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Meet Javon Dixon: APSU student, shoe customizer focuses 'on my craft' during coronavirus crisis

Meet Javon Dixon. Student, programmer and shoe customizer. Dixon is a computer science major and graphic design minor. He said that his minor helps influence his imagination, and he's learning how to guide a business through a crisis.

Dr. Karen Meisch named dean of APSU College of STEM

Since 2007, Meisch has served APSU as an assistant professor of biology, assistant chair of the Department of Biology, associate dean of the College of STEM and interim dean of the college.

APSU GIS Center develops statewide coronavirus map

The online tool provides information on each county by pulling data from the Tennessee Department of Health's website, which is updated every day at 2 p.m.

Meet Amanda McNair, whose Instagram photos evoked 'Love it!' from Pillsbury

"I came up with the idea to post a photo every day, then I thought, 'Oh, my gosh! That's 365 different posts," McNair said. "If you check it out, I switched out the wigs every single day, but I actually completed it, my New Year's resolution."

Austin Peay adds custom coding camps, classes to Junior Coders offerings

Austin Peay's Department of Computer Science and Information Technology has introduced a new way to experience the popular Junior Coders camps it offers.

Meet Austin Peay's student-discovered bacteriophages: Danno, Otwor and Scumberland

As part of their research, the students named their newly discovered phages and entered them into a global database. We thought it might be neat to ask the students how they picked their phage names.

Coronavirus video: Watch APSU's Science on Tap lecture about the virus and its sinister cousins

Austin Peay State University hosted a special lecture on March 3 about the coronavirus outbreak. In case you missed the lecture - which happened during March's Science on Tap event at Strawberry Alley Ale Works - here's a GoPro recording.

'High interest' spurs addition of robotics classes at Austin Peay

"I've been meeting a lot with a number of teachers in the local school system, and it takes you all of two seconds to realize how big robotics is in the schools around here," said Dr. John Nicholson, an associate computer science professor. "There's a high interest in those students."

Austin Peay to host special lecture on coronavirus

Austin Peay State University will host a special lecture at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, so area residents can learn more about the coronavirus outbreak, about similar viruses and about how outbreaks such as this one take root and spread.

Austin Peay gives Northeast students peek at multidisciplinary field of robotics

Twenty-five students from Northeast High School's Computer Information Technology Academy (CITA) recently visited with Austin Peay State University students and professors to learn more about how robotics is integrated in various fields.

February's Science on Tap to explore 'Weird, Wonderful World of Animal Sex'

"I'm about to ruin 'Finding Nemo' for you." That's the warning Austin Peay State University biology professor Dr. Mollie Cashner had while sharing a sneak peek at Feb. 4's Science on Tap presentation: "The Weird, Wonderful World of Animal Sex."

APSU mathematics students serve and learn in Jamaica during winter break

The trip marked the first time the University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics has visited the island nation, with students from freshmen to seniors volunteering in a school.

APSU physics students launch hops into stratosphere for new Strawberry Alley beer

The downtown restaurant will brew a special batch of beer from the hops that traveled more than 93,000 feet into the sky above Tennessee.

APSU Southeastern Grasslands Initiative and Quail Forever sign MOU

The MOU recognizes that mutual support, cooperation and assistance are beneficial in furthering both organizations' missions of landscape conservation and ecological restoration.

APSU's Science on Tap returns Jan. 7 with talk on facial recognition technology

At 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, Dr. James Church will discuss the extraordinary and sometimes frightening advances in facial recognition technology.

Texas Hub of APSU's Southeastern Grasslands Initiative to be established at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

The two organizations officially signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding on Nov. 18, 2019, that will establish a presence for SGI in Eastern and Central Texas.

APSU alumni establish the Bryce and Jody Sanders Agriculture Endowment for APSU students

The scholarship is intended to assist Tennessee residents from Montgomery County, Dickson County, Cheatham County, Robertson County, Stewart County and Houston County.

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