks.
Teaching Intro to College STEM Teaching and trying out some new things. Today we started our first SoTL project: using observation protocols to ask/answer questions about teaching.
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Teaching Intro to College STEM Teaching and trying out some new things. Today we started our first SoTL project: using observation protocols to ask/answer questions about teaching.
What in the evolution is this?! Eggs that hatch into two species?!
"These males also had the nuclear genomes of M. structor but the mitochondria of M. ibericus, proving the males had hatched from eggs laid by M. ibericus queens."
"These males also had the nuclear genomes of M. structor but the mitochondria of M. ibericus, proving the males had hatched from eggs laid by M. ibericus queens."
Iberian harvester ants are the only known organism that propagates two species by itself, according to new research.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
Learn more: https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What in the evolution is this?! Eggs that hatch into two species?!
"These males also had the nuclear genomes of M. structor but the mitochondria of M. ibericus, proving the males had hatched from eggs laid by M. ibericus queens."
"These males also had the nuclear genomes of M. structor but the mitochondria of M. ibericus, proving the males had hatched from eggs laid by M. ibericus queens."
You know what wasn’t sweet enough?! Candy corn! Now we’ve added more sugar and air to get… candy corn marshmallows!
September 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You know what wasn’t sweet enough?! Candy corn! Now we’ve added more sugar and air to get… candy corn marshmallows!
If you ever need a quick little story, I suggest A Small Fiction. It's always the third tab on my home tab group (Mail > Calendar > A Small Fiction). www.asmallfiction.com/election/
A Small Fiction - A book of tiny stories written by James Millerelection | A Small Fiction
Hundreds of very small stories written by James Miller, just for you. A Small Fiction is available now as an illustrated book of microfiction from Unbound!
www.asmallfiction.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If you ever need a quick little story, I suggest A Small Fiction. It's always the third tab on my home tab group (Mail > Calendar > A Small Fiction). www.asmallfiction.com/election/
"A Small Fiction" really hitting it hard: www.asmallfiction.com/election/
A Small Fiction - A book of tiny stories written by James Millerelection | A Small Fiction
Hundreds of very small stories written by James Miller, just for you. A Small Fiction is available now as an illustrated book of microfiction from Unbound!
www.asmallfiction.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"A Small Fiction" really hitting it hard: www.asmallfiction.com/election/
Turns out data don’t care who the bureau chief is. Data gonna tell the story they tell!
September 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Turns out data don’t care who the bureau chief is. Data gonna tell the story they tell!
A helpful read... and as a healthy middle-aged woman, I think I can reasonably say I'm losing my damn mind right now with the anti-vac movement. Does that qualify me to get a vaccine?!
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
defector.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A helpful read... and as a healthy middle-aged woman, I think I can reasonably say I'm losing my damn mind right now with the anti-vac movement. Does that qualify me to get a vaccine?!