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Attendees including Holocaust survivor Michael Berkowicz briefly chat before walking to the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies Nov. 9.

App State community remembers Kristallnacht in 88th anniversary talk and ceremony

Nov 13, 2026

Three App State professors came together Monday to host a talk and ceremony in remembrance of Kristallnacht’s 88th anniversary, a night of anti-Jewi...

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North Carolina Book Awards winners are announced [faculty featured]

Nov 13, 2026

The 2026 North Carolina Book Award recipients have been announced....

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Sherry Lambert named Foster Grandparent Program director, elected to national AmeriCorps Seniors board

Nov 11, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Following a national search, Sherry Lambert has been selected to lead the Foster Grandparent Program, succeeding longtime director Tam...

App State professor Dr. Ellen Cowan, left, and undergraduate student Khloe Springsteen examine soil samples collected from beneath the plow zone near the footprint of the palisade at Fort Defiance in Lenoir. With the fort’s footprint now pinpointed, the research of Cowan and her team will inform an augmented reality rendering of the site, created by historians at the American Battlefield Trust as part of the Liberty Trail North Carolina project. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State researchers discover footprint of Revolutionary War-era Fort Defiance

Nov 10, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University excavation work at Fort Defiance has pinpointed the footprint of the Revolutionary War-era structure, hel...

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Dr. Judkin Browning receives 2026 Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction

Nov 10, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Judkin Browning, I.G. Greer Distinguished Professor in the Appalachian State University Department of History, has received the 20...

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