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.
College News, Grants & Research
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.
College News, Students, Grants & Research
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