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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…

Mar 21, 2011

Dean Jeff Braden Reflects on A Father’s Ethical Legacy

I recently traveled to a senior center in Milwaukee to hear the Bruce M. Braden Memorial Ethics Lecture. The name of the lecture was no accident; it was named in memory of my father, who was a founding member of the center’s Ethics Committee. Although I always enjoy visiting the center (among other reasons, it’s…

Mar 21, 2011

Piracy in Maritime Asia

Visiting Young Scholar Graham Gerard Ong-Webb, Ph.D. candidate at the London School of Economics, will give a public talk entitled “Piracy in Maritime Asia: Problems, Politics, and Prospects,” on Wednesday, March 23, 6:00-7:30pm in the DH Hill Auditorium (EC2304). NC State students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend the event, which is free and…

Mar 17, 2011

Doctoral Student Delves Into Online Dating

by Lauren Lopez-Ibanez, CHASS Communication Intern With all the fish in the sea, sometimes finding your perfect match can prove to be a challenge. Many singles trying to hook a mate have turned to online dating sites to help them narrow the pool of compatible fish. CHASS doctoral candidate Dawn Shepherd of the Communication, Rhetoric,…