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  • What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
    What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
    Motherboard
    Sep. 20, 2018

    Dr. Rachel L. Smith, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian, studies the birth of stars to better understand the origins of life on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere in the universe.

  • A hurricane in the mountains? Natural disasters await far from the coastal storms, and almost no one there is talking about it
    A hurricane in the mountains? Natural disasters await far from the coastal storms, and almost no one there is talking about it
    The Washington Post
    Sep. 19, 2018

    Hurricane Florence threatened areas far inland — including Appalachia — with landslides and other perilous effects. But people keep building in the mountains, apparently unfazed. “Early people, they were living away from streams and up on flat lands,” according to Dr. Ellen Cowen. “They weren’t the best views, but they were the safest to be. But now there’s nowhere to go, so the slopes have been cut.”

  • Dr. Geraldine Richmond to speak on ‘Empowering Global Scientific Engagement’ as part of Morgan Science Lecture Series at Appalachian
    Dr. Geraldine Richmond to speak on ‘Empowering Global Scientific Engagement’ as part of Morgan Science Lecture Series at Appalachian
    Sep. 14, 2018

    During her talks, Richmond will discuss the ‘components for a sustainable future’ and how innovative partnerships among developed and developing countries can yield solutions that are more productive.

  • Appalachian Carbon Research Group awarded UNC System funding to develop accounting guidelines for forest carbon offset projects
    Appalachian Carbon Research Group awarded UNC System funding to develop accounting guidelines for forest carbon offset projects
    Aug. 28, 2018

    ACRG will partner with UNC System sister institutions UNC Asheville and North Carolina State University to “evaluate the cost and accuracy of forest inventory methodologies that could make forest carbon offset projects viable.”

  • UNC System funds Appalachian research on new drug storage and delivery method
    UNC System funds Appalachian research on new drug storage and delivery method
    Aug. 28, 2018

    Research by Appalachian’s Dr. Brooke Christian, professor in the Department of Chemistry, could “change the paradigm of drug delivery,” potentially reducing the cost of drug storage and transportation.

  • Disappearing footprints in Tanzania
    Disappearing footprints in Tanzania

    Appalachian researchers use photogrammetry to quantify erosion at ancient footprint site

    Aug. 27, 2018

    Three faculty members in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences used point cloud comparison algorithms to find rates of erosion during the seven-year study.

  • The graduate experience: conferences, collaboration and scaling the Andes
    The graduate experience: conferences, collaboration and scaling the Andes
    Aug. 16, 2018

    As a graduate student studying geography at Appalachian, Heather Guy did fieldwork in the remote Andes in Peru and Bolivia — far removed from her prior days spent in front of a computer screen.

  • Janine Benyus on 3.8 billion-year-old solutions to today's design challenges
    Janine Benyus on 3.8 billion-year-old solutions to today's design challenges
    Aug. 15, 2018

    How do we innovate solutions that will stand the test of time, and how can we measure how well they are working? The answers are all around us.

  • Shohei Tsutsumi ’18 experiences life-changing encounter with Appalachian music and culture
    Shohei Tsutsumi ’18 experiences life-changing encounter with Appalachian music and culture
    Aug. 7, 2018

    Appalachian alum Shohei Tsutsumi, of Osaka, Japan, exceled in the university’s Appalachian studies graduate program — receiving scholarships for studies on local music traditions, winning prizes at old-time music contests and more.

  • Leadership at forefront of 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit
    Leadership at forefront of 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit
    July 27, 2018

    Some of the world’s most brilliant minds in energy policies and practices will gather on Appalachian’s campus for this year’s summit to contribute to campus clean energy and sustainability goals.

  • Sywassink Awards conferred to 7 faculty and staff members in Appalachian’s Walker College of Business
    Sywassink Awards conferred to 7 faculty and staff members in Appalachian’s Walker College of Business

    The awards recognize excellence in teaching, research, service and more

    July 26, 2018

    Drs. Onur Ince, Pia Albinsson, Jamie Parson, and Dawn Medlin, along with Jesse Pipes, Jane Fitchlee and Greg Langdon, are the 2018 recipients of the Walker College of Business’ Sywassink Awards.

  • Appalachian’s Team Sunergy ties for second place in 2018 American Solar Challenge
    Appalachian’s Team Sunergy ties for second place in 2018 American Solar Challenge
    July 24, 2018

    Appalachian’s solar vehicle team has secured a second-place tie in the 2018 American Solar Challenge (ASC), an international solar vehicle distance road race held biennially by the Innovators Educational Foundation (IEF).

  • Appalachian’s Team Sunergy wins podium spot in Formula Sun Grand Prix
    Appalachian’s Team Sunergy wins podium spot in Formula Sun Grand Prix
    July 24, 2018

    Appalachian’s Team Sunergy secured a podium spot for the third year running in the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP), an annual competition presented by the Innovators Educational Foundation (IEF), in which teams race solar-powered vehicles for eight hours each day over a three-day period.

  • Reoxcyn Innovation Group funds Appalachian research into possible health benefits of flavonoid supplements after strenuous activity
    Reoxcyn Innovation Group funds Appalachian research into possible health benefits of flavonoid supplements after strenuous activity
    July 18, 2018

    Appalachian’s Drs. David Nieman and Jennifer McBride will pit mixed flavonoid against placebo supplementation to study the effects of each on the immune system, oxidative stress and inflammation of individuals following strenuous exercise.

  • ‘Bee’ part of Appalachian’s honeybee monitoring system research
    ‘Bee’ part of Appalachian’s honeybee monitoring system research

    The local community is invited to view and submit observations of the Department of Computer Science’s Beemon system

    July 17, 2018

    Beemon — a honeybee hive monitoring system created by faculty and students in Appalachian’s Department of Computer Science — is being used by beekeepers and researchers to assess/monitor the health of local hives.

  • NC OSHERC funds Appalachian study on individual-level temperatures in cold work environments
    NC OSHERC funds Appalachian study on individual-level temperatures in cold work environments
    July 17, 2018

    Drs. Maggie Sugg and Jennifer Runkle, the grant recipients, said they plan to translate the study’s findings into new prevention strategies that would ensure optimal worker performance and protection in such environments.

  • The Paleontological Society funds Appalachian research into what role a lack of oxygen played in the Late Devonian mass extinction
    The Paleontological Society funds Appalachian research into what role a lack of oxygen played in the Late Devonian mass extinction
    July 17, 2018

    Appalachian’s Dr. Cole Edwards and his team of researchers are testing rock samples collected from the western U.S. for anoxia — or the absence of oxygen — which may have contributed to the Late Devonian extinction.

  • Appalachian researchers contribute to study on protein that triggers antioxidant production
    Appalachian researchers contribute to study on protein that triggers antioxidant production
    July 16, 2018

    A study co-authored by Appalachian’s Dr. Brooke Christian and alumna Samantha Steyl examines the role of a protein called ATM that senses damaging reactive oxygen species and responds by triggering the production of antioxidants.

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