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Topic: Sustainability

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App Builds a Home breaks ground on 3rd ‘safe and affordable home’
Nov. 17, 2021
App Builds a Home held a Nov. 6 groundbreaking ceremony for its third build in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity. Fundraising for the project is off to a strong start with a $20,000 matching grant from State Farm.
Dr. Sarah Evans, App State students to explore how water patterns in melting permafrost affect climate change
Nov. 3, 2021
App State assistant professor Dr. Sarah Evans and App State undergraduate students will spend the next three summers studying water saturation patterns in Alaska’s thawing permafrost — research aimed at providing new insights on the advancement of climate change. Their research is supported by a nearly $690,000 National Science Foundation grant.
How climate change is affecting fall foliage [faculty featured]
FOX 13 Salt Lake City
Oct. 12, 2021
Dr. Howard Neufeld, professor of biology at Appalachian State University, shares insights with Newsy about climate change's potential effects on fall leaf color and timing.
App State joins NSF research effort to reduce phosphorus dependence, losses
Sep. 13, 2021
Appalachian joins 8 institutions to form the NSF Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability Center, a national research effort to reduce phosphorus dependence and losses.
Mountaineer alumna Rhiannon Reed-Kelly ’20 has her eye on international urban design
Sep. 3, 2021
Rhiannon Reed-Kelly ’20 plans to pursue her master’s degree in urban design in Ireland, combining her interests in planning and sustainable development to create positive changes for people and the natural environment.
App State solar vehicle team basks in praise at victory celebration
Aug. 20, 2021
Team Sunergy was lauded by Chancellor Sheri Everts and others at an App State celebration of the team’s victories at the 2021 American Solar Challenge and Formula Sun Grand Prix.
It’s digital! E-book rentals lighten costs — and backpacks — for App State students
Aug. 13, 2021
E-book rentals lighten the load for App State students — both physically and financially. And, with immediate delivery, it’s easy to be ready for class from day one.
App State's Team Sunergy wins big in US solar racing challenge — No. 1 in Cruiser Class
Aug. 12, 2021
App State’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, swept the 2021 American Solar Challenge — finishing in first place for multiple-occupant vehicles (MOV), winning all three stages of the race from Missouri to New Mexico and clocking a total of 964.8 miles.
College students race solar cars from Missouri to New Mexico [students featured]
Santa Fe New Mexican
Aug. 7, 2021
The Santa Fe New Mexican interviews App State Team Sunergy member Sam Cheatham about the American Solar Challenge. Team Sunergy finished first in its class in the road race.
App State and Cone Estate connection spans 100-plus years, yields academic and engagement opportunities
Aug. 6, 2021
App State’s location in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina opens avenues of academic and civic engagement particular to the area. The university’s partnership with the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park in Blowing Rock — spanning more than a century — is a good example.
App State’s solar vehicle team takes Formula Sun Grand Prix 2nd place, qualifies for 1,000-mile road challenge
Aug. 5, 2021
App State’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, captured second place in its class in the 2021 Formula Sun Grand Prix, qualifying for the American Challenge (ASC) road race — this year from Missouri to New Mexico. Follow Team Sunergy’s third ASC showing as they power west on sustainable energy Aug. 3–7.
Laurel Creek Hall is move-in ready: New building to house 640 App State students
Aug. 5, 2021
Suite- and apartment-style campus living awaits first-year students moving into the new Laurel Creek Hall — the latest residence hall to be completed in App State’s multiphase housing project.
The American Solar Challenge will start Tuesday in Independence and end in New Mexico [students featured]
The Examiner
Aug. 2, 2021
App State student and Team Sunergy Co-Mechanical Director Jessica Navarro-Luciano is interviewed in this article about the American Solar Challenge, a road race of solar-powered cars from Missouri to New Mexico.
Smoke from Western fires wafts to region [faculty featured]
The Mountain Times
July 29, 2021
Dr. James Sherman, physics and astronomy professor at App State, is interviewed by The Mountain Times about the smoke that drifted to the area from Western U.S. wildfires in summer 2021.
Appalachian State unveils solar-powered race car's new look ahead of race events
WJHL
July 23, 2021
WJHL reports on the App State Solar Vehicle Team and shares images from its practice at the Johnson County (Tennessee) Airport.
The Tale of Gray's Lily [faculty, student featured]
The Appalachian Voice
June 26, 2021
Dr. Matt Estep, associate biology professor, and graduate student Ben Brewer are interviewed in this article about their studies of rare and endangered plants, such as the Gray's lily.
App State genetic diversity study to inform US Fish and Wildlife conservation efforts for endangered NC plant
June 24, 2021
App State plant geneticist Dr. Matt Estep is working with the Blue Ridge Parkway to examine the genetic diversity of spreading avens — a federally endangered plant native to Western North Carolina. His five-year study, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will help inform conservation efforts aimed at preserving and protecting the species.
Brood X misses the High Country, coming years promise larger cicada emergences
Watauga Democrat
June 23, 2021
Dr. Clare Scott-Chialvo, Dr. Pablo Chialvo and Dr. Ray Williams — faculty members in Appalachian State's Department of Biology — are interviewed about cicada emergence cycles and the impacts of climate change.

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