App State’s Fulbright scholars foster international connections despite global pandemic
Jul 3, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — Many of Appalachian State University’s 2019–20 Fulbright scholars were overseas when the COVID-19 pandemic began, requiring them to cut short their residencies and return to the U.S.
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Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app
Jun 4, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — “You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” is a saying attributed to Peter Drucker (1909–2005), one of the most widely known and influential management consultants.
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Geological and Environmental Sciences faculty publish culminating research paper on ancient human footprints found in Tanzania
May 20, 2020
Two faculty members in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences and their undergraduates have worked with an international team of scientists on research that provides in-depth analyses of the lar
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Anthropology major participates in REU project in Ethiopia
Mar 11, 2020
Connor Elliott, anthropology major (concentration in biological anthropology), had the opportunity to conduct research in Ethiopia over the 2019-2020 winter break through an REU program with the University of Texas at Austin.
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The Rise of Rural Populist Authoritarianism in the U.S. and Beyond
Mar 10, 2020
CANCELLED OR TO BE POSTPONED FOR A LATER DATE (3/13/20)
Dr. Marc Edelman, professor of Anthropology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
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International Conference in German-Jewish and refugee studies with Director of Berlin's Center for Research on Antisemitism to speak
Mar 2, 2020
CANCELLED OR TO BE POSTPONED FOR A LATER DATE (3/13/20)
Thursday March 26 and Friday, March 27, 2020
International Conference in German-Jewish and Refugee Studies convenes at Appalachian State University
App State Ethnography Lab and Department of Anthropology present: "La Lucha Sigue/The Struggle Continues"
Feb 28, 2020
Indigenous Struggle to Recover Ancestral Rights and Territory in Guatemala in the Face of Forced Migration (a bilingual lecture)
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A campus-wide luncheon and panel conversation on Christianity and climate change to be held March 31
Feb 26, 2020
Tuesday, March 31
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Parkway Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union
App State ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2019–20
Feb 19, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University is the nation’s top producer of Fulbright scholars among master’s institutions in 2019–20, according to the U.S. Department of State and Institute of International Education (IIE).
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