The results are in from a comprehensive scientific sampling of residents of the 23 westernmost counties of North Carolina, and researchers at Western Carolina University’s Center for Regional Development say they found some surprises in their examination of the region’s economic, social and political trends.
Here’s one professor whose research truly has gone to the dogs. Hal Herzog, professor of psychology at Western Carolina University, had long wondered why people choose the types of dogs they select for pets.
It’s been a busy spring for Christine D. Stevens, head of Western Carolina University’s department of health sciences, who has been appointed to a statewide genomics task force and received the state’s top award in the field of immunology.
It’s not unusual for a group of college students to take advantage of a long weekend for a trip to the beach. But for a group of Western Carolina University geosciences majors, a recent trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks provided more than just an opportunity for rest and relaxation.
Western Carolina University is among 10 colleges and universities in the Southeast selected to participate in a $2.4 million effort led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine to reduce alcohol-related problems among college students.
Western Carolina University is among 10 colleges and universities in the Southeast selected to participate in a $2.4 million effort led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine to reduce alcohol-related problems among college students.
The first new building constructed at Western Carolina University in more than 17 years opened for business Saturday, Nov. 1, as U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor joined university officials to cut the ribbon on the Center for Applied Technology, a high-technology training facility built with nearly $8 million in federal funds.
Several faculty and students from Western Carolina University’s department of geosciences and natural resources management will present research at the 115th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, to be held Nov. 2-5 in Seattle.
The origin of heath balds, peculiar treeless areas located high in the southern Appalachian Mountains, has long been a mystery to scientists, but research being conducted by Western Carolina University students and faculty is beginning to shed some light on that subject.
