Kristi Lewton 🏳️🌈
@lewton.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist; anatomy professor at USC; research: skeletons, adaptation, locomotion, primates, hominins; what makes us human and how did we get here?
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⏰ Just two more days to submit your: abstract! Exec Comm nominations! Award nominations! Student presentation award app! All these are due on October 15 for #AABA2026 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
95th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado (2026) - AABA
Our 95th Annual Meeting will take place in Denver, Colorado, from March 18-21, 2026. Students: Don’t miss your opportunity for free registration for the 2026 […]
bioanth.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
⏰ Just two more days to submit your: abstract! Exec Comm nominations! Award nominations! Student presentation award app! All these are due on October 15 for #AABA2026 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
Call for Executive Committee Nominations (Deadline: October 15, 2025) - AABA
Executive Committee Positions: The Executive Committee manages the affairs of the association. The committee meets in person once a year, immediately before the Annual Meeting, and virtually […]
bioanth.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due.
📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...
📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...
Student Presentation Awards - AABA
The AABA has long recognized the important contributions made to our discipline by students. Their work reflects the promise and future of our field. Conferring […]
bioanth.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due.
📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...
📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...
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📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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📆 It's September, which means it's time to think about your abstract submission to #AABA2026 in Denver! The abstract portal will open on September 15 and close on October 15. Check out the guidelines and start planning your submission: bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
September 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📆 It's September, which means it's time to think about your abstract submission to #AABA2026 in Denver! The abstract portal will open on September 15 and close on October 15. Check out the guidelines and start planning your submission: bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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📣 The deadline to submit proposals for Invited Symposia at #AABA2026 is tomorrow, August 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA
Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]
bioanth.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📣 The deadline to submit proposals for Invited Symposia at #AABA2026 is tomorrow, August 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
August 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
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📣 The AABA Executive Committee has established two new awards to recognize achievements of midcareer biological anthropologists! Nominations are due October 15. More info here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-m...
AABA Midcareer Awards - AABA
AABA Midcareer Research Award was established in 2025 to recognize significant research accomplishments advancing the field of Biological Anthropology by midcareer individuals. Nominations should high...
bioanth.org
August 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📣 The AABA Executive Committee has established two new awards to recognize achievements of midcareer biological anthropologists! Nominations are due October 15. More info here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-m...
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Have an idea for an #AABA2026 symposium? The submission portal is OPEN! Check out the guidelines and submit your proposal by August 15 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA
Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]
bioanth.org
July 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Have an idea for an #AABA2026 symposium? The submission portal is OPEN! Check out the guidelines and submit your proposal by August 15 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...
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Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
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🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.
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A quick and typed-on-my-phone-riddled-with-typos thread about why I think people need to support NPR/PBS, even though they did post that one interview you didn't like:
May 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A quick and typed-on-my-phone-riddled-with-typos thread about why I think people need to support NPR/PBS, even though they did post that one interview you didn't like:
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FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%.
When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction.
Changes like this can wreak havoc on research.
MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
#NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF
When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction.
Changes like this can wreak havoc on research.
MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
#NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
www.nsf.gov
May 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%.
When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction.
Changes like this can wreak havoc on research.
MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
#NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF
When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction.
Changes like this can wreak havoc on research.
MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
#NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF
Scientists in the US are looking for jobs outside the US at significantly higher rates than this time last year.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain
A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
www.nature.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Scientists in the US are looking for jobs outside the US at significantly higher rates than this time last year.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now.
Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.
Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.
UPDATE: We have collected info on 434 NSF grant cancellations, which we think are most or all of the projects that received termination letters last Friday.
Team effort together with @scott-delaney.bsky.social and volunteers.
Team effort together with @scott-delaney.bsky.social and volunteers.
🚨 NEW: Crowdsourced database of #NSF grant terminations. 🚨
We've been able to collect info on >110 cancelled grants that were cancelled on Friday. Thanks to all the researchers who reported over the holiday weekend. 🧪 airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We've been able to collect info on >110 cancelled grants that were cancelled on Friday. Thanks to all the researchers who reported over the holiday weekend. 🧪 airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now.
Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.
Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.
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🎊 Congratulations to the ten #AABA2025 student prize winners and honorable mentions! bioanth.org/about/studen...
March 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
🎊 Congratulations to the ten #AABA2025 student prize winners and honorable mentions! bioanth.org/about/studen...
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Get excited for #AABA2025 in Baltimore next week! Download the AABA 2025 app and start planning your meeting www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...
AABA 2025
www.xcdsystem.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Get excited for #AABA2025 in Baltimore next week! Download the AABA 2025 app and start planning your meeting www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...
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Donate to the AABA STUDENT AUCTION!
The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025
The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025
AABA Silent Auction Supporting Student Travel - AABA
Call for 2025 Auction Donations Dear AABA member/supporter, As co-Chairs of the AABA Auction committee we are reaching out to ask for donations for our […]
bioanth.org
February 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Donate to the AABA STUDENT AUCTION!
The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025
The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025
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Check out this great opportunity to come work at my awesome museum supporting fellows (predocs, postdocs, etc.)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11)
Job Opening: Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11) at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
trustcareers.si.edu
December 10, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Check out this great opportunity to come work at my awesome museum supporting fellows (predocs, postdocs, etc.)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Paleo folks in the western US: The Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology conference will be held Feb 14-16, 2025 in Mesa AZ with the Arizona Museum of Natural History: www.wavp.us/wavp-2025/
WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!
WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!
December 6, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Paleo folks in the western US: The Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology conference will be held Feb 14-16, 2025 in Mesa AZ with the Arizona Museum of Natural History: www.wavp.us/wavp-2025/
WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!
WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!
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Great study of the ontogeny of cortical bone geometry and porosity in femoral diaphyses of Chimpanzees, focussing on the Taï Forest Chimps.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Restructuring of Femoral Cortical Bone During Growth and Locomotor Development of Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Great study of the ontogeny of cortical bone geometry and porosity in femoral diaphyses of Chimpanzees, focussing on the Taï Forest Chimps.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Are you an early career researcher? Do you have a research idea that requires funding? Consider applying for a Cobb Professional Development Grant! Completed applications must be received by January 6, 2025. Eligibility and application info here: bioanth.org/about/cobb-p...
Cobb Professional Development Grants - AABA
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists recognizes that the professional development of talented scientists in the early stages of their careers is critical to the […]
bioanth.org
December 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Are you an early career researcher? Do you have a research idea that requires funding? Consider applying for a Cobb Professional Development Grant! Completed applications must be received by January 6, 2025. Eligibility and application info here: bioanth.org/about/cobb-p...