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Tents with people drinking beer in front of them.

Beer, bubbles and Boone businesses come together for Beer Fest [faculty featured]
Sep 2, 2026

Despite the nation’s declining alcohol sales and general consumption, here in the High Country, the annual High Country Beer Fest kicked off Saturday with over

Events, Faculty & Staff
Smiling man in a striped polo holds two rock samples in a geology lab, with mineral specimens, charts, and equipment behind him.

Anthony Love contributes to new study dating rare Mars meteorite to 1.2 billion years old
Sep 2, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — A new study in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta has dated a rare Martian meteorite to 1.27 billion years old, identifying it as an unusual shergottite from a previously unsampled, pristine source on Mars.

Departmental News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dr. Howard Neufeld

Get ready: Fall color is on its way [faculty featured]
Sep 1, 2026

As summer winds down, the High Country is preparing for its busiest and most colorful season.

Faculty & Staff
Five researchers pose in a laboratory beside a large microscope and computer monitors, smiling warmly in a collaborative, welcoming setting.

App State researchers secure NSF MRI award for microscope upgrades
Sep 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Faculty members in Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been awarded a two-year, $182,268 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to upgrade a key research instrument in the William C.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Students
App State College of Arts and Sciences logo featuring the words ‘APPSTATE’ in bold yellow and white text above ‘College of Arts and Sciences’ in white, all on a black background.

More than 40 new faculty join CAS in 2026–27
Aug 24, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — This semester, over 40 new full-time faculty members joined the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences. Keep reading to learn more about 34 of them.

College News, Faculty & Staff
A bunch of sweet potatoes.

Upcycling sweet potato field waste into a plant-based milk [faculty featured]
Aug 19, 2026

North Carolina grows most of the sweet potatoes in the US, which means it accumulates most of the sweet potato waste, too.

Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dr. Madeline Hinckle
Dr. Kristen Baldwin Deathridge has been appointed the director of High Country Humanities. (Photo courtesy of Deathridge)

Dr. Kristen Baldwin Deathridge appointed director of High Country Humanities
Aug 14, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kristen Baldwin Deathridge as director of High Country Humanities (HCH).

College News, Faculty & Staff
Dr. Rakkiyappan Chandran
Dr. Adam Newmark

Republicans search for a replacement nominee for Congress in Western NC [faculty featured]
Aug 12, 2026

With less than a month until absentee voting begins, there’s been a shake-up in one of North Carolina’s most competitive congressional races and one party is seeking a new nominee. 

Faculty & Staff