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Solar Vehicle Team preps for summer competition, displays car at local events
Jul 4, 2016

BOONE—Appalachian State University's Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) will be competing in the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) July 22-28 at the Pittsburgh In...

Appalachian State University Geography professor honored to nominate winner of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship
Jun 30, 2016

BOONE - Dr. Robert Brown, Associate Professor of Geography at Appalachian State University was honored to nominate one of this year's National Endowme...

Appalachian State University Public History student brings new life to local Appalachian history
Jun 29, 2016

BOONE - Thanks to Carson Sailor, Public History graduate student at Appalachian State University, Horn in the West is undergoing a major revitalizatio...

Physics and Astronomy Professor François Amet awarded two major grants for research and education in nanoscience
Jun 27, 2016

BOONE - Professor François Amet was extremely busy last semester. Aside from teaching, the new professor was awarded two prestigious grants from the ...

Appalachian State University to host 100th anniversary celebration of the National Park Service
Jun 20, 2016

BOONE - Appalachian State University's Office of the National Park Service Liaison is planning an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the US N...

Library’s Summer Author Series begins June 30
Jun 15, 2016

BOONE—High Country Sustainability is the theme of the 2016 University Libraries Summer Author Series to be held at Appalachian State University. The...

Appalachian professor awarded prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship
Jun 7, 2016

BOONE - Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, was awarded a Humbo...

Actuarial Science program at Appalachian rated Top Value in 2016
Jun 6, 2016

BOONE - The Actuarial Science program at Appalachian State University was recently identified by Online Accounting Degrees as one of the "Top 40 Value...

Interim Dean and Associate Dean named by the College of Arts and Sciences
May 30, 2016

BOONE - The College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Jennifer Burris  Associate Dean for the coming academic year. Dr. Burris will assume her n...

Student Joshua Whitehead wins Appalachian’s Truman Capote Literary Trust Award
May 23, 2016

BOONE—Student Joshua Whitehead has been selected as the 2016-17 winner of Appalachian State University's Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Crea...