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Dr. Allison A. Campbell, President of the American Chemical Society visits Appalachian Chemistry Department

President of the American Chemical Society visits Appalachian Chemistry Department
Jan 9, 2018

Dr. Allison A. Campbell, President of the American Chemical Society and Director of Earth and Biological Sciences at the Pacific Northwest National La...

Appalachian Studies faculty member at Appalachian State University attracts global interest with film “After Coal”

Appalachian Studies faculty member at Appalachian State University attracts global interest with film “After Coal”
Jan 5, 2018

Appalachian Studies faculty member and documentary filmmaker Tom Hansell will present, on two continents this spring, “After Coal” a feature lengt...

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) campus index for 2017

AASHE: Appalachian Rankings in the Sustainability Campus Index
Nov 8, 2017

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) campus index for 2017 was released. The Sustainable Campus...

Recipient of the 2016-17 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award is Rod (R. T.) Smith

College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award 2016-17
Oct 25, 2017

The recipient of the 2016-17 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award is Rod (R. T.) Smith. Smith graduated from Appalachian State Univer...

A physics and astronomy class at Appalachian State University

AIP Survey Results put Appalachian Physics & Astronomy on Top
Oct 24, 2017

The American Institute for Physics (AIP) has released their survey of enrollments and degrees among physics and astronomy departments across the Unite...

From left to right: Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Chair of Computer Science; Dr. Neva J. Specht, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Norris, Professor of Computer Science; Mr. Mark Noble, VP of Development,  ECRS and Michel Dougherty, CS System Administrator. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette.

An ECRS donation makes GPU programming possible in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian
Oct 4, 2017

Nearly all computers have a graphics processing unit (GPU) that generates two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) graphics, images and video f...