What is the Microscopy Lab?
Nov 3, 2015
Boone - Dr. Guichuan Hou (Biology) came to Appalachian State University in 2006 to run the William C. and Ruth Anne Dewel Microscopy Facility. There you can find him presiding over the use and maintenance of the universities most expensive microscopes.
College News, Grants & ResearchX-rays uncover gut of 320-million-year-old animal
Oct 29, 2015
BRISTOL, ENGLAND—The inner workings of a tiny fossil have been studied using X-ray microscopy, revealing evidence of its digestive system for the first time.
College News, Grants & ResearchThe Visualization Lab: Appalachian’s window on Earth
Oct 27, 2015
BOONE-Walk into Rankin Hall on the Appalachian State University campus and you will walk through labyrinthian hallways and corridors crisscro
College News, Grants & ResearchProfessor receives NIH grant to study the relationships between mood and memory
Sep 24, 2015
BOONE—A little memory loss as you age might be a good thing.
College News, Grants & Research, Faculty & StaffFermentation Sciences Program research could revolutionize how chocolate is made
Sep 22, 2015
BOONE — What do wine, yogurt, beer, sourdough, crème fraîche, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, sour cream, whisky and kombucha all have in common besides being delicious? They all undergo fermentation using defined starter cultures.
College News, Grants & ResearchAppalachian State University receives $1.1 million grant to support mathematics and science teacher preparation
Sep 11, 2015
Faculty members at Appalachian State University have received a National Science Foundation grant for $1,165,039 to support a Noyce Scholarship Program.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchProfessors at Appalachian receive NSF grant to study dome formation in Georgia and Western North Carolina
Aug 21, 2015
BOONE—The Tallulah Gorge area in Georgia and Toxaway Falls in Gorges State Park in Western North Carolina are well known for their beauty and outdoor recreational offerings.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchResearch team studies a local water resource, wins a national award
Jul 2, 2015
Dr. Kristan Cockerill, Assistant Professor in Cultural, Gender and Global Studies and Dr.
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Perry receives $494,000 NSF grant to study precipitation in the Andes Mountains
May 22, 2015
BOONE—Baker Perry has been studying precipitation and climate change in the Andes for more than 15 years – even longer if you consider the time he spent as the child of rural health workers in Bolivia and Peru.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchGeography's site to be included in the World Meteorological Organization CryoNet's pre-operational testing phase
Feb 26, 2015
The Quelccaya Icecap site where Perry Baker is conducting research has been selected as one of two U.S.- supported sites to be included in the World Meteorological Organization CryoNet's pre-operational testing phase. Perry is an assistant professor of geography in Appalachian Sta
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