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Dr. Cynthia Liutkus co-authors new study revealing 18-million-year-old proteins in fossil teeth
Jul 23, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Cynthia Liutkus, professor and chair in Appalachian State University's Department of Geological and Environmental Scienc...
Rock garden and lab expanded at App State after Helene cleanup
Jul 2, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Lab and Rock Garden — a resource for geology students, researc...
Water Tracks: The Veins of Thawing Landscapes [faculty co-authored]
Jun 27, 2025
In the Arctic, one of the primary paths for water to flow is along water tracks, stream-like features that fill with and route water when the soil abo...
App State researchers uncover hidden history at Fort Defiance
Jun 23, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In a newly discovered graveyard at Fort Defiance in Caldwell County, an interdisciplinary effort led by Appalachian State Un...
Jared Voris '16 identifies second new dinosaur species
Jun 18, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumnus Jared Voris '16 is the lead author of a new Nature study identifying a new sp...
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