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Topic: Research and Creative Works

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  • Student research and creative projects spotlighted at App State’s annual showcase
    Student research and creative projects spotlighted at App State’s annual showcase
    May 5, 2025

    App State’s 28th Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors featured 153 projects from Mountaineer students, with topics ranging from cancer research to the economic impacts of Hurricane Helene and gun violence during heat waves.

  • $2 million grant funds scholarships, supports STEM education for over 50 App State students
    $2 million grant funds scholarships, supports STEM education for over 50 App State students
    April 24, 2025

    A nearly $2 million, six-year grant awarded to App State by the National Science Foundation will boost academic and scholarship support for more than 50 Mountaineer students pursuing STEM degrees. Eligible students will receive up to $8,500 in scholarship funding per year, for up to four years.

  • Appalachian Dance Ensemble marks half-century with over 500 original creative works, 5,700 participants
    Appalachian Dance Ensemble marks half-century with over 500 original creative works, 5,700 participants
    April 4, 2025

    Since its inception in 1975, the Appalachian Dance Ensemble at App State has premiered over 500 original works — involving more than 5,700 students, faculty, guest artists and community members. Learn about the ensemble’s history and the people who have shaped it over the years.

  • Teaching with heart, vision and an eye for innovation: App State's Dr. Charlie Chen
    Teaching with heart, vision and an eye for innovation: App State's Dr. Charlie Chen

    A Q&A with the university's 2025 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award winner

    April 3, 2025

    In this Q&A, Dr. Charlie Chen, App State’s winner of the 2025 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award, reflects on his 22-year career at the university. The annual award is given to one outstanding faculty member at each UNC System school. Six additional App State faculty have been recognized by the board with campus-based awards.

  • App State-based research alliance awarded $7.2M to launch Rural Talent Lab in 5 states
    App State-based research alliance awarded $7.2M to launch Rural Talent Lab in 5 states

    The Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges project aims to advance higher education, workforce development in rural communities

    March 26, 2025

    Supported by a $7.2 million grant from Ascendium Education Group, the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, housed at App State, will work to advance higher education and workforce development in rural communities over the next four years as part of its Rural Talent Lab project.

  • Healthier farmlands: App State’s Dr. Ashley Adams studies soil biotic communities to improve soil quality
    Healthier farmlands: App State’s Dr. Ashley Adams studies soil biotic communities to improve soil quality
    March 12, 2025

    App State assistant professor Dr. Ashley Adams is conducting research on soil biotic communities across rangelands in California — work that is vital for sustaining one of the world’s top agricultural producers. Her work is part of a $7.9 million USDA investment to promote soil health.

  • App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production
    App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production

    University’s commitment to applied research benefits students, communities and industries

    Feb. 13, 2025

    App State has earned a Research 2 designation through the Carnegie Classification system for high research activity and doctorate production. App State’s research expenditures in fiscal year 2023 were more than $8.4 million and, in 2022–23, the university awarded 20 doctoral degrees.

  • Q&A Series: Learn about NCInnovation-Backed Research in Western NC [faculty featured]
    Q&A Series: Learn about NCInnovation-Backed Research in Western NC [faculty featured]
    NCInnovation
    Jan. 22, 2025

    Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Lowe’s Distinguished Professor in App State’s Department of Computer Science, is featured in this NCInnovation Q&A series. Tashakkori speaks about the two-year grant he received to advance the development of the Beemon system — a unique tool for decreasing honeybee hive die-off and increasing hive production.

  • 2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
    2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
    Dec. 20, 2024

    Milestones from App State’s 125th anniversary year include new pathways to expand education access, record support for research funding, the continued improvement of campus facilities and recovery from Hurricane Helene — a historic natural disaster.

  • Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
    Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
    Dec. 18, 2024

    Dr. Michael Gangloff and his team work to monitor the populations and habitats of the eastern hellbender, which was proposed for inclusion on the endangered species list in late 2024. The team’s efforts are part of nearly 20 years of research aimed at protecting N.C.’s giant salamanders.

  • App State researchers create new tool for honeybees
    App State researchers create new tool for honeybees
    WXII-TV
    Dec. 12, 2024

    This feature from WXII-TV highlights ongoing research by Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, App State’s Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, who has spent years leading the development of the Beemon Hive Monitoring System.

  • App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support
    App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support

    The monitoring system could help decrease honeybee die-off, improve hive production

    Dec. 9, 2024

    A $641,951 NCInnovation grant awarded to App State’s Dr. Rahman Tashakkori and his research team will support the commercialization of four components of the team’s Beemon Hive Monitoring System — an innovative tool designed to decrease honeybee hive die-off and increase hive production.

  • App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty, staff with annual awards
    App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty, staff with annual awards
    Dec. 2, 2024

    App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognized several faculty and staff members with its annual awards for outstanding service, teaching and scholarly work. The 2023–24 award nominees and recipients were honored during a celebratory luncheon on Nov. 21.

  • App State Oral History Program preserves the past and present through storytelling
    App State Oral History Program preserves the past and present through storytelling

    Special Collections Research Center houses oral histories, university archives, historical exhibits and more

    Nov. 18, 2024

    App State’s Oral History Program conducts and curates oral history interviews, which are housed in the university’s Special Collections Research Center. The interviews range in date from the mid-1960s to the present day, with a focus on university and regional history.

  • Excellence in Teaching: A Q&A with App State’s Dr. Brooke Christian
    Excellence in Teaching: A Q&A with App State’s Dr. Brooke Christian
    Nov. 11, 2024

    In this Q&A, Dr. Brooke Christian, App State’s winner of the 2024 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award, shares her love for teaching, her passion for chemistry, her research and more. The award is given annually to one outstanding faculty member at each UNC System school.

  • NCInnovation selects App State as a support hub for applied research commercialization
    NCInnovation selects App State as a support hub for applied research commercialization
    Nov. 8, 2024

    App State will join six other UNC System institutions as a headquarters for NCInnovation’s applied research support. NCInnovation provides grant funding, mentorship and partnership development to university researchers to support innovative, real-world research at North Carolina’s public universities.

  • Carbo-loading before a big run? Here’s what experts suggest. [faculty featured]
    Carbo-loading before a big run? Here’s what experts suggest. [faculty featured]
    The Washington Post
    Oct. 23, 2024

    In this article from The Washington Post, experts say that in the days ahead of a race, runners should consume extra carbohydrates to improve endurance. Dr. David Nieman, professor in App State’s Department of Biology, offers advice on how runners can avoid “hitting the wall” in a marathon. Nieman is the director of App State’s Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

  • Webb Telescope Captures Mysterious Gas Jets From Speeding Object in the Outer Solar System [faculty featured]
    Webb Telescope Captures Mysterious Gas Jets From Speeding Object in the Outer Solar System [faculty featured]
    SciTechDaily
    Oct. 10, 2024

    Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers observed a centaur that led to the discovery of new, previously unknown jets of gas, which is helping inform theories about how centaurs and planets are formed. Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in App State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and co-author of the study, explains how looking at these jets over time can improve the understanding and evolution of our solar system.

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