Sustainablity

2018 Chancellor's Innovation Scholars

STBE's Kevin Gamble named a 2018 Chancellor's Innovation Scholar
Mar 1, 2018

Five Appalachian State University faculty members have been selected to receive the 2018 Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program (AISP) awards. Each g...

Covered Bridge Park

Appalachian students design park plan for Tennessee city
Feb 28, 2018

An expression wall, solar panel lighting and an in-ground amphitheater were just a few of the ideas that a group of Appalachian State University under...

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Sustainable Development and Food Services foster farm-to-table initiative on campus
Feb 9, 2018

Appalachian State University’s Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development has partnered with Food Services to provide local food from it...

Recent Appalachian graduate leads energy efficiency study at Watauga County Detention Center [Watauga Democrat]
Jan 16, 2018

Alex Lowrie, who graduated from Appalachian State University with a master's from the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment i...

Appalachian’s College of Fine & Applied Arts to Host Climate Stories Showcase
Nov 16, 2017

The College of Fine & Applied Arts at Appalachian State University invites members of campus and community to a reception and exhibition titled â€...

Appalachian State University & Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture to host The 2017 Food Summit
Oct 13, 2017

The 2017 Food Summit, a gathering of scholars, farmers, and food lovers, is organized around the theme “Dynamic Traditions, Resourceful Communities....

Team Sunergy finishes in second place at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix

Appalachian State solar vehicle places second in international track race
Jul 10, 2017

Solar-powered Appalachian State University’s Team Sunergy took second place at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix after hundreds of hours of preparatio...

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Student team places second in national Race to Zero Competition
May 5, 2017

Team Appalachian [In]sight, a group of seven graduate and undergraduate students representing Appalachian State University’s Department of Sustainab...

2016-17 Innovation Scholars

Fine and Applied Arts faculty awarded Innovation Scholars funding
Apr 20, 2017

Three of the five collaborative projects funded by the Chancellor's first Innovation Scholars program are led by Fine and Applied Arts faculty. Read m...

NRLP General Manager Ed Miller

UNC GA grant supports Appalachian, New River Light and Power and energy research across UNC system
Mar 30, 2017

Over the past decade, Appalachian State University has amassed one of the largest and the most diverse portfolio of renewable energy facilities in the...