Grants & Research

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...

UNC Asheville, Appalachian State Partner as Part of NSF-Funded Study of plant life

PRESERVING A REGION
Oct 3, 2017

There are those who would say that the Southern Appalachian region is the most beautiful area in the country. In order to preserve that beauty, the de...

Appalachian Students in Angers, France

Summer research Internship Opportunities in Angers, France
Sep 5, 2017

Learn more about summer research internship opportunities in France on Friday, September 15 at 4 p.m. in Garwood Hall room 150.  An information s...

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug

Dr. Schug awarded Wenner Gren funding for bioarchaeological research in India
Aug 17, 2017

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug, Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, received a research award from the Wenner Gren Foundation to conduc...

UNC System

ARTISTIC LICENSE
Aug 8, 2017

UNC System institutions recieve NEA funding to further arts studies. Appalachian State University is receiving two NEA grants for the univer...

Saving the Bees

Saving the bees
Jul 19, 2017

Appalachian student and faculty researchers seek to recover declining honeybee population. Consider this fact from the U.S. Department of Ag...