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Dr. Baker Perry, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geography and Planning, right, and his expedition team member Dr. Tom Matthews, work on the automated weather station at the Mount Everest Base Camp. Perry and Matthews were members of the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. Learn more at www.natgeo.com/everest. Photo by Freddie Wilkinson, National Geographic.

App State leads climate research at the top of the world
Dec 16, 2021

Appalachian State University has stepped onto the world stage as the lead institution to coordinate the operation and maintenance of weather stations at the highest elevation on the planet — Mount Everest.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Sustainability, Global Learning, Grants & Research, Students
Dr. Andy Heckert, professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Appalachian State University, is pictured in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in September during his 2021–22 Fulbright experience. Photo by Iekraam Adams

Fossils offer App State Fulbright Scholar clues on ancient animal evolution
Dec 14, 2021

Millions of years and thousands of miles stand between Appalachian State University paleontologist Dr. Andy Heckert and new insights into the evolutionary path of Earth’s animals.

College News, Global Learning, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Awards & Honors, STEM
graphic depicting a quilt square star with text if Appalachian Studies Association

(Alp)alachia: Celebrating Appalachia's International Connections
Dec 6, 2021

In celebration of the United Nations' International Mountain Day 2021

When: Saturday, Dec 11, 2021
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. EST

College News, Events, Global Learning
Henry Campbell, recipient of the Critical Language Scholarship, Photo Submitted
Kara Haselton, a Wilson Scholar and Honors College senior. Photo submitted.

Honors senior Kara Haselton inspired by international internship with Preemptive Love Coalition
Nov 15, 2021

Summer of 2021, Kara Haselton, a Wilson Scholar and Honors College senior, interned with ...

College News, Global Learning, Students
Bread & Puppet Free Cantastoria Workshop for Appalachian Community event poster. Graphic submitted.

Bread & Puppet is Coming: Free Cantastoria Workshop for Appalachian Community
Oct 26, 2021

Bread & Puppet is Coming: Free Cantastoria Workshop for Appalachian Community

Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
and
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

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Bread & Puppet: Free Performance of Our Domestic Resurrection Circus event poster. Graphic submitted.

Bread & Puppet is Coming: Free Performance of Our Domestic Resurrection Circus
Oct 26, 2021

Bread & Puppet is Coming: Free Performance of Our Domestic Resurrection Circus

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021
7 p.m.

College News, Events, Global Learning
Dr. Carolyn Ellis virtual event poster

Dr. Carolyn Ellis on Compassionate and Collaborative Research with Holocaust Survivors
Aug 25, 2021

Thursday, September 2, 2021
7:30 - 9 p.m. EST
Registration is required to participate
A virtual event, free and open to the public.

 

College News, Events, Global Learning
Photo of Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94), a participatory art exhibition sponsored and organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP). Photo submitted.
Promotional poster for Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies Fall 2021 Research Colloquium on Holocaust Testimony

Center Research Colloquium Hosts Dr. Noah Shenker
Aug 18, 2021

Thursday, August 26, 2021
7:30 - 9 p.m. EST
Registration is required to participate
A virtual event, free and open to the public.

College News, Events, Global Learning, Arts & Cultural