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  • App State’s Common Reading Program announces ‘Rising’ as 2020–21 book selection
    App State’s Common Reading Program announces ‘Rising’ as 2020–21 book selection
    Feb. 7, 2020

    “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore” by Elizabeth Rush “guides readers through some of the places where (climate) change has been most dramatic.” All incoming first-year and transfer students at Appalachian will receive a copy of the book during their Summer Orientation session.

  • AT&T, Appalachian State team up to examine climate change, community impacts
    AT&T, Appalachian State team up to examine climate change, community impacts
    WRAL TechWire
    Feb. 7, 2020

    Appalachian State University is one of five universities selected by AT&T to participate in the Climate Resiliency Community Challenge — a major research initiative aimed at helping communities in the southeastern United States build resilience to climate change.

  • App State awarded AT&T grant to examine climate change resiliency, community impact
    App State awarded AT&T grant to examine climate change resiliency, community impact
    Feb. 7, 2020

    Appalachian is one of five universities selected nationally to conduct rural climate resiliency research in partnership with AT&T.

  • NCBiotech awards $2.1M in grants, loans
    NCBiotech awards $2.1M in grants, loans
    WRAL TechWire
    Feb. 6, 2020

    Appalachian State University is among four universities receiving Flash Grants from NCBiotech to pursue research projects that show early indications of commercial potential. Appalachian received $20,000 to develop a new method of stabilizing insulin so it can be shipped and stored at room temperature, which would reduce the medicine’s cost.

  • An ACL Tear Can Affect Your Brain in Addition to Your Knee [faculty quoted]
    An ACL Tear Can Affect Your Brain in Addition to Your Knee [faculty quoted]
    Healthline
    Feb. 4, 2020

    Dr. Alan Needle in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences explains how researchers are trying to better understand the relationship between injuries and brain function.

  • White House hopefuls storm Iowa in last efforts to win support [faculty quoted]
    White House hopefuls storm Iowa in last efforts to win support [faculty quoted]
    The Gazette
    Feb. 1, 2020

    Dr. William Hicks, a political-science professor at Appalachian State University, explains how seeing presidential candidates in person, rather than just on TV, can inform both voters and young people studying the U.S. political system.

  • ‘Things are getting worse’: Trump plan met with disgust across Jordan [faculty quoted]
    ‘Things are getting worse’: Trump plan met with disgust across Jordan [faculty quoted]
    The Guardian
    Jan. 30, 2020

    Dr. Curtis Ryan of the Department of Government and Justice Studies is quoted on Jordan's response to President Trump’s Middle East peace plan announced in January.

  • This ASU professor combines technology and design to create 3D works of art [faculty featured]
    This ASU professor combines technology and design to create 3D works of art [faculty featured]
    Charlotte Observer
    Jan. 27, 2020

    In preparation for his solo exhibit “Structure and Void” at Central Piedmont Community College’s Overcash Gallery, App State design professor Richard Elaver explains how he got into making jewelry and functional art pieces, beginning with the Grateful Dead.

  • Climate scientists go above and beyond
    Climate scientists go above and beyond
    Cape Cod Times
    Jan. 18, 2020

    It was the end of an 11-day trek from Lukla, Nepal, mainly following river valleys with a team of scientists, a film crew and their porters and guides. The snow fell hard on the final leg into Base Camp at Mount Everest, and Heather Clifford had a bad headache.

  • NATO chief lauds anti-terror partnership with Jordan [faculty quoted]
    NATO chief lauds anti-terror partnership with Jordan [faculty quoted]
    The National
    Jan. 14, 2020

    As Jordan’s King Abdullah visited NATO headquarters for talks on situations in the Middle East, Appalachian State University’s Dr. Curtis Ryan was quoted as saying Jordan remains a key moderate NATO partner in a tumultuous region.

  • First Comes Love Then Comes The Epic Marriage Proposal. When Did Engagements Become So Elaborate?
    First Comes Love Then Comes The Epic Marriage Proposal. When Did Engagements Become So Elaborate?
    89.3 KPCC
    Jan. 14, 2020

    In this 89.3 KPCC “AirTalk” interview, Appalachian State University’s Dr. Ellen Lamont is one of two expert guests discussing the current trends in marriage proposals and gender equality. Lamont, an assistant professor of sociology, is author of “The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date,” which is being released in 2020 from University of California Press.

  • 3D Printing and the Murky Ethics of Replicating Human Bones [faculty quoted]
    3D Printing and the Murky Ethics of Replicating Human Bones [faculty quoted]
    Time
    Jan. 13, 2020

    It is now possible to use 3D technology to print authentic copies of human bones. The technology is increasingly allowing researchers to build repositories of bone data, which they can use to improve medical procedures, map how humans have evolved, and even help show a courtroom how someone died. But, the proliferation of faux bones also poses an ethical dilemma. Appalachian's Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug is among faculty who explain how.

  • Regulatory Uncertainty Throwing Indian Pharmacy Retail Sector in Turmoil [faculty opinion]
    Regulatory Uncertainty Throwing Indian Pharmacy Retail Sector in Turmoil [faculty opinion]
    CEOWORLD Magazine
    Jan. 12, 2020

    Appalachian State University marketing professor Dr. Lubna Nafees co-authors a piece stating the offline and online players in pharmacy retail can co-exist for the benefit of consumers.

  • Archaeology | Hopewells’ culture touched other native peoples throughout North America [faculty featured]
    Archaeology | Hopewells’ culture touched other native peoples throughout North America [faculty featured]
    The Columbus Dispatch
    Jan. 12, 2020

    In her new book, “Garden Creek: the Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia,” Appalachian State University archaeologist Dr. Alice Wright offers a look at the cultural exchange and interaction of American Indians in Ohio.

  • More Women Should Propose to Their Boyfriends [faculty quoted]
    More Women Should Propose to Their Boyfriends [faculty quoted]
    Slate
    Jan. 11, 2020

    In this How To! podcast, a Washington Post writer references her interview with Appalachian State University sociology professor Dr. Ellen Lamont on the topic of symbolic gendering — and how marriage proposals enact traditional gender roles that aren’t seen in other aspects of modern life.

  • How impeachment trials have put the spotlight on North Carolina senators [faculty quoted]
    How impeachment trials have put the spotlight on North Carolina senators [faculty quoted]
    News & Record
    Jan. 1, 2020

    Republican U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis are about to join a small but elite group: North Carolina senators who have voted in a presidential impeachment trial. App State historian Karl Campbell, author of "Senator Sam Ervin: Last Of The Founding Fathers," comments on Ervin, who chaired the Watergate committee in the 1970s.

  • A Christmas Tree Thrives On Farms, Struggles In The Wild [faculty quoted]
    A Christmas Tree Thrives On Farms, Struggles In The Wild [faculty quoted]
    NPR
    Dec. 24, 2019

    North Carolina grows more Christmas trees than any other state except Oregon. It's an important, nearly $90 million industry for the state. Most of the trees are Fraser firs. But these prized Fraser firs, which millions of families put up in their homes for Christmas, have become more rare in the wild due to the balsam woolly adelgid. Appalachian’s Dr. Howard Neufeld discusses the insect’s impact.

  • Appalachian nursing professor offers ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life [faculty featured]
    Appalachian nursing professor offers ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 13, 2019

    Gratitude — the ability to be thankful for what you have or experience — carries significant weight toward our general wellbeing, according to recent research. Sarah Martin, MSN, RN, of Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences explains how.

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