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NASA

NASA grant supports Appalachian’s astrochemistry research of disks around forming stars
Apr 11, 2018

An interdisciplinary team of professors and scientists has received $132,000 in funding from NASA Mission Directorates to support their rese...

Broken Lives

Broken Lives: How Ordinary German Jews and Gentiles Experienced the Twentieth Century
Apr 11, 2018

Broken Lives: How Ordinary German Jews and Gentiles Experienced the Twentieth CenturyThursday, April 19, 20187:30 - 9 p.m.Belk Library and Information...

Megan Whitney

Senior Chemistry Major Megan Whitney: CAS Corp Feature of the Month
Apr 11, 2018

The CAS Corps are chosen to  serve as representatives to all constituents of the College of Arts and Sciences and to create, promote and exe...

Dr. Harvard G. Ayers, professor emeritus of anthropology at Appalachian State University, right, is co-author of “Train Wreck Earth.” Photo by Marie Freeman

Appalachian professor emeritus co-authors novel about climate change
Apr 10, 2018

If Mother Earth has a common enemy, who or what is it? Pollution? Nuclear war? An extraterrestrial species? The correct answer, according to “Train ...

Sumobot Competition

Watauga Sumobot Competition
Apr 10, 2018

Watauga Sumobot CompetitionSaturday, April 14, 20188:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Holmes Convocation CenterRobotic sumo is a competition where two robots, kno...

John Brown's Children

"John Brown's Children: The Long Reach of the Civil War"
Apr 9, 2018

"John Brown's Children: The Long Reach of the Civil War"Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz, Eastern Illinois UniversityBelk Library and Information Commons, Room...

Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah
Apr 9, 2018

On Thursday, April 12, Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies along with Appalachian State’s...

Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors”

Renowned Holocaust Educator Dr. Racelle Weiman on "A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black US Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors in Central Europe"
Apr 6, 2018

Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holo...

Jim Denniston

Appalachian’s Jim Denniston named American Council on Education Fellow
Apr 6, 2018

The American Council on Education (ACE) announced this week that Dr. Jim Denniston, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department...

This image shows students standing outside the Watauga Residence Hall, built 1929, at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the 1970s. Two students can be seen sitting in the second floor window. (University Archives)

Watauga Residential College Celebrates 45 years of Excellence
Apr 6, 2018

Watauga Residential College will host former and current students in celebration of the program’s 45th anniversary at Appalachian State University o...