Glacier change research funded by National Science Foundation
Aug 27, 2018
Loss of water stored in glaciers impacts downstream ecosystems, river dynamics, and sea level rise. In a warming world, a glacier will experience more...
Fading human history characterized using cutting-edge techniques
Aug 27, 2018
The Engare Sero site in northern Tanzania preserves footprints made by humans traversing the landscape between 10 and 20 thousand years ago. The footp...
Summer 2018 Workshop Series for Elementary Teachers
Aug 27, 2018
Casting fossils, biostratigraphy, mineral tests and a field trip to the local rock quarry were among the activities that elementary and middle school ...
Landslide Hazards in Boone - the Watauga Democrat interviews Dr. Ellen Cowan
Jun 25, 2018
Landslide hazards: Hidden in plain sight? The Watauga Democrat interviews Dr. Ellen Cowan about landslide hazards in the High Country.Read more....
Dr. Steve Hageman receives Fulbright to study global warming’s effects in the polar Arctic
Jun 22, 2018
Dr. Steve Hageman will be spending fall semester in Poland at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences on a Fulbr...
Appalachian Geology and Environmental Sciences at the XXV Aurora Fossil Festival
May 27, 2018
On Saturday May 26th, AppState GES joined other educational institutions from the southeast to celebrate the 25th edition of the Aurora Fossil Festiva...
aGES student Jacob Pratt receives Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) scholarship
May 4, 2018
Junior Jacob Pratt (BS Geology) recently received a Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Carolinas/Georgia Section Scholarship for St...
Two aGES students receiving funding from the Explorers Club for research
May 1, 2018
Congratulations to aGES students Olivia Paschall, a senior geology major, and Allison Dombrowski, a sophomore geology major, who received Explorers Cl...
Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Cowan, and students Morgan Baker and Jacob Dorsett for their research awards
Apr 27, 2018
Dr. Ellen Cowan won Appalachian's second annual Undergraduate Student Faculty Mentorship Excellence Award on Thursday, April 21 as part of the&nb...
Appalachian and Blue Ridge Elementary School bridge art and science
Feb 6, 2018
Drs. Jamie Levine and Bob Swarthout (part of a group of seven faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences) work with students at ...