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Oct 4, 2011

The New Dating Game: When Dates Follow Hookups

New research sheds some light on just how complicated sex and dating are. Casual sex clearly carries its own risks, but the academic literature on “hooking up” may be presenting an unduly rosy picture of dating. New research doesn’t advocate no-strings hookups (i.e., casual sex between people who aren’t dating), but does highlight gender inequities… 

Oct 1, 2011

CHASS Student of the Month – October 2011

David Whitcher, October 2011 CHASS Student of the Month 

Sep 30, 2011

Head for the Hill

An internship on Capitol Hill changed her life. Alumna Sandra Latta wants to give current students the same opportunity. When Sandra Latta (Political Science ’84) first came to NC State in the early 1980s, she was certain she wanted to be an attorney. She even helped found the Pre-Law Club at NC State. Deep down, though, there… 

Sep 29, 2011

Seeing the Message

Dean Braden welcomed President Obama to NC State. Most people who were lucky enough to snag a ticket for President Obama’s recent speech at Reynolds Coliseum heard NC State’s marching band play a brassy fanfare in honor of the Commander in Chief. They heard the tiny clicks and whirs of thousands of digital cameras attempting to capture… 

Sep 28, 2011

Creating a literary culture

How do you enhance the literary culture of North Carolina? A culture that encourages aspiring writers from all over the state to contribute their imaginative best? The short answer: contests. Since the beginning of NC State’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program seven years ago, the program’s fiction and poetry contests have been discovering… 

Sep 26, 2011

Interactive Art Exhibit Features CHASS Faculty, Students

Tunnel Vision will be on display. A cutting-edge interactive art exhibition is opening at Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum, and faculty and students from the college’s interdisciplinary Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) doctoral program are among the artists. ID:ENTITY is a group exhibition that explores the complex dichotomy between the public and private versions of… 

Sep 21, 2011

How People Feel About Diversity And ‘Neighborhood Schools’: It’s Complicated

The Wake County Board of Education has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent years as it debates issues related to diversity and “neighborhood schools,” and voters are preparing for board elections October 11. But researchers from NC State have found that the issues are more complex than media outlets have made them appear. This… 

Sep 14, 2011

History Professor’s Award-Winning Book Explores Kentucky’s Frontiers

If you’ve been looking for some critically-acclaimed reading material on the darker side of Kentucky’s history, look no further than Professor Craig Thompson Friend’s award-winning book Kentucke’s Frontiers. Friend recently won the 2011 Kentucky Governor’s Award for Kentucke’s Frontiers. The prize is given once every four years for that state’s best book related to Kentucky… 

Sep 13, 2011

CHASS Names New Members to Advisory Board

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences welcomed two new members to its Board of Advisors during its fall 2011 meeting. Both are alumni of the college. Carol Rahmani (BA ’71, MS ’75, PhD ’81, Psychology) Rahmani worked as a school psychologist and administrator of student support services in the Wake County Public School System… 

Sep 12, 2011

Psychologist Helps Evaluate Special Ed Assessment and Accountability

Assessing educational progress in schools has become increasingly important since the passage of No Child Left Behind, but significant questions remain about the best way to measure schools’ effectiveness when it comes to working with children in special education programs. North Carolina State University will help address those questions as part of a new federally…