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  • National Geographic CEO speaks on scientific storytelling: ‘Science alone is not enough’ [faculty featured]
    National Geographic CEO speaks on scientific storytelling: ‘Science alone is not enough’ [faculty featured]
    The Appalachian
    June 10, 2023

    National Geographic Chief Executive Officer Jill Tiefenthaler spoke at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts as part of the 2023 Appalachian Energy Summit. The presentation highlighted the many endeavors of National Geographic explorers around the world, including Dr. Baker Perry, professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning. Perry spoke at the event about his experience installing weather stations at high elevations, including on Mount Everest.

  • Construction of App State’s Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research set to begin this summer
    Construction of App State’s Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research set to begin this summer

    The academic facility will be the first net-zero energy building in App State's new Innovation District

    June 9, 2023

    Construction for App State’s Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research — the first academic building of the university’s Innovation District — is set to begin in July. The facility, offering classroom, office, laboratory and event space, will be built to the rigorous sustainability standards of the Living Building Challenge.

  • Associate professor Elizabeth Bellows awarded 2023–24 Fulbright to perform research in Romania
    Associate professor Elizabeth Bellows awarded 2023–24 Fulbright to perform research in Romania

    Her project explores effects of Russia–Ukraine war on educators, students and families

    June 8, 2023

    Dr. Elizabeth Bellows, associate professor in App State’s Reich College of Education, is the recipient of a 2023–24 Fulbright. She will spend nine months in Romania, researching how teachers, students and families are navigating the effects of the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.

  • App State’s Dr. Maryam Ahmed wins 2023 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
    App State’s Dr. Maryam Ahmed wins 2023 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award

    6 additional App State faculty to receive campus-based awards

    April 27, 2023

    App State biology professor and virologist Dr. Maryam Ahmed is the university's recipient of the 2023 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. She will receive a $12,500 cash prize as part of the award.

  • Technology, records, lore tell Boone story [faculty featured]
    Technology, records, lore tell Boone story [faculty featured]
    Wilkes Journal-Patriot
    April 12, 2023

    Dr. Ellen Cowan and Keith Seramur, husband and wife and professors in App State’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, searched for evidence of the long-purported Daniel Boone cabin site in Beaver Creek using remote sensing devices. App State seniors and environmental geology majors, Ben Mapes of Morganton and Michael Medlin of Jamestown, assisted with the research.

  • Watauga County students participate in National History Day Competition [faculty featured]
    Watauga County students participate in National History Day Competition [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    March 22, 2023

    Students from Two Rivers Community School and Kinderwood School in Boone, participated in the annual National History Day competition in March. The competition has students in grades 6 to 12 conduct extensive historical research on a selected theme, then present their findings to a panel of judges. Andrea Burns, associate professor in App State’s Department of History, made a push for Watauga County students to compete in the event for the first time, offering research assistance to participating students.

  • US regulators avoided a banking crisis by swift action following SVB’s collapse - but the cracks it exposed continue to weaken the global financial system’s foundation [faculty featured]
    US regulators avoided a banking crisis by swift action following SVB’s collapse - but the cracks it exposed continue to weaken the global financial system’s foundation [faculty featured]
    The Conversation
    March 16, 2023

    With the recent collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, concerns still remain over the stability of the global financial system. In this article, two finance scholars, Brian Blank of Mississippi State and Brandy Hadley of App State, help readers better understand what U.S. regulators did to remedy the situation, the impact of their decisions and what problems still remain.

  • Fact check: Mushrooms share more DNA with humans than plants [faculty featured]
    Fact check: Mushrooms share more DNA with humans than plants [faculty featured]
    USA Today
    Feb. 27, 2023

    A recent viral Facebook post claims that mushroom DNA is closer to humans than plants. Experts, including John Walker, professor in App State's Department of Biology, confirm that this is true. In this article, Walker highlights the major overlapping characteristics shared by fungi and animals that plants do not have.

  • Since 1958, App State's Southern Appalachian plant collection has aided research, teaching and conservation
    Since 1958, App State's Southern Appalachian plant collection has aided research, teaching and conservation

    I.W. Carpenter Jr. Herbarium houses 30,000 plant specimens

    Feb. 24, 2023

    For nearly 65 years, App State’s herbarium has served as a vital record of the flora biodiversity in the Southern Appalachian Mountains region. Faculty and students engage with its 30,000 specimens for teaching, research and plant conservation.

  • Mountain hares are built for snow. That may become a problem. [faculty featured]
    Mountain hares are built for snow. That may become a problem. [faculty featured]
    National Geographic
    Feb. 20, 2023

    Dr. Marketa Zimova, assistant professor of biology at App State, explores how climate change has negatively impacted mountain hares in the Scottish Highlands. Zimova explains that mountain hares have turncoat capabilities — changing from a brown coat to a white coat during winter months to blend in with the snow — but with less snow each year, they are becoming more easily exposed to predators.

  • How the world’s highest weather station was installed atop Everest [faculty featured]
    How the world’s highest weather station was installed atop Everest [faculty featured]
    guinnessworldrecords.com
    Feb. 16, 2023

    Two years after the world’s highest altitude weather station atop Mount Everest was destroyed, a team of Sherpa and scientists risked their lives to replace it with a new and improved one. Dr. Baker Perry, professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, was a co-leader of the project, helping to spearhead the construction of a redesigned weather station that could withstand the extreme weather conditions on top of the mountain. The project was part of National Geographic and Rolex’s Return to Everest Expedition in May 2022.

  • Human enzyme research to fight cancer, diseases finds a home in North Carolina mountains [faculty featured]
    Human enzyme research to fight cancer, diseases finds a home in North Carolina mountains [faculty featured]
    WRAL TechWire
    Feb. 16, 2023

    Michael Reddish, assistant professor in App State’s Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, is responsible for the university’s biggest ever National Institutes of Health grant. With $1.6 million in funding, including a $20,000 NCBiotech Flash Grant and a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant, Reddish is researching human enzymes in an effort that could lead to new therapies for treating cancer and other serious diseases. Reddish’s team is made up of App State undergraduate students.

  • App State honored as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars, students for 2022–23
    App State honored as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars, students for 2022–23

    The university is one of 3 master’s institutions nationwide to receive the honor

    Feb. 15, 2023

    App State has been named a Top Producer of Fulbright students and scholars for 2022–23, with two faculty and four alumni receiving a Fulbright to teach, perform research and/or study abroad. This marks the third time the university has received this honor in the past four academic years.

  • NC State scientists want less phosphorus use, and the White House is paying attention
    NC State scientists want less phosphorus use, and the White House is paying attention
    The News & Observer
    Feb. 13, 2023

    Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, toured the Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center, headquartered at N.C. State, in February 2023. App State is one of nine institutions across the U.S. that are partners in the center, which aims to facilitate a 25% reduction in human dependence on mined phosphates and a 25% reduction in phosphorus losses to soils and water resources within 25 years.

  • Reddish Lab awarded largest National Institutes of Health grant in App State’s history
    Reddish Lab awarded largest National Institutes of Health grant in App State’s history

    Enzyme research by Dr. Michael Reddish, App State undergrads could lead to improved disease treatments

    Feb. 2, 2023

    A five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health — the largest NIH grant in App State’s history — is the latest to support enzyme research led by Dr. Michael Reddish that could aid in the development of new and safer therapies, including those for cancer.

  • App State’s Dr. Sarah Evans receives CAREER award from National Science Foundation
    App State’s Dr. Sarah Evans receives CAREER award from National Science Foundation

    Funding to support ongoing permafrost research, K–12 education collaborations

    Jan. 31, 2023

    App State’s Dr. Sarah Evans, assistant professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The award comes with a federal grant to support Evans’ research and education activities for five consecutive years.

  • Professor Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand awarded 2022–23 Fulbright to teach, conduct research in Austria
    Professor Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand awarded 2022–23 Fulbright to teach, conduct research in Austria

    She will continue her research project ‘Medieval Literature in the Modern Landscape’

    Jan. 10, 2023

    With the support of her Fulbright award, Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, professor of German and global studies at App State, will serve as the Fulbright Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Graz in Austria in spring 2023, where she will teach and conduct research.

  • How Loading Up On Almonds Makes Your Weekend Workout Go Smoothly [faculty featured]
    How Loading Up On Almonds Makes Your Weekend Workout Go Smoothly [faculty featured]
    Forbes
    Jan. 9, 2023

    Dr. David Nieman, professor in App State’s Department of Biology, explains how eating almonds can help athletes boost metabolism and reduce inflammation after a workout. Nieman is the director of App State’s Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

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