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Patrick Richardson and Scott Roblee ’16 recognized with staff shout-outs
Nov 2, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Two members of Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) were recently recognized with staff shout-outs. Award...

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Chemistry faculty, students co-author publication in Journal of Molecular Structure
Nov 2, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Faculty members and student researchers from Appalachian State University's Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences have co-...

Dr. Craig Fischer

Why one App State professor spends his money on weird movies instead of golf [faculty featured]
Nov 2, 2026

BOONE — An Appalachian State professor who teaches film to English majors wanted to do something offbeat — so he founded Toy Sheep Microcinema. A ...

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NASA-funded project expands STEM learning opportunities at App State
Oct 30, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University students and educators will benefit from a NASA-funded project designed to bring space science data to br...

Dr. Shea Tuberty

Middle Fork restoration a ‘gift to everybody downstream’ [faculty featured]
Oct 29, 2026

BLOWING ROCK — On Friday, conservationists, town officials, National Park Service staff and university scientists gathered on the banks of the Middl...

Woolly Worm Festival Race in Banner Elk, NC. Photo by Reyna Drake, WFDD

Slow and steady wins the winter: what is the woolly worm tradition? [faculty featured]
Oct 29, 2026

Each October, thousands gather in Banner Elk, North Carolina, to use the woolly worm to predict the winter weather. Though meteorologists rely on scie...

A white humanoid robot with glowing green eyes stands in a hospital hallway as staff line the corridor, smiling and watching with warm curiosity.

CAS-supported Robotics Lab advances AI research while creating student opportunities
Oct 28, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Students in Appalachian State University's Robotics Lab (YeRo Lab) are exploring how robots can learn, adapt, and collaborate with hum...

A fire burns as police officers in riot gear stand guard during civil unrest in Paris October 18, 2026, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices (OSV News photo/Abdul Saboor, Reuters).

Dr. Michael Behrent analyzes French politics in Commonweal
Oct 28, 2026

Extraordinary scenes of social unrest and urban violence in France have been interpreted in ways that are exasperatingly predictable. Progressives den...

Dr. William Hicks is the chair of the Appalachian State University Department of Government and Justice Studies.

Dr. William Hicks discusses Nevada voter ID measure in the Las Vegas Sun
Oct 28, 2026

When voter ID proposals first spread after the disputed 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, they drew support from both par...

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The Appalachian highlights McKinney Geology Teaching Museum
Oct 28, 2026

App State provides a number of resources to students that often go underutilized. Resource Highlights examine different supports students and staff re...