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  • App State’s Fulbright scholars foster international connections despite global pandemic
    App State’s Fulbright scholars foster international connections despite global pandemic
    May 29, 2020

    Many of Appalachian’s 2019–20 Fulbright scholars were overseas when COVID-19 took hold. Though these faculty members have since returned to the U.S., they have opted to continue their work remotely — demonstrating the importance of fostering international connections, especially during a global pandemic.

  • Task force’s work on improving reading instruction to go before State Board next week [faculty quoted]
    Task force’s work on improving reading instruction to go before State Board next week [faculty quoted]
    EdNC
    May 28, 2020

    Reich College of Education Dean Melba Spooner, a member of the State Board of Education Literacy Task Force, comments on the status of quality reading education — saying she does not think the task force's' recommendation does enough to help districts ensure the selection of high-quality materials.

  • No asteroids needed: ancient mass extinction tied to ozone loss, warming climate [faculty quoted]
    No asteroids needed: ancient mass extinction tied to ozone loss, warming climate [faculty quoted]
    Science
    May 28, 2020

    Appalachian State University geologist Dr. Sarah Carmichael discusses the latest explanation put forth regarding the cause of a mass extinction 252 million years ago — a warming climate that depleted the earth's ozone layer.

  • A passion for the environment: App State Energy Manager Jonathan Pierson
    A passion for the environment: App State Energy Manager Jonathan Pierson
    May 22, 2020

    Meet Appalachian energy manager Jonathan Pierson ’06 ’08 — an alumnus who circled back to campus after a decade of implementing energy efficiency projects in Alaska.

  • World Bee Day [faculty quoted]
    World Bee Day [faculty quoted]
    Colorado Ag Today
    May 22, 2020

    Dr. Joseph Cazier, director of the Center for Analytics Research and Education, discusses the new World Bee Count app released by Appalachian State University and SAS. He describes it as “citizen science” and the first step toward building a global repository of shareable data.

  • An App State staff member and naval veteran reflects on a lifetime of service
    An App State staff member and naval veteran reflects on a lifetime of service
    May 22, 2020

    As a reflection of his military service, App State’s Chuck Ford, director of App Catering and a U.S. Navy veteran, was selected to lay a wreath at Appalachian’s Veterans Memorial to commemorate Memorial Day — a day honoring those who died in service to their country.

  • 7 Tips for Safe Walking During Coronavirus [faculty quoted]
    7 Tips for Safe Walking During Coronavirus [faculty quoted]
    The Healthy
    May 21, 2020

    Dr. David Nieman, a professor of exercise science and director of Appalachian State University's Human Performance Lab, says during moderate exercise such as walking — and for two or three hours after — important immune cells come out at higher rates than normal, making contact with pathogens to get rid of them. Inactive people miss out on this advantage, he adds.

  • World Bee Day 2020: FAO calls for more to be done to safeguard our tiny food heroes, amid alarming decline [faculty mentioned]
    World Bee Day 2020: FAO calls for more to be done to safeguard our tiny food heroes, amid alarming decline [faculty mentioned]
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    May 20, 2020

    Appalachian’s Dr. Joseph Cazier,director of the Center for Analytics Research and Education, is mentioned as having spoken at the UN's virtual celebration for World Bee Day.

  • How to safely run outside amid the coronavirus pandemic [faculty quoted]
    How to safely run outside amid the coronavirus pandemic [faculty quoted]
    CBS News
    May 19, 2020

    Amid COVID-19 concerns, health professor Dr. David Nieman is quoted on his research that shows regular moderate-intensity physical activity can improve one's ability to fight viruses — making lifestyle practices consistent with good immune health a "primary" strategy to prevent the risk posed by COVID-19.

  • 2020 winners announced for Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program at App State
    2020 winners announced for Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program at App State
    May 19, 2020

    The five winning teams will earn awards up to $10,000 each from the Office of the Chancellor and the Division of Academic Affairs.

  • A commencement in the cloud — App State virtually celebrates 3,600-plus graduates
    A commencement in the cloud — App State virtually celebrates 3,600-plus graduates
    May 19, 2020

    More than 3,600 Mountaineer graduates who were conferred degrees during Appalachian’s virtual Spring 2020 Commencement celebrated — at a physical distance — with family, friends and Appalachian Community members. They also took to social media to share their black and gold pride and excitement.

  • Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app
    Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app
    May 18, 2020

    Appalachian’s Center for Analytics Research and Education (CARE) launches a global initiative to count the world’s pollinator population.

  • A look at Africa's largest fossil footprint site [faculty mentioned]
    A look at Africa's largest fossil footprint site [faculty mentioned]
    CBS News This Morning
    May 16, 2020

    Thousands of years ago, some of humankind's prehistoric ancestors walked across a field in what is now Tanzania — and left footsteps that are now part of the largest fossil footprint site ever found on the African continent. Appalachian’s Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce led a research project at the site and is seen in this video footage with her undergraduate students.

  • Geological and Environmental Sciences faculty publish culminating research paper on ancient human footprints found in Tanzania
    Geological and Environmental Sciences faculty publish culminating research paper on ancient human footprints found in Tanzania

    The footprints give clues to human social behavior tens of thousands of years ago

    May 15, 2020

    Two faculty members in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences have published a culminating article about ancient human footprints in the journal Scientific Reports after a decade of research. The footprints give clues to human social behavior tens of thousands of years ago.

  • Africa's largest group of human fossil footprints discovered in Tanzania [faculty quoted]
    Africa's largest group of human fossil footprints discovered in Tanzania [faculty quoted]
    USA Today
    May 14, 2020

    Appalachian’s Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce describes the site where she led a 10-year research project to examine footprints preserved within an ancient volcanic mudflow produced by the nearby Oldoinyo L’engai, a still-active volcano in the East African Rift. She is a sedimentologist and paleoenvironmental scientist in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. She also directs the university’s environmental science program.

  • From Black Death to fatal flu, past pandemics show why people on the margins suffer most [faculty quoted]
    From Black Death to fatal flu, past pandemics show why people on the margins suffer most [faculty quoted]
    Science
    May 14, 2020

    Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug, an anthropology professor at Appalachian State University who studies health and inequality in ancient societies, says bioarchaeology and other social sciences repeatedly have demonstrated that health crises “play out along the preexisting fault lines of each society,” including social and economic inequalities.

  • App State recognized by Exercise is Medicine® for efforts to create culture of wellness on its campus
    App State recognized by Exercise is Medicine® for efforts to create culture of wellness on its campus
    May 11, 2020

    Appalachian is among 77 campuses worldwide honored with gold-level distinction by the Exercise is Medicine® On Campus (EIM-OC) initiative.

  • Off-loom and online — App State art professor creatively approaches studio class
    Off-loom and online — App State art professor creatively approaches studio class
    May 8, 2020

    A move to online instruction due to COVID-19 prompted Appalachian art professor Jeana Klein and her students to think outside the loom regarding materials used in their weaving projects. Horsehair and ladies’ tights are among some of the unconventional items used.

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