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flood waters overcome farm

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 
students build structure with marshmallows

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. 
Godette at poster

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. 
mountaintop landscape excavation

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. 
Keon at Hunt Library

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. 
Students talk with museum patron

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. 
forest sceen

Apr 22, 2016

Eco Apps: A Guide to Going Green

NC State doctoral student Eli Typhina explores ways that mobile-based apps can help the public make long-term behavioral changes for environmental sustainability.