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App State professor Dr. Ellen Cowan, left, and undergraduate student Khloe Springsteen examine soil samples collected from beneath the plow zone near the footprint of the palisade at Fort Defiance in Lenoir. With the fort’s footprint now pinpointed, the research of Cowan and her team will inform an augmented reality rendering of the site, created by historians at the American Battlefield Trust as part of the Liberty Trail North Carolina project. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State researchers discover footprint of Revolutionary War-era Fort Defiance

Nov 10, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University excavation work at Fort Defiance has pinpointed the footprint of the Revolutionary War-era structure, hel...

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Dr. Judkin Browning receives 2026 Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction

Nov 10, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Judkin Browning, I.G. Greer Distinguished Professor in the Appalachian State University Department of History, has received the 20...

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App State geographers awarded $200,000 grant to translate climate and mental health research into policy action

Nov 10, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Maggie Sugg, professor and honors director in the Appalachian State University Department of Geography and Planning, has received ...

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Dr. Katie Mawhinney receives NCCTM's highest honor

Nov 6, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Katie Mawhinney, Cain Distinguished Professor in Science Education in the Appalachian State University Department of Mathematical ...

App State student researchers Shaun Pell, a senior from China Grove, left, and Kiya King, a senior from Granite Falls, right, discuss an ancient pottery sherd with Dr. Seth Grooms, assistant professor of anthropology and co-founder of the Lumbee River Archaeology Project. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Unearthing history: App State-Lumbee Tribe partnership documents ancient sites in Robeson County

Nov 5, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Artifacts that have endured for thousands of years in the soil of North Carolina’s Inner Coastal Plain have become a bridge between ...

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