App State Team Sunergy earns historic victory in cross-country solar racing challenge
Aug 17, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle racing team, Team Sunergy, made history at the international 2026 Electrek American Sol...
Dr. Madeline Hinckle completes first phase of NSF‑funded EMERGai program
Aug 14, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Madeline Hinckle, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has completed the first phase of the Expanding t...
Dr. Sarah‑Beth Long delivers TEDx talk on writing and healing
Aug 14, 2026
Dr. Sarah‑Beth Long, professor in the Department of English, recently delivered a TEDx Johnson City talk titled “Can writing be medicine?” at th...
Dr. Kristen Baldwin Deathridge appointed director of High Country Humanities
Aug 14, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kristen Baldwin Deat...
Startup led by App State's Dr. Rakkiyappan Chandran selected for Cox Cleantech Residency
Aug 12, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — R‑Fusion, a sustainable textiles startup founded and led by Dr. Rakkiyappan Chandran, lecturer in Appalachian State University's Dep...
Republicans search for a replacement nominee for Congress in Western NC [faculty featured]
Aug 12, 2026
With less than a month until absentee voting begins, there’s been a shake-up in one of North Carolina’s most competitive congressional races and o...
App State to celebrate research and creative activities at 2026 RECAPP event on Sept. 18
Aug 11, 2026
Appalachian State University’s Office of Research and Innovation will host the eighth annual Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian (RECAPP) ...
Nominate CAS faculty and staff for 2026 awards
Aug 10, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is accepting nominations for the following awards recognizing facu...
How a pandemic-era job search led a local to help build her hometown's communications [alumna featured]
Aug 4, 2026
BOONE — When Laney Wise took a job with the town of Boone, she thought of it as “just a resume builder.” Five years later, she’s helped build ...
Summer Ventures at App State immerses NC high schoolers in hands-on science and math research
Aug 4, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — For four weeks each summer, high school students from across North Carolina step into the role of researchers at Appalachian State Uni...