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Mar 13, 2012

CHASS Student of the Month

Brittany Copeland is a senior double majoring in Africana Studies and Psychology. She founded Jump In! (a local nonprofit organization), participated in Study Abroad in Ghana, and has been a research assistant in the Psychology Department. She is active on campus, and intends to continue her focus on psychology/counseling at the graduate level.

Mar 7, 2012

Local and Mobile

Local and Mobile, an international conference being held at NC State University, brings researchers from a range of disciplines together to discuss how mobile technologies--from smart phones to GPS devices--are changing our thinking about our own identities, our sense of privacy, our notions of place and space, our civic and political participation, our policy making, and our everyday consumption. Adriana de Souza e Silva, associate professor in NC State's Department of Communication, is chairing the conference.

Mar 6, 2012

Making Sense of the New Middle East: The Dynamics and their Implications for US Interests

Meghan O’Sullivan, the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, will present the 2012 John W. Pope Lecture at North Carolina State University on Tuesday, March 13. The former Bush administration advisor will speak about “Making Sense of the New Middle East: The Dynamics and Their Implications for US Interests.”

Mar 2, 2012

Fighting Wildfires with Research

Think fighting wildfires is just a job for forest rangers armed with water? Think again. Research in communication practices is improving the ways in which wildfires are handled. Dr. Branda Nowell, associate professor in the Department of Public Administration, is on the front lines as she helps lead a research team dubbed the Fire Chasers who have been researching wildfires since 2008. The team’s goal is to better understand how to make communities more resilient to wildfires and other such disasters.

Mar 1, 2012

Interview with Dr. Deidre Crumbley

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Feb 28, 2012

Speaking Out for Women — at the United Nations

Becca Bishopric ‘11 and senior Anuja Acharya (Political Science and English) were fellows during the past year with WomenNC.org. They each spent time researching a topic dealing with rural women in North Carolina and wrote a paper on those findings. This week, they're in New York presenting their research on women's issues to the United Nations. The pair will represent WomenNC.org, a nonprofit organization that formed out of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. They will spend a few days attending U.N. workshops and seminars covering issues affecting rural women around the world. On Thursday, they will present their findings. Acharya is a CHASS Dean's Scholarship recipient.

Feb 24, 2012

Project Aims To Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention Materials For African-American Women

African-American women make up a disproportionate number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. Researchers from NC State University--including faculty from the Department of Communication--are trying to change that, leading a National Science Foundation project aimed at developing HIV/AIDS prevention materials that resonate with African-American female college students.

Feb 22, 2012

Alumni Profile: Rachel Single

Rachel graduated from NC State with degrees in  International Studies and Communication, and a minor in Russian Studies. After studying abroad in Prague before her senior year, she decided that after graduation she would live abroad. She lived in Moscow for over 2 years (she taught English at a private school and studied Russian) and was then promoted to Teacher…

Feb 17, 2012

Nora Shepard: Poet, Teacher, Advocate

Nora Shepard, a poet and alumna of the college’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing program, was recently honored at the NC State Alumni Association’s eighth annual Evening of Stars gala as the 2011 CHASS Distinguished Alumna.

Feb 13, 2012

Novelist causes ‘hoopla’ with her first children’s novel

Dolly Sickles (English '96) has spent her career in grant-writing and marketing for nonprofits. She turned to writing romance novels as an escape from the disheartening realities of the populations she was serving. Sickles has just published her first children's book, Peggy Noodle, Hula Hoop Queen.