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  • Water Always Wins [faculty featured]
    Water Always Wins [faculty featured]
    Patagonia
    May 26, 2021

    In this first-person article, Professor Kristian Jackson writes on environmental stewardship in the building and maintaining of recreational biking trails, much of which falls to volunteers. He offers seven paths to stewardship for individuals wanting to make a difference.

  • Expedición científica instala estación meteorológica para medir el impacto de cambio climático en glaciares [faculty featured]
    Expedición científica instala estación meteorológica para medir el impacto de cambio climático en glaciares [faculty featured]
    NTN 24
    May 20, 2021

    This 13-minute program in Spanish begins with a video introduction of the National Geographic expedition co-led by Dr. Baker Perry to install a weather station on Chile’s Trupangato Volcano, followed by a live interview with Perry. He teaches in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning.

  • Boone Area Chamber of Commerce announces fifth annual 4 under 40 award winners
    Boone Area Chamber of Commerce announces fifth annual 4 under 40 award winners
    Watauga Democrat
    May 11, 2021

    Alex Howard, assistant vice chancellor of student affairs at Appalachian, is recognized as a Boone Area Chamber of Commerce 4 Under 40 award winner in the Education Professional category.

  • ‘It’s a blessing’: 3,600 App State grads to receive diplomas at in-person ceremonies
    ‘It’s a blessing’: 3,600 App State grads to receive diplomas at in-person ceremonies
    WSOC-TV
    May 11, 2021

    The Charlotte television station reports on App State's in-person graduation May 7, the first of multiple ceremonies over a five-day period in the Holmes Convocation Center.

  • Why one Fulbright ambassador chose Austria to study digital journalism [faculty featured]
    Why one Fulbright ambassador chose Austria to study digital journalism [faculty featured]
    Study International
    May 5, 2021

    App State journalism professor Dr. Greg Perreault discusses what he is studying and learning in Austria during his Fulbright appointment in digital journalism at The University of Vienna Journalism Studies Centre.

  • Can Anything Actually “Boost” An Immune System? [faculty quoted]
    Can Anything Actually “Boost” An Immune System? [faculty quoted]
    Allure
    May 2, 2021

    App State’s Dr. David Nieman is quoted on how the immune system works and how to boost immunity for better health in light of COVID-19 and what has been learned during the pandemic about the role of overall health in preventing disease. Nieman is director of the university’s Human Performance Lab.

  • Expedition successfully places weather station on top of 19,000-foot volcano [faculty featured]
    Expedition successfully places weather station on top of 19,000-foot volcano [faculty featured]
    ABC News
    April 29, 2021

    Dr. Baker Perry, who co-led a National Geographic expedition to Chile’s Trupangato Volcano earlier this year, is interviewed live about the team’s work and how the weather station will inform scientists about climate change in the region. Perry teaches in the Department of Geography and Planning.

  • Highest weather station in the Andes will help scientists search for climate answers [faculty featured]
    Highest weather station in the Andes will help scientists search for climate answers [faculty featured]
    National Geographic
    April 27, 2021

    At 19,000 feet above sea level on the Chilean mountain of Tupungato, Baker Perry and his fellow climbers were clobbered in the early morning hours by an unforecasted blizzard that pinned them in their tents with punishing winds and swirling snow. Perry, a climate scientist at Appalachian State University, was philosophical as he recalled it.

  • Ask the Experts [faculty featured]
    Ask the Experts [faculty featured]
    Wallet Hub
    April 26, 2021

    This Q&A features App State’s Dr. Lubna Nafees on the effects of COVID-19 on car insurance and the industry's latest marketing practices. She teaches in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management.

  • Ask the Experts
    Ask the Experts
    Wallet Hub
    April 26, 2021

    This Q&A features App State’s Dr. Atanas Nikolov on car insurance and the use of celebrity endorsers. He teaches in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management.

  • Cuba without Castros [faculty quoted]
    Cuba without Castros [faculty quoted]
    Telangana Today
    April 24, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Joseph Gonzalez, a scholar on the history of U.S.-Cuba relations, gives historical context of the end of the Castro dynasty. His quotes come from an opinion piece he wrote for The Conversation. Gonzalez teaches in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.

  • From the Smokies to the Sea: The climate challenges facing North Carolina [faculty featured]
    From the Smokies to the Sea: The climate challenges facing North Carolina [faculty featured]
    ABC11
    April 22, 2021

    In an Earth Day special collaboration with National Geographic and Nat Geo Explorer Dr. Baker Perry, ABC11 takes a look at the challenges North Carolina faces when it comes to weather and patterns shifting over time. Perry teaches in the Department of Geography and Planning.

  • Regular Exercise Can Reduce Your Risk of a Severe COVID-19 Case [faculty quoted]
    Regular Exercise Can Reduce Your Risk of a Severe COVID-19 Case [faculty quoted]
    Very Well Health
    April 22, 2021

    Dr. David Nieman, director of App State’s Human Performance Lab, is quoted on how regular exercise supports the immune system, which in turn can protect us from severe illness. He gives context for the findings of a newly released study.

  • Finalists announced for fifth annual Boone Chamber 4 Under 40 Awards
    Finalists announced for fifth annual Boone Chamber 4 Under 40 Awards
    Watauga Democrat
    April 20, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Alex Howard and Jason Marshburn are among four professionals selected for the Education category. Howard is interim assistant vice chancellor in the Division of Student Affairs and director of Wellness and Prevention Services. Marshburn is director of Environmental Health, Safety, and Emergency Management.

  • Girls on the Run of the High Country recognized as NYSS Champion to promote youth sports participation
    Girls on the Run of the High Country recognized as NYSS Champion to promote youth sports participation
    Watauga Democrat
    April 19, 2021

    The National Youth Sports Strategy Champion honor is bestowed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Girls on the Run is a program of App State’s Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services.

  • The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof [data cited]
    The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof [data cited]
    The New York Times
    April 19, 2021

    Data from App State’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE) is incorporated into a graphic titled “Carbon dioxide emitted worldwide 1850-2017” in this article on climate change. The graphic is in the fourth section under the header “How do we know climate change is caused by humans?”

  • ‘Kent State: Then, and Again’: New play brings Kent State’s history to the stage [faculty featured]
    ‘Kent State: Then, and Again’: New play brings Kent State’s history to the stage [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    April 15, 2021

    Dr. Ray Miller in App State’s Department of Theatre and Dance survived the Kent State massacre May 4, 1970, and the experience has stuck with him, changing his worldview and serving as a catalyst for his career as an educator. The university presents the play he wrote, “Kent State: Then, and Again.”

  • The Dawn of the Forests Brought Waves of Death to the Oceans [faculty quoted]
    The Dawn of the Forests Brought Waves of Death to the Oceans [faculty quoted]
    Inside Science
    April 1, 2021

    App State geochemist Dr. Sarah Carmichael gives historical context of the Devonian extinction and the processes that took place in the ocean and land surfaces 376 million to 360 million years ago. She teaches in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.

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