Grants & Research

Vanya Dill is a junior geology major from Morrisville. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Vanya Dill
Dec 9, 2024

Vanya DillFall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Detecting Erosion at the Sero Hominid Footprint Site, Tanzania, and Implications for In Situ Trackway...

Mariana Solanilla is a senior psychology major from Cornelius. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Mariana Solanilla
Dec 8, 2024

Mariana SolanillaFall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Employee Preference on Sustainable Organizational Messaging According to Individual Difference...

Dr. Howard Neufeld is a professor of plant ecophysiology in the Department of Biology. Photo by Marie Freeman

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Howard Neufeld
Dec 6, 2024

Dr. Howard NeufeldFall 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund RecipientProject: "Training Workshop on Gas Exchange Methods for Plants"Dr. How...

Victoria Whidden is a second-year graduate student in the engineering physics program from Wendell. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Victoria Whidden ’24
Dec 6, 2024

Victoria Whidden ’24Fall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Nanoparticle Response to Power with Optical Tweezers"Victoria Whidden ’24, a second-yea...

Luke Rose graduated from Appalachian in May with his bachelor's degree in geology with a concentration in paleontology. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Luke Rose ’24
Nov 25, 2024

Luke Rose ’24Fall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Taxonomic Significance of Lungfish (Sarcopterygii:Dipnoi) Tooth Plates in the Lower Triassic (Ol...

Joshua Crouch is a senior geology major from Gastonia. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Joshua Crouch
Nov 14, 2024

Joshua CrouchFall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Preliminary Taphonomy of a Revueltian (Upper Triassic: Norian) Age Coprolite Assemblage from the H...

Rachel Weaver is a junior psychology major from Greensboro. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Rachel Weaver
Nov 12, 2024

Rachel WeaverFall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "HBC - Who?: Perceptions of Talent from Historically Black Colleges and Universities"Rachel Weaver,...

Cassidy Zekas is a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management program from Salt Lake City, UT. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Cassidy Zekas
Nov 8, 2024

Cassidy ZekasFall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Are Psychology Undergraduate Students Equipped to Work in Business and Technology After Graduation...

Masa Al Horani, Dr. Petia Bobadova and Seleen Al Horani at the American Chemical Society's Spring 2024 Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Photo submitted

Chemistry students, professor publish study in Inorganic Chemistry
Nov 6, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Petia Bobadova, a professor of chemistry in Appalachian State University's Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, coll...

Augusta Scruggs is a junior sociology major from Oxford, MS. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Augusta Scruggs
Nov 6, 2024

Augusta ScruggsFall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "How Cops Are Using TikTok as Image Management"Augusta Scruggs, a junior sociology major from Oxf...