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Department Flash Talks
Feb 17, 2025

Biology Department Seminar Series announces Department Flash Talks. Learn about current work in the Biology Department on Friday, February 21st at noo...

Friends of Plant Conservation - Social Media Internship
Feb 10, 2025

Friends of Plant Conservation - Social Media InternshipTerm: March 2025-October 2025 (~6 months)Applications review will start February 20, 2025, with...

First Seminar Announced
Jan 30, 2025

Kicking off our Biology Seminar series is Dr. Tatyana Ruseva from the Department of Government and Justice Studies who will talke with us about forest...

Spring 25 Seminar Schedule Announced
Jan 28, 2025

Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule announced!...

Elijah Thompson, collections manager in App State’s Aquatic Conservation Research Lab, holds a hellbender that was found in the Watauga River. Photo submitted

Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
Dec 18, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Slithering in the rocky streams and rivers of the eastern United States is a rare species of giant salamanders known as hellbenders. D...

Maggie Vaughn is a senior biology major from Nebo. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Maggie Vaughn
Dec 10, 2024

Maggie Vaughn, a senior biology major from Nebo, received a Fall 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to purchase four chemicals necessary...

Dr. Howard Neufeld is a professor of plant ecophysiology in the Department of Biology. Photo by Marie Freeman

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Howard Neufeld
Dec 6, 2024

Dr. Howard Neufeld, a professor of plant ecophysiology in the Department of Biology, received a Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to complet...

Dr. David Nieman is a professor at Appalachian State University in the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Biology and director of the Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

In the News: Carbo-loading before a big run? Here’s what experts suggest. [faculty featured]
Oct 31, 2024

Runners often gather for a pasta dinner the night before a race to eat carbohydrates and socialize. But experts say carbo-loading ahead of a marathon ...

The Science of Trees
Oct 31, 2024

"The Science of Trees," a segment of SciNC on NC PBS featuring Dr. Howard Neufeld and Dr. Nicole Hughes, High Point University, also a former Master's...

Biology Club: New Resume with New Location
Oct 29, 2024

Weekly Biology Club meetings have resumed on Wednesdays, starting Wednesday, October 30th in Rankin West 158:  7:00 - 8:00 pm...