BOONE—Caylen J. Beaty received an Outstanding Student Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (NCAPA). Beaty is a 2009 graduate of Appalachian State University. [more]

BOONE – Appalachian State University has received more than $552,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support six projects, four of which were research projects funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF). Appalachian also has submitted proposals for another $6.5 million in stimulus funding for additional projects related to economic growth and stability. [more]

BOONE—The American chestnut tree disappeared from southern forests by the mid-1950s as the result of a an airborne bark fungus growing on chestnut trees imported to New England from Asia. Ironically, the blight that destroyed the species helped clear the way for other trees to thrive. [more]

BOONE—The ponderosa pine and Douglas fir are iconic images of the Northern Rockies. Towering more than 130 feet and with circumferences that can exceed 200 inches, the trees provide researchers with a wealth of information related to fire history, climate changes and tree growth trends. [more]

BOONE—Dr. Henry B. Perry III will present a lecture on global health April 16 at Appalachian State University. [more]

BOONE—A golf tournament benefiting the Stephen Vacendak Memorial Fellowship Fund in Geography will be held Monday, Oct. 6, at RedTail Mountain Golf Club near Mountain City, Tenn. The fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geography and Planning. [more]

BOONE—Dr. Andrew Klein from the Department of Geography at Texas A&M University will present “Monitoring of Tropical Glaciers from Space” Thursday, March 20, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Linville Falls Room at Appalachian State University. [more]

BOONE—Accurately forecasting snowfall can be a hit or miss proposition in North Carolina’s mountains as residents and visitors can attest. [more]

BOONE—Geographers from Appalachian State University and UNC Greensboro have found a piece of the global warming/climate change puzzle related to the occurrence of wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains. [more]