Fall 2025 AppState BioBlitz
Sep 17, 2025
Get ready to participate and compete against other schools in the Fall BioBlitz. Compete against: UNCG (Greensboro), UNC-A (Asheville), and UNCW...
Howard Neufeld, 'The Fall Color Guy,' looks for a return of mountain visitors a year after Helene [faculty featured]
Sep 12, 2025
The fall foliage season is an important tourism draw for Blue Ridge Mountain communities. Helene struck just weeks before 2024’s peak, effectively p...
Trees are looking 'very good' as return of fall colors nears [faculty featured]
Sep 10, 2025
HIGH COUNTRY — Starting in mid- to late-September, and ramping up in October, visitors from all over the United States flock to the High Country to ...
What made Hurricane Helene a historic storm?
Sep 9, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In September 2024, Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rain and wind to the High Country, leaving a lasting impact across the reg...
App State researchers document Helene's impact on forests, streams months after devastation [faculty featured]
Sep 9, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Months after Hurricane Helene swept through western North Carolina, researchers at Appalachian State University are still documenting ...
Biology alumna Hannah Woodburn '19 '23 named inaugural Upper New Riverkeeper
Sep 3, 2025
Boone, NC — MountainTrue is proud to announce the appointment of Hannah Woodburn as the first Upper New Riverkeeper, a new full-time position dedica...
Fall 25 Seminar Schedule Announced!
Sep 2, 2025
The Fall 25 seminars will kick off on Friday, September 6 (12 noon in RSW 183) with Dr. Cara Fiore. Please try to come to as many as you can. We look ...
Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon? [faculty featured]
Jun 5, 2025
In the 1980s, David Nieman, a young health science graduate researcher at Loma Linda University and an avid marathon runner, observed an intriguing pa...
Wilkes company creates new opportunities [alumni featured]
May 22, 2025
A North Wilkesboro-based company plans to soon start large-scale pilot production of a material that makes soil more productive, reduces carbon dioxid...
Rylee Strassner inducted into Spring 2025 Cratis D. Williams Society
May 20, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In the Spring and Fall, Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies seeks nominations for t...