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Dogwood grant drives community-involved health research post-Helene
Nov 14, 2025

By Bret YagerDogwood Health Trust has awarded $838,276 to support App State’s work in the Health Policy Research Consortium, an initiative addressin...

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Future Healthcare Executives Club Tours Cone Health Greensboro
Nov 13, 2025

A group of students from the Future Healthcare Executives club and Dr. Trent Spaulding (NHM) recently toured Cone Health MedCenter in Greensboro with ...

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OT Students Shine While Volunteering at Camp Blue Skies
Nov 12, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush Students from the Master’s of Occupational Therapy cohort and their faculty spent a week in October volunteering at Camp Blue Skie...

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Caught on camera: Global study finds mammal species defying nocturnal and diurnal labels
Nov 11, 2025

Nocturnal, diurnal — or something different? Thanks to camera traps, a global study published in Science Advances and co-led by Appalachian State Un...

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App State Announces Free Nov. 13 Screening of Award-Winning Documentary About Solo Rural Doctor Caring for Community
Nov 4, 2025

App State is hosting a free documentary screening of The Only Doctor, an award-winning film chronicling the story of Dr. Karen Kinsell,  a p...

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Recreation Management Faculty Researches A Spooky Niche
Oct 22, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush Recreation Management faculty member Dr. Susan Weidmann’s research has a spooky niche–centered around Halloween, ghosts, ha...

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College Inducts Seven Leaders At 2025 Trillium Society Event
Oct 21, 2025

The App State Beaver College of Health Sciences inducted seven health and wellness leaders into the college’s fourth annual Trillium Society event h...

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App State’s Jennifer Schroeder Tyson named 2025 Sun Belt Conference Faculty Member of the Year
Oct 20, 2025

Jennifer Schroeder Tyson ’07, research assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Appalachian State University, has been na...

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College Selects Leah Hamilton As Inaugural Beaver Endowed Professor
Oct 8, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush Social Work Professor Dr. Leah Hamilton, nationally recognized for her universal basic income research work, has been selected as th...

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App State To Present Free ALS Documentary Premiere “Stitching Strength” in Boone on Oct. 31
Oct 1, 2025

App State’s Beaver College of Health Sciences is sponsoring a special premiere of Stitching Strength, a 38-minute documentary featuring Duke Univers...