Grants & Research

Olivia Adams, a senior applied physics and english major from Raleigh, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ. Photo submitted.

Physics, English major Olivia Adams selected for prestigious internship in Switzerland
Mar 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Olivia Adams, a senior applied physics and English major from Raleigh, has been selected for the University of Michigan - CERN Summer ...

SAFE Student Spotlight: Jacqui Foronda

SAFE Student Spotlight: Jacqui Foronda
Mar 7, 2023

Jacqui Foronda, B.S. Environmental ScienceStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2022Project: “Mapping Devonian Anoxic Events ...

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Tom Hansell

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Tom Hansell
Feb 28, 2023

Tom Hansell, Professor of Appalachian Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary StudiesStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 202...

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Appalachian State University

Call for Papers: Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Symposium
Feb 27, 2023

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures of Appalachian State University is pleased to announce its fourth annual symposium to be held on...

App State’s Andrew Jenkins ’12, senior lecturer in the Department of Biology, displays an oak leaf while guiding App State students and local community members on a May 2022 hike in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Ridge Conservancy photo

Since 1958, App State's Southern Appalachian plant collection has aided research, teaching and conservation
Feb 27, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — With a High Country winter settled over Boone, thousands of plant specimens rest in perpetual bloom on Appalachian State University’...

Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences' Student and Faculty Excellence Grant

SAFE Student Spotlight: Mackenzie Doebler
Feb 21, 2023

Mackenzie Doebler, M.A. EnglishStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2022Project: “Bluesman Jeffrey Scott Performing: African...

Dr. Will Canu, Dr. Kara Dempsey, Dr. Mohammad Ali Javidian, Dr. Roshani Silwal, Dr. Andrew Smith and Dr. Marketa Zimova

6 CAS faculty receive 2023-25 GRAM program awards
Feb 15, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of the 2023-25 Graduate Rese...

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Sarah Evans

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Sarah Evans
Feb 14, 2023

Dr. Sarah Evans, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological and Environmental SciencesStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring ...

James Auwn presenting his research on the role of translation initiation factors in the development of sensory neurons that transduce harmful stimuli at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium in December, 2022. Photo submitted

Biology, Psychology major James Auwn receives competitive research scholarship
Feb 14, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — James Auwn, a junior molecular biology and psychology major from Cary, has been selected for the competitive Fulbright-MITACS Globalin...

Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University

App State professor Katherine Ledford awarded 2022–23 Fulbright to teach in Jordan
Feb 13, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University, is spending the spring 2023 semester in Amman...