Environmental Science Program Director Robert Swarthout part of team that receives $531,902 NSF Grant
Sep 25, 2023
Environmental Sciences Program Director Bob Swarthout and professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have been awarded a three-year grant...
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...
Dr Andy Heckert investigates past life as Fulbright Scholar
Dec 13, 2021
Vertebrate paleontologist Dr Andy Heckert has been hard at work as a Fulbright Scholar during his semester of off campus scholarly assignment (sabbati...
SCEC funding to Dr. Scott Marshall supports GES major Savannah Devine '22
Nov 6, 2021
Dr. Scott Marshall has been funded by the Southern California Earthquake Center to improve the Community Fault Model. Savannah Devine '22 is one of th...
Dr. Sarah Evans and GES students explore climate change and permafrost, funded by a new NSF grant!
Nov 4, 2021
From Appalachian Today: Appalachian State University’s Dr. Sarah Evans and five undergraduate students will spend the next thre...