From Hell and Bent on Returning [student featured]
Jan 23, 2026
Imagine a slimy, speckled tube with four legs that appear to have been attached with spare parts. The toes — four on the front legs, five on the rear — resemble blown-up rubber gloves. The head is bumpy on top with a wide, flat mouth that curves into a smile.
Grants & Research, Students
Dr. Brett Taubman featured on WUNC's The Broadside
Jan 23, 2026
From bourbon to chow chow, fermentation is everywhere in Southern food and drink. But how did this "controlled form of rotting" become so prevalent in our regional cuisine and why does it make everything taste so dang delicious?
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dr. Zach Russell discusses NC Innovation research on Spectrum News
Jan 13, 2026
Two NC Innovation grant recipients explain how their research is moving from the lab into the real world. Dr. Zachary Russell of Appalachian State University discusses an AI-powered microscope designed to help farmers diagnose parasites faster, while Dr.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dr. Nancy Asen co-authors publications in Food Research International and Food Chemistry
Jan 6, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Nancy Asen, assistant professor in Appalachian State University's A.R.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Apply for the Spring 2026 SAFE Fund through February 9
Jan 5, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences is accepting applications for the Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund with a deadline of Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
College News, Grants & Research, SAFE Grant
Turning point: Global greenhouse emissions will soon flatten or decline [faculty featured]
Nov 24, 2025
In July, a team of scientists assembled on a video call to study an anomalous wobble in a data curve. This blip didn’t signal a new particle decay in an atom smasher or the passage of a planet across the face of a distant star.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
‘Toxic Soup’: PFAS and other contaminants surged in French Broad River after Helene, study finds [faculty featured]
Nov 24, 2025
Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouring into the French Broad River in the fall of 2024, Shea Tuberty set out to investiga
Grants & Research, Faculty & Staff
Archaeologists uncover a new purpose behind one of North America’s greatest mysteries [faculty featured]
Nov 24, 2025
New evidence suggests Poverty Point’s monumental mounds were created not by a ruling elite, but by egalitarian groups drawn together by shared ritual purpose.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research