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Mark Zrull

Faculty Highlight: Mark Zrull
Jul 30, 2018

“What became really clear to me in my postdoctoral training was that I needed the energy of undergraduates around me and that I really loved teaching.”

College News, Faculty & Staff
Team Sunergy’s Cruiser Class vehicle, ROSE, is designed to look and feel like a car consumers will drive in the future. This photo, of ROSE climbing a steep mountain on the way from Wyoming to Oregon, was taken by supporting staff member Chase Reynolds and won the National Park Service photo competition, held in conjunction with the American Solar Challenge. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Appalachian’s Team Sunergy ties for second place in 2018 American Solar Challenge
Jul 27, 2018

Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team has secured a second-place tie in the 2018 American Solar Challenge (ASC), an international solar vehicle distance road race held biennially by the Innovators Educational Foundation (IEF).

College News, Events, Students
This image displays the prehistoric Dunkleosteus — a large, armored fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, or about 380–360 years ago. Image by Jaime Chirinos/Science Photo Library
A Survivor Speaks: Eugenie Mukeshimana on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and the Abuse of Music

A Survivor Speaks: Eugenie Mukeshimana on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and the Abuse of Music
Jul 25, 2018

The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies invites the public to a presentation by Rwandan Genocide survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana.

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Image by Dmitrii Pridannikov/Shutterstock.com
Dominic Ysidron

Student Highlight: Dominic Ysidron
Jul 23, 2018

Dominic Ysidron has paired a seemingly unlikely combination of study as a double major in psychology and philosophy and religion with a minor in statistics. Yet, Ysidron believes this mix has helped him tailor his education to exactly what he needs for his future studies and career.

College News, Students
Dr. Howard Neufeld, professor in the Department of Biology at Appalachian State University. He is co-author of a study on ozone pollution trends that was published June 28 in the journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene as part of the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) project. Photo by Marie Freeman

Appalachian’s Dr. Howard Neufeld contributes to global research on plant-damaging ozone pollution
Jul 20, 2018

A study published June 28 in the journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene that examines global ozone pollution trends has worldwide implications for plants and key crops.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Sustainability
ASU professor and child clinical psychologist Kurt D. Michael is the founder of the ASC Center, a partnership between Appalachian State University and regional K-12 public schools to provide counseling and mental health education to students.

Counseling partnership yields positive results for WHS students
Jul 19, 2018

The Assessment, Support and Counseling (ASC) Center at Watauga High School served 325 students — 24 percent of the student body — in the 2017-18 academic year, according to a presentation given to the Watauga County Board of Education on July 9.

College News, Faculty & Staff
Four honeybee hives in the local Boone community are equipped with the Beemon system created by students and faculty members in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. The hive pictured third from left is currently empty; its location between two active hives allows for it to be used to measure the level of background noise. Photo submitted

‘Bee’ part of Appalachian’s honeybee monitoring system research
Jul 18, 2018

Over the past five years, a team of students and faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University has been abuzz, working to create a honeybee monitoring system called&n

College News, Faculty & Staff, Sustainability
Joseph Bathanti is an American poet, novelist and professor in the department of English at Appalachian.

50 for 50: Artists Celebrate North Carolina
Jul 17, 2018

In honor of the N.C. Arts Council 50th anniversary, 50 renowned artists with North Carolina roots share their North Carolina arts story and reflect on why public funding for the arts matters.

College News, Awards & Honors