Grants & Research

UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species

UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species
Mar 2, 2018

Dr. Matt C. Estep, assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Biology, and Dr. Zack E.

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Dr. Paul Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute and Distinguished Professor at the University of Maine in Orono

Journey into Climate Research with Distinguished Professor Dr. Paul Mayewski
Feb 12, 2018

Dr. Paul Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute and Distinguished Professor at the University of Maine in Orono will give a lecture on Friday, February 23, in Room 293, Rankin Science West at 3:30 p.m.

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USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research International Teaching Fellowship

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research International Teaching Fellowship
Jan 8, 2018

The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2018-2019 International Teaching Fellowship that will provide support for university and college faculty to integrate testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual...

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Community Engagement, Gifts and Grants at Appalachian State University

UNC-Greensboro funds Learning Through Implementation: Investigating Mathematics Learning Across Communities project
Dec 21, 2017

Funding from the University of North Carolina Greensboro will support the work of Appalachian and UNC-G professors to advise upon and implement new secondary mathematics standards.

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Majors Abigail Rubio and Evangeline Giaconia awarded grant from Clinton Global Initiative

Anthropology students awarded grant from Clinton Global Initiative
Dec 18, 2017

Abigail Rubio and Evangeline Giaconia, anthropology majors at Appalachian State University, have been awarded a grant from the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) in order to design and implement a bilingual literacy program in an Ecuadorian community.

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Appalachian State University’s Dr. Marc Kissel, with model skulls. Photo by Marie Freeman

Violence a matter of scale, not quantity or time period, researchers show
Dec 14, 2017

Anthropologists have debated for decades whether humans, living in tribal communities thousands of years ago, were more or less violent than societies today.

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Daniel Mabe

Students present at statewide research event
Dec 7, 2017

Senior physics major Daniel Mabe of Winston-Salem was among Appalachian State University students presenting at the 13th Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium in November.

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Carbon research

Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) Hosts Successful Forest Offset Workshop
Nov 30, 2017

 The Appalachian Carbon Research Group at ASU is an interdisciplinary and collaborative group of students, staff, and faculty, who are studying carbon dioxide emissions, carbon accounting, and carbon offset possibilities.

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Cole Edwards, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, was part of a team that linked oxygen increases to biodiversity growth between 445 and 485 million years ago. Photo submitted

Appalachian researcher helps link oxygen increase to biodiversity growth
Nov 27, 2017

Oxygen has provided a breath of fresh air to the study of the Earth’s evolution some 400-plus million years ago.

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Ten Computer Science students from Appalachian presented at SNCURS 2017

Computer Science students present at SNCURCS 2017
Nov 10, 2017

Ten students from Appalachin's Computer Science Department presented their research at State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium(SNCURS) 2017 at Campbell University in early November.

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