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  • Grant-supported App State project explores relationship between religious studies and public issues
    Grant-supported App State project explores relationship between religious studies and public issues
    Jan. 13, 2021

    Three religious studies faculty members at App State are engaged in a grant-funded project to envision a public-focused future for religious studies teaching and scholarship — one that explores the relationship of religion to topics at the center of public conversation and debate.

  • More than $1 billion in NC energy costs avoided, Appalachian Energy Summit reports
    More than $1 billion in NC energy costs avoided, Appalachian Energy Summit reports
    Jan. 8, 2021

    The Appalachian Energy Summit reports, from 2002–03 to 2018–19, the UNC System, together with industry partners, has saved North Carolina more than $1 billion in avoided energy costs — including water use reductions. App State has realized more than $30.3 million in avoided energy and water costs over the same time period.

  • Worms–crayfish relationship affects entire freshwater stream ecosystems, App State research finds
    Worms–crayfish relationship affects entire freshwater stream ecosystems, App State research finds
    Jan. 8, 2021

    Published research co-authored by three members of the Appalachian State University Community is the first to find that some small, aquatic worms can have ecosystem-level impacts on freshwater streams due to their relationship with crayfish. Dive in to learn more.

  • Climate change and the rise of CO2: App State scientists contribute to 2020 Global Carbon Budget
    Climate change and the rise of CO2: App State scientists contribute to 2020 Global Carbon Budget
    Dec. 22, 2020

    Drs. Dennis Gilfillan ’08 and Gregg Marland are among 86 scientists worldwide who contributed their expertise to the Global Carbon Project’s 2020 Global Carbon Budget — an annual, in-depth report on the amount of CO2 produced by the world’s nations and how much enters the ocean, is taken up by growing plants or accumulates in the atmosphere.

  • One for the history books: Top App State moments of 2020
    One for the history books: Top App State moments of 2020
    Dec. 21, 2020

    Revisit key moments, from a landmark fall enrollment of more than 20,000 students to a public health campaign to help slow the spread of COVID-19, that show App State resilience during a year of historic challenges.

  • Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
    Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
    Dec. 21, 2020

    App State was awarded a nearly $98,000 grant to analyze COVID-19’s total economic impact on the Northwestern NC region. In April alone, the region lost an estimated $52.4 million in gross regional product due to COVID-related restaurant and bar closures, according to preliminary reports.

  • Tracing the Moisture That Nourishes the World’s Highest Glacier [faculty featured]
    Tracing the Moisture That Nourishes the World’s Highest Glacier [faculty featured]
    EOS
    Dec. 14, 2020

    App State’s Dr. Baker Perry discusses the 2019 National Geographic expedition to Mount Everest and the data that are coming from the weather stations he and his team installed there. Among them, the Khumbu Glacier receives most of its moisture from the Bay of Bengal. Perry teaches in the Department of Geography and Planning.

  • How Much to Really Spend on an Engagement Ring [faculty quoted]
    How Much to Really Spend on an Engagement Ring [faculty quoted]
    CreditDonkey
    Dec. 8, 2020

    In a “What the experts say” sidebar to this news story, Dr. Ellen Lamont discusses why people think they need an engagement ring to be expensive. Lamont, who teaches in App State’s Department of Sociology, authored the book “The Mating Game: How Gender Shapes How We Date.”

  • App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
    App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
    Dec. 4, 2020

    Dr. Mark Spond, App State’s liaison to the National Park Service (NPS), was awarded NPS funding to conduct studies of bats along North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway — data from which will help expand NPS knowledge of the area’s rare bat species and those affected by white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fatal fungal disease.

  • App State professors explore an environmental perspective on the Civil War
    App State professors explore an environmental perspective on the Civil War
    Dec. 2, 2020

    App State professors Dr. Judkin Browning and Dr. Timothy Silver have co-authored a book that reevaluates the Civil War from a perspective focused on the environment. “An Environmental History of the Civil War” was published by the University of North Carolina Press in February.

  • New study sheds light on why women tend to have greater animosity towards political opponents [faculty featured]
    New study sheds light on why women tend to have greater animosity towards political opponents [faculty featured]
    PsyPost
    Nov. 30, 2020

    Research by Dr. Heather Ondercin in App State’s Department of Government and Justice Studies is featured in this article. Her study, recently published in the journal American Politics Research, indicates U.S. women tend to be more hostile than men toward their political rivals and that this is related to women’s stronger partisan identities and stronger attitudes about abortion.

  • Rulers of the Upper Realm, Thunderbirds Are Powerful Native Spirits [faculty quoted]
    Rulers of the Upper Realm, Thunderbirds Are Powerful Native Spirits [faculty quoted]
    Audubon
    Nov. 30, 2020

    Professor emeritus Dr. Cheryl Claassen from App State’s Department of Anthropology is quoted regarding the Native American lore of Thunderbirds and aquatic spirits. Her research focus has been archaeological evidence for Native belief systems.

  • App State alumnus credits Mountaineer experience for his research success
    App State alumnus credits Mountaineer experience for his research success
    Nov. 24, 2020

    Harrison Esterly ’19 said his undergraduate experience at App State prepared him for success in the field of chemistry. Now a research technician at UNC-Chapel Hill, he is continuing a project he began at App State — one that could yield cost savings for storing and transporting life-saving medications.

  • Out of cold storage — App State vaccine and drug research could speed delivery, cut costs
    Out of cold storage — App State vaccine and drug research could speed delivery, cut costs
    Nov. 24, 2020

    Recently published research co-authored by three members of the App State Community could yield a more cost-effective storage and delivery method for drugs and vaccines — one that eliminates the need for refrigeration. The new approach would allow life-saving medications to reach those in need sooner.

  • Science from the top of the world [faculty quoted]
    Science from the top of the world [faculty quoted]
    COSMOS
    Nov. 21, 2020

    Research findings from National Geographic’s 2019 expedition on Mount Everest, in which App State’s Dr. Baker Perry had a leadership role, are now being published. Perry’s team installed a network of weather stations to monitor the region. Their first paper discusses the importance of precipitation to the ecosystem.

  • US Embassy invests R8m in UFS mountain-to-mountain research project
    US Embassy invests R8m in UFS mountain-to-mountain research project
    The South African
    Nov. 20, 2020

    This news story describes App State's collaboration with University of the Free State in South Africa on a mountain-to-mountain research project.

  • Tips for staying physically active this winter — advice from App State’s Dr. Rebecca Battista
    Tips for staying physically active this winter — advice from App State’s Dr. Rebecca Battista
    Nov. 20, 2020

    App State’s Dr. Becki Battista offers seven tips for how to stay motivated with an exercise routine this winter. “Even 10-minute bouts sprinkled throughout the day can help,” Battista said.

  • Forget the Fancy Proposal. Let’s Just Get Married. [faculty quoted]
    Forget the Fancy Proposal. Let’s Just Get Married. [faculty quoted]
    New York Times
    Nov. 18, 2020

    App State sociologist Dr. Ellen Lamont, authored of the book “The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date,” is quoted in this news story on the trends of marriage proposals.

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