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  • App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
    App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
    Sep. 18, 2020

    The National Science Foundation has awarded Appalachian $995,509 in grant funding to implement ADVANCE APPALACHIAN — a program designed to support and advance the careers of Appalachian faculty who are women in STEM disciplines. The program will be implemented over the next three academic years.

  • US Geological Survey funds App State research on climate change impacts to Ozark salamander species
    US Geological Survey funds App State research on climate change impacts to Ozark salamander species
    Aug. 27, 2020

    With grant support from the U.S. Geological Survey, Appalachian biology professor Dr. Jon Davenport is undertaking a four-year project that will provide a clear understanding of how potential climate changes — including increased temperatures and changing precipitation — could affect salamander populations of Missouri’s Ozark Mountains.

  • Continued federal funding supports App State interns in providing behavioral health services for rural populations
    Continued federal funding supports App State interns in providing behavioral health services for rural populations
    July 31, 2020

    Thanks to continued federal funding, marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling interns at Appalachian are helping to increase the availability of culturally sensitive behavioral health services for residents of Northwestern North Carolina. The four-year project has received $1.75 million-plus in support.

  • App State’s NRLP awarded $1.1M-plus in grant funding for Payne Branch restoration project
    App State’s NRLP awarded $1.1M-plus in grant funding for Payne Branch restoration project
    July 16, 2020

    Thanks to a second awarded grant, Appalachian’s New River Light and Power has received more than $1.1 million to complete an environmental restoration project at the site of the Payne Branch dam on New River. The work will begin the week of July 20.

  • The wipe down on clean energy
    The wipe down on clean energy

    App State partners with ASU for grant-funded study of photovoltaic soiling loss

    June 8, 2020

    Appalachian’s Dr. Jaewon Oh has collaborated with members of Arizona State University’s Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory to analyze the soiling loss — or power loss due to dirt, dust and other particles — of six PV power plants across the U.S., including one in North Carolina.

  • UNC System Office grant supports ‘STEM Pathway’ at App State
    UNC System Office grant supports ‘STEM Pathway’ at App State
    April 2, 2020

    The “Supporting the STEM Pathway” project is designed to boost student success in calculus courses at Appalachian. Such courses span majors other than math, including biology, chemistry, geology, computer science, geography and physics.

  • Grant funds App State research of social class and classism in higher education
    Grant funds App State research of social class and classism in higher education
    March 16, 2020

    Appalachian assistant professor Dr. Sonja Ardoin has received grant funding from American College Personnel Association (ACPA)-College Student Educators International for her proposed study to explore how social class and classism in higher education influence the experiences of administrators and faculty.

  • Grant-funded App State GIS analysis aids in advocating climate change policy
    Grant-funded App State GIS analysis aids in advocating climate change policy
    March 4, 2020

    Dr. Johnathan Sugg, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Geography and Planning, along with geography students Tatiana Magee and Will Hutchinson ’16 ’19, has completed a GIS analysis that supports the climate advocacy efforts of nonprofit Protect Our Winters.

  • App State Child Development Center expands services through federal grant funding
    App State Child Development Center expands services through federal grant funding
    Dec. 20, 2019

    Through the grant, the Child Development Center is partnering with Appalachian’s Department of Family and Child Studies to offer expanded services that include a new home visitation program and increased availability of infant and toddler care.

  • $2.5M grant supports App State’s continued provision of mental health training and services in rural NC
    $2.5M grant supports App State’s continued provision of mental health training and services in rural NC
    Dec. 4, 2019

    Dr. Kurt Michael, Appalachian’s Stanley R. Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology, is the university’s principal investigator for the federal grant that, over the next five years, will support the provision of mental health services and training in Western North Carolina’s rural K–12 schools.

  • American Council of Learned Societies funds App State anthropological research of Navajo Nation
    American Council of Learned Societies funds App State anthropological research of Navajo Nation
    Nov. 26, 2019

    Powell, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Anthropology, is using her ACLS funding to collaborate with Diné community experts in the Navajo Nation to explore human–water relationships and the impact of climate change on the region.

  • $4M-plus in federal funding supports App State GEAR UP
    $4M-plus in federal funding supports App State GEAR UP
    Nov. 22, 2019

    Appalachian GEAR UP, a federally funded college access program, serves approximately 15,000 high school students from 11 Western North Carolina school districts by helping them prepare to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

  • Dr. Andrew R. Smith awarded National Science Foundation funding for study on optimism biases
    Dr. Andrew R. Smith awarded National Science Foundation funding for study on optimism biases
    Nov. 6, 2019

    Smith, an associate professor of psychology at Appalachian, received more than $40,000 in NSF grant funding for the first year of a three-year study on optimism biases. Such biases can cause people to engage in risky behaviors, he said.

  • App State’s Dr. Paul Wallace engages in cross-cultural Fulbright collaboration in Russia to prepare international leaders
    App State’s Dr. Paul Wallace engages in cross-cultural Fulbright collaboration in Russia to prepare international leaders
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Appalachian professor and 2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Paul Wallace is spending the 2019–20 academic year teaching at NovSU in Russia and refining the curriculum for a new App State Online graduate certificate in international leadership.

  • 2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
    2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
    Nov. 1, 2019

    During the 2019–20 academic year, Appalachian astronomy professor Dr. Richard Gray will teach and perform research at the University of the Free State in South Africa as part of his Fulbright award.

  • Creative writing professor Mark Powell awarded Fulbright for teaching and research in Romania
    Creative writing professor Mark Powell awarded Fulbright for teaching and research in Romania
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Powell, professor of creative writing at Appalachian, will teach a course on contemporary U.S. literature at Ovidius University of Constanta, in Romania, during spring 2020, as well as conduct research for his seventh novel.

  • Fulbright awardee Dr. Christina Verano Sornito-Carter to conduct heritage conservation and disaster management research in the Philippines
    Fulbright awardee Dr. Christina Verano Sornito-Carter to conduct heritage conservation and disaster management research in the Philippines
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Appalachian’s Sornito-Carter, an assistant professor of anthropology, will travel to the University of the Philippines Visayas in August 2020 to complete Fulbright research on heritage conservation and disaster management in relation to climate change in the Philippines.

  • Fulbright Scholar Dr. David Williams to study biopharmaceutical ecosystems in Austria
    Fulbright Scholar Dr. David Williams to study biopharmaceutical ecosystems in Austria
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Through the Fulbright Scholar Program, Williams, a professor in Appalachian’s Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management, will teach and perform research at Management Center Innsbruck in Austria in spring 2020.

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