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Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer, professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning and senior scholar in App State’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics, is pictured with the Khumbu Glacier, Mount Everest and Mount Nuptse in the background. Photo by Ngawang Tenzing Sherpa/National Geographic

Reflections on App State’s 124th year of continued innovation and excellence
Jan 8, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Throughout its 124th year, Appalachian State University reaffirmed its status as an innovator and leader in higher education, setting ...

During App State’s 9 a.m. Fall 2023 Commencement ceremony on Dec. 15, Dr. Maryam Ahmed, professor of viral pathogenesis and immunity in the Department of Biology, center, is presented with the 2023 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. She is pictured with App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, left, and UNC Board of Governors member C. Philip Byers. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State’s Fall 2023 Commencement honors more than 1,500 Mountaineer graduates
Dec 21, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University recognized more than 1,500 Mountaineer graduates during its Fall Commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 15 at...

Dr. Cameron Lippard ’98, chair of Appalachian State University's Department of Sociology

Dr. Cameron Lippard ’98 Honored With OIED Global Leadership Award
Dec 20, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Cameron Lippard ’98, chair of Appalachian State University's Department of Sociology, is the recipient of the 2023 Appalachian G...

Avery Hodgson, junior biology major from Linwood and member of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps

CAS Corps Member Avery Hodgson Receives Mountaineer Medics Service Award
Dec 19, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Avery Hodgson, junior biology major from Linwood and member of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps, is the recipient of the 2...

Helen Julian '22 (left) and Emily Walker (right) were inducted into the Fall 2023 Cratis D. Williams Society.

Two CAS Students Inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society
Dec 18, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — In the Spring and Fall, Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies seeks nominations for the Cratis ...

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Meet 37 Graduating Seniors from the College of Arts and Sciences
Dec 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — On Friday, December 15, 2023, nearly 400 students representing 16 departments in the Appalachian State University College of Arts and ...

Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Adam McKay Contributes to New Study Detecting Carbon Dioxide in Centaurs
Dec 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the co-author of a new...

Dr. James Sherman, professor in App State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, checks cables and connections on the Appalachian Atmospheric Interdisciplinary Research (AppalAIR) tower while Ethan Barber ’22, an engineering physics graduate student from Durham, center, and Shawn Beekman ’22, an engineering physics graduate student from Cary, far right, hold the ladder below. Sherman, Barber and Beekman are part of the research team that received a three-year, $531,902 grant from the National Science Founda

App State faculty awarded $531,902 National Science Foundation grant to study aerosols’ effects on the climate
Dec 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — This fall, the National Science Foundation has awarded three faculty at Appalachian State University a three-year, $531,902 grant to s...

Emma Whitlock, junior global studies major from Greensboro, is one of thirty-two undergraduates from across the United States selected for the 2023-24 National Humanities Leadership Council (NHLC).

Global Studies Major Emma Whitlock Selected for National Humanities Leadership Council
Dec 7, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Emma Whitlock, junior global studies major from Greensboro, is one of 32 undergraduates from across the United States selected for the...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985), a Russian-born artist who spent most of his career in France (except when exiled to New York during the Holocaust). Chagall is best known for his paintings of Paris and for stained glass windows that adorn cathedrals around the world. This event will focus on his representations of shtetl (“little town”) life and the Jewish diaspora.

January 25: "Marc Chagall and Shtetl Life: Interactive Public Seminar on Jewish Diaspora Paintings"
Dec 7, 2023

"Marc Chagall and Shtetl Life: Interactive Public Seminar on Jewish Diaspora Paintings"Thursday, January 25, 2024, from 5:45-7:00 p.m.Turchin Center f...

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