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  • Kirkpatrick receives Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her Irish-themed poetry collection
    Kirkpatrick receives Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her Irish-themed poetry collection
    Sep. 21, 2015

    A poet and professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of English, Kirkpatrick had long wanted to write about Gonne, who was a muse to William Butler Yeats, but she was uncertain of the creative device – such as lyric or dramatic monologue – that she wanted to use.

  • Appalachian’s Energy Center assists counties with landfill gas to energy projects
    Appalachian’s Energy Center assists counties with landfill gas to energy projects

    Activity supported with Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation funding

    Aug. 25, 2015

    The Appalachian Energy Center at Appalachian State University recently completed a project that began in 2005 to help eight North Carolina counties produce renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improve their economy.

  • Rhodiola rosea protects marathoners against viral infection
    Rhodiola rosea protects marathoners against viral infection
    Aug. 24, 2015

    Human trials with marathon runners found that the herb Rhodiola rosea protects against viral infection. These findings build on previous human trials that demonstrate the anti-viral activity of blueberry and green tea polyphenols.

  • Professors at Appalachian receive NSF grant to study dome formation in Georgia and Western North Carolina
    Professors at Appalachian receive NSF grant to study dome formation in Georgia and Western North Carolina
    Aug. 21, 2015

    The Tallulah Gorge area in Georgia and Toxaway Falls in Gorges State Park in Western North Carolina are well known for their beauty and outdoor recreational offerings. For Appalachian State University geologists Gabe Casale and Jamie Levine, the areas are also rich in geological information.

  • Cherry named to Journal of Environmental Economics and Management editorial board
    Cherry named to Journal of Environmental Economics and Management editorial board
    Aug. 21, 2015

    Todd L. Cherry, a professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Economics, has been named to the editorial board of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM).

  • DeWitt receives NC Arts Council Artist Fellowship
    DeWitt receives NC Arts Council Artist Fellowship
    Aug. 18, 2015

    Abigail DeWitt of Burnsville, a visiting assistant professor at Appalachian State University, is one of 18 individuals who have received a North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship for 2015–16.

  • Researchers use tree-ring science to study area log cabins
    Researchers use tree-ring science to study area log cabins
    Aug. 3, 2015

    Saskia van de Gevel looks closely at the ends of logs used to construct two cabins located in the Bear Paw State Natural Area in Watauga County.

  • Business faculty and staff honored for excellence in teaching, research and service
    Business faculty and staff honored for excellence in teaching, research and service
    July 21, 2015

    Five Appalachian State University faculty members and one staff member in the Walker College of Business have received the college’s 2015 Sywassink Award for Excellence.

  • Beaver College of Health Sciences receives grant to expand rural healthcare
    Beaver College of Health Sciences receives grant to expand rural healthcare
    July 13, 2015

    The Beaver College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University has received a $175,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support development of telehealth technology and programming to increase rural health training opportunities for future healthcare providers and improve the health and well-being of medically underserved rural communities.

  • Conference for historians of Britain and Ireland held Sept. 26
    Conference for historians of Britain and Ireland held Sept. 26
    July 10, 2015

    A one-day conference for historians of Britain and Ireland celebrating the journal ALBION will be held at Appalachian State University.

  • Software shows just how busy honeybees are
    Software shows just how busy honeybees are
    July 6, 2015

    A web application for beekeepers called Hive Tracks, co-developed by a faculty member in Appalachian State University’s Department of Computer Science, is now being used by bee keepers in 142 countries to track beehive activity.

  • Computer scientist at Appalachian helps researchers track honey bee health
    Computer scientist at Appalachian helps researchers track honey bee health
    July 6, 2015

    Tracking the health of honeybees across the U.S. is the work of a multi-university team, including a computer scientist at Appalachian State University.

  • Fourth annual Appalachian Energy Summit convenes July 13
    Fourth annual Appalachian Energy Summit convenes July 13
    July 6, 2015

    Representatives from UNC system universities, North Carolina’s private colleges and community colleges and out-of-state institutions will convene at Appalachian State University for the fourth annual Appalachian Energy Summit.

  • Professors’ paper on urban stream restoration receives 2015 Boggess Award
    Professors’ paper on urban stream restoration receives 2015 Boggess Award
    July 6, 2015

    A research paper on urban stream restoration written by Assistant Professor Kristan Cockerill and Professor Bill Anderson from Appalachian State University has received the 2015 Boggess Award for the best paper published in 2014 in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

  • Participants sought for research about nonresident fathers of children
    Participants sought for research about nonresident fathers of children
    July 1, 2015

    Researchers from Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education are conducting research about nonresident fathers’ interaction recreationally with their children.

  • Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust held July 11-17 at Appalachian
    Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust held July 11-17 at Appalachian
    June 30, 2015

    Key speakers include representatives from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Holocaust survivors.

  • Appalachian studies students present research at international conference
    Appalachian studies students present research at international conference
    June 11, 2015

    Three graduate students and a faculty member from the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University presented papers at an international mountain studies conference held at Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, in May.

  • Researchers from Appalachian find chia seeds do not enhance athletic performance
    Researchers from Appalachian find chia seeds do not enhance athletic performance
    June 3, 2015

    A study published in the May edition of the journal Nutrients debunks the widely reported and accepted belief that chia seeds are a natural performance booster for athletes.

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