Grants & Research

Ten Computer Science students from Appalachian presented at SNCURS 2017

Computer Science students present at SNCURCS 2017
Nov 10, 2017

Ten students from Appalachin's Computer Science Department presented their research at State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity S...

Peter Soulé | Department of Geography and Planning | Appalachian

Researchers link western wildfire activity to arctic warming
Oct 12, 2017

Are the devastating wildfires in California potentially linked to larger atmospheric processes related to human-caused climate change? Researchers at ...

Jackson and Martinez, Computer Science Students, Appalachian State

Two Students receive Scholarships from Boone-based ECRS Software Corporation
Oct 11, 2017

Junior, Diana Martinez of Rose Hill and sophomore, Joshua Jackson of Rocky Point, have been selected as recipients of the ECRS Computer Science Innova...

The SECU Public Fellows Internship stipend enabled her to work as a marketing intern and field scientist at OIBSTPO.

From turtles to town hall: SECU Public Fellows Internship at ASU
Oct 9, 2017

“There’s a one percent survival rate for hatchlings, but we give them all a chance just so maybe one of the little guys can make it. And hey, some...

Appalachian State University’s Team Sunergy is in Australia, assisting Chilean solar vehicle Team Antikari.

Appalachian’s Team Sunergy travels to World Solar Challenge in Australia to advise Chilean team
Oct 5, 2017

Members of Appalachian’s solar vehicle team left Boone Friday, Sept. 29, for more than two weeks Down Under. They will advise the Chilean team on el...

From left to right: Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Chair of Computer Science; Dr. Neva J. Specht, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Norris, Professor of Computer Science; Mr. Mark Noble, VP of Development,  ECRS and Michel Dougherty, CS System Administrator. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette.

An ECRS donation makes GPU programming possible in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian
Oct 4, 2017

Nearly all computers have a graphics processing unit (GPU) that generates two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) graphics, images and video f...

UNC Asheville, Appalachian State Partner as Part of NSF-Funded Study of plant life

PRESERVING A REGION
Oct 3, 2017

There are those who would say that the Southern Appalachian region is the most beautiful area in the country. In order to preserve that beauty, the de...

Appalachian Students in Angers, France

Summer research Internship Opportunities in Angers, France
Sep 5, 2017

Learn more about summer research internship opportunities in France on Friday, September 15 at 4 p.m. in Garwood Hall room 150.  An information s...

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug

Dr. Schug awarded Wenner Gren funding for bioarchaeological research in India
Aug 17, 2017

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug, Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, received a research award from the Wenner Gren Foundation to conduc...

UNC System

ARTISTIC LICENSE
Aug 8, 2017

UNC System institutions recieve NEA funding to further arts studies. Appalachian State University is receiving two NEA grants for the univer...