Appalachian State University & Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture to host The 2017 Food Summit
Oct 25, 2017
The 2017 Food Summit, a gathering of scholars, farmers and food lovers, is organized around the theme “Dynamic Traditions, Resourceful Communities.” The Summit will take place on Saturday, October 28 at Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union in the Parkway Ballro
Sustainability, Events
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
RIEEE offers free offsets workshop Oct. 6
Sep 18, 2017
Appalachian State University’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE) is hosting a daylong workshop Friday, Oct. 6, on the future of carbon offsets and carbon markets in the southeastern United States.
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Community FEaST
Sep 18, 2017
Sanford Mall
Tuesday Oct. 3, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.
Saving the bees
Jul 19, 2017
Appalachian student and faculty researchers seek to recover declining honeybee population. Consider this fact from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: More than $15 billion in U.S.
College News, Sustainability, Grants & Research, Faculty & Staff
'Mountain of God' Volcano Preparing to Erupt
Jul 19, 2017
An active volcano in northeastern Tanzania known to the Maasai as the “Mountain of God” has been quietly rumbling—and it is showing signs that an eruption is imminent.
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Department of Mathematical Sciences hosts workshop on Sustainable Energy Consumption
Jul 5, 2017
BOONE, N.C.—During the month of June, the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University welcomed faculty from around the world to Reconnect, a conference designed to evaluate mathematical and computational tools for energy efficienc
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EPA head and urban revitalization strategist to deliver keynote addresses at Appalachian’s 2017 Appalachian Energy Summit, July 10 and 11
Jun 30, 2017
BOONE, N.C.—Gina McCarthy, the former head of the EPA, and Majora Carter, an urban revitalization strategist who hosts “The Promised Land,” a Peabody Award-winning public radio series, will deliver keynote addresses during the Appalachian Energy Summit at Appalachian State Univ
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Appalachian Energy Summit "Perspectives: Policy and Practice"
Jun 21, 2017
The 2017 Appalachian Energy Summit is the sixth-annual meeting of some of the world's most brilliant minds in energy policies and practices.
University News, Events, Sustainability
ASU Beekeepers Unveil First On-Campus Hive
May 2, 2017
On April 21 a small crowd gathered at the LLC Gardens to celebrate the opening of the first on-campus beehive. The event was created and sponsored by the beekeeping club at Appalachian State University.
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