Topic: Research and Creative Works

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Appalachian’s Dr. Zach Farris interviewed by BBC
Jan. 11, 2018
Recently, Appalachian’s Dr. Zach Farris was part of an interview conducted by the BBC about dogs and their special relationship with human beings. Farris and some of his colleagues founded the Mad Dog Initiative, a nonprofit that provides free veterinary services and facilitates veterinarian training.
Appalachian intern saves Ocean Isle Beach turtles
Jan. 8, 2018
Jordan Boles went to Ocean Isle Beach with a bicycle, a backpack and a dream to help save sea turtles as an intern with the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization (OIBSTPO) in Brunswick County.
With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions
Arizona Daily Sun
Jan. 5, 2018
Gregg Marland, a research professor with the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics at Appalachian State University, weighs in on the subject of using forest biomass to produce power.
A window into the cosmos, hidden on the parkway
Appalachian's Dark Sky Observatory offers glimpse of universe
Watauga Democrat
Jan. 1, 2018
Twenty minutes east of Boone, at the end of a twisting gravel road, a team of university researchers peer into the cosmos to learn more about the distant stars. Perched atop an especially dark mountain and driven by a desire to understand the universe we live in, Appalachian’s Dark Sky Observatory is a tribute to the quality of the local scientific community.
Appalachian State students present displays of new-look Covered Bridge Park
Elizabethton Star
Dec. 25, 2017
Students from Appalachian State University worked over the span of five months and recently presented City of Elizabethton officials with two presentations for potential renovations of Covered Bridge Park. Parks & Rec, the Elizabethton Arts & Cultural Alliance and the Elizabethton IDEAS Group spearheaded the efforts to utilize the resources available by the university to help with progress at the park.
Violence a matter of scale, not quantity or time period, researchers show
Dec. 13, 2017
Anthropologists have debated for decades whether humans, living in tribal communities thousands of years ago, were more or less violent than societies today. Researchers at Appalachian State University, the University of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin-Madison wonder if the question of more or less violence is the wrong one — what if it’s a matter of scale?
Students present at statewide research event
Dec. 5, 2017
More than 40 undergraduate Appalachian State University students attended the 13th Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium held at Campbell University in November.
Team Sunergy finalizes designs on second-generation solar vehicle
Watauga Democrat
Dec. 1, 2017
Pressured by a blooming reputation as well as changes to race regulations, Appalachian's Solar Vehicle Team is now finalizing designs for its second-generation vehicle.
Sonsight Wind funds prototype testing of their new three-kilowatt small wind turbine at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site
Nov. 29, 2017
Appalachian State University received funding from Sonsight Wind to prototype test a new three-kilowatt small wind turbine at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site in Banner Elk.
Local resident’s research honored
Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce studies human origins in Africa
Wilkes Journal-Patriot
Nov. 28, 2017
Children sometimes flip through National Geographic magazines just to look at the photos, but not Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce when she was growing up.
Oxygen Surge 400 Million Years Ago Helped Trigger an Explosion in Biodiversity
The life-giving gas.
ScienceAlert
Nov. 25, 2017
Scientists, including Appalachian's Cole Edwards, have linked a surge in Earth's oxygen levels some 455 million years ago with an explosion in biodiversity on the planet, as nature took advantage of the extra breathing space to transform marine life and develop new species.
Appalachian researcher helps link oxygen increase to biodiversity growth
Nov. 22, 2017
A team of researchers, including Appalachian's Dr. Cole Edwards, found that oxygen levels appear to increase at about the same time as a three-fold increase in biodiversity during the Ordovician Period, between 445 and 485 million years ago, according to a study published Nov. 20 in Nature Geoscience, a periodical that covers all aspects of the Earth sciences.
Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) Hosts Successful Forest Offset Workshop
High Country Press
Nov. 17, 2017
Western North Carolina is home to abundant and rich forest carbon stocks, which can be placed in forest carbon offset programs to support carbon storage and sequestration, forest health and retention, enhance the recreational and intergenerational value of forest land, and provide additional income for families. On Oct. 6, 2017, the Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) hosted the Offsets for Future Forest Stewardship and Education Together (OFFSET) Workshop at Appalachian.
Community Feast - October 3, 2017
Nov. 1, 2017
Watch scenes from the October 2017 Community FEaST (Food Engagement and Story Telling) event on Sanford Mall. Video produced by University Documentary Services.
Geography major finds adventure and stories in the field
Oct. 25, 2017
Digging a snowpit, setting up tents or strapping bags on horses high in the Andes is a long way from day-to-day life in Greensboro. For Evan Montpellier, who loves science and working with his hands, fieldwork for Appalachian State University’s Master of Arts in Geography pointed the way to a fulfilling course of study.
New Study Links Climate Change To Increased Western Wildfire Activity
88.5 WFDD
Oct. 24, 2017
A recent study out of Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro finds that climate change and the massive wildfires in California are related. It has to do with Arctic sea ice. That’s been monitored since 1979, and since then there’s been an 11 percent decrease in ice per decade.
Appalachian Children’s Literature Symposium scheduled for Oct. 28
Oct. 18, 2017
Poet and author Allan Wolf, authors Alan Gratz and Heather Bouwman and storyteller Donna Washington will present approaches for using literature to facilitate reading, creative writing and storytelling in educational settings at the fourth biennial Children’s Literature Symposium at Appalachian State University.
Black Mountain College Semester at Appalachian to include lectures, workshops, art, films and other events
Oct. 18, 2017
For Appalachian State University’s Black Mountain College (BMC) Semester in spring 2018, multiple departments across the university are collaborating with area museums and other venues to host exhibits, lectures and workshops that will highlight the importance of BMC’s influence within the Appalachian region’s creative, educational and political movements.