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This badge signifies App State’s status as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars and students for the 2022–23 academic year. The university is one of 18 schools nationwide to receive this honor. Image courtesy of Fulbright Program

App State honored as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars, students for 2022–23
Feb 15, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University is one of 18 higher education institutions nationwide to be named a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars and students for the 2022–23 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State and Institute of International Education.

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James Auwn presenting his research on the role of translation initiation factors in the development of sensory neurons that transduce harmful stimuli at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium in December, 2022. Photo submitted

Biology, Psychology major James Auwn receives competitive research scholarship
Feb 14, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — James Auwn, a junior molecular biology and psychology major from Cary, has been selected for the competitive Fulbright-MITACS Globalink Program.

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Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University

App State professor Katherine Ledford awarded 2022–23 Fulbright to teach in Jordan
Feb 13, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University, is spending the spring 2023 semester in Amman, Jordan, where she is fostering cross-cultural understanding through literature.

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The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University

Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies students travel to Israel
Nov 28, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — From May 21-29, 2022, 5 Appalachian State students embarked on a journey from North Carolina to Israel through the generous support of the Greensboro Jewish Federation's Miriam and Abe Brenner Holocaust Education Scholarship Fund.

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The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies

November 5-10: "Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass" Events
Nov 7, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — Join the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies; Hillel; AEPi and Diversity and Inclusion for a series of events on Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass (9 November 1938).

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The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies

October 19: "No Justice With Healing? No Healing Without Justice?" with Craig Higson-Smith
Oct 7, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — International Human Rights expert Craig Higson-Smith is slated to speak at Appalachian State on the role of seeking justice in healing torture and genocide.

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Dr. Baker Perry, professor, Geography and Planning. Photo submitted.

Next-gen weather station installed near Everest’s summit
Jun 28, 2022

On a postcard day in 2021, Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa crested the Balcony, a windswept rest spot high on Mount Everest’s Southeast Ridge. In front of his crampons, half-buried in the hardened snow, were the remains of the world’s highest weather station.

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