A Baltimore-based artist duo known for their bright and vivid large-scale murals recently completed the painting of an outdoor stairway at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. The geometric-painted stair runner begins at the top of the 36-step staircase, flowing to the bottom of the steps and beyond, and ends with fringe.

Appalachian’s Dr. Howard Neufeld, known as the Fall Color Guy, is among experts quoted about this year’s fall color in Western North Carolina. Neufeld teaches in the Department of Biology.

Appalachian State University football players taking a stand against social injustice with march through Boone.

Tri-Cities’ WCYB covers fall 2020 move-in at Appalachian State University and the university’s safety measures in place related to COVID-19.

Comments from Dr. Sarah Carmichael in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, regarding the response of inactive faults in the Appalachian mountains to shifts by the North American Plate, are referenced in this coverage of the Sparta earthquake.

The work of Dr. Brian Burke in Appalachian’s Department of Sustainable Development is featured in this story on the growing bartering economy in the U.S. Burke has found that bartering often is not about generating profit as much as it is being part of an economic community.

Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons hosted an online book talk on “Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community,” a collection of narratives from Boone’s historically Black community edited by Dr. Susan Keefe. The retired Department of Anthropology professor worked closely with the community since the 1970s.

Appalachian’s Dr. Maggie Sugg and Dr. Jennifer Runkle are interviewed about their collaborative research with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies that found a significant association between low humidity and transmission of COVID-19 in some U.S. cities.

Appalachian’s Dr. Baker Perry, who installs high-altitude weather stations, is interviewed about the 2019 National Geographic expedition to Mount Everest and the premiere of the documentary on their success in setting up the world’s highest weather station at 27,657 feet above sea level. The set of two weather stations he and his team placed on Everest is providing data on global weather patterns.