
In the Media: CERPA in Back-to-School Retail Spending
Sep 11, 2025
Students across North Carolina are settling into school routines, and researchers in Appalachian State University's Center for Economic Research and P...

Guignet, fellow researchers earn 2025 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program grant
Aug 29, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Three teams of Appalachian State University faculty members have been selected as awardees of this year’s Chancellor’s Innova...

Kathy Pou ’79 honored as 2025 Walker College Alumna
Jul 17, 2025
Kathryn 'Kathy' Oszmianski Pou ’79 ECO has been named alumna of the year for the Walker College of Business by Appalachian State University’s Alum...

Research Excellence Professor aims to understand the link between inadequate sleep, dietary choices, and physical activity
Jul 9, 2025
Dr. David Dickinson, a professor in the Department of Economics at Appalachian State University, has co-written an article, The impact of insuffi...

MBA student earns 'best paper' at annual celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors event
May 27, 2025
Walker College of Business MBA student Kyle Vetter won the best research poster competition, which was awarded on April 16 as part of Appalachian Stat...

Three economics students earn Brashear Research Prize, four inducted into economics honors society
May 9, 2025
The Department of Economics honored students during the Spring 2025 Brashear Luncheon, May 1.The Brashear PrizeThree students earned the Brashear Rese...

Economics students explore the economic impact of popular High Country tourism destinations
Apr 30, 2025
Students in Appalachian State University's student chapter of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) and faculty in the university's D...

Walker College students take on an Excel challenge
Apr 30, 2025
Students from Appalachian State University exhibited data analytics skills during a Microsoft Excel competition, testing their abilities against fello...

App State environmental economist weighs in on fishing impacts of Great Lakes region
Apr 28, 2025
Research from Dr. John Whitehead, a Professor of Economics at Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business, was cited in an article by&nb...

Students 'excel' on Rocky Top
Apr 28, 2025
Students from Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 5 to participate in Excel on Rock...