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Maggie Vaughn is a senior biology major from Nebo. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Maggie Vaughn
Dec 10, 2024

Maggie Vaughn
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Toward an Improved Synthesis of Dental Adhesives"

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App State senior Temitayo Olofintuyi, left, a Beemon research team member and computer science major from Greensboro, and Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, the Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in App State’s Department of Computer Science, inspect two Beemon Hive Monitoring Systems on App State’s Boone campus. Tashakkori and his research team received a grant for over $640,000 from NCInnovation to commercialize four parts of the Beemon Hive Monitoring System. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support
Dec 9, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — At Appalachian State University, research by Dr. Rahman Tashakkori and his team is contributing to the development of an innovative tool for decreasing honeybee die-off and increasing hive production.

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

SAFE Student Spotlight: Vanya Dill
Dec 9, 2024

Vanya Dill
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Detecting Erosion at the Sero Hominid Footprint Site, Tanzania, and Implications for In Situ Trackway Conservation"

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

SAFE Student Spotlight: Mariana Solanilla
Dec 8, 2024

Mariana Solanilla
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Employee Preference on Sustainable Organizational Messaging According to Individual Differences"

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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 Neufeld
Fall 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient
Project: "Training Workshop on Gas Exchange Methods for Plants"

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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 ’24
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Nanoparticle Response to Power with Optical Tweezers"

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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 ’24
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Taxonomic Significance of Lungfish (Sarcopterygii:Dipnoi) Tooth Plates in the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) Burgersdorp Formation of Driefontein, South Africa"

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

SAFE Student Spotlight: Joshua Crouch
Nov 14, 2024

Joshua Crouch
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Preliminary Taphonomy of a Revueltian (Upper Triassic: Norian) Age Coprolite Assemblage from the Homestead Site in the Garita Creek Formation, East-Central New Mexico, USA"

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

SAFE Student Spotlight: Rachel Weaver
Nov 12, 2024

Rachel Weaver
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "HBC - Who?: Perceptions of Talent from Historically Black Colleges and Universities"

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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 Zekas
Fall 2023 SAFE Fund Recipient
Project: "Are Psychology Undergraduate Students Equipped to Work in Business and Technology After Graduation?"

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