News & Events

Student Spotlight: Lucian Murray
Sep 9, 2019

This summer undergraduate student Lucian Murray was awarded funds from Appalachian’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics ...

Physics Faculty and Staff Recognized as "Most Helpful"
Sep 8, 2019

Appalachian State's Mapworks Office has released a 2018-2019 list of the "most helpful" faculty and staff around campus. Students were asked to comple...

Alumni Spotlight: Ethan Mancil Earns Award in Teaching
Sep 7, 2019

Check out this article posted about one of our alumni, Ethan Mancil.https://www.salisburypost.com/2019/09/22/ethan-mancil-earns-award/...

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brady Pearce
Sep 6, 2019

Dr. Brady Pearce, a former student, is now teaching in our department. Dr. Pearce received both his BS and MS here at Appalachian and then went on to ...

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brian Mazur
Sep 3, 2019

Dr. Brian Mazur, who got his PhD at the University of Toledo,  is a new lecturer in the Physics and Astronomy department this semester. Dr. Mazur...

App State’s Kara Snow excels in internship at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Sep 2, 2019

Appalachian State University sophomore Kara Snow, of Raleigh, spent her childhood immersed in astronomy — from reading a glow-in-the-dark book on th...

2019 Internship and Job Fairs
Aug 30, 2019

Over the next couple of months there will be a multitude of internship and job fairs at Appalachian and around the UNC System. Below, you will find a ...

Q&A with New Teacher in Residence
Aug 26, 2019

Dr. Nick Lenk, formally a high school science teacher, has joined our department to work alongside students interested in teaching high school. Lenk w...

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Wijayaratne
Aug 19, 2019

We would like to welcome to the department a new lecturer, Dr. Wijayaratne. Born in Sri Lanka, the underlying fabric of the logic behind nature i...

Alumni Spotlight: Q&A with Jon Jones
Aug 11, 2019

Jon Jones co-founded Anthroware in 2013 to build software products the right way—with a focus on the end user experience, and treating every project...