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Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, new Director of the Environmental Science Program

Welcome to the new Environmental Sciences Director, Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce
Jan 29, 2018

The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences is pleased to announce that after an internal search Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce has accepted t...

Black Mountain College Semester Appstate

Digital Timeline goes LIVE: the Resource for Black Mountain College Semester at Appalachian
Jan 29, 2018

The Black Mountain College Semester digital timeline is organized by the Center for Appalachian Studies as a space of collaboration among researchers,...

 forest restoration and carbon emissions

With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions
Jan 29, 2018

When state utility regulators held a workshop last month about increasing the use of forest biomass for power, one topic did not make it into the disc...

The Murderers Are Among Us: Images of and Inquiries into Holocaust Perpetrators Since the Third Reich

“The Murderers Are Among Us” with Professor Thomas Kuhne, Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Jan 25, 2018

Monday, Feb. 12, Professor Thomas Kühne, the Strassler Chair in the Study of Holocaust History and the Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust...

 Dana Powell, author of Landscapes of Power

Q&A with Dana Powell, author of Landscapes of Power
Jan 24, 2018

Dana Powell, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Pl...

NEWS FLASH JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018: THE LATEST FROM THROUGHOUT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

News Flash: The Latest from Western N.C.
Jan 24, 2018

In a semester-long series of special classes, exhibits, and events, Appalachian State University is paying tribute to Black Mountain College....

High Country Herbarium

High Country Herbarium: Preserving Plants & Plant Communities in the Southern Appalachians
Jan 23, 2018

Guest curated by faculty and staff in the Department of Biology at Appalachian State University, High Country Herbarium: Preserving Plants and Pl...

Public film and discussion series “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces spring offerings

Public film and discussion series “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces spring offerings
Jan 23, 2018

“Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces its second discussion series, to take place during February, March and Apr...

Javiera Caballero

Durham PAC endorses Political Science Alum for open City Council seat
Jan 22, 2018

Monday night, the People’s Alliance PAC endorsed Javiera Caballero, 2000 graduate with a B.S. in Political Science, International and Comparati...

Small Treasons

Simon & Schuster announces the publication of Appalachian professor Mark Powell's ‘Small Treasons’
Jan 18, 2018

Simon & Schuster announces the publication of “Small Treasons,” the fifth novel by Mark Powell, assistant professor of creative writing and co...