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College Donors Contribute 867 Gifts, $463K on Day of Giving

NC State’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences saw huge success during the 2023 Day of Giving. Every department and center received donations, including the new Dean’s Innovation Endowment.

Jim Michnowicz Named Department Head for World Languages and Cultures

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has named Jim Michnowicz head of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, effective July 1.

Introducing the Department of World Languages and Cultures

NC State’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures has changed its name to the Department of World Languages and Cultures.

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Our alumni range from attorneys to archaeologists, educators to entrepreneurs, social workers to social media specialists. They’re leaders who use their communication, problem-solving and listening skills for good. Explore career paths from our college.

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How We Think And Do

We study human thought and action in a high-tech context. Walk the bricks and find the path that’s right for you.

Not every day do @ncstatechass and @ncstatevetmed professors team up to use modern scientific techniques to mine genetic clues from old parchment manuscripts. Yeah–you read that right!

The researchers said the biological data collected reveals the species of the animal skins used to make the parchment and offers insights into aspects of medieval life — from animal husbandry, agricultural history and economics to book production and more.

Full story in @ncstatechass bio 📰

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English professor Paul Fyfe assigned his students to “cheat” on their final papers with text-generating software in order to develop AI literacy with the emerging technology.

Read more about how AI is changing how we write and create at the link in bio 🔗

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“The force is strong with #NCStateCHASS” 🛸

– Jedi Master Dean Dannels

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