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Dr. Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Department of English, has received the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry. Photo by Jesse Barber.
Dr. Kathryn Kirpatrick, Department of English professor at Appalachian State University. Photo by University Communications.

Faculty Author Spotlight: Kathryn Kirkpatrick talks about her book “The Fisher Queen”
Nov 7, 2019

Dr. Kathryn Kirpatrick, Department of English professor at Appalachian State University
Monday, Nov. 11, 2019
5 p.m.

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Dr. Brandon Garcia of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University. Photo from ECU.

Biology Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Brandon Garcia from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University
Nov 6, 2019

Dr. Brandon Garcia of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University
"Structure-Function Relationships of Borrelial Classical Pathway-specific Complement Inhibitors"

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019
Rankin Science West (RSW), Room 183

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Dr. Christina Sornito-Carter, a 2019–20 Fulbright recipient and assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Anthropology. Photo submitted
An image of the GoTo laboratory on the roof of Rankin Science at Appalachian State University. Photo by Dan Caton.

View the Transit of Mercury through telescopes on the open roof observatory at Appalachian
Nov 5, 2019

View the Transit of Mercury
Monday, November 11, 2019
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
What to watch for: The transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun

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Dr. Richard Gray, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Photo by Chase Reynolds
Photo by Wake Forest University, https://news.wfu.edu/experts/barry-trachtenberg/

Religious studies club hosts speaker on Zionism in light of the Holocaust
Nov 4, 2019

Dr. Barry Trachtenburg, Rubin professional chair of Jewish history and director of Wake Forest Universitiy’s Jewish studies program
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019
6:30 p.m.
Belk Library Room 114

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total of seven Appalachian State University faculty received Fulbright awards for 2019–20 as a result of the 2018 Fulbright competition: six as Fulbright Scholars and one as a Fulbright Administrator. Photos collage by University Communications.

App State receives record number of Fulbright awards for faculty
Nov 4, 2019

A total of seven Appalachian State University faculty received Fulbright awards for 2019–20 as a result of the 2018 Fulbright competition: six as Fulbright Scholars and one as a Fulbright Administrator. This represents a record number of Fulbrights for Appalachian.

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Interviewee Bill Alexander, right, instructs Appalachian State University graduate student Chelsey Johnson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, in how to strip hickory bark for lacing baskets and weaving chair bottoms. Johnson interviewed Alexander for her South Arts-funded grant project documenting living folk traditions in Appalachia. Johnson is an M.A. candidate in Appalachian State University’s Appalachian studies program. Photo by Jesse Barber

South Arts supports App State documentary on living folk traditions in Appalachia
Nov 1, 2019

Living folk traditions practiced by the people of diverse cultures in Western North Carolina will be preserved for generations to come thanks to the documentary work of Appalachian State University graduate student Chelsey Johnson, an M.A.

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Dr. Cara Fiore, visiting assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Biology, dives off the coast of Bocas del Toro, Panama, during her summer 2019 research to study sea sponge filtration. Photo courtesy of Dr. Cara Fiore