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Lucian Murray, a PandA member, leads a physics demonstration with liquid nitrogen at a Buildfest event. Photo submitted.

Physics and Astronomy Student Club Nationally Recognized
Mar 22, 2021

The Physics and Astronomy Club (PandA), a Society of Physics Students Chapter at Appalachian State University, has received two national awards this academic year.

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See. Repeat. Understand? Lessons In Teaching Statistical Computing With Dr. Victoria Woodard

See. Repeat. Understand? Lessons In Teaching Statistical Computing
Mar 16, 2021

With Dr. Victoria Woodard, University of Notre Dame
Friday, March 19, 2021
3 p.m.

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Samuella Sigmann, photo by University Communications.

Chemical Safety in Schools Professional Development Workshop
Mar 15, 2021

Chemical Safety in Schools Workshop

With Samuella Sigmann, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
Saturday, April 17, 2021
9 a.m.

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Taylor Young a first-year Watauga Residential College student from Raleigh majoring in music therapy. Photo by Joey Rosado.

Freshman receives recognition in annual North Carolina Writers' Network Competition
Mar 11, 2021

Taylor Young, a freshman Watauga Residential College (WRC) student from Raleigh, was recently informed that her short fiction piece, titled “Remembrance,” was selected for an Honorable Mention in the Nor

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Titlemark for the Student and Faculty Excellence Fund (SAFE)

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Abigayle Feather ‘19, Psychology
Mar 10, 2021

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Abigayle Feather ‘19, Psychology  Abigayle Feather was an undergraduate student from Charlotte, N.C.  College News, SAFE Grant, Grants & Research, Alumni
Picture a Scientist film poster

Film and live conversation with scientists on diversity and inclusion in S.T.E.M.
Mar 9, 2021

Watch film Picture a Scientist and register for a live candid conversation with world-renowned scientists on advancing diversity and inclusion in S.T.E.M.
See below for details on how to
1) view the film, and

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Nirmala Erevelles is professor of Social and Cultural Studies in Education at the University of Alabama. Photo submitted.
A poster promoting the 13th Southeast German Studies Workshop, hosted by the App State Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies. Graphic submitted.
A poster for the “Gender, Sex and Violence” online lecture by Stefanie Schueler-Springorum. Graphic submitted.
Dr. Andy Heckert, far left, enjoys the progress his students are making on a 2014 dig in the Triassic of Arizona as part of his field course known as the “Triassic Trip.” Students seated on the ground are, from left to right, Devin Hoffman ’17, now a Ph.D. candidate in geosciences at Virginia Tech; Chelsea Vaughn ’16, a sergeant in the U.S. Army; and Mathew Sandefur ’16, a geologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Standing in back is dig site volunteer Scott

Revealing Earth’s story through the geologic record
Mar 5, 2021

Dr. Andy Heckert has more than 25 years of experience as a practicing paleontologist, and he shares his passion for fossils with Appalachian State University students.

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