Jen O'Keefe

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🎉 Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Bhamiti Sharma, PhD, as an Associate Research Scientist at CAER! Her work advances coal- & coke-derived graphite materials for battery applications. We’re glad to have you!

❄️ MSU PLAN B: Tuesday, 1-27-2026 & Wednesday, 1-28-2026 🧊 MSU main campus and all regional campuses will be on Weather Plan B Tuesday and Wednesday, with all classroom instruction in virtual mode, and staff operating virtually. All in-person classes will not meet.

Who needs field work when winter delivers it right to your driveway? #KGS #Kentucky #geology #geoscience #FieldWork

@nwsjacksonky looks like we’ve picked up about an inch so far from today’s snow here in Hilda, KY. (Left - storm end last night; right 10:55 am 1/26/26).

Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@nwsjacksonky We were down to 3” on the ruler this afternoon at peak freezing rain. Now up to ~3.5” after a quick-hitting band of snow. Ruler/board now crooked, too. Still snowing - very small flakes at 7:40 pm. Nothing on radar.

@nwsjacksonky Switched to mostly sleet/wintery mix about 2:30 pm. Best estimate is 0.25” ice coating everything.

We're try to collect snow and ice measurements! Here's the steps for reporting snow and ice measurements. Be sure to include approximate location. Thank you in advance!

WEATHER UPDATE Due to inclement weather and to ensure the safety of our students and employees, MSU’s main campus and all regional campuses will be on the following weather plans: PLAN A Monday, 1-26-2026 PLAN B Tuesday, 1-27-2026 Stay safe, Eagles! 💙💛

@musiclover2693 @nwsjacksonky Wow! Sharp cut-off. 7 miles NW we have a lot more snow.

@nwsjacksonky 1/2 inch of snow and 1/2 inch of sleet accumulation in Morehead, KY as of 7:45 a.m. today. That is storm total so far. Major underperformer!

Pretty pink over Hilda, KY #aurora

Watch as CLIMBS students describe the favorite part of their research at SuperCollider 2025! Maps were a common theme 😄 #nsffunded

It’s not every day I find a familiar face on BBC News @AASPTPS ! Delighted to see palynologist John Marshall recognized for his decades of arctic research! bbc.com/news/articles/…

The @IMA_Mycology is raising funds to support #fungal scientists from low-income countries to attend the quadrennial IMC 2027 in South Korea. 🥼Support the #scientists here: gofund.me/2a42629f1 📣Repost and reshare to spread the word! 📖mycokeys.pensoft.net/news/1070

The structural blind spot: Resource inequity in palynological digitization and the role of curatorial labour. Journal of Palaeosciences, 2025. ⟨hal-05438163⟩ #DiamondOpenAccess download PDF here: jpsonline.co.in/index.php/jop/… @limi_mao @PalyJen @FossilPollen @yoshi_maezumi 6/6

@FungiInvam @MycoBloom prairies, AMF inoculants are all covered in this neat feature: Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing | Fungi | The Guardian share.google/DH0DyDHikvWBV7…

Cortland collecting coal: naughty list or research sample? Do you really want to risk it? #KGS #Kentucky #geology #geoscience #coal #naughtylist

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