Professor of history awarded prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend
Apr 26, 2016
BOONE - Dr. Jason White, assistant professor in the Department of History was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend in the amount of $6000 for his book project "Between Two Worlds: The Levant Company Between the English State and the Muslim World, 1581-1688."
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & HonorsDr. Timothy J. Smith elected to the UNC Press Board of Governors
Apr 20, 2016
BOONE—Dr. Timothy J. Smith, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, has been elected by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to serve on the 19-member UNC Press Board of Governors.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & HonorsAppalachian professor Samuella Sigmann honored with award by the American Chemical Society
Apr 5, 2016
Samuella Sigmann, Chemistry, was recently awarded the Tillman's-Skolnick Award from the American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Health & Safety (ACS CHAS) for her "outstanding and prolonged service to the Division".
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & HonorsBathanti named the Charles George VA Medical Center Writer-in-Residence
Feb 19, 2016
Joseph Bathanti has been named the Charles George VA Medical Center (VAMC) Writer-in-Residence in an innovative program in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in Asheville. The program is funded by a North Carolina Arts Council and North Carolina Humanities Council grant.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & HonorsCollege of Arts & Sciences chooses six recipients for summer grant research
Feb 3, 2016
Boone - This summer the College of Arts and Sciences will provide six $5,000 grants to faculty to work on scholarly research, creative projects and external funding proposals that will enhance the transformational experience of Appalachian students.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchAppalachian Professor elected President of North Carolina School Psychology Association
Jan 12, 2016
BOONE - Dr. James Deni, professor of psychology at Appalachian State University,was elected President Elect of the North Carolina School Psychology Association (NCSPA) Dr. Deni was originally elected president in 1988, and has been a member of NCSPA since 1975.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & HonorsGrains of sand hold clues to the history of Alaska’s glaciers
Dec 14, 2015
BOONE—Show most people a core sample from the ocean floor and they only see mud. Ellen Cowan sees a ribbon of time dating back 1 million years or more.
College News, Grants & Research, Faculty & StaffGeology 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 biodiversity, IGCP 596, has culminated in the book "Planet Earth – In Deep Time," co-edited by Professor Johnny Waters at Appalachian State Univer
College News, Faculty & Staff, Students, Grants & Research, SustainabilityAppalachian 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 Planning, heads to the Midwestern Great Plains with his family to observe severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchHutchins receives National Translation Award
Nov 11, 2015
BOONE—William M.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & Honors