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College of Arts and Sciences welcomes a new Associate Dean for 2018-19
Jul 2, 2018

The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest academic college at Appalachian State University will begin the fall semester with new Associate Dean, D...

Appalachian State University professor Dr. Steve Hageman has received a 2018–19 Fulbright award and will apply methods he uses to study fossils to help determine the degree to which warming of the environment has affected the body size of polar Arctic marine organisms. Photo submitted

Appalachian professor Dr. Steve Hageman receives Fulbright to study global warming’s effects in the polar Arctic
Jun 26, 2018

 Dr. Steve Hageman, professor of geology in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, which is housed in Appalachian State Univers...

Adam Moore’18 History, social studies education, Department of History. Photo by Marie Freeman

College of Arts and Sciences names Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for 2017-18
Jun 22, 2018

Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences has named Adam Moore the Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for the 2017-18 school ...

Sociologist Dr. Cameron Lippard. Photo by Marie Freeman

Sociologist weighs in on immigrant family separations — including social, economic impact
Jun 21, 2018

Dr. Cameron Lippard in Appalachian State University’s Department of Sociology researches immigration and Latino incorporation into the American Sout...

aging health and society certificate

Appalachian offers updated and renamed graduate certificate in aging, health and society
Jun 15, 2018

Appalachian State University’s former gerontology graduate certificate has a new name — the graduate certificate in aging, health and society...

“Abolitionists, Doctors, Ranchers, and Writers: A Family Journey through American History,” in which Appalachian historian Dr. Lynne Getz traces the lives of three generations of the Faunce family though the family’s letter correspondence, is the winner of the Western Association of Women Historians’ Barbara “Penny” Kanner Prize. University Press of Kansas image

Dr. Lynne M. Getz awarded Barbara “Penny” Kanner Prize
Jun 13, 2018

 The Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) has awarded Appalachian State University historian Dr. Lynne Getz its Barbara “Pe...

Bruce Dick

Faculty Highlight: Bruce Dick
Jun 12, 2018

Department of English Professor, Dr. Bruce Dick, is busy trying to complete a book project on the American author, Richard Wright. This work, which Di...

“The Most Unknown” is a feature-length documentary featuring Appalachian’s Dr. Rachel Smith, assistant professor in the university’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Internet Movie Database (IMDb) image

Appalachian assistant professor featured in documentary on humanity’s big questions
Jun 11, 2018

How did life begin? What is dark matter? What is consciousness? How much do we really know? These essential questions have fueled scientific inquiry f...

“Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State,” by Dr. Curtis Ryan, professor of political science at Appalachian State University. The book is published by Columbia University Press. Columbia University Press image

‘Jordan and the Arab Uprisings’ — the latest book by Appalachian’s Curtis Ryan — published by Columbia University Press
Jun 8, 2018

In “Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State,” the latest book by Dr. Curtis Ryan, professor of political scie...

A typical longleaf pine ecosystem. Mature trees are approximately 200 years old. Photo courtesy of Peter Soulé

Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
May 31, 2018

Dr. Peter Soulé’s research, which analyzes rainfall variability in the U.S.’s Southeast Atlantic Coastal Region (SACR) by examining tree ring rec...

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