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  • Appalachian’s Reich College of Education names 2018 awards recipients
    Appalachian’s Reich College of Education names 2018 awards recipients
    June 1, 2018

    The 2018 RCOE awards — which recognize Outstanding Teaching, Mentoring, Service and more — were conferred on six faculty and staff members, along with the college’s Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory School.

  • Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
    Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
    May 24, 2018

    “Climate change, population, and poverty: vulnerability and exposure to heat stress in countries bordering the Great Lakes of Africa” — co-authored by Appalachian professor Anton Seimon — was recently published in the journal Climate Change.

  • Cross-disciplinary team of Appalachian faculty members receives $1M NSF S-STEM grant
    Cross-disciplinary team of Appalachian faculty members receives $1M NSF S-STEM grant
    May 18, 2018

    The National Science Foundation S-STEM scholarship program at Appalachian provides support for students pursing degrees in STEM fields, including chemistry, computer science, geological and environmental sciences, mathematical sciences and physics and astronomy.

  • Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
    Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
    May 18, 2018

    The research of Appalachian’s Dr. Peter Soulé will continue thanks to additional National Science Foundation funding. Soulé and his colleagues study tree ring records of the longleaf pine to determine rainfall variability since the 1700s.

  • Appalachian supports students with learning differences through grant-funded College STAR project
    Appalachian supports students with learning differences through grant-funded College STAR project
    May 18, 2018

    Appalachian, a participant in the College STAR (Supporting Transition Access and Retention) project, will continue to support students with learning differences through grant funding from East Carolina University.

  • Reoxcyn Discoveries Group funds Appalachian research of caffeine and flavonoids’ effects on resting metabolic rate
    Reoxcyn Discoveries Group funds Appalachian research of caffeine and flavonoids’ effects on resting metabolic rate
    May 17, 2018

    Appalachian’s Dr. David Nieman will lead a clinical trial to evaluate the effects of ingesting a mixture of caffeine and flavonoids on energy expenditure and fat oxidation in healthy adult women.

  • NSF grant funds Appalachian research on ecological diversification of sponges in the Caribbean
    NSF grant funds Appalachian research on ecological diversification of sponges in the Caribbean
    May 17, 2018

    Using NSF funding, Appalachian’s Dr. Cara Fiore will investigate the environmental and physiological factors that may have led to the presence of diverse and abundant sponge populations in the Caribbean.

  • A push for transparency in research
    A push for transparency in research

    An Appalachian political scientist and peers at Caltech create recommendations for how to support data access and replication of research studies

    May 16, 2018

    Politicial scientist Dr. Ellen Key and Caltech colleagues publish recommendations for how to support DA-RT — data access and research transparency.

  • Bruce Stewart’s ‘Blood in the Hills’ follows the trail of Appalachia’s violent history
    Bruce Stewart’s ‘Blood in the Hills’ follows the trail of Appalachia’s violent history
    May 7, 2018

    Dr. Bruce Stewart’s “Blood in the Hills” presents essays from experts in political science, history and literature that question the supposedly innate brutality of the Appalachian people.

  • Appalachian’s Shayla Marcum wins Staff Shout Out quarterly drawing
    Appalachian’s Shayla Marcum wins Staff Shout Out quarterly drawing
    May 7, 2018

    Shayla Marcum, customer service specialist in Appalachian’s Office of Admissions and March Shout Out recipient, has won a University Bookstore gift through the Staff Shout Out program’s quarterly drawing.

  • Black and Professional in Boone, NC
    Black and Professional in Boone, NC
    May 4, 2018

    Microaggressions, searching for black male mentors in Boone and how to watch football in Hawaii - it's a brand-new "Whats Your Truth?"

  • Tournament bans impact universities’ enrollment, Appalachian study finds
    Tournament bans impact universities’ enrollment, Appalachian study finds
    May 4, 2018

    A lower quantity and quality of students enroll at a university after men’s basketball scandals, according to a working paper co-authored in the Walker College of Business.

  • Appalachian Board of Trustees confers faculty emeriti status, promotions and tenure
    Appalachian Board of Trustees confers faculty emeriti status, promotions and tenure
    May 4, 2018

    A total of 26 individuals received faculty emeriti status while 59 others received promotion and/or tenure.

  • Appalachian’s Joseph Gonzalez receives Excellence in Teaching Award
    Appalachian’s Joseph Gonzalez receives Excellence in Teaching Award
    May 3, 2018

    Appalachian’s Joseph Gonzalez, associate professor in the Department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies, receives UNC Board of Governors award established to both emphasize the importance of and support excellence in teaching.

  • Chris McNeil named chair of Appalachian’s Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
    Chris McNeil named chair of Appalachian’s Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
    May 2, 2018

    Dr. Chris McNeil, associate professor of finance at Appalachian, will serve as chair of the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance in the Walker College of Business beginning July 1.

  • Joseph Bathanti awarded McFarlane Family Distinguished Professorship in Appalachian’s Watauga Residential College
    Joseph Bathanti awarded McFarlane Family Distinguished Professorship in Appalachian’s Watauga Residential College
    May 2, 2018

    Joseph Bathanti, writer-in-residence in Appalachian’s Watauga Residential College (WRC), will teach full time in the WRC as the inaugural McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Education.

  • Appalachian’s Lynne Waugh wins 2018 Durham Freshman Advocate Award
    Appalachian’s Lynne Waugh wins 2018 Durham Freshman Advocate Award
    May 1, 2018

    Lynne Waugh — executive director of academic advising in Appalachian’s University College — was recognized for her contributions to improving the freshman experience at Appalachian with the 2018 Durham Freshman Advocate Award.

  • Shelf Unbound names ‘Train Wreck Earth’ a 2018 Best Independently Published Book
    Shelf Unbound names ‘Train Wreck Earth’ a 2018 Best Independently Published Book
    May 1, 2018

    E-magazine Shelf Unbound recognizes “Train Wreck Earth” among its top 100 Best Indie Books of 2018. Appalachian Professor Emeritus Dr. Harvard Ayers co-authored the novel, which addresses climate change.

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