Aleena Siddiqi receives Rising Star Award at 2025-26 Black and Gold Leadership Awards
Apr 17, 2026
The Rising Star Award recognizes a member of a club who has given tremendous time, commitment, and energy, while demonstrating great potential for fut...
Morgan Gill ’24 and Anderson Payne receive 2025–26 Williams School of Graduate Studies awards
Apr 14, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2025–26 awards. T...
Biology students find community in research for cancer cures
Mar 29, 2026
Gabriela Gonzalez Caquias joined Dr. Daniel Chen’s cancer lab because she knew it would offer a rigorous research experience — but she found somet...
Dr. Pablo Chialvo honored with 2026 UNC Board of Governors Appalachian State University Excellence in Teaching Award
Mar 13, 2026
Dr. Pablo Chialvo, lecturer in App State’s Department of Biology, has been a faculty member at App State since 2020. Chialvo has received ...
Seminar Series Starts Back
Mar 10, 2026
The Seminar Series will be returning on Friday, March 20th, featuring Dr. Ken Kishida. He will be speaking on, "Sub-Second Measurements During Awake B...
App State researchers study genetic diversity of Western North Carolina’s Timber Rattlesnakes
Mar 6, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — A group of researchers from Appalachian State University's Department of Biology and Department of Geography and Planni...
The Search for Vertical Grasslands [alumni featured]
Mar 5, 2026
In March of 2024, Alaina Krakowiak and Laura Boggess sat in a field in the town of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and took turns looking through a high-powere...
Annika Davidson '19 receives a staff shout-out for Greenhouse work
Mar 5, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Two staff members in Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) were recently recognized with staff shout-outs....
From Hell and Bent on Returning [student featured]
Jan 23, 2026
Imagine a slimy, speckled tube with four legs that appear to have been attached with spare parts. The toes — four on the front legs, five on the rea...
CAS Senior Spotlight: Ava Ridings
Dec 11, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Throughout her time at App State, Ava Ridings combined her love of science with a passion for helping others — experiences that prop...