When Austin Peay State University's Science on Tap returns to Strawberry Alley Ale Works on May 3, APSU professors will continue their examination of how Hollywood blockbuster movies portray science.

After about five months of collecting insects at Fort Campbell and six months of counting them in an Austin Peay lab, Trevor Walker and his team identified 55,085 bugs. The payoff for all of that work could be huge - the research could uncover a new way for state agencies to gauge water quality.

The event - called The Innovation Experience - will include 16 exhibitions featuring student capstone projects that highlight their work solving real-world problems, such as helping senior citizens sort pills or improving tire manufacturing.

When Austin Peay State University's Science on Tap returns to Strawberry Alley Ale Works on April 5, APSU professors will continue their examination of how Hollywood blockbuster movies portray science.

When Austin Peay State University's Science on Tap returns to Strawberry Alley Ale Works on March 1, Dr. Catherine Haase, Dr. Kallina Dunkle and Phil Roberson will explore the science portrayed in the 1993 movie "Jurassic Park."

When Science on Tap returns to Strawberry Alley Ale Works on Feb. 1, Dr. Leslie Hiatt will lead attendees into the role of detective as they try to solve an escape game mystery - and to learn more about the scientific method.

In a photo from earlier this semester, Oakley - a diabetes service dog who attends classes with agriculture sophomore Alex Baum - wears protective gear during a chemistry lab. The photo tells the tale: a dog tolerating goggles, pants and booties to protect her human.

Michelle Rogers - a principal investigator for Austin Peay State University's Center of Excellence for Field Biology - wants to focus on the good news when she discusses climate change at the next Science on Tap at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Upstairs at Strawberry Alley Ale Works.

Eighteen Austin Peay State University students presented research at the Tennessee Academy of Science's annual meeting on Nov. 6 at Tennessee Technological University.

The College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at Austin Peay State University this fall launched a new program focused on helping high-achieving students in their transition to university life.

Several graduate and undergraduate biology students from Austin Peay State University will present at the Southeastern Fishes Council meeting on Nov. 18-19, 2021, in Columbus, Georgia.

This semester, APSU grad students in Education 5360 are developing lesson plans for the teachers at Moore Magnet Elementary to use in the outdoor classroom.

The community will get a chance to see the GIS Center's work firsthand on Wednesday, Nov. 17, when the center opens its doors to celebrate GIS Day. The open house is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the center and will include tours and demonstrations.

To be eligible, first-time freshmen must be admitted to APSU, have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum ACT score of 23. Upperclassmen applicants must have junior or senior status and a minimum GPA of 3.0.

An Austin Peay State University education professor recently won the Tennessee Science Teachers Association Science Educator of the Year award in the higher education category.

Earlier this year, Austin Peay State University and GIS Center students Josh Gramlick and Javon Dixon partnered with a local historical preservation society to help tell the story of Clarksville's African American soldiers.

Dr. Meagan Mann, a chemistry professor at Austin Peay State University, has written a paper that might explain not only John Bell's death but also the magical components at the core of the Bell Witch legend.

Austin Peay State University professor Dr. Nicholas Coleman, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, will discuss "Cryptography and You" at the next Science on Tap at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Upstairs at Strawberry Alley Ale Works.

Austin Peay State University is opening its hangar and classroom space at Clarksville Regional Airport on Nov. 6 to give aspiring helicopter pilots an opportunity to see APSU's helicopters and to learn more about the university's unique aviation sciences program.

Austin Peay State University's Science on Tap will return to Upstairs at Strawberry Alley Ale Works on Tuesday, Oct. 5, with discussion of a story that has captured the region's imagination for 200 years.

Dallen Larson might only be a freshman at Austin Peay State University, but the 18-year-old Springfield native is also a budding video game developer, releasing his newest creation - "Rhythm Knights"-- on Sept. 17.

An Austin Peay State University Governors flag recently zipped through the skies of the United Kingdom in the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet.

During APSU's Student Organization and Leader Awards in April, Kara Underwood received the William McClure Drane Award, and Sara Grey earned the Harvill-Civitan Citizenship Award.

Austin Peay State University's Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) recently partnered with the Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT) Pollinator Habitat Program on a conservation project that brought nectar-bearing prairies to the strips of land abutting Exit 1 in Clarksville. SGI was contracted by TDOT in 2019 with a $150,000 grant to identify, plant and assist in cultivating natural pollination locations along Tennessee's highways.

The Austin Peay State University College of STEM has earned an interdisciplinary Research in Undergraduate Institution (RUI) grant from the National Science Foundation to send 18 students to three universities in Europe that specialize in nano and glass technology.

In its 35th year, the center remains an opportunity for Austin Peay, for Clarksville and Montgomery County and beyond. Since its inception in 1986, the center has expanded from a focus on the fauna and flora of the Land Between the Lakes to establishing a footprint across the United States, such as with the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative - which since 2017 has worked to restore thousands of acres of grasslands from Texas to New Jersey.

Austin Peay's Center of Excellence for Field Biology lost one of its founding members, Dr. Floyd Scott, earlier this year. "He was the closest thing to a brother that I ever had," said Dr. Eugene Wofford, a longtime botanist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. "He was a very kind, very compassionate person, and I miss him dearly."

With the encouragement of one of his physics professors, Jason Rivas entered one of his senior-year research projects into the prestigious Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2021 (PEARC21) conference, and his poster was one of 16 selected.

To revive the 230-year-old lost world of Middle Tennessee, the two organizations are studying the original, hand-drawn maps and notes surveyors made of the region between 1789 and 1804.

An Austin Peay State University alumna, Angel Fowler, has been selected as a finalist in the 2020 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELA) in the Environment and Sustainability category.