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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 Program (AISP) awards, last year’s recipients continue making progress

College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & Honors
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 research project titled “Investigating Carbon Inheritance in the Early

College News, Grants & Research
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 Century
Thursday, April 19, 2018
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114

College News, Events
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 execute opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, Students
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 Wreck Earth,” the new novel by Dr. Harvard G.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Sustainability
Sumobot Competition

Watauga Sumobot Competition
Apr 10, 2018

Watauga Sumobot Competition
Saturday, April 14, 2018
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Holmes Convocation Center

College News, Events
John Brown's Children

"John Brown's Children: The Long Reach of the Civil War"
Apr 9, 2018

"John Brown's Children: The Long Reach of the Civil War"
Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz, Eastern Illinois University
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114
Monday, April 16, 2018
6 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public

College News, Events
Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah
Apr 9, 2018

On Thursday, April 12, Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies along with Appalachian State’s Hillel chapter and the Temple of the High Country and will organize a public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the

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Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors”

Renowned Holocaust Educator Dr. Racelle Weiman on "A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black US Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors in Central Europe"
Apr 6, 2018

Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors”

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