Fall foliage forecaster predicts peak for leaf peeping season in Western North Carolina [faculty featured]
Oct 17, 2025
Howard Neufeld, a professor of plant eco-physiology at Appalachian State University in Boone, who also runs the "Fall Color Guy" Facebook page,&n...
Advising Coming Up.
Oct 16, 2025
Academic Advising for the Spring 2026 semester has been scheduled for the weeks October 20th - 24th and October 27 - 31st. Your advisor wil...
Just in Time for Leaf-Peeping Season, the Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens [faculty featured]
Sep 24, 2025
Almost a year after Hurricane Helene carved a devastating path through Western North Carolina, toppling millions of trees and gutting a key tourism se...
Gold-covered hairballs may reveal why cats eat grass [alumni, student featured]
Sep 22, 2025
Of the many mysterious behaviors cats exhibit, one of the biggest is also one of the most disgusting: Why do they insist on eating grass, when it only...
App State advances community-driven research for recovery and resilience
Sep 22, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene’s cascading effects swept through Western North Carolina’s communities, landscapes and institutions. In the month...
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 ...