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Mar 31, 2009 - Social Work Conference Focuses on Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Mar 25, 2009 - The So and So Series
Integral to the So and So series is a new print journal, The Raleigh Quarterly that will print work from the visiting poets, from visual artists, and from other poets.
Salerno and Tonelli will run the series and edit the poetry element of Raleigh Quarterly. Readings began in February and are held on Saturdays, 8:00 pm, at The Morning Times Cafe on Hargett Street in Raleigh.
2009 So and So Schedule
February 21: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Elisa Gabbert, and Tony Tost
May 16: Justin Marks, Kate Pringle, and Chris Vitiello
August 15: Emily Frey, Jim Goar, and Zach Schomburg
November 21: Farrah Field, John Gallaher, and Kate Greenstreet
More information: rqpoetry@gmail.com
Mar 24, 2009 - CHASS Graduate Students Shine at Research Symposium
Two CHASS graduate students were recognized among their peers in the poster session competition: Erin Rasheedah Banks (Psychology in the Public Interest), for her investigation of health behavior among participants in a diabetes prevention and health promotion program; and Roxana Toma (Public Administration), whose research focused on perceptions of corruption in the Romanian civil service and the factors that facilitate such perceptions.
Among the other CHASS research topics were the variables affecting African-American women's decisions to earn undergraduate degrees in the sciences (Felysha Jenkins, Psychology); who looks at art, where, and why (Jon Burr and Karla Lyles, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media); and explaining evangelicals' support for the war in Iraq (John Willingham, International Studies and Political Science).
'It was most gratifying to see the extent to which faculty, students, and administrators from across campus were engaged by the posters and research presentations of our CHASS graduate students,' says Vicki Gallagher, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for the college. 'The projects presented by our students provided a strong indication of the breadth, depth, and significance of graduate education in CHASS. Congratulations to all participants for engaging the larger campus community in significant scholarly discussion.' See pictures from the graduate symposium.
Mar 20, 2009 - Heidi Hobbs Heads CHASS International Programs
Interim Dean Jeff Braden has named Dr. Heidi Hobbs to serve as CHASS Director of International Programs. Hobbs will chair the college’s international programs committee, oversee CHASS participation in the Alexander Global Village project, develop and promote study abroad programs for the college, international programming, and exchanges. She will represent CHASS on NC State’s International Operations Council and promote CHASS involvement in internationalization opportunities across the campus and beyond. Hobbs will continue in her role as director of the Master of International Studies in the School of Public and International Affairs, a position she has held for the last seven years. Hobbs has brought together faculty from across the university to work with students on international issues. She has developed an international affairs summer study abroad program in Prague and initiated a dual degree program with the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK. She is also a member of the Committee on International Programs. In her new role, Hobbs will focus on expanding coordination among the college’s various units on international issues. This spring, she is establishing a network of international liaisons from each departments. She will use the information she gathers from this group regarding CHASS faculty and student international travel, research, and study abroad programs to create a CHASS international website that can serve as a resource to the college and the university. Hobbs earned her doctoral degree in international relations from the University of Southern California. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Georgia.
Mar 20, 2009 - Wolfpack Speaks Public Speaking Contest
Hendricks' speech "urging his audience to get off the phone while driving" earned him a $150 scholarship. He beat out 38 competitors who were chosen from among the 800 students taking public speaking classes in CHASS. Students designed persuasive "call to action" speeches to motivate audiences to enact particular policies. After the qualifying rounds, six competitors remained. "The judges thought Cameron had a very personable delivery and a simple solution to a big problem," says Christie Moss, assistant professor of communication, who helped organize the Wolfpack Speaks contest. "The audience could easily relate to cell phone drivers and the potential for car accidents. I doubt anyone talked on their phone while driving home from the contest!"
Wolfpack Speaks winners were:
1st Cameron Hendricks (Sr. Mech. Engineering)
2nd Risa Chavez (So. Psychology)
3rd Sara Rowell (So. Microbiology)
4th Faeben Fulford (Fr. Communication)
5th Jake Sigler (So. Management)
6th Lance Jamison (Jr. Microbiology)
See pictures from the Wolfpack Speaks tournament.
Mar 17, 2009 - Political Scientist Briefs Congressional Nanotechnology Committee
Prof. Michael Cobb joined Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, and 12 other recognized scholars studying societal implications of nanotechnology to brief the U.S. Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus, with an estimated attendance of 40 congressional staff and other federal policymakers on March 9. Sen Richard Burr (R-NC) is a co-chair of the caucus. The briefing was organized by the NSF-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU), in collaboration with the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Michael D. Cobb’s briefing presentation reported on data from both the National Citizens’ Technology Forum and the subsequent national public opinion poll about public values toward nanotechnology and human enhancement. These data suggest, among other findings, that the public remains hopeful about potential therapeutic advances but that upon deliberation they disfavor many particular potential enhancements. Cobb is associate professor of political science at North Carolina State University and a senior investigator with the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU), where he was a leader on the team that conducted the National Citizens’ Technology Forum in March 2008 and the subsequent national survey on nanotechnology and human enhancement. He is studying how public perceptions of emerging nanotechnologies are affected by learning, framing and deliberation.
Mar 17, 2009 - Political Scientist's Book Explores Environmental Regulations
Assistant Professor of Political Science Lada V. Kochtcheeva explores how policy actors in the United States and Russia have developed flexible incentive-based instruments for environmental protection in her newly-published book, Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia: Institutions, Flexible Instruments, and Governance (SUNY Press, 2009). Kochtcheeva analyzes the introduction of flexible laws and regulations in both air and water quality policies in the United States and Russian Federation from the 1960s to the present, highlighting the replacement of command and control systems with flexible instruments such as incentive programs, tradable permits, and pollution charges.
Mar 17, 2009 - International Studies Professor Honored
A dissertation written by Seth Murray, a faculty member in International Studies, was recognized as the best of the year. The award was coordinated by Eusko Ikaskuntza (the Basque Studies Society in the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain) and the city of Bayonne, France.
Mar 17, 2009 - McCall Receives Guggenheim Grant
Dr. Patty McCall, professor of sociology, has received a grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation that will fund an 18-month study examining violent crime in the European Union. The cross-national study will evaluate the influences of social and economic factors on homicide at the subnational level. The findings will provide policymakers with information on the relationship between welfare policies and violent crime.
