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Appalachian Anthropology professor invited to speak at Cornell conference on prisons in Honduras
Oct 7, 2015

BOONE - On October 5th, Dr. Jon Carter, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, traveled to Cornell University to participate in the co...

Rosenberg honored by Global Science and Technology Forum
Oct 7, 2015

BOONE—Professor Ed Rosenberg, director of Appalachian State University's gerontology program, and two colleagues from Thailand were honored recently...

Post-Colonial Symposium presents local and international migrant experience through art and lecture
Oct 6, 2015

Boone - Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, a founder and major voice of postcolonial thought known for her seminal text, "Can the Subaltern Speak?,...

"Once Upon a Time" Appalachian State Homecoming to include College of Arts & Sciences Open House
Sep 29, 2015

Appalachian Sate is no different from any other school, in that there are important collegiate rituals and traditions. Homecoming may be at the pinnac...

Professor receives NIH grant to study the relationships between mood and memory
Sep 24, 2015

BOONE—A little memory loss as you age might be a good thing.Lisa Emery, an associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Psy...

Fermentation Sciences Program research could revolutionize how chocolate is made
Sep 22, 2015

BOONE — What do wine, yogurt, beer, sourdough, crème fraîche, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, sour cream, whisky and kombucha all have in common ...

Kirkpatrick receives Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her Irish-themed poetry collection
Sep 21, 2015

BOONE—Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne haunted Kathryn Kirkpatrick’s creative thoughts for more than a dozen years.A poet and professor in Appalachi...

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak to speak at Appalachian Sept. 24
Sep 18, 2015

BOONE—Professor Gayatri Spivak will speak Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. in Appalachian State University’s Rosen Concert Hall in Broyhill Music Center. The ti...

Appalachian alumna, Keana Tripplett, awarded North Carolina Teacher of the Year
Sep 16, 2015

Keana Tripplett wanted to be a teacher since the first day of Kindergarten, but it wasn't until she received the North Carolina Teaching Fellows schol...

Appalachian State University receives $1.1 million grant to support mathematics and science teacher preparation
Sep 11, 2015

Faculty members at Appalachian State University have received a National Science Foundation grant for $1,165,039 to support a Noyce Scholarship Progra...