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Sep 16, 2024

NC State Lands NEH Grant to Decode Old Texts Using DNA

An NC State humanities scholar and university biologists received a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to analyze DNA found in parchment manuscripts to uncover new insights into the humanities and encourage partnerships between the humanities and natural sciences.

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Sep 10, 2024

CHASS Seeks Applications for Inaugural Cohort of Faculty Fellows

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites all faculty to apply to a new interdisciplinary fellowship program to explore ways humans can sustain positive cultural and climatic change in an increasingly global and interconnected world.

Sep 10, 2024

CHASS Names Inaugural Mattocks Distinguished Professor in Nonprofit Leadership

Hans Peter Schmitz has been appointed the inaugural Mattocks Distinguished Professor in Nonprofit Leadership.

Sep 4, 2024

17 Faculty Join Humanities and Social Sciences

Seventeen new faculty members join the College of Humanities and Social Sciences this academic year.
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Aug 30, 2024

Public Opinion of New Justices Affects Views on Entire Supreme Court

The extent to which U.S. adults support newly appointed justices to the Supreme Court strongly influences the extent to which they support the high court as an institution. Elizabeth Lane, assistant professor of political science, explains the research.

Aug 29, 2024

Exhibiting Creativity

A public history doctoral student and an arts studies alumna work with the visual arts to provide a vital framework to help address some of today’s grand challenges.
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Aug 28, 2024

Campus Writing and Speaking Program Earns National Award

The Campus Writing and Speaking Program (CWSP) received an Exemplary Writing Across the Curriculum Program Award.
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Aug 28, 2024

NC State Secures $500K NEH Grant to Launch AI Center in CHASS

An intercollege, interdisciplinary team of NC State researchers led by humanities scholars received a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish an AI center in CHASS to explore the ethical implications of the technology.
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Aug 27, 2024

Two CHASS Faculty Members Receive NC State Foundation Grants

Communication professor Fernanda Duarte and English professor David Rieder recently received NC State University Foundation Grants for pioneering projects integrating AI and STEM with the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Aug 16, 2024

What’s on Tap? Maybe One Day Your Wastewater

JoAnna Klein spoke with environmental historian Matthew Booker and engineer Francis De Los Reyes about the problem of urban waste management. The answer is a lesson in history – and a call to challenge our assumptions about what waste really means to us.