College News

J. Tyler Ramsey ’16 at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Photo submitted

Chemistry alum’s research indicates potential harm of essential oils
Apr 13, 2018

 Lavender and tea tree oils may be causing breast growth in young boys.J. Tyler Ramsey ’16, an Appalachian State University chemistry major now...

Dr. Wilma Dunaway

Slavery in the Appalachian Mountains
Apr 12, 2018

Slavery in the Appalachian MountainsWilma Dunaway, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech UniversityWednesday, April 18, 2018Appalachian Hall, Room 1616 p....

Vladimir Putin: The Final Act

Vladimir Putin: The Final Act
Apr 12, 2018

Vladimir Putin: The Final ActTuesday, April 17, 2018Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 1145 p.m.This is event is free and open to the public.R...

2017 Appalachian Innovation Scholars

A year of progress for 2017 Appalachian Innovation Scholars
Apr 12, 2018

While five Appalachian State University faculty members were recently announced as recipients of the 2018 Appalachian Innovation Scholars Pr...

Dr. Stephen Broadberry

Appalachian Spring - 13th Annual Conference in World History and Economics
Apr 11, 2018

This year's speaker will be Dr. Stephen Broadberry, Professor of Economic History and Research Fellow of Nuffield College at the Univer...

NASA

NASA grant supports Appalachian’s astrochemistry research of disks around forming stars
Apr 11, 2018

An interdisciplinary team of professors and scientists has received $132,000 in funding from NASA Mission Directorates to support their rese...

Broken Lives

Broken Lives: How Ordinary German Jews and Gentiles Experienced the Twentieth Century
Apr 11, 2018

Broken Lives: How Ordinary German Jews and Gentiles Experienced the Twentieth CenturyThursday, April 19, 20187:30 - 9 p.m.Belk Library and Information...

Megan Whitney

Senior Chemistry Major Megan Whitney: CAS Corp Feature of the Month
Apr 11, 2018

The CAS Corps are chosen to  serve as representatives to all constituents of the College of Arts and Sciences and to create, promote and exe...

Dr. Harvard G. Ayers, professor emeritus of anthropology at Appalachian State University, right, is co-author of “Train Wreck Earth.” Photo by Marie Freeman

Appalachian professor emeritus co-authors novel about climate change
Apr 10, 2018

If Mother Earth has a common enemy, who or what is it? Pollution? Nuclear war? An extraterrestrial species? The correct answer, according to “Train ...

Sumobot Competition

Watauga Sumobot Competition
Apr 10, 2018

Watauga Sumobot CompetitionSaturday, April 14, 20188:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Holmes Convocation CenterRobotic sumo is a competition where two robots, kno...