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The Year in Pictures: Humanities and Social Sciences in 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, take a look back at some of our favorite stories (and photos) of the year.
View ArticleTrading ‘Academese’ for Plain English
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Natalie Ames, an associate professor and director of the BSW program in NC State’s Department of Social Work. Her practice experience includes medical social...
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Student of the Month: Edwin Maldonado
Meet Edwin Maldonado, Humanities and Social Sciences Student of the Month Hometown: Jacksonville, NC Class: Junior Major: Social Work Sample Courses: Social Welfare Policy: Analysis and Advocacy...
View ArticleSpend a Day with the Dean
Classes. Internships. Club meetings — and that’s just one afternoon. As a Humanities and Social Sciences student, you’ve got a busy schedule. Your dean, Jeff Braden, wants to learn what it’s like to be...
View Article5 Questions With Jim Gates, 2017 Diversity Lecture Speaker
For most of us, “string theory” and “supersymmetry” are vague but evocative terms that seem to point to a mysterious sub-reality underlying the world we know. For theoretical physicist S. James “Jim”...
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Research Gives Social Work Student New Perspective
Katherine McCallister’s interest in social work is clear: “I want to help improve the communities I’m a part of,” she says. Through undergraduate research at NC State, the social work major assisted...
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Celebrating the Extraordinary: Honoring Our Scholarship Recipients, Donors
Humanities and Social Sciences scholarship recipients got to meet the donors who make their awards possible at the college’s annual luncheon honoring scholarship and philanthropy on Feb. 16. The...
View ArticleBig Questions Around Facebook’s Suicide-Prevention Tools
Facebook has rolled out a handful of tools it hopes will be helpful in preventing suicide. Will they help? Willa Casstevens, associate professor of social work at NC State whose work includes studying...
View ArticleCollege Honors Its Exceptional Faculty
Humanities and Social Sciences honored its top scholars, advisers and teachers on April 25 at the college’s annual faculty awards reception. Faculty from across the college joined Dean Jeff Braden in...
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Meet Some of Our Outstanding 2017 Graduates
Our army of nearly 38,600 alumni will grow even larger this spring, as nearly 1,000 Humanities and Social Sciences undergraduate and graduate students earn NC State diplomas for their hard work. Meet a...
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Giving Families a Voice in North Carolina’s Child Welfare System
Children are among the most vulnerable members of society, and NC State University’s Kara Allen-Eckard is helping to lead an effort to better serve at-risk children and their families in North...
View ArticleNC State Group Pushing to Help Revamp NC’s Foster Care System
NC State’s Center for Family and Community Engagement is helping revamp the state’s child welfare system by giving families and young people on the receiving end of the system a voice in the policies...
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Alumna Krystal Smith Fosters Unity Through Dialogue, Relationships
Alumna Krystal Smith is passionate in her pursuit for intentionality. She has spent the past few years working as university engagement director and director of special projects for the Veritas Forum,...
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Meet Our New Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences welcomes a dozen new tenure-track faculty to its ranks for the 2017-18 year. Their scholarship and research interests range from race and immigration to...
View Article7 Students Receive Prestigious Boren, Gilman Awards
Seven Humanities and Social Sciences students recently earned prestigious scholarships to study abroad. Five students received the Bejamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a grant program that...
View ArticleSocial Work Receives $3.1M to Train Next Generation of Practitioners
NC State’s Department of Social Work has received two federal grants totaling $3.1M to train the next generation of integrated behavioral health and primary care providers. The grants were awarded...
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Year in Review: Our Top Stories of 2017
It’s been a busy year for the college. Our students continue to redefine what it means to think and do, stepping outside the classroom and into research labs, competitive internships and study abroad...
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Collaborative Research Project Aims to Improve Child Welfare in NC
An interdisciplinary group of NC State researchers is helping improve the wellbeing of children across North Carolina. Researchers from public administration, psychology, social work and sociology have...
View ArticleStudent Contest: Spend a Day With the Dean
Switch shoes with Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Jeff Braden on March 21: Step right up and enter the “Side by Side with the Dean” contest. As a Humanities and Social Sciences student, you’ve got...
View ArticleNC State, Campbell Law School Partner to Offer Dual Graduate Degree in Social...
NC State’s Department of Social Work and Campbell Law School have formed a new dual degree program that enables students to earn a Master of Social Work and a Juris Doctor simultaneously. The new...
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