Geology faculty and students contribute to better understanding of early climate change during the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods
Dec 14, 2015
BOONE—A five-year UNESCO and International Union of Geological Sciences project on the interaction between climate change and the earth's biodiversi...
Appalachian professor develops software to study tornadoes with National Geographic
Dec 10, 2015
BOONE - Each year in the spring, Dr. Anton Seimon, Research Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University in the Department of Geography and Pla...
College of Arts and Sciences develops new fund to support faculty and students
Dec 1, 2015
BOONE - This fall the College of Arts and Sciences established the Student and Faculty Excellence Fund (SAFE Fund), an endowment and annual fund born ...
What is the Microscopy Lab?
Nov 3, 2015
Boone - Dr. Guichuan Hou (Biology) came to Appalachian State University in 2006 to run the William C. and Ruth Anne Dewel Microscopy Facility. There y...
X-rays uncover gut of 320-million-year-old animal
Oct 29, 2015
BRISTOL, ENGLAND—The inner workings of a tiny fossil have been studied using X-ray microscopy, revealing evidence of its digestive system for the fi...
The Visualization Lab: Appalachian’s window on Earth
Oct 27, 2015
BOONE-Walk into Rankin Hall on the Appalachian State University campus and you will walk through labyrinthian hallways and corridors crisscrossing the...
Professor receives NIH grant to study the relationships between mood and memory
Sep 24, 2015
BOONE—A little memory loss as you age might be a good thing.Lisa Emery, an associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Psy...
Fermentation Sciences Program research could revolutionize how chocolate is made
Sep 22, 2015
BOONE — What do wine, yogurt, beer, sourdough, crème fraîche, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, sour cream, whisky and kombucha all have in common ...
Appalachian State University receives $1.1 million grant to support mathematics and science teacher preparation
Sep 11, 2015
Faculty members at Appalachian State University have received a National Science Foundation grant for $1,165,039 to support a Noyce Scholarship Progra...
Professors at Appalachian receive NSF grant to study dome formation in Georgia and Western North Carolina
Aug 21, 2015
BOONE—The Tallulah Gorge area in Georgia and Toxaway Falls in Gorges State Park in Western North Carolina are well known for their beauty and outdoo...