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Jan 19, 2017

Alumna Preserves Moving Images at NY Museum

Jannette Reichel, who earned a master's degree in public history, is busy documenting and cataloging a donation of puppets and memorabilia from "Muppeteer" Jim Henson at a New York museum. Humanities and Social Sciences News

Jan 8, 2017

Student Leaves Sustainability Impact at Home, Abroad

Master's student Carlo Zanelli has made an impact on waste reduction as an NC State Steward and incorporated sustainability into a summer program for Latino students as well. NC State Sustainability News

Dec 9, 2016

Grad Alum Report: Public Officials Delay Planning for Climate Change

Graduate alumnus Brian Bulla is the lead author on a study that found local officials in coastal North Carolina are unlikely to plan for the effects of climate change until they perceive a threat to their specific communities. Matt Shipman story

Oct 3, 2016

Mentoring Program Aims to Help Grad Students Land Jobs

A mentoring program for grad students, by grad students — that’s the idea behind a new leadership initiative in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Story by Nash Dunn

Aug 25, 2016

MFA Writers Make Top Sci-Fi, Fantasy List

Five writers from NC State’s master of fine arts in creative writing program are receiving recognition for their work in science fiction and fantasy. Written by Nash Dunn

Jun 28, 2016

Graduate Student Uses Twitter to Explore Gentrification

Ph.D. student Desiree Dighton believes that Twitter may provide timely information on gentrification -- when higher-income households displace lower-income residents in urban neighborhoods. Nash Dunn story.

May 9, 2016

Humanities & Social Sciences Features Graduate Student Research

The College of Humanities and Social Science has developed a webpage that features research stories from graduate students who presented posters at the Graduate Student Research Symposium in March.

May 9, 2016

Research Highlights Opposing Narratives to Mountaintop Removal

Study by Aysha Bodenhamer, an NC State doctoral student in sociology, highlights opposing narratives to the mining practice of mountaintop removal.

Apr 27, 2016

PhD Candidate Helps Recreate Historic King Speech

Ph.D. candidate Keon Pettiway helped recreate an historic 1960 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that will be featured in a major NC State event in September about King and the civil rights movement in North Carolina.

Apr 25, 2016

Taking the Museum to the People

Public history graduate students Sarah Soleim and Abigail Jones are helping increase engagement at Raleigh's Pope House Museum by helping museum staff find ways to bring the museum to the people.