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Dr. Clarice Moran earns Baden-Württemberg Mobility Grant

Dr. Clarice Moran earns Baden-Württemberg Mobility Grant
Apr 17, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Two Appalachian State University faculty members have been awarded the Baden-Württemberg–North Carolina Faculty Mobility Grant, marking the first time Appalachian faculty have been selected to travel to Germany through the program.

Faculty & Staff, Global Learning, Grants & Research
German internees built a Bavarian-style village called Old Heidelberg while detained. Photograph by Adolph Thierbach, Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina

The Western Front [faculty featured]
Apr 16, 2026

As a child in the 1930s and ’40s, Jacqueline Burgin could look out the living room window of her family’s home in Hot Springs and see across the French Broad River to the grassy lawn where a resort hotel had once stood.

Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Damage inflicted by Helene to the Biltmore Village area of Asheville, pictured on Sept. 28. Credit: NCDOTcommunications

Helene exposed cracks in western NC’s health care safety net [faculty featured]
Apr 16, 2026

Tropical Storm Helene’s impact on western North Carolina was felt acutely in the days, weeks and months after the storm, including in the region’s hospitals and clinics.

Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Biology graduate student Haley Martin ’23 ’25 conducts research on fruit flies. Photo by Kyla Willoughby

Mountaineer Discovery: Spotlighting Student Research, Creativity and Innovation at App State
Apr 15, 2026

Increasing global access to life-changing prosthetics — through human-centered 3D design.
Examining newborn health patterns near chemical accident sites.
Channeling performance and craft to inspire connection and community well-being....

Grants & Research, Students
This year’s Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors will be the largest in App State history, with 240 students participating. Pictured, an App State student presents their research poster during last year’s event. Photo by Kyla Willoughby
A man wearing goggles holds a card in front of a sensor.
Three individuals wearing blue jackets in a scientific lab.
Dr. Maggie Sugg (top left), Dr. Jennifer Schroeder Tyson (top right), Dr. Shishir Shakya (bottom left), and Sarah Ulrich '24 (bottom right)

App State collaboration earns top honor from Journal of Rural Health
Apr 6, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — A publication authored by a cross‑college research team at Appalachian State University has been recognized as the Journal of Rural Health's 2026 Article of the Year.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Students
The App State-led Devonian Anoxia, Geochemistry, Geochronology and Extinction Research (DAGGER) group unfurls the National Geographic Explorers Club flag during geology research in Mongolia. Pictured, from left to right, are Dr. Sersmaa Gonchigdorj; Togtokh Javzankhuu; App State Professor Emeritus and adjunct research professor Dr. Johnny Waters; App State professor Dr. Sarah Carmichael; Will Waters (behind Carmichael); Dr. Diana Boyer; Randy Blood; App State senior geology majors Vanya Dill, of Morrisville

Off the map in Mongolia: App State geology students explore origins of ancient mass extinction
Apr 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Humbling. Awe-inspiring. Life-altering. These are the words of students and alumni who have followed App State professor Dr. Sarah Carmichael and Professor Emeritus Dr. Johnny Waters into remote Mongolia to investigate one of geology’s enduring mysteries.

Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Students, University News
Two students work in a biology lab.