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Political Scientist Joins Foundation for Ethics in Public Service Board

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:06:05 -0500

The Foundation for Ethics in Public Service has appointed Andrew J. Taylor, Chair and Professor of Political Science at NC State's School of Public . . .

History Professor Judy Kertész: Co-curates New Exhibit at Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:31:37 -0500

Judy Kertész is one of the co-curators of IndiVisible: African-Native Lives in the Americas, a new exhibit opening Friday, November 13, at the . . .

Comm Grad is a CNN Hero

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:11 -0500

How do you go from pouring cosmos to providing clean water for people in impoverished countries? Ask Doc Hendley (Communication, '04), who has been . . .

The Secret HIstory of Science Fiction

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:07:44 -0500

A new anthology, The Secret History of Science Fiction, edited by NCSU Professor John Kessel and by James Patrick Kelly, has just been published . . .

CHASS Forensics Expert Helps Solve Crimes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:05 -0500

A front-page Raleigh News and Observer article focuses on CHASS faculty member and forensics expert Ann Ross. She was called in to help identify . . .

Ed Funkhouser: Voice of the Wolfpack

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:07 -0500

Ed Funkhouser really knows how to work a crowd.

He does it every Saturday in the fall when NC State plays a home football game at Carter-Finley . . .

Chart Junk? How Pictures May Help Make Graphs Better

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:53:29 -0500

A study co-authored by Psychology Department Head Doug Gillan indicates that those highly embellished graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets . . .

Kevin Howell Named Interim Head of Alumni Relations

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:10 -0400

Kevin Howell has been named interim associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the NC State University Alumni Association.

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CSI in a Virtual World

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:42:48 -0400

Imagine using the same process that goes into building video games to help investigators solve real-world crimes. Through a new grant, that's what . . .

Post-Racial?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:32:13 -0400

Psychology Professor Rupert Nacoste says we are not in a post-racial era, we are in the midst of a period of interracial transition.

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Speaking In Tongues: Language, Culture and the Future of the Military

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:43:35 -0400
NC State's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will use a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to create a hub for teaching future . . .

Study: Parenthood Makes Moms More Liberal, Dads More Conservative

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:31:33 -0400
Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according . . .

What Did You Learn to be in School Today?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:25:51 -0400
A team of researchers at NC State, led by Associate Professor of Communication Sarah Stein, recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Science . . .

Study Offers Lessons for Obama Regarding Iraq

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:16:09 -0400
A new study by CHASS political scientists Michael Cobb and Bill Boettcher shows that Bush administration attempts to "frame" casualties from the Iraq War . . .

Summer 2009 CHASS Newsletter

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:58:39 -0400
Summer 2009 CHASS Newsletter

AAUP Names New Editor for Academe Magazine

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:24:40 -0400
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has named Cat Warren, an associate professor of English, as editor of its faculty magazine, Academe.

Preserving Nom Poetry and Language

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:54:04 -0400
CHASS Poet John Balaban is the subject of a Vietnamese state television video describing his work to preserve the Nom language and culture.

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Moonshine Movie

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:46:10 -0400
Neal Hutcheson (Film Studies '92) distilled the art of making moonshine into an Emmy-winning documentary. "The Last One" features one-of-a-kind bootlegger . . .

Disney's Next Generation

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:43:16 -0400
CHASS major Morgan McCormick was part of an interdisciplinary team from NC State students who made it to the finals in Disney's ImagiNations Design . . .

Grant Funds Program on Politics, Law and the Economy

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0400
The Department of Political Science has received a five-year, $700,000 grant, to be shared with the Department of Economics. The grant from the John W. . . .

Think Memory Worsens With Age? Then Yours Probably Will

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:25:33 -0400
Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Professor of Psychology Tom Hess and a team of researchers . . .

Musicologist Shares the Sounds of Suriname

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:23:55 -0400
Musicologist Jonathan Kramer has traveled the world in search of endangered poems, songs, music, and languages. He recently joined Frank Stasio on WUNC's . . .

Study Shows Long-Term Gay Couples Want Legal Rights, Regardless of Marriage

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:21:47 -0400
New research from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology shows that gay and lesbian couples are forming long-term, committed relationships, even . . .

CSI Raleigh: College Holds Forensic Science Workshop for Law Enforcement

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:55:00 -0400
Law enforcement officers from around the region are coming to NC State to participate in a weeklong crime scene investigation workshop cosponsored by the . . .

Governor Announces Student Government Internships

Wed, 20 May 2009 09:51:03 -0400
Governor Bev Perdue named six CHASS majors among the 100 North Carolina college, graduate, and law students she announced who will fill 10-week summer . . .

Religious Studies Professor Earns High Honor

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:34:01 -0400
Professor of Religious Studies William Adler has received the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence from NC State's Board of Trustees in . . .

John Kessel Wins Nebula Award

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:57:32 -0400
English Professor John Kessel has won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Novelette for 'Pride and Prometheus,' a tale involving characters from . . .

Three Foreign Language Fulbright Teaching Assistants Coming to CHASS

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:08:14 -0400
One will travel from India to teach Urdu. Another will come from Bangladesh to teach Bengali. And a third will arrive from Afghanistan to teach Persian. . . .

CHASS Studies Abroad this Summer

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:04:27 -0400
CHASS faculty will lead 14 study abroad programs this summer and participate in several additional programs with other colleges. Programs span the globe . . .

Maxine Atkinson Wins UNC System Teaching Excellence Award

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:01:25 -0400
Dr. Maxine P. Atkinson, professor of sociology and head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has been honored with an Award for Excellence . . .

People Make Quick Judgments About Dialects

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:51:16 -0400
Language may be the last unacknowledged prejudice, according to CHASS sociolinguist Walt Wolfram. On the basis of voice, Wolfram says we make assumptions . . .

Three CHASS Students Honored for Service and Leadership

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:47:26 -0400
All three recipients of the university's Mathews Medal are CHASS majors this year. The medal is reserved for graduating NC State seniors who have built . . .

States That Vote Early — and Right — Can Reap Benefits

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:28:29 -0400
New research by Andy Taylor, chair of the Department of Political Science, shows that states may have good reason to push for early presidential primaries . . .

Social Work Conference Focuses on Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:58:23 -0400
"The quality of understanding about the stigma that veterans and others with PTSD experience was remarkable. Speaker after speaker spoke about destigmatizing . . .

The So and So Series

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:21:02 -0400
Two English Department lecturers are organizing a new reading series in Raleigh. The So and So Reading Series . . .

CHASS Graduate Students Shine at Research Symposium

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:24:49 -0400
Nearly 140 NC State graduate students shared their research at this month's fourth annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. CHASS was well-represented . . .

Heidi Hobbs Heads CHASS International Programs

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:08:28 -0400

Interim Dean Jeff Braden has named Dr. Heidi Hobbs to serve as CHASS Director of International Programs. Hobbs will chair the college’s international . . .

Wolfpack Speaks Public Speaking Contest

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:04:47 -0400
Cameron Hendricks, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, took the top prize in the second annual "Wolfpack Speaks" public speaking tournament held by the . . .

Political Scientist Briefs Congressional Nanotechnology Committee

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:55:18 -0400

Prof. Michael Cobb joined Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, and 12 other recognized scholars studying societal implications of . . .

Political Scientist's Book Explores Environmental Regulations

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:41:52 -0400

Assistant Professor of Political Science Lada V. Kochtcheeva explores how policy actors in the United States and Russia have developed flexible incentive-based . . .

International Studies Professor Honored

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:40:26 -0400

A dissertation written by Seth Murray, a faculty member in International Studies, was recognized as the best of the year. The award was coordinated . . .

McCall Receives Guggenheim Grant

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:34:15 -0400

Dr. Patty McCall, professor of sociology, has received a grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation that will fund an 18-month study examining . . .

American Psychology and Law Society

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:11:14 -0400

Ginnie Aldige presented with Brad Ray "Criminal Justice Outcomes of a Mental Health Court" at the American Psychology and Law Society meeting in San Antonio, March 6, 2009.

Written in Stone

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:27:46 -0500
Step outside Winston Hall, the 1911 Building, or Withers Hall, and you'll be walking on some very important people. Well, on their names, anyway. The . . .

February 2009 E-Newsletter

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:25:04 -0500

February 2009 CHASS-Newsletter .

Will U.S. policy toward Cuba finally change?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:36:51 -0500

U.S. policy toward Cuba has been frozen since the 1960s. What are the prospects for change? Nicholas Robins, history, featured in Q section.

CHASS Dean’s Search Update

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:24:59 -0500

The Provost’s office has named four finalists for the CHASS dean position. As part of their campus interviews, the candidates will give public presentations . . .

First Year Writing Program Awarded Certificate of Excellence

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:47:38 -0500

The NC State First Year Writing Program (FYWP)has been awarded a Writing Program Certificate of Excellence by the Conference on College Composition . . .

Tequila Boom Triggers Hangover in Mexico

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:24:05 -0500

Tequila Boom Triggers Social, Environmental Hangover in Mexico

The DNA Behind the Poem

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:03:45 -0500

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i18/18a00604.htm

The Fascinating Aging Mind

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:11:20 -0500
The mind is a terrible thing to waste. And an incredible thing to study. Learn how members of the Department of Psychology are probing the mind's capacity . . .

History Prof Discusses Critical Union Vote

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/the-state-of-the-union/view

A Cohabitation of Religions

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0500

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/islamsadvance/2008/12/a_cohabitation_of_religions.html#more

Study Shows Impact of High Blood Pressure on Ederly

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

http://news.ncsu.edu/news/2008/12/wmsallairebp.php

Nonprofits have little regulation in N.C.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0500

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4065938/

Teaching Tool Helps Students Analyze Online Research Materials

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

http://news.ncsu.edu/news/2008/12/wmssmconlineinfo.php

Hybrid Cars May Be Too Quiet for Pedestrian Safety

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

http://www.hfes.org/web/Default.aspx