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The entrance of the McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, located in the Rankin Science South Atrium.

The Appalachian highlights McKinney Geology Teaching Museum
Oct 28, 2026

App State provides a number of resources to students that often go underutilized. Resource Highlights examine different supports students and staff re...

Students with VR headsets

From the Mountains to the Coast to Alaska: Empathic Planet Project Connects Classrooms Through Immersive Environmental Education
Oct 27, 2026

What do students in the mountains of western North Carolina, along the North Carolina coast, and in rural Alaska have in common? Although they live in...

A person in a gray jacket kneels in the woods, looking down at the ground.

App State wins fifth annual BioBlitz, documents first Joro spider observations on university properties
Oct 26, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University won the fifth annual BioBlitz, a weeklong citizen science competition that challenges participants to doc...

Image reading “App State STEM Career Day,” with gold STEM lettering and a rough white brushstroke-style title on black.

App State students invited to explore careers, network with employers at Nov. 13 STEM Career Day
Oct 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Ready to jumpstart your career and connect with top North Carolina STEM employers without leaving Boone? Appalachian State University'...

Attendees at the 2025 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian (RECAPP) event enjoyed connecting with researchers and learning about the many research and creative projects at App State. This year’s RECAPP event will be held Sept. 18 in the Broyhill Music Center on App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Ingenuity in action: App State spotlights faculty research and creativity
Sep 16, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s 2026 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian event (RECAPP) celebrates a growing research enter...

Three people examine papers and a plastic container while sitting on rocks beside a stream; others stand in the background near trees and water.

From living ecosystems to human health and new monitoring tech — the New River anchors App State inquiry and contemplation
Sep 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University research starts high in our watershed and flows down to mountain communities and beyond, informing policy...

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Dr. Scott Marshall contributes to Chronicle article on California faults
Sep 9, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Scott Marshall, professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences (GES), recently co...

Educational museum exhibit honoring paleoenviron­mental scientist Cynthia Liutikus, with fossil displays, an information panel, and interactive activities.

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus featured in regional Women in STEAM exhibit at AMOS
Sep 8, 2026

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Dr. Cynthia Liutkus is featured in the Asheville Museum of Science's (AMOS) WORK! WNC Women in STEA...

Smiling man in a striped polo holds two rock samples in a geology lab, with mineral specimens, charts, and equipment behind him.

Anthony Love contributes to new study dating rare Mars meteorite to 1.2 billion years old
Sep 2, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — A new study in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta has dated a rare Martian meteorite to 1.27 billion years old, identifying it as an unus...

Five researchers pose in a laboratory beside a large microscope and computer monitors, smiling warmly in a collaborative, welcoming setting.

App State researchers secure NSF MRI award for microscope upgrades
Sep 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Faculty members in Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been awarded a two-year, $182,268 grant from...

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