Dr. Scott Marshall explains recent spike in Western North Carolina earthquakes
Jul 11, 2024
Western North Carolina felt three earthquakes in 24 hours in June, and one Appalachian State University professor said a recently discovered faul...
Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce featured in documentary about ancient footprints in Tanzania
Jun 14, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — Research directed by Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, professor and chair in Appalachian State University's Department of Geological a...
Dr. William Armstrong receives NSF RUI award to study glacial change
Jun 6, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. William Armstrong, assistant professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences,...
Students in "Antebellum Slavery in Appalachia" course design exhibit for Lenoir's Fort Defiance
May 2, 2024
LENOIR, N.C. — Students and faculty members from Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences and Reich College of Education collabor...
Drs. Robert Swarthout, Chris Thaxton and James Sherman Receive $531,902 NSF Grant
Sep 25, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — A group of faculty members from the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a three-year grant from...
Dr. Sarah Evans receives prestigious NSF CAREER award
Apr 3, 2023
Congratulations to Dr Sarah Evans, who recently won the prestigious NSF CAREER award, making her the third professor in App State's history to do...
Dr Ellen Cowan investigates history of environmental contamination by coal ash
Oct 24, 2022
Dr Ellen Cowan's work documenting the history of environmental contamination by coal ash (a byproduct of burning coal for energy production) in five N...
Dr. Sarah Evans' Work Highlighted by AGU in EOS
Jul 18, 2022
Dr. Sarah Evans' most recent first-author paper, which was published in JGR: Biogeosciences and titled “Control of short-stature veg...
Dr. Scott Marshall interviewed about the 2020 Sparta, NC earthquake
Apr 28, 2022
Dr. Scott Marshall was interviewed by Spectrum News Triad about the August 2020 Mag 5.1 earthquake in Sparta, NC after the fault line for the earthqua...
AGES faculty Carmichael, Edwards, Waters, and Toran and their students receive NSF funding to study mass extinctions
Jan 11, 2022
Drs. Sarah Carmichael, Cole Edwards, Johnny Waters, and Outreach Coordinator Marta Toran have received funding from the National Science Foundation to...