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Even in ‘Care Work,’ Women Face Lower Wages if They Have Kids

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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.

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

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.
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Aug 15, 2024

One Way Social Work Researchers Can Better Understand Community Needs – and Move the Field Forward

Researchers, including Associate Professor of Social Work Alan Ellis, are calling on the social work community to begin incorporating a methodology called “discrete choice experiments” into their research, to better understand the needs and preferences of key stakeholders.
Karey Harwood

Aug 14, 2024

Is Diversity in Public Schools Essential?

Professor Karey Harwood provides insights on the challenges and successes public schools face in achieving and maintaining educational equity.

Aug 5, 2024

Gift Bolsters CHASS Impact Scholars Program

NC State alumna Ghazale Johnston and her husband Andy have donated a significant gift to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Impact Scholars Program.
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Aug 2, 2024

Discovering a Passion for Nonprofits: Meet Ryan Phillips, LPS ‘24

Ryan Phillips recently graduated from the Leadership in the Public Sector (LPS). The program allowed him to have flexibility while working as a Lieutenant for the Hillsborough/Orange Rural Fire Department.
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Jul 23, 2024

Even in ‘Care Work,’ Women Face Lower Wages if They Have Kids

Mothers get paid less than either men or women without children, even in fields that are traditionally thought of as being “women’s work.” We discussed the research with co-author and professor of sociology Anna Manzoni.