Grants & Research

Grants & Research

Dr. Gregg Marland is an affiliated research professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Appalachian State University.

Turning point: Global greenhouse emissions will soon flatten or decline [faculty featured]

In July, a team of scientists assembled on a video call to study an anomalous wobble in a data curve. This blip didn’t signal a new particle decay i...

Dr. Shea Tuberty, professor in the Department of Biology at Appalachian State University

‘Toxic Soup’: PFAS and other contaminants surged in French Broad River after Helene, study finds [faculty featured]

Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouri...

Dr. Seth Grooms, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University

Archaeologists uncover a new purpose behind one of North America’s greatest mysteries [faculty featured]

New evidence suggests Poverty Point’s monumental mounds were created not by a ruling elite, but by egalitarian groups drawn together by shared ritua...

App State College of Arts and Sciences graduate students Lilly Baer ’24, Jake Jenkins ’25, and Michael Sciole ’24 were selected to compete in the final round of the 14th annual Three Minute Thesis competition on Friday, November 21, 2025. Photos by Troy Tuttle

CAS students participate in 14th annual Three Minute Thesis competition

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies held the 14th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competit...