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English Professor John Kessel has won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Novelette for 'Pride and Prometheus,' a tale involving characters from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." "It's a story about the difficulty of finding the proper mate," Kessel says, "and how initial impressions are not always the most trustworthy."


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One will travel from India to teach Urdu. Another will come from Bangladesh to teach Bengali. And a third will arrive from Afghanistan to teach Persian. The Institute of International Education is sending three Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants to NC State in 2009-2010. The application was made by the North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies, whose Critical Languages Program provides courses in less commonly taught languages such as Urdu, Bengali, and Persian at NC State, Duke, and UNC-CH. "By their very presence, these Fulbright teaching assistants infuse genuine culture and communication into lower level-language classes and greatly enhance the foreign language experience for American students," says Dwight Stephens (Foreign Languages and Literatures), who directs the Critical Languages Program for the NC Center for South Asia Studies. "And at the end of the year, the TAs return to their countries as ambassadors for democracy and for their host institution." For more information, please contact Dwight Stephens: dstephens@ncsu.edu.

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CHASS faculty will lead 14 study abroad programs this summer and participate in several additional programs with other colleges. Programs span the globe from Europe to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Academic study ranges from anthropological and archaeological field work to language study, social work, and international affairs. Here's who's leading programs, and where:
Vienna, Austria - Lutz Kube
Oxford, England - Wilton Barnhardt
Burgundy and Paris, France - Dudley Marchi
Lille and Paris, France - Diane Beckman
Guatemala - Linda Williams, Tim Wallace
Florence, Italy - Anne Schiller
Perugia, Italy - Anna Rita Bonaduce-Dresler
Dominican Republic - Mark Darhower
Lima and Cuzco, Peru - Kay and Leo Villa-Garcia
Segovia, Spain - James McConnell
Arusha, Tanzania - Craig Brookins
Thailand - Troy Case, William Wormsley

Here's where else CHASS will be involved around the globe:
Hangzhou, China - Clifford Griffin, Neil Schmid
Prague Institute - Rich Clerkin, Sandy Kessler, Devin and Marsha Orgeron

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Dr. Maxine P. Atkinson, professor of sociology and head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has been honored with an Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

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Language may be the last unacknowledged prejudice, according to CHASS sociolinguist Walt Wolfram. On the basis of voice, Wolfram says we make assumptions and do linguistic profiling.

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All three recipients of the university's Mathews Medal are CHASS majors this year. The medal is reserved for graduating NC State seniors who have built a campus legacy based on their leadership and service to their alma mater. John Cooper Elias, Anna Patton, and Sara Yasin were recognized for their extraordinary service and leadership. The medal is named for NC State's first student and was created and administered by the Alumni Association Student Ambassador Program.

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New research by Andy Taylor, chair of the Department of Political Science, shows that states may have good reason to push for early presidential primaries and caucuses.

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