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.
College News, Grants & Research
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.
College News, Students, Grants & 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.
College News, Grants & Research, Faculty & Staff
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.
College News, Grants & Research
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.
College News, Students, Grants & Research
Researchers link western wildfire activity to arctic warming
Oct 12, 2017
Are the devastating wildfires in California potentially linked to larger atmospheric processes related to human-caused climate change? Researchers at Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro believe there might be a connection.
Grants & Research, Sustainability
Two Students receive Scholarships from Boone-based ECRS Software Corporation
Oct 11, 2017
Junior, Diana Martinez of Rose Hill and sophomore, Joshua Jackson of Rocky Point, have been selected as recipients of the ECRS Computer Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship scholarship.
Students, Grants & Research
From turtles to town hall: SECU Public Fellows Internship at ASU
Oct 9, 2017
“There’s a one percent survival rate for hatchlings, but we give them all a chance just so maybe one of the little guys can make it. And hey, someone gave me a chance so that hopefully I can make it too.”
Students, Grants & Research
Appalachian’s Team Sunergy travels to World Solar Challenge in Australia to advise Chilean team
Oct 5, 2017
Members of Appalachian’s solar vehicle team left Boone Friday, Sept. 29, for more than two weeks Down Under. They will advise the Chilean team on electrical engineering challenges while also learning about the race, in which Team Sunergy hopes to compete in 2019.
College News, Students, Grants & Research
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 for graphical user interfaces, video games, visual imaging applications and video.
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