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Joe Allen
@cu-in-the-field.bsky.social
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Structural geology, field work, undergraduate research from the Appalachians, Colorado Rockies, Greenland, and beyond | earthquakes, faults, fractures, rocks | professor in WV | fan of NSF STEM Edu |
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Aug 5
Sublime weather for an outdoor poster session! Enjoying the #NNCI REU Convocation at UC San Diego for undergrads finishing their summer research. 🧪
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Jul 20
Wet moose disguised as an outcrop.
Moose in a pond
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · Jul 16
The discourse surrounding precipitation changes in a warming climate (both public discussion and even scientific one at times) is complicated by widespread conflation of changes in averages vs extremes (and also actual vs *potential* evaporation/evaporative demand). [Thread]
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Jul 10
Some #Colorado wildflowers, Mosquito Range.
Red Paintbrush and purple columbine Purple columbines at timberline.
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · May 28
Scenes fromTEM lab work at Virginia Tech #NanoEarth with a #ConcordU undergrad student last week. 🧪
Student pouring liquid nitrogen into TEM dewar Diffraction pattern showing crystal lattice in a nanoscale mineral TEM sample after Ga ion milling.
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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · May 28
⚒️ 🧪

Two weeks ago, a video appeared showing slip in the Myanmar earthquake - the first time this has ever been recorded on video.

What can we learn from it? We deep-dive the science.

earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/remarkable...
Remarkable video captures fault slip in the Myanmar earthquake
We deep dive the possibilities presented by a witnessed rupture
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · May 9
Fanquakes at the Metallica concert at Va Tech last night! 🤘 🎸 www.si.com/fannation/co...
Metallica causes seismograph spike at Virginia Tech football stadium concert
Seismographs are usually used to measure when pieces of the earth slam into each other, but they’re pretty good at measuring whenever Metallica is on the stage.
www.si.com
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · May 4
Looks like Climax Moly and Pb ville mining museum too!
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Apr 26
Well so much for that outcrop. Get thee gone geologists. ⚒️
Outcrop covered by stone
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Apr 25
Yes I noticed the error a week ago.
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Apr 24
Some microprobe time for mineralogy class. First use of newly upgraded Concord U probe with all digital SEM controls.
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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 18
NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg
NSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity efforts
Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says
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Eric Kelderman @erickelderman.bsky.social · Apr 6
Nearly 3,800 attendees, including many from colleges in NC and FL, which will be moving from the Southern Association to comply with state laws
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Eric Kelderman @erickelderman.bsky.social · Apr 6
I’m at the Higher Learning Commission meeting this weekend, in Chicago, and it is packed. Lots of folks here trying to figure out how to navigate the moment….
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Apr 6
Chicago today. #HandsOff
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Mar 11
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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · Mar 11
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Did I ever share with you this pic of the Vredefort pseudotachylite quarry after our London pavement geology tour? Just found it in a collection shared with me by impact specialist Christian Koeberl.
I think I was asking Prof Roger Gibson how you melt so much rock.
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Mar 8
LOL overheard mineralogy students today: amphiboles suck.
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Feb 28
Sure looks that way. Maybe a mylonitized foliation-parallel vein on the right, but maybe the cross-cutting veins are also statically metamorphosed?
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Feb 26
Tenure-track position in Geospatial Science / Phys #Geography / Surficial Geosystems at Concord Univ. Environmental Geosciences program! Seeking interdisciplinary environmental #geoscientist. ⚒️ #GISchat #geosky #aag jobs.concord.edu/postings/3243
Assistant Professor of Physical Geography (Tenure Track)
The Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at Concord University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Physical Geography and Geospatial Sciences. We seek ...
jobs.concord.edu
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Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabriel @inseismoland.bsky.social · Feb 25
What does an earthquake look like beneath your feet? This visualization shows seismic waves in action.

We’re studying how such visuals improve public communication after major earthquakes. We'd love your input! Please take our short survey & share: ww3.unipark.de/uc/SIOseismi...
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Feb 25
Looks like all staff at NSF HEGS Human Environment and Geographic Sciences were terminated. www.aag.org/wp-content/u...
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · Feb 20
“No one has ever seen a [presidential] transition in which one of the most valuable parts of our government enterprise is being taken apart," says Harold Varmus, former NIH director.

Our latest, from the @nature.com reporters covering Trump 2.0:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Feb 18
Ironically, this old kids homework emerged at the top of the scrap paper stack today.
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Feb 17
Lots of bad news out there, but we have open positions in #chemistry (TT analytical/inorganic, open rank) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3235, #geosciences (postdoc tephra data mgmt) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3211, and #computerscience (TT cybersec/data analytics/etc) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3229 🧪⚒️
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · Feb 14
The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 481 tenure-track positions and 81 teaching positions: bit.ly/facultychemj... #facultychemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at [email protected]
The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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Joe Allen @cu-in-the-field.bsky.social · Feb 11
Here's the broadening participation website as of 1/30/2025.
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