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...
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...
Appalachian Alumni in the Wall Street Journal
Mar 11, 2021
Appalachian GES alumni Lamont Leatherman and Emily Blackburn now work for Piedmont Lithium, which is part of the race to produce domestic raw material...
Paleontology professor Dr. Andy Heckert in Appalachian Today
Mar 11, 2021
"Revealing Earth’s story through the geologic record" - Appalachian Today interviews Dr. Andy Heckert about his work with Triassic vertebrates, stud...
Outreach Coordinator Marta Toran in the Watauga Democrat
Feb 19, 2021
Teachers across western NC are grateful to Marta Toran and the GES outreach team's Mini Rockin’ NC kits, which allow local students to have hands-on...
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...