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Associate Vice Chancellor of Alumni Engagement Stephanie Billings '92 (left) and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Mike Madritch (right) with Haley Hopper Gentry ‘91, the Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte Douglas International Airport (middle), at the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala on July 12, 2025. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Haley Hopper Gentry ’91 honored with College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Award
Jul 17, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Alumni Association recognized four Mountaineers at the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 1...

App State environmental science majors Kyia Wing, a senior from Suwanee, Georgia, left, and Kaden Cusack ’25, an App State alumnus from Cary, take a close look at the new boulder donated to the university’s rock garden by Albemarle Corp. Cusak graduated from App State in May, earning his bachelor’s degree in environmental science. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Rock garden and lab expanded at App State after Helene cleanup
Jul 2, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Lab and Rock Garden — a resource for geology students, researc...

UCalgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky and PhD candidate Jared Voris, left, helped identify the dinosaur species using fossils found in Mongolia. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Jared Voris '16 identifies second new dinosaur species
Jun 18, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumnus Jared Voris '16 is the lead author of a new Nature study identifying a new species of dinosaur. T...

Brewer Logan '14 '18

Wilkes company creates new opportunities [alumni featured]
May 22, 2025

A North Wilkesboro-based company plans to soon start large-scale pilot production of a material that makes soil more productive, reduces carbon dioxid...

Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24

Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24 featured on Appalachian Excellence podcast
Mar 20, 2025

On this episode of Appalachian Excellence: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Karen Fletcher, director of grants resources and services in t...

Sam J. Massey

Oh, the places you will go!: Sociology graduate success and advice
Feb 26, 2025

App State sociology offers a research-driven, impact-focused curriculum that prepares our students for success. Don't just take our word for it. ...

Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence awardee Savannah Devine

Savannah Devine '22 awarded Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence
Feb 16, 2025

Research Ireland has awarded the prestigious Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence to UCD PhD candidate Savannah Devine....

Sarah Ulrich '24 (left) and Dr. Maggie Sugg (right) are co-authors of a new paper published in the high-impact scientific journal The Lancet Regional Health - Americas.

Sarah Ulrich '24 and Dr. Maggie Sugg publish study in The Lancet
Feb 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Sarah Ulrich '24, an alumna of the graduate geography program, is the lead author of a new paper published in the high-impact scientif...

Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, photographed in October 2024. Photo courtesy of Barber (jesse-barber.com)

Jesse Barber '24 documents Hurricane Helene
Jan 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, has been a key documentarian in media efforts to cover the stories We...

App State senior Temitayo Olofintuyi, left, a Beemon research team member and computer science major from Greensboro, and Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, the Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in App State’s Department of Computer Science, inspect two Beemon Hive Monitoring Systems on App State’s Boone campus. Tashakkori and his research team received a grant for over $640,000 from NCInnovation to commercialize four parts of the Beemon Hive Monitoring System. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support
Dec 9, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — At Appalachian State University, research by Dr. Rahman Tashakkori and his team is contributing to the development of an inn...

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