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Mar 29, 2011

MALS Program Announces New Leadership

Dr. Michael Garval has been named the new Director of the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program in CHASS. Dr. Garval, Associate Professor of French in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, has been associated with the MALS program for a number of years, acting as a member of the advisory board… 

Mar 28, 2011

Four CHASS Grad Students Win Awards at Research Symposium

On March 21, the NC State University Graduate Student Association held its Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. Over 150 graduate students, nominated by their departments’ respective Director of Graduate Programs, gathered in the McKimmon Center to showcase the outstanding quality and diversity of the university’s graduate-level research, practice communicating with members outside of their disciplines,… 

Mar 28, 2011

Kelly Hook’s “To Russia With Love”

NC State’s student body president Kelly Hook (Political Science, ’11), is back from a whirlwind trip to Russia. Officially invited by the Russian Federation’s Head of International Relations Department, Kelly joined 14 other student body presidents from universities like Princeton, Duke, and Emory on the goodwill tour. The group toured Moscow, met with the CEO of… 

Mar 28, 2011

N&O Names Bill Kinsella Tar Heel of the Week

Associate Professor of Communication Bill Kinsella focuses on how public discussion of technical issues, such as nuclear power, shapes public policy. His work takes on new relevance after the disaster in Japan. The News and Observer has named Kinsella as its Tar Heel of the Week. Kinsella directs the interdisciplinary Science, Technology, and Society program. 

Mar 28, 2011

N&O Names Bill Kinsella Tar Heel of the Week

Associate Professor of Communication Bill Kinsella focuses on how public discussion of technical issues, such as nuclear power, shapes public policy. His work takes on new relevance after the disaster in Japan. The News and Observer has named Kinsella as its Tar Heel of the Week. Kinsella directs the interdisciplinary Science, Technology, and Society program. 

Mar 24, 2011

Avast! Legal Confusion May Help Pirates Avoid The Plank

Instead of stopping piracy, international laws may be abetting it. Research conducted by CHASS political scientists Mark Nance and Michael Struett highlights one of the factors that is contributing to international piracy: the legal system. Today’s maritime pirates aren’t swashbuckling antiheroes, they are gun-toting kidnappers, extortionists and murderers. And their numbers are swelling, not diminishing.… 

Mar 23, 2011

Study Finds That Overweight People Really Are Big-Boned

by Matt Shipmanadpated by Lauren Lopez-Ibanez, Communication Intern One of the blind spots in forensic science, particularly in identifying unknown remains, is the inability of experts to determine how much an individual weighed based on his or her skeleton. New research co-authored by CHASS anthropologist Dr. Ann Ross moves us closer to solving this problem… 

Mar 23, 2011

History Weekend Educates and Enlightens

The Tea Party in America. Pirates of the Atlantic. Murder in America. Each year, the Department of History sponsors History Weekend “to ignite discussion, and to invite the public into that conversation,” according to Department Head Jonathan Ocko. “We bring first-rate speakers to campus to help explore and explain what historians do and how history… 

Mar 22, 2011

Four CHASS Students Named as Student Media Leaders

The Student Media Board of Directors has elected seven students to assume top student media leadership roles for the 2011-2012 academic year. Four of these emerging leaders are CHASS majors: Technician editor: Laura Wilkinson junior, International Studies Windhover editor: Alanna Howard, sophomore, EnglishWolf TV station manager: Paul Blake, freshman, Political ScienceBusiness office manager: Ronilyn Osborne,… 

Mar 22, 2011

Hamilton Scholars Mentor Study Abroad Students

by Megan Moore, adapted by Lauren Lopez-Ibanez, student interns The Alexander Hamilton Scholars Program – a dual degree partnership between NC State’s CHASS International Studies program and Poole College of Management – includes a mentor program that helps to connect students from different cultures and allows them to share experiences. Each semester, Hamilton Scholars share their…