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Horror, electronic music and Russian politics: Brittany Roberts connects them all [faculty featured]
Oct 19, 2026

Brittany Roberts, an assistant professor with the App State English department, gave a talk on how Russian electronic music duo IC3PEAK uses horror im...

Dr. Melissa Birkhofer and Dr. Paul Worley at Sanford Hall Oct. 8. Photo by Isabella Castillo

‘People need to know about this’: App State professors champion Indigenous voices [faculty featured]
Oct 16, 2026

On a trip to the ancestral Catawba town of Joara with students in fall 2019, App State professors Paul Worley and Melissa Birkhofer heard from a colle...

Fermentation Sciences lab manager Daniel Parker (left), and lab director Brett Taubman (right) stand in App State’s Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences Service Lab in Mountain Laurel Hall Sept. 30.

The newest dairy alternative comes from sweet potatoes [faculty featured]
Oct 15, 2026

Two professors in the Fermentation Sciences Program founded a sweet potato milk startup company, seeking to promote nutrition and combat food waste....

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App State neuroscience project partners with new $19 million national connectomics initiative
Oct 8, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — An Appalachian State University-led effort to bring cutting-edge neuroscience research into undergraduate classrooms will partner with...

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Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa strengthens App State's global ties through Fulbright Specialist residency in South Africa
Oct 5, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa, professor of public administration in Appalachian State University's Department of Government and Justice Studie...

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Dr. Andy Davidson leads study on temperature, predator-prey interactions
Oct 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Andy Davidson, teaching assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Biology, is the lead author of a new...

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App State undergraduates turn genomics coursework into published research
Oct 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — In many undergraduate laboratory courses, students conduct experiments with expected outcomes. In Dr. Clare Scott Chialvo’s Genomics...

From left: Dr. Maggie Sugg, Sophie Ryan, and Trevor McKenzie

App State researchers partner to strengthen Western NC resilience 2 years post-Helene
Sep 30, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University researchers continue to learn from the damage, lessons and opportunities brought about by Hurricane Helen...

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2026 NC Japanese Language Student Conference celebrates language learning at App State
Sep 30, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Funded by Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures...

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Dr. Bret Taubman talks Rootsii on ‘Agriculture in North Carolina’
Sep 29, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Bret Taubman, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences and director of the ...

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