SAFE Student Spotlight: Erika Hernandez '23
Feb 27, 2024
Hernandez received a Spring 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to spread the word about the inaugural Watauga County BioBlitz. The goal ...
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...
Environmental Science major Skye-Anne Tschoepe awarded Southeast GSA grant to study water quality in the New River
Jun 21, 2021
Environmental Science major Skye-Anne Tschoepe was recently awarded a $750 research grant from the southeastern section of the Geological Society of A...
Skye-Anne Tschoepe receives Sigma Xi award to study Greenway water quality
Jan 13, 2021
Sophomore GES major Skye-Anne Tschoepe won an award from Sigma Xi, a scientific honor society, to advance her thesis work studying the impact of an ar...
2020 Senior Honor Thesis Presentations
Apr 30, 2020
We may not have been in the usual Rankin Science lecture hall, but it was a great day of Honors Thesis presentations. The virtual environment did not ...
GES alum Jared Voris ('16) discovers & names new tyrannosaur
Feb 17, 2020
Jared Voris, a Department alumnus ('16) and now University of Calgary PhD student, discovered and named a new genus and species of tyrannosaur. T...
GES alum Jake Dorsett ('18) research profiled
Nov 4, 2019
GES alumnus Jake Dorsett ('18) describes his research experience modeling Southern California fault dynamics in a recent Appalachian Today article. Do...
GES student and professor highlight Department's commitment to transfer students
Oct 10, 2019
Transfer students make up 7% of Appalachian's student body, and are faced with unique challenges during their college experience. Because transfer stu...
Senior Emily Fedders wins student research award at international conference
Jan 29, 2019
Emily Fedders, a senior Geology major with a Quantitative Geoscience concentration, won an Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) at the 2018 A...
GES faculty and student research improves University flood preparedness
Oct 29, 2018
Much of the City of Boone and Appalachian State University (ASU) lie very close to a river or creek. This means that, when heavy rains fall and river ...