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Sarah Ulrich, graduate student in the Appalachian State University Department of Geography and Planning

Geography graduate student Sarah Ulrich awarded NSF GeoHealth award
Jul 14, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Sarah Ulrich, graduate student in the Appalachian State University Department of Geography and Planning, is the recipient of a $54,965...

The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University

App State grant writing class raises $35,000 for local nonprofits
Jul 12, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University students enrolled in the Spring 2023 "Grants for Non-Profits" course applied their grant writing skills a...

Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new academic department chairs. Dr. Jay Fenwick will chair the Department of Computer Science, Dr. Tracie McLemore Salinas will chair the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Dr. Tonya Coffey will chair the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

App State's College of Arts and Sciences announces three new department chairs
Jul 7, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new academic depar...

The 1.5-meter telescope housed in the University of the Free State’s Boyden Observatory in South Africa. App State professor emeritus and astrophysicist Dr. Richard Gray designed and built a spectrograph for the telescope, which he installed and commissioned this spring. This work, supported by Gray’s 2019–20 Fulbright award, began in fall 2019 and was put on hold in 2020 due to the global pandemic. Photo provided by Dr. Richard Gray

Spectrograph installed at South Africa’s Boyden Observatory to aid App State, UFS astrophysicists
Jun 30, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — A spectrograph designed, built, installed and commissioned by Appalachian State University astrophysicist Dr. Richard Gray may help sc...

Appalachian Journal (vol. 50, no. 1-2)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 50, no. 1-2) now available
Jun 28, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — The newest issue of Appalachian Journal (vol. 50, no. 1-2) is now available, marking the 50th anniversary of the journal, which began ...

The 21st Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium, supported by the Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium Endowment, and the local Jewish community, will be held July 7-13, 2023 on the campus of Appalachian State University.

Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies holds 21st Annual Rosen Symposium July 7-13
Jun 23, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — The 21st Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium, supported by the Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, t...

A conceptual rendering of what the Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research at App State might look like once complete. The facility is part of the first phase of development for App State’s Innovation District. Note, this image does not reflect the conservatory’s finalized design. Graphic courtesy of Lord Aeck Sargent

Construction of App State’s Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research set to begin this summer
Jun 12, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — This summer, the first academic building of Appalachian State University’s Innovation District — the Conservatory for Biodive...

Dr. Marc Kissel, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Anthropology

Dr. Marc Kissel contributes to new studies funded by National Geographic Society
Jun 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In their search to understand human origins, National Geographic Explorer in Residence and world-renowned paleoanthropologist&nbs...

Dr. Seth Grooms, Marine Corps veteran and App State assistant professor, placed a wreath at the Veterans Memorial on the Boone campus during the university’s annual Memorial Day commemoration on Friday, May 26. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Marine Corps veteran Dr. Seth Grooms lays wreath for App State’s Memorial Day commemoration
May 30, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Each Memorial Day weekend, Appalachian State University commemorates those who died while serving in the U.S. military with a wreath l...

Rose Tatum '13, Director of Volunteering and Community Partnerships with ENGin

Alumni Profile: Rose Tatum '13
May 25, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Rose Tatum, originally from Wilmington, graduated in 2013 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Global Studies and minors in Spanish and...