Faculty and Staff News
Can I kill a snake? Feed an alligator? Hold a bear cub? NC wildlife laws [faculty featured]
Jul 16, 2026
“The timber rattlesnake is considered a threatened species in the state of North Carolina, and is threatened because of habitat destruction,” Appa...
As nighttime temps rise in New Orleans, so do calls to Louisiana’s 988 hotline [faculty featured]
Jul 15, 2026
Healthcare workers are a superstitious lot. Mention that it's "quiet" in an emergency room, and someone will warn that you've just cursed the shift. F...
‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within [faculty authored]
Jul 10, 2026
When I first visited Cuba, the island was recovering from a severe economic crisis. It was 1996, and the collapse of the Soviet Union had ushered in a...
The internet has a new type: World Cup soccer players with 'Goldilocks masculinity' [faculty featured]
Jul 10, 2026
"They're like the regular guy, but perfected," Ellen Lamont, a sociologist at Appalachian State University who studies how gender and sexuality shape ...
Mountainous landscapes store far more carbon than previously thought [faculty featured]
Jul 7, 2026
Hilly and mountainous landscapes have a much greater ability to store carbon in the soil than previously thought, according to a new study co-led by s...
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