Racing the Sun with the Solar Vehicle Team
Aug 22, 2016
What do you get when you take a dozen Appalachian State University students, three passionate faculty, and an institutional commitment to sustainability?
College News, Students, SustainabilityAppalachian vehicle finishes in sixth place in American Solar Challenge
Aug 8, 2016
HOT SPRINGS, S.D.—Twelve students who departed the campus of Appalachian State University on July 21 completed a 17-day journey in Hot Springs, South Dakota, on Aug.
College News, Sustainability, StudentsAppalachian’s solar vehicle team places third in the Formula Sun Grand Prix
Jul 29, 2016
WAMPUM, Pa.—Appalachian State University's solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, has taken third place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania.
College News, Students, SustainabilityTeam Sunergy talks racing, sustainable energy and academia
Jul 18, 2016
BOONE - Team Sunergy, Appalachian State University's solar car team, will be traveling to Pittsburgh, PA next week to compete for the first time in the Formula Sun Grand Prix...
College News, Students, SustainabilitySolar Vehicle Team preps for summer competition, displays car at local events
Jul 4, 2016
BOONE—Appalachian State University's Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) will be competing in the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) July 22-28 at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Penn.
College News, Students, SustainabilityAppalachian State University to host 100th anniversary celebration of the National Park Service
Jun 20, 2016
BOONE - Appalachian State University's Office of the National Park Service Liaison is planning an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the US National Park Service Organic Act of 1916, the act which founded the National Park Service (NPS).
College News, Sustainability, EventsAuthor of “The Vegan Studies Project” to speak April 21 at Appalachian
Mar 24, 2016
Laura Wright, author of “The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror” will speak April 21 at 5:30 p.m. in room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University.
College News, Events, SustainabilityNSF grant supports new approach to teaching botany
Feb 7, 2016
BOONE—A National Science Foundation grant awarded to two faculty members at Appalachian State University will support their work to develop engaging botany laboratory experiences for undergraduate students and, at the same time, build a database related to ecological changes occurring in t
College News, Sustainability, Grants & ResearchGeology faculty and students contribute to better understanding of early climate change during the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods
Dec 14, 2015
BOONE—A five-year UNESCO and International Union of Geological Sciences project on the interaction between climate change and the earth's biodiversity, IGCP 596, has culminated in the book "Planet Earth – In Deep Time," co-edited by Professor Johnny Waters at Appalachian State Univer
College News, Faculty & Staff, Students, Grants & Research, SustainabilityAppalachian joins the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Dec 2, 2015
BOONE—Twenty-nine faculty from across three colleges at Appalachian State University are involved in atmospheric sciences or related research.
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